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There are 10 common things that you will find in a home with spiritual activity. These ten things are:
- The sensation of someone watching you
- Unusual odours in localised areas
- Pets displaying unusual behaviour
- Unexplainable sounds
- Flickering lights
- Mysterious cold spots around your home
- Electronic devices malfunctioning and acting erratically
- Spectral or shadowy sightings in your peripheral vision
- Objects mysteriously moving places
- Sleep disturbances
In this article, we will discuss each of these signs. We will also look at how you can confirm if it’s a natural or paranormal phenomenon. Finally, we will go through how you research the history of your home and determine if it is haunted.
The 10 Telltale Signs You Will Find In A Haunted House
Let’s go through the common types of experiences that can affect your entire family in haunted houses.
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1. The sensation of someone watching you
One of the most common symptoms of living in a haunted home is the sensation of being watched. Humans have a 6th sense about being observed and the feeling is unmistakable. This 2013 case study proved that even a blind person can sense when they are being watched.
To be able to determine if the sensation is caused by ghosts or just your own experience of paranoia, move through your home and see if the feeling dissipates in certain areas.
The simplest way to directly detect a ghostly presence is using one of our EMF meters, like the US-made K2. EMF meters detect the electromagnetic emissions of ghosts. This is one of the best ways to detect paranormal events.
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2. Unusual odours in localized areas
Another common thing you will find in haunted houses is strange smells. The smells can vary from a floral bouquet of a perfume or incense stick to more pungent odours like rotting flesh and cooking smells.
The smells may be something of great personal relevance to a ghost. Pinpointing the smell and its roots could be essential in figuring out if the ghost has unfinished business. Where the smell is strongest will also determine the most haunted locations in your home.
Sulphur is another common smell associated with demons and devils. It should however be noted that smelling sulphur or rotten eggs could also be a sign of a gas leak in your home!
3. Pets displaying unusual behaviour
Pets make great ghost detectors. We know they are much more sensitive to certain stimuli than we are. Pets may retreat from certain areas in the home, and bark or hiss at unseen things. Many people also report their pets becoming overly protective of them in certain rooms.
Animal senses should be trusted. They are more sensitive to infrasound and EM fields. You can emulate their ability with a device like the Mel Meter or the TriField meter. No self-respecting ghost hunters will be without one.
4. Unexplainable sounds
Old houses generally can be pretty noisy. Creaks, groans and scratching sounds are often associated with floorboards, old pipework or just the wind rattling loose gutter pipes. It is only when strange sounds transition to actual voices and whispers that the possibility of a haunting dawns on people.
People report a wide range of sounds in haunted houses, from loud bangs like a table being thrown across the room, to soft childlike whispers in people’s ears. The only way to detect these ghostly whispers is with an amplified microphone. It is commonly used by paranormal experts to detect and amplify ghostly voices.
5. Flickering lights
Paranormal activity often causes electromagnetic interference with electronics. These electric fields generated by ghosts also interact with the wiring of your home’s lights. This may cause them to flicker or switch on and off seemingly of their own volition.
Flickering lights can commonly be attributed to poor wiring or a faulty bulb though. An EMF meter would be needed to determine if there are any spiritual phenomena in the vicinity when your lights start acting up.
6. Mysterious cold spots around your home
As long as ghost sightings have been reported, witnesses have described a sudden drop in temperature just before a sighting.
While it is not fully understood by what physical mechanisms ghosts can bring down the ambient temperature of the room, the effect is still measurable. An infrared temperature gun is the most accurate way to detect temperature differences in a home.
7. Electronic devices malfunctioning and acting erratically
Ghosts give off powerful electromagnetic fields. These fields can pass through any brick wall and affect electronic devices in the entire house.
Effects can range from TVs switching on or off by themselves, your phone’s charge mysteriously dropping or electromagnetic interference on electronic screens.
Some people believe that the more power a device uses, the more susceptible it is to supernatural influence.
8. Spectral or shadowy sightings in your peripheral vision
Commonly sightings in haunted houses occur in our peripheral vision. We see shadow people move in the corners of the room, or get flashes of movement right next to us. Paranormal investigators commonly use a portable SLS camera to detect ghostly movement and activity.
9. Objects mysteriously moving places
When you find objects in your home moving around by themselves, or going missing and reappearing somewhere, you may have a poltergeist (or a cheeky friendly ghost). This can be a frustrating and frightful experience to deal with. Poltergeists are known to be mischievous, at the expense of you and your family.
To rule out any normal explanations you can set designated storage areas in your home where you keep things. Now monitor the movements of objects. If you start seeing patterns of objects moved to specific areas, you may be able to determine if the ghost is asking for help. Or at the very least trying to communicate something.
If you are feeling brave, establish communication with the entity. Use a device like a spirit box or pendulum for the best results.
10. Sleep disturbances
Paranormal activity can lead to restless sleep and nightmares for family members. In many cases, people also report experiencing sleep paralysis in haunted homes. More often than not it would be one member of the family who experiences it the worst.
Sleep paralysis is often linked to neurological problems, but that does not rule out ghostly phenomena. And if you don’t treat the haunting, you won’t be able to get sound sleep.
The easiest way to link a haunting to any sleep disturbances you experience is to use a Paranormal Response Device that has an alarm function. If there is any paranormal activity around you while you are sleeping, these devices will alert you with an alarm.
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How do I know my house is haunted?
To determine if you are living in a haunted house, learn about your home’s history. It may uncover the nature and purpose of the apparition.
Speak to neighbours, search your home address online, or pay a visit to your local deeds office to learn about previous ownership. Visit local historical societies or archivists who can provide background on the location of your potentially haunted house.
While a ghost not getting a proper burial while alive has become a trope in horror movies, in real life it most certainly can cause a haunting. Things like this can be learned through research.
Final Thoughts
When you have your house haunted, it can be a nerve-wracking experience. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out the truth of what you are seeing. If your experiences match any of the 10 phenomena we have listed, it may be time to take more serious action.
We will leave you with a quote from the writer known only as Charles on ghostsandstories.com.
“As you travel these pages and read these ghost stories, realize that ghosts come in many forms. Some are forthright and very easy to see, while others are timid and barely detectable. But you will find them. There are many, many ghosts here”.
