Poltergeists

Poltergeist are usually temporary , focussed around an individual , rarely seen directly and influence physical objects in the environment.

The word poltergeist is Germanic meaning noisy ghost. Poltergeists are rarely seen or heard directly. Much more likely are the actions that a poltergeist performs that we see and hear and indeed sometimes feel.

It appears the majority of poltergeist activity occurs around a particular person. This person is often called a “focus” or “ agent”. Usually the focus is a person who expels great deals of energy. This individual is often a teenage girl , someone under immense stress or someone who is extremely unhappy. There are two main theories on poltergeist activity. The first being that an entity feeds off the energy given off by this individual , the focus to influence objects in the environment. This link between the entity and the focus is fuelled by feelings of anger and hormonal imbalance.

The second theory states that the individual themselves is responsible for the activity directly through telekinesis. When the individual themselves becomes extremely stressed, it is their energy that can influence the objects in the environment. This could explain why poltergeists are not seen directly, if it is the energy emitted from

the individual causing the disturbance. One simple method of checking this , is to remove the suspected focus from the property and check if the disturbances fade.