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Poltergeist?
Poltergeists, German for noisy ghosts, have long been associated
with housholds with children. Bucking beds, unexplicable
knocking, and items thrown about have often been catagorized
as poltergeist activity-mischief caused by a naughty spirit. But
the latest theory by leading paranormal investigators suggests
that a poltergeist is not a ghost after all. Today it is thought that
such activity is caused by the mind of an agent-particularly
an adolescent. Without even realizing what they are doing,
troubled youths use their psychokinetic (mind over matter>
ability to affect the environment around them.

Clues it is a poltergeist:
1. Objects are tossed about by an unseen force.

2. Mysterious knockings, rappings, and other noises are
disturbing the household.

3. There is an adolescent in the home-particularly a girl.

4. The teenager in question is experiencing emotional turmoil.

5. The paranormal activity stops when the teen is absent.

6. Apparitions are usually not seen.

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