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15 Signs You May Have A Poltergeist Living In Your Home

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Losing your keys, only to find them on the fridge, is frustrating. Waking up with mysterious scratches is even weirder. If this is happening to you, you might have a poltergeist. Before panicking or paying for a house cleansing, check these signs to rule out simpler explanations. Are poltergeists real? This question has puzzled paranormal scholars and solo residents for centuries. What sets a poltergeist apart is its basis in psychic energy, which is hard to measure. Residual energy from a traumatic event like a slaying or suicide can leave a lingering presence. While poltergeists are unpredictable, there are telltale signs to help you determine if you're dealing with a mundane issue or a haunting. If you're experiencing spooky occurrences, keep reading to see how many of these signs apply to you.

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    You've Got A Preteen Or Teenager In The House

    Most poltergeists show up when someone in your house reaches adulthood. Teen or preteen girls often cause them because their hormones peak. They might unconsciously manipulate house items with psychokinesis. The most famous example isThe Enfield Haunting., a case where an 11-year-old girl levitated and spoke with an older man's voice.

    The Enfield case is the most known poltergeist story. It includes weird noises, shaking furniture, and spooky sounds. The haunting stopped when the family moved out and never returned.

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    Objects Keep Disappearing

    If objects in your home vanish and then reappear randomly, you might have a poltergeist infestation starting. This isn't as scary as it sounds, but it could signal a malicious entity testing limits. A couple who moved into a new place noticed thattheir ID cards kept going missingabout a month into living at their new home.

    If things around your house start vanishing, do not panic. You might just be experiencingObjects disappear..

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    Household Items Are Levitating

    If your cell phone and favorite shoes keep vanishing, you have a 90% chance of no poltergeist. But if those same items start floating in front of you, you likely have one. In 2016, a family in Scotland was scared out of their homes when theirA chihuahua started levitating..

    That dog did not sign up to float across the room like a bad special effect in theScary Movie.This is a franchise.

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    Your House Smells Weird

    Do you smell something strange in just one room? Did you check if it is a rotting mouse or an old sandwich under the air vents? If so, there is a good chance a poltergeist haunts your home. A family in Kent, England, reported a poltergeist haunting their home—specifically a second-floor room thatThe house had a weird smell..

    The house owner said the last thing was a growling sound in the hallway. If a room smells funny, ignore your mortgage or lease and move out.

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    Poltergeists Mess With Your Electric Bill

    Why do poltergeists mess with the electric bill?Ghosts and poltergeists mess with the electric bill.love to mess with electronics? Are they angry they died before getting a new iPhone? They do not grasp that their kinetic energy shorts out anything they touch. Besides televisions turning on and off like in a film about poltergeists by Tobe Hooper, they have been known to blow things up when angered.

    A 1958 story from Berry Hill, OK, describes a $1,300 electric organ that "got all churned up" without being plugged in. The Tulsa music store repairman said it looked like “A bear walked around.Inside the organ. Ghosts? No thanks.

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    Power Surges Randomly Turn Appliances On

    This issue could be a poltergeist or a real electrical problem. Fix it now. If your stove or TV turns on at random times, you need action.Your stove or TV turns on at random intervals.Treat the random stove or TV power-ups like a real problem. Your house might burn down. Electricity has a serious issue. If you check the power and it's fine, but your TV still cycles randomly, visit your local library.

    Go to the library. Check microfiche for deaths in your house before you moved in. You probably have a poltergeist.

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    There Are Rhythmic Knocks Around Your Home

    After ruling out natural causes for your haunting, link other spooky events to a poltergeist. A rhythmic set of knocks, clicks, and bumps at night signals a poltergeist. The most famous spooky knocking is theThe classic three knocks occur.These knocks happen when a ghost, spirit, or poltergeist wants entry.

    If you hear knocks alone one night, without a human, consider cleansing your house.

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    You Hear Footsteps

    Poltergeists are loud and ignore everyone's bedtime. If you hear footsteps clomping, you might have a residual haunting. This is a common haunting type, marked by energy stuck in a loop.

    If you have a residual poltergeist, you likely don't worry. Just make sure the footsteps aren't aimed at you!

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    It Always Feels Like Someone's Watching You

    What makes you feel something in your closet watching you from the dark? This poltergeist might not interact with you, but it is not a residual haunting.

    It is hard to tell if you face an evil spirit or something stuck between worlds without interaction. If you feel watched in your room at night, try totalk to the spirit; what is the worst outcome?

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    You're Surrounded By Cold Spots

    A classic poltergeist sign is a single cold spot while everything else is normal. If your home is cold and smells strange, ask your local witch or a priest.one of the famous cold spotsThis happens at the Masonic Hotel in Napier, New Zealand.

    After deaths at the hotel, visitors report multiple cold spots, music, and lights turning on by themselves.

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    Something Is Slamming Doors In Your House

    If you moved past a poltergeist softly rapping at your windows to doors slamming inside your home, congratulations. Your spooky guest found its way in, and it is angry. In early 2016, an invisible poltergeist slammed doors and kicked chairs at the Abbeydale Community Centre in Redditch, Worcestershire. Ghost hunter Clem Dallaway filmed some of the ghostly action and believes the building dealt with a classic poltergeist.

    He said"All I know is that customers and staff heard bangs, footsteps, and the same door leading to the skittle alley opening. Some staff members reported hearing bangs at the club." That sounds like a poltergeist.

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    Stacks On Stacks Of Furniture

    No one knows why poltergeists stack furniture. Science has not researched supernatural occurrences enough. Tobe Hooper popularized this habit.Poltergeist, but people who experience hauntings sometimes wake up to find all their kitchen chairs stacked on top of each other.

    At the Zetland Hotel in Queensgate in 1996, barman Paul Booth found all the ash rays turned upside down.Chairs mysteriously stacked on the stairs..

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    Strange Messages On Your Phone

    Modern technology gives poltergeists a new way to scare people they haunt. Lindsay from Washington, DC, received the text message while relaxing at her apartment:Linzy i c u." from an unknown number. After texting back and asking who messaged her, the reply read, "Just a friend. sum1 who watches ur every move. ur lil guardian angle." Jeepers creepers, that is spooky.

    Lindsay reports the poltergeist kept sending sassy texts, even complimenting her hair, until she called the police and tried to explain the situation.

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    Light Scratches On Your Skin

    If you get mysterious scratches on your body at home, run. Many stories exist of scratches, bite marks, welts, and bruises appearing on skin without cause, often during a paranormal investigation. Three scratches specifically might mean "demonic art," mocking the holy trinity. Some paranormal researchers think different scratchesLight scratches have different meanings..

    If you get scratches across your body during a poltergeist visit, your fear of the mysterious presence might have made the creature appear.Light scratches manifested the creature into existence..

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    You're The Victim Of Ghostly Physical Encounters

    If you have lived through any of these poltergeist signs, you live in a cool haunted house and should rent it on Airbnb. But if your poltergeist physically harms you, you must leave. Accounts of early poltergeist activity appear in the work of ancient Roman writer Titus Livius inAb Urbe ConditaIt involves a shower of stones.A shower of stones scared the Roman army.These events scared the Roman army.

    Modern poltergeist stories show unseen forces dragging people from beds. If you have a smelly, cold room and something pulls you out of bed, you have a poltergeist.

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