I'm not sure what you mean by the ones who dont believe in them see them.

I believe in ghosts, and I've seen one once.

The saying "right place at the right time" comes to mind. Let me ask you this; if you saw a ghost would you know it is one? Many people report seeing ghosts that fully look like people and completely solid. Who's to say that that little old lady you saw at the mall last week wasn't a ghost.

I've seen a few things that I thought were ghosts. They were more mist like than a person.

This has always been a question of mine. Almost everything we've seen about ghosts is the t.v. or movie version of what a ghost should be. The old ball and chain, moaning, bed sheet version of a ghost. You bring up an excellent point here Ryan, how do we know that we don't see ghosts everyday? What makes them so different from us, besides the whole being dead thing? Just because they don't have their physical bodies anymore, that doesn't mean that they don't have a projected memory of what they used to look like. Maybe that's what we see when we look at them and that's why we don't realize that we're looking at a ghost.

Make any kind of sense?

I am a very confused person at the moment, for I am in a predicament. I beleive in ghosts, yes, but it is weird that the people who don't beleive in them are the ones who see them. I have researched extensivley on how to see a ghost, went to cemetaries, haunted houses and the whole nine yards, but I have never seen one… and it makes me sad =..( so tell me, why is this? and have you seen a ghost?

For one, don't try so hard. When you try to find a ghost, you are looking for a perceived experience from what you may have heard or read.

What you may need to do is research places in your area that have had many sightings of the same thing. Then frequent these places at the times of these sightings. What I mean for example is, if the sightings are being experienced by say, tour members at a battlefield or fort, then don’t go at night expecting to see or experience anything. Always keep an open mind and mainly “be aware” of everything that goes on around you.

Also, don't just go to places & cemeteries, etc., like the ghost hunters you see on TV. TV shows you, they do this all the time and almost always see nothing.

So far, no one I have ever met or heard of can purposely see a ghost at a given time. It is a hit and miss type thing.

Most of all. Don’t get discouraged if you don't get immediate results. There is also something that very few people do, although I could never figure out why. Here is what I mean.

There is something to be said for the term, "Go for what you know." Most people have experienced the loss of a friend or family member yet they always try to contact or find strangers.

Now I am not saying that this approach is a given but personally knowing someone who has passed gives you an edge in that you know more about them and what they liked, how they acted and where they liked to frequent. Doesn't it seem a little more feasible that you might contact them, rather than hoping to contact a stranger? I think it might be worth a shot in your case. Just my opinion.

I believe in them and have seen them my whole life (whether I want to or not). It may be because if you do not believe you are not blocking them out. Some people whom do believe have a block out of fear or what have you that keeps the spirits at bay. Most cemetaries do not have as many ghosts as you think. There really isnt that much energy for them to draw on there

Why would they want to waste all that energy anyway to show themselves to someone who doesn't believe? Usually they are appearing for a specific reason or to convey a message.

And, why would they want to hang out in a cemetery? Not where I would want to hang out.

Also, I have been taught that it is not their intention to frighten us. If you are afraid, they will stay away from you. They just want us to know they are there and that there is life after death.