As for the abandoned buildings, cemetaries, etc...it seems that all those hunters are stuck in that mindset of tragic events or other emothional attachment. My house is certainly not historical (under 100 years) nor is it abandoned but there is activity here. Noted by several people other than myself. I wouldn't "hunt" it looking for family, since none of my family died here, but it is on the top of my list to have investigated.

Not to say that I have had a bad life by any measurement, and the last five years have been pretty good, but I hope that I have an all new experience after my physical body expires. If I ever decide to revisit this plane...I'll be at Two Doors Down in Maryville, TN having a cold one with the Dixie Werewolves!

I would think that old, abandoned buildings hold so many good and bad events that the emotions are still there long after the physical surroundings are gone.

Maybe spirits hang out at cemeteries or visit there because it is a location that has memorialized them. It is their final resting place as far as the physical body is concerned. It is probably where their family and friends paid their final respects. It's probably a place where they get visitors to their grave.

Being drawn to your old physical body might be why as well.

I can see why they might hang out there.

That was my thought as well.

In my opinion spirits are just people that have passed on. I don't believe that they become less intelligent nor do their desires necessarily change after death. So I can't see a spirit going back to or hanging around a place that they tried to avoid in life.

The belief that spirits only haunt places they died or of importance to them is an old belief that has been passed down and embraced by people as they begin their own quest for answers in the paranormal. However, I believe it is not necessarily accurate but that is another forum. lol

I think it's all a lot of bunk, the "spirits" I've seen or heard were in regular places, not necessarily abandoned ones. Not saying it can't happen though.

I have seen all over TV & internet of people going to cemeteries, old abandoned buildings and even paying others to use their properties so they can Ghost Hunt. I wondered why? I can only come up with the answer that they are in it for the thrill or social aspect. Now, I don’t know anyone who hasn’t had a loved one or friend that has passed on so I also wondered why don’t people ghost hunt the people they knew? They have all the information they would need. They know where to go and what the persons routine was. So if they are looking to really investigate why don’t people investigate those they knew in life? Why go looking for strangers or go to places that are at best a maybe for activity?

Makes good tv.

That is exactly what I said in my other post...

I can't see a spirit going back to or hanging around a place that they tried to avoid in life.

I went back and read and see that you did,

I misread what you were saying...i apologize.

so it seems we're on the same page on this subject /smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':blink:' />

So if spirits are intelligent, and can chose to haunt anywhere they want,

i still ask "why would they chose the cemetery?", of all the places to

go i dont understand why something with intelligence would chose that

location.

That is exactly what I said in my other post...

I can't see a spirit going back to or hanging around a place that they tried to avoid in life.

Maybe spirits hang out at cemeteries or visit there because it is a location that has memorialized them. It is their final resting place as far as the physical body is concerned. It is probably where their family and friends paid their final respects. It's probably a place where they get visitors to their grave.

Being drawn to your old physical body might be why as well.

I can see why they might hang out there.

It's the ties that bind.

We have theories that ghost haunt places or people due to some sort of binding or bonding that exist. It could be a building, an object or a person or even a piece of land. If this is true then why can't a spirit have a bond with it's body. I know I'm very fond of mine despite it's imperfections.

maybe i'm not fond enough of my body to get it /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

if i'm intelligent enough to chose where i haunt after death,

i just dont get hanging out at a cemetery. i'd want to be where

people were, where things that were important to me happened.

not sitting in a cemetery with my rotting body. not that it will

matter since i plan to be cremated /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

We have theories that ghost haunt places or people due to some sort of binding or bonding that exist. It could be a building, an object or a person or even a piece of land. If this is true then why can't a spirit have a bond with it's body. I know I'm very fond of mine despite it's imperfections.

The belief that spirits only haunt places they died or of importance to them is an old belief that has been passed down and embraced by people as they begin their own quest for answers in the paranormal. However, I believe it is not necessarily accurate but that is another forum. lol

So if spirits are intelligent, and can chose to haunt anywhere they want,

i still ask "why would they chose the cemetery?", of all the places to

go i dont understand why something with intelligence would chose that

location.

I've never understood the theory of cemeteries being haunted.

Why would a ghost chose to haunt a cemetery?

I thought they haunted

either the location they died or a location of importance to them.

In my opinion spirits are just people that have passed on. I don't believe that they become less intelligent nor do their desires necessarily change after death. So I can't see a spirit going back to or hanging around a place that they tried to avoid in life.

The belief that spirits only haunt places they died or of importance to them is an old belief that has been passed down and embraced by people as they begin their own quest for answers in the paranormal. However, I believe it is not necessarily accurate but that is another forum. lol