Pinellas Pasco Paranormal/ Hostile Haunts Specialists

After many years of working haunt cases I have seen manypatterns for true hostile haunt cases, and others for hauntings thatjust seem hostile but in reality are not. Let's take a look at the realhostile haunts first.

Revenge haunts:

 This year we have seenthree revenge hauntings. These are hostile hauntings, where a spirit has an axe to grind and is hell bent on seeing it through. Spirits whohave been wronged sometimes do not move on. Some hang around and try toplay out their revenge from the other side. Some of these spirits mayhave a genuine reason for being so enraged, others may have imaginedreasons, and really don't have a real idea of what took place, theyjust want to blame someone, much like the living sometimes do. Either way it's all about unrest on some level.

  Some spirits can bereasoned with and urged to move on, but others just refuse and whenthis happens it is hard to get them to abandon their campaign ofhaunting someone. Since we, as incarnates in this life do not holdultimate power over what happens here, let alone on the other side, weare sometimes unable to resolve these matters. I believe there arerules that govern these matters and we are not able to over ride themor even know the details of those rules for that matter.

Justice haunts:

 These are spirits that haunt their murderers, or those they feel areresponsible for their death, or some other matter that was neverresolved, such as the details of their death, that they want to be madeknown. A spirit desperate to accomplish this, may be persistent, and goto extreme lengths to make their presence known, scaring the daylightsout of the people they try to make contact with.

Truly Evil entities:

 These spirits haunt and torture the living just because they aredisgruntled or resentful, and sometimes just plain malevolent. A spiritdoes not have to be a demon or an imp, or anything non human, to be anevil spirit. Human ghosts are often responsible for about threequarters of evil hauntings.They sometimes attach to people they relateto, or those they want to use or live through, to achieve whatevertheir goal is. These kinds of spirits are not very common, and ususallyare as feared and disdained by other spirits as they are by the living.

  In the cases I have seen with these kinds of spirits there is usuallyalso reports of a shadow man. I believe that this is because the shadowmen are soul harvesters who come like bounty hunters to try and haulthese evil spirits off to the realm where they belong. These cases alsooften feature IMPS that pose as children but in reality are non humanentities that take up with human ghosts and lend them their help increating havoc. This year I got to see my first IMP, though I haverecorded their voices for years and even got what I think may be aphoto of one. I have no idea exactly what these imps are, but they donot strike me as human at all. They also seem too easily intimidated tobe classified as demons, from what I have seen of them so far.

  Allthree types of hauntings listed above, also seem to feature nightcrusher episodes, nightmares, and extreme physical activity. Theysometimes try to integrate with a living person and sometimes succeed.While all of these are perceived as hostile haunts by the victims ofthese spirits, the truly evil spirits are actually easier to banishthan the others. There is a fine line between what is truly evil, andwhat is just a desperate spirit with a serious cause. It takesdifferent approaches to deal with all three of these kinds of haunts,and some may never be resolved.

  Then there is another kind ofhaunting called an "Infestation" haunt. This means several spirits areteamed together and pooling their energy to create extreme activity.Usually in a hostile haunt, there is one ring leader who may even beoppressing the others and forcing them to participate in his or heragenda. One thing is for sure, and that is that people do not like tobe alone, in this life or the next. years of cases have shown me thatwhere there is one spirit, there are usually others.

  Rare is thesolitary spirit who spends all of his or her time alone. Sometimes Ihave even found two separate groups of spirits in the same place thatare not even in league with each other, but are more or less doingtheir own thing. In some cases they may clash with each other andextreme activity may be the result of that little ongoing war, betweenthem.

Next are other sometimes extreme, but not really hostile hauntings.

Suicide spirits:

 These are people who committed suicide and do not want to cross overbecause they fear judgment on the other side or, they regret theirchoice and want to somehow regain their earthly life at any cost. Thereare many other reasons as well, such as feeling the pain, of what theyput their loved ones through and wanting so badly to let them know theyare there and they are sorry, and find a way to offer some kind ofclosure or resolution. Suicide spirits often hang around and try tointeract with the world they left behind. Sometimes they just want tostay in their old homes and cling to their earthly life that they tookfor granted before. Because they are having such a hurricane of emotionof all kinds, they can also be quite unstable, even angry andfrustrated and take it out on the living at times. If they find someonewho can see or hear them, such as a sensitive person or a young child,they may continue to try and interact with that person to hold on tosome connection to this world. No matter what the case suicides do notcross over easily most of the time. There are hundreds of possiblereasons and scenarios for them to linger.

Lost spirits:

 Thesespirits are lost for whatever reason, and do not know where to go andhow to get there. Some may not realize they are dead, but more oftenthey are just staying in familiar territory and trying to do what theyalways did in their earthly life. They may not have been ready to go tothe next life and mourn their earthly existence to the point where theyjust want to stay here. Sometimes they want to cling to their lovedones still here on this plane. Whatever the case, they sometimes causeserious problems for the living who have to experience the unsettlingactivity that they cause.

Mischievous pranksters:

  These are harmless spirits that just enjoy getting a rise out of us, and haunt for their own entertainment.

Theyare usually earthbound spirits who choose to stay in the realm of theliving and play around at our expense. Spirits like these are usuallypart of a small group of trouble makers, that work together to achievetheir mutual entertainment. These are some of the most common types ofspirits responsible for hauntings. They as a rule do not do any realharm, but are just out to get a rise out of us. If we don't give them areaction, they often move on to somewhere , where their efforts willnot be ignored. It is our reaction that they want and they thrive on.

 Last but not least are the hauntings that come about as a result ofsomeone extending an invitation to those on the other side, to comeforth and interact with them. People do this in many ways, such asbreaking out the old Ouija board, playing parlor games, even bringingout a tape recorder and asking for spirit communication. Opening a dooris never agood idea, as there is no telling who or what will walkthrough it. Many an amateur ghost hunter have brought problems uponthemselves, by seeking out spirits at cemeteries and supposed hauntedlocations. Some spirits will follow you home and some resent theintrusion and will follow to retaliate. Provoking a spirit is anothersure fire way to get more than you bargained for or are ready to dealwith. These cases often turn out to be the worst kinds of hauntings.

 The reasons for hostile haunts are endless, and I have only listed herethe most common that I have seen over the years. One thing I can tellyou is that the number of hostile cases has increased, in the last fouryears. I would like to hear your ideas concerning the possible reasonsfor this increase. I have my own theories but would love to hear others thoughts.