In traditional belief, a ghost is the spirit or soul of a dead person or animal that can appear in visible form. The belief in the spirits of the dead has been around for thousands of years. Practices contacting or reaching out to the dead was very widespread across the world. Everyone has an opinion on super natural phenomenons whether they believe in aparitions or not. Ghost stories date back to ancient times. Even the Bible refers to several ghost stories. When Jesus walks on water in the Bible, his disciples at first think he is a ghost. It wasn't untill later ghosts were seen as "haunting". There were even reports of hauntings in the first century A.D. It was said that Pliny, the ghost who took shape of an old man, haunted a house in Athens by rattling chains. Ghost stories even swept through the towns and areas of where the Civil War battles took place. It's been said that dead soldiers still believe the war is not over.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost
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