To some folks, Christmas might not seem like the right time of year to tell ghost stories. But I’ve got a spooky tale to share with you. And to understand my story, you first have to understand the relationship between my father and his dog.
You can't be in two places at the same time. Or can you? Many believe that each of us has a "doppelganger", an exact duplicate or ghostly twin, that occasionally stalks its better half. Doppelgangers, or "Fetches", commonly appear when a person is deathly ill or shortly before a person dies. German for "double walker", doppelgangers rarely appear side-by-side with their counterpart but often conduct the same affairs as their counterpart including visiting and talking with family and friends.
Where the paranormal is concerned, there are enough opinions out there spanning every genre of thought and every corner of the spectrum of belief ranging from the ardent atheist of any possible spiritual presence to the most staunch believer and devotee of the shaman of the shades that are nested amongst us all in the night.
You hear heavy footsteps in the upstairs hallway when you know no one is up there. Doors slam unaccountably. Commonly used items disappear and reappear without cause. The kitchen light turns on by itself. There's the unmistakable scent of a strange perfume in the air. These may be indications that your house is haunted.
Over the last few years there have been many people who have shared in their experience of seeing orbs here on our website and other websites throughout the net. You can type "Orbs" in any search engine and return millions of hits. But are orbs proof of paranormal phenomenon? If you are a fan of Syfy's Ghost Hunters, you know that Jason and Grant usually claim that orb activity is either a bug or dust. Yet, many people claim that orbs are true paranormal evidence.
Almost everyone has had an encounter of some kind with paranormal activity, whether it be a restless spirit, a poltergeist, a beloved deceased relative, or in some cases a supernatural being.