Scientifically speaking a ghost is generally thought of as the image of a dead person

Many people know tons of stories like this one. Though it may be sort of hard to believe, these are ghost stories, and these are what most people hear. Not all stories of ghosts need to be authentic reenactments of real life experiences to scare people. There is though, many real life encounters out there.

Legends, though drawn out through the years, bring great significance to the power of understanding ghosts, and help the way people and society feel or look at ghosts. Everybody knows what a legend is but if you need a recap, it can be described by a famous if not classic story told throughout generations, and generations of people. Most the time with each generation the story gets a little longer and in this case spookier. A lot of legends are based on cultures and ethnicities as well as just general legends. Many legends are known to be fiction, and just for the point of fun and education. There are also many legends told that are swore to be real encounters or happenings. An example of a fictitious legend is the Ghosts of Christmas. Almost everyone has heard of Mr. Scrooge the greedy old miser who has no Christmas spirit. Only to be awakened, by three spirits taking him on a journey through time. One, taking him to his past, another to the future, and the last to present day. Families across the world share this story and legend every year for the joyfulness it brings. Nobody remembers that it was just a story written by Charles Dickens, they think of it as cool legend that makes the Christmas spirit shine bright. Another very common legend, which has been turned into a popular kid's cartoon, is Casper the friendly ghost. This story is about a ghost who loves everybody that is nice, but always seems to scare people despite his cheery disposition. This legend was created to show the younger crowd that ghost are not to be feared they are to be looked at as friendly soles or spirits. One legend famous to student residents in the northern suburbs of Denver Colorado, are the Gates of Hell. The Gates of Hell is a place in a field where a now half burnt down barn sits atop two holes in the ground. Each hole is big enough to walk down into and pretty much party in. Legend has it that down the right hole, which is now basically abandoned except for thousands of what seem to be cow bones, there were satanic rituals conducted. Legend also has it they sacrificed many animals, and also killed a woman. People say that the woman's spirit lives on down that hole with all the animal spirits protecting her. If you walk down that hole you will hear her screaming one time and singing another. No one has ever really wanted to pursue telling anyone about it, because it is like an attraction or place to go get a thrill, and nobody wants the place to get torn up or closed down. Another popular legend with young people is the legend of Bloody Mary. Supposedly if you are to look into a mirror in the dark and say the words bloody Mary five times, you will unleash a devilish spirit and it will come to haunt you. It is supposed to be a sort of legend that gives you a rush for second, and leaves the rest to mind games and imaginary visions. There has been no report of this ever working, but who's to say that everyone that has done this doesn't have an evil spirit by their side, scaring them at appropriate times without them even knowing. In other countries there are many ghost legends as well. Like in Mexico, ghosts of people who had died violently were said to be able to cure illness. The ghost of the famous bandit, Pancho Villia, cured an insane boy by whipping and shouting to drive out the evil spirits thought to posses his body. Or in Africa, people believed that if a witch doctor dug up a corpse and stole part of the body, he could turn its ghost into a slave. Then the witch doctor sent his ghost out to do evil deeds, and spread illness and kill all his enemies. In Japan, Japanese ghosts were believed to be deformed as a punishment for evil ac

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