HIGHLIGHTS: One in five Americans think they’ve seen a ghost before, and most of those people say it’s happened multiple times.
FULL STORY: A new poll for Halloween asked 1,000 Americans about the paranormal, and found almost one in five of us think we’ve seen a GHOST before. 19% of people say they’ve seen a ghost. Here are a few more quick stats on things we’ve experienced but can’t explain . . .
- Most who’ve seen a ghost say it’s happened multiple times. Just 9% say it only happened once. Almost a third say it’s happened more than five times.
- There’s a 50/50 chance you’ll know the ghost you encounter. Of people who’ve seen a ghost, 29% said they knew the person . . . 29% said it was a stranger . . . 28% said they’ve seen both . . . and 14% weren’t sure, or didn’t see the ghost’s face.
- Most ghosts are nice. 40% of people said the ghosts they’ve encountered have been “good,” compared to just 7% who said “evil.” A lot of people said they’ve met good AND evil spirits though.
- Thinking your house is haunted is common. One in four Americans think they’ve lived somewhere haunted before.
- Even if you’ve never seen a ghost, you may have sensed one. 37% of us say we’ve felt a “presence” before . . . 29% have heard the voice of someone who wasn’t there . . . and 28% have felt an unexplained change in temperature.
30% have smelled an unexplained odor . . . 33% have heard music, or a sound they couldn’t explain . . .25% have seen lights or other electronics turn off on their own . . . 22% think they’ve seen an object move on its own . . .And 20% have seen a door open or close by itself. (That’s irrefutable evidence of a ghost right there . . . couldn’t possibly be the wind.)
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