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5 signs the room you are entering is haunted

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Dec 1, 2021, 21:00 IST
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Could your room be haunted? Find out now!

We have heard stories, some of us have even encountered some eerie situations when we have felt the presence of some paranormal force. We feel a shift in the room temperature, our brain censors tell us that there is someone else in that room but you cannot see them. Most of us, however, let it go, brush it off, stay in denial, reasoning with logic that it is probably the effect of movies we watch sometimes. But to be sure, here are 5 signs which could indicate the presence of a ghost in the room you are about to enter.

Going by the Pew Research Center, one amongst 5 people have encountered a ghost and one out of three feel that they have been contacted by their dead friend or ancestors.

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Smell

There is a weird, distinct smell that should not be there? Yes there is a possibility that you have a visitor. People have shared that there have been instances when they could smell their late grandmother’s perfume in one corner of the house which cannot be possible. This is also called “phantom scents”. But, before jumping to conclusions, ask someone else to smell that place. Sometimes when we even miss someone, our human brain, which is highly imaginative, makes us see or smell things which are not really there.

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Temperature drop

If you are certain that there is no draft in that room and there is one very cold spot which is not normal, then it could be a sign.

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Phone battery

According to Doug Hogate Jr., founder of the Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society, as reported by NewJersey.com, ghosts need energy to manifest themselves. “Ghosts are thought to communicate through electricity (like turning the lights on and off) for similar reasons,” he said. If you had kept your phone fully charged and it drained quickly overnight in a not-so-normal way, without any usage, you have someone in the house.

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The noises

Yes, we have seen in all movies that mysterious noises indicate the presence of the paranormal. If you do not have rodent issues in the house, or any animal capable of making certain noises, then you know what that means. It is worth investigating anything that is happening out of the blue. Maybe it is just some old piece of wood rolling around due to the wind, but you have to find out.

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Do you sometimes feel too cold and it isn't normal?

Anything that suddenly sends a chill up your spine, especially a cold touch on your neck, could be a sign of the haunted. You must reach out to a spiritual healer and let them know what happened. But it is believed that this happens only to those who are metaphysically gifted.


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