Bump In The Night
They're built like light
and they dance like spirits in the night (all night) in the night (all night)
Oh, you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night (all night), in the night (all night)
Stand right up now and let it shoot through you
(Bruce Springsteen, Spirit in the Night)
Just in time for Halloween, a new survey is out that claims that about one third of people believe in ghosts.
Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts.
And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they've actually seen a ghost or felt its presence, finds a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.
One is Misty Conrad, who says she fled her rented home in Syracuse, Ind., after her daughter began talking to an unseen girl named Nicole and neighbors said children had been murdered in the house. That was after the TV and lights began flicking on at night.
"It kind of creeped you out," Conrad, 40, of Hampton, Va., recalled this week. "I needed to get us out."
About one out of five people, 19 percent, say they accept the existence of spells or witchcraft. Nearly half, 48 percent, believe in extrasensory perception, or ESP.
The most likely candidates for ghostly visits include single people, Catholics and those who never attend religious services. By 31 percent to 18 percent, more liberals than conservatives report seeing a specter.
Those who dismissed the existence of ghosts include Morris Swadener, 66, a Navy retiree from Kingston, Wash.
He says he shot one with his rifle when he was a child.
"I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a white ghost in my closet," he said. "I discovered I'd put a hole in my brand new white shirt. My mother and father were not amused."
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard have long been in the forefront of paranormal investigation. Our spectacular images of real ghosts are the talk of the ward town. There's the haunted inn, the haunted bar and the famous ghost ship. All those pale in comparison to the most horrifying image of all, however. That's right we're talking about the haunted chicken, also known as the poultrygeist.
By feeblemind, Friday, 26 October , 2007 @ 10:44 am
Poultrygeist!? Arrrrghhhh! I can’t stand it. Ohhh…….
By Bleepless, Friday, 26 October , 2007 @ 7:19 pm
R. A. Lafferty, “Fourth Mansions”: If you think it’s silly to believe in ghosts, you should hear some of the things ghosts believe in.