• Question: why do some people believe that ghosts exist?

    Asked by emilyybrookes to Vince, Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by titaniumdragon.
    • Photo: Rebecca Cook

      Rebecca Cook answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Often because they have had a supernatural experience and believe they have seen a ghost. I have never seen a ghost or any evidence of one so I don’t believe in them.

    • Photo: Hannah Little

      Hannah Little answered on 23 Jun 2013:

      The brain plays all sorts of tricks on people to make them think they’ve seen something that’s not there, especially in dark places. If there’s somewhere really dark, your brain wants to fill in the gaps that are missing in your field of vision and sometimes does that with things you’re familiar with, like the shape of a person (and people interpret that as a ghost). It’s pretty creepy and scary to even think about.

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