"The Existence of Ghosts"

Dear Diary,

Nowadays, or even before, people were already fond in believing on ghosts. But some contradict their beliefs. They say that ghosts are only a part of people's imagination. They could never be true and cannot excist in the living world. But some people and especially those people with a sixth sense could see them. Do you ever believe in ghosts?
A ghost is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person, frequently similar in appearance to that person, and encountered in places he or she frequented, or in association with the person's former belongings. The word "ghost" may also refer to the spirit or soul of a deceased person, or to any spirit or demon. Ghosts are often associated with haunting, which is, according to the Parapsychological Association, "the more or less regular occurrence of paranormal phenomena associated with a particular locality (especially a building) and usually attributed to the activities of a discarnate entity; the phenomena may include apparitions, poltergeist disturbances, cold drafts, sounds of steps and voices, and various odors. "Ghosts are controversial phenomena. According to a poll conducted in 2005 by the Gallup Organization, about 32% of Americans believe in the existence of ghosts. The term ghost has been replaced by apparition in parapsychology, because the word ghost is deemed insufficiently precise.
A ghost is also an alleged disembodied spirit of a dead person. Ghosts are often depicted as inhabiting haunted houses, especially houses where murders have occurred. Why some murder victims would stick around for eternity to haunt a place while others seem to evaporate is one of the great mysteries of the spirit world.Many people report physical changes in haunted places, especially a feeling of a presence accompanied by temperature drop and hearing unaccountable sounds. They are not imagining things. Most hauntings occur in old buildings, which tend to be drafty. Scientists who have investigated haunted places account for both the temperature changes and the sounds by finding physical sources of the drafts, such as empty spaces behind walls or currents set in motion by low frequency sound waves (infrasound) produced by such mundane objects as extraction fans.Some ghost experiences are attributed to sleep paralysis.
To tell you honestly, I do believe in this creatures. I could sometimes say that they really exist in this living world we are on. Why? Because I already experienced to see one. This really scared me. But what terrefied me most, was when my mother and other relatives share their experiences about ghosts. It just happend last year. It was during November 5, 2006, during the death ceremony of my friend. At the last night of the ceremony, we shared and talked a lot of things about her. While it was already her father's turn in speaking, i heard someone laughing. It was too impossible! All of us inside the chapel were wrapped with silence. As I was going to get a glass of water beside the comfort room, there I saw my friend. She was laughing at us. She was standing at that time beside the priest's dress. At that time, I don't even know how to react about it. I could not speak even a word. But although she was my friend, I would still never wish to see her in person or even any other ghosts.
Leslie ; )