The Difference Between Poltergeist and Ghost and Some Observations

The Difference Between Poltergeist and Ghost and Some Observations
Plus: The Sandwich Shop Poltergeist in Manchester, New Hampshire

Many people may believe that poltergeist and ghost are one of the same when some say they are actually different. Usually when a ghost is in a house that is considered a "haunting". When a poltergeist is in a residence it is considered a "disturbance." Another idea of what the two might be is that you can "see" ghosts, you can't "see" poltergeists. A better explanation would be that ghosts are defined as spirits of deceased persons would refuse or can't leave the land of the living. Where a poltergeist, as some experts put it, are forms of energy that are unknowing being controlled by the living.

Strange? Yes, but there are as many theories of where these poltergeists come from as there is of ghosts. Another observation may be that these forms are a negative energy left behind by say some gruesome death, murder, suicide and that energy has been left behind. A ghost can give off such energies as for example, you could walk into some random room and all of the sudden you feel extremely angry or sad, this may be because this is what the spirit wants you to feel. There's been some cases, even in the investigation I've been in, where there's been intense anger or depression. Maybe the spirit that is being encountered is angry, sad, or depressed.

Maybe the last extreme feeling in that room has been left behind for everyone to relive, like a residual haunting. Even though you don't know what happened, for some odd reason you get the same emotions no matter if you know what happened there or not.

Also, ghosts are confined to usually where the departed or where they spent most of their time. Poltergeists, however, are not confined to one specific area, but no one knows for sure who or what these are. Usually a ghost can be sent away to the correct realm by a priest while the correct way to send away a disturbance by a poltergeist has yet be to determined, because no one knows for sure what they are exactly.

Where does this happen around here? There's a Sandwich Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire that has quite the poltergeist. Thing is though, there's some debate whether it's actually a ghost or a poltergeist, but the owners say that they don't mind their "friend" one bit and have actually embraced it as one of their own. Some strange activities that happen at the shop that can be defined as poltergeist activity is that items fly off the shelf at random times and that there is no explanation (such as a window open) to make things fly off the shelves. A meat thermometer has been witnessed by an entire staff to fly out of a cup and land three feet away. One worker got a scare when he was cutting meat one day and stacking it neatly beside him. When he looked over, all his hard work was being thrown around the room!

Even though some are confused at whether this is a ghost haunting or a poltergeist disturbance, the entity, whatever it may be, has friends and has spoken before on EVPs, saying that it's name is Mike and that he may have been shot. Maybe the alleged shooting left some negative energy behind and has transpired into these events, but one thing is for sure: ghosts and poltergeist may have differences and similarities, but one thing is for sure is that we may never know what they are. Maybe they are different, maybe they are the same, maybe it's our minds playing tricks on us, but we all know one thing, when this happens to us it scares us sheetless.

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Resources:

http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-ghost-and-poltergeist/

Info for the Sandwich Shop story came from Thomas D'Agostino's "Haunted New Hampshire."

James Paradie is a paranormal columnist as well as a paranormal investigator who has been seen in such newspapers as the Northcountry News, Littleton Record, the White Mountain Shopper, and the Trendy Times. His stories can also been seen on paranormalnews.com and mostlyghosts.com where he is a regular contributor.