Why Some People See Ghosts and Others Don't

[Tsukiya]

Some individuals are more likely to encounter ghosts than others. Why?

[Barney, from Black Mesa.]

1. Being paranoid - Being jumpy and more likely to think you saw something.
   
2. Being in a highly panicked & irrational state - Thinking you saw a threat, "a ghost".
   
3. Being sleep deprived or in a lower cognitive state - The mind playing tricks on you.
   
4. Being more prone to superstition - Being more likely to assume that you saw a ghost.
   
5. Being of the Schizoid personality - Being more prone to think that you saw a ghost.
   
6. It being a con artist - Anyone you paid money to listen to or tour guide you.
   
7. It being a "genuine" experience - That is ought to be held with scepticism.

[Incarnate]

Publicado originalmente por Pinky:

Publicado originalmente por Out Of Bubblegum:

Why do ghosts in the pictures always wear clothes?

Also, why do ghosts seem to like Victorian fashion so much?

It's so 1860...

Supposedly they are seeing the spirits of people who used to live at the location.

Paranormal activity positively correlates with tourist traps, funny enough.

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Publicado originalmente por SMIFFY:

No one has ever seen ghosts. Those that claim to are either scam artists, mentally ill or educationally subnormal.

They could also be mistaken.
Under the right circumstances the mind can play tricks on you.

I don't believe in ghost, but if you stick me alone in a old abandoned building, in the middle of the night with a storm raging outside, causing all sorts of creaks and noises to echo throughout the place, light doing all sorts of weird ♥♥♥♥ the shadows, I might start to reconsider my skepticism.

[Philco7a]

Mark 5:9.

UV Light keeps them away.

[MinionJoe]

This explains it better than I could:

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/science-ghosts

[Ailes]

Because they are special snowflakes, gifted and rare dots in the universe, who are being given secret wisdom and access to secret realms that trivial and stupid individuals such as myself are not allowed to witness. Because... Reasons.

[Holding These Alligators Down]

Because they are high or have mental problems or are liars.

[Haruspex]

Publicado originalmente por tiny E:

They could also be mistaken.
Under the right circumstances the mind can play tricks on you.

I think everyone has experience they can't explain. The difference in how you perceive those experiences is in your mindset.

If the mind is primed and ready to accept the unknown as something paranormal, then that person will sooner or later have a "paranormal" experience.

If the mind is of the opinion that the unknown has a rational explanation, it just needs to be found, then potential paranormal experiences can be explained away as "the wind" or "headlights of a truck passing by".

It's like if a kid sees a monster in his closet at night. That kid truly believes there's a monster in the closet, at least until you turn the lights on and that "monster" turns out to be just a coat on a hangar.

[Ailes]

Publicado originalmente por 8bitbeard:

... I think everyone has experience they can't explain. ...

I can't recall any. But then again I guess I'm what others would call a rather "boring" person. I'm no special snowflake that should experience awesome strange and unique phenomena that only very few can ever claim to witness in their lives. I'm an uninspired scientific person. But I have no issues with that. Not everyone can be a special snowflake.

[Irene ❤]

There is no proof, just stories.

It's like screaming on roller coasters. Not everyone is scared.

They joined in the wave of fun.

[NokikplsUwU]

Publicado originalmente por Squeeze Here For Christmas Cheer:

depends on hwo high theyr r?

Pretty much

[Dracoco OwO]

Publicado originalmente por TRASH:

Maybe soulless people can't see them cause they have no soul. IDK.

This is disrespectfull to gingers.