Personally I believe in "ghosts" as I have had the privilege to see and speak with certain loved ones who have passed on.
Different belief systems having varying explanations as to why a disembodied human spirit manifests in the physical realm. Some of the common reasons that some to mind: 1.a traumatic death links the spirit to a certain area, 2. the spirit does not realize that they are dead, 3. they have some sort of unfinished business, or 4.that they "stick around" to look after loved ones.
I have to say ghost or spirits are very real to me, but that's because I've been dealing with them most of my life, by actually trying to disprove what I've seen, or heard, I've scared myself with evps & video evidence into saying yup they're there.
Brysling has a point, for some spirits/ghosts are an act of fiction, others, they're real. it comes down to belief, since there's very little evidence on them that hasn't been fabricated.
personally, spirits are real, i've had to deal with them my whole life. know how many don't believe in spirits, and i'm a fairly logical person, you need to rule out all possible answers before going to the conclusion that it's a spirit. feel a random chill, look for cracks or open windows where a draft could get in, random noises, commonly thats just the normal creaks of a building. orbs in photographs are the easiest to disprove, 99% of the time, it's light reflecting off dust in the air.
you're not being fluffy, don't worry, like i said, many don't believe in spirits and there is almost no evidence of them being actually real things, it's a leap of faith really until you experience it for yourself. research it, and draw your own conclusion.
I'm sure I've seen a couple of ghosts. The first was a bit of a dubious sighting and the second was only seen be myself and one other and only discovered in conversation later.
But if they do exist, it makes me wonder why. Knowing that everything comes from us, where do these things come from? How can they exist?
