What is Ghost?
[[File:Athenodorus - The Greek Stoic Philosopher Athenodorus Rents a Haunted House.jpg|thumb|upright|Greek philosopher [[Heathendom and the ghost]], by [[Henry Justice Ford]], c.1900]] [[File:Cara mujer.JPG|thumb|Typical blurry image on a wall. Said to be paranormal, but probably man-made. This one is from Spain, and was done in 1992.]] In folklore a '''ghost''', '''phantom''', or '''spirit''', is thought to be the [[soul]] of a [[Human death|dead person]], usually one who tries to scare alive people. [[Scientist]]s say that there is no proof that ghosts are real,<ref>Shane McCorristine ''Spectres of the Self: Thinking About Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England,1750-1920'' 2010, pp. 44-56</ref><ref>Ken Gelder ''The horror reader'' 2000, pp. 43-44</ref> but many people believe that they are. There are a lot of [[wikt:story|stories]] about ghosts in [[book]]s and [[movie]]s. Sometimes the ghost is the spirit of a person who was killed by someone or who was already dead. The ghost may stay on [[Earth]] because he or she has unfinished problems or is still trying to say goodbye to people who they missed.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Sometimes ghosts are said to live in a particular place, for example an abandoned [[house]] or a place that existed hundreds of years ago. Sometimes the ghosts in these stories exist because of some problem the person had that was not solved before he or she died. The ghost stays on Earth trying to fix the problem. If the problem is fixed, the ghost can leave. Many people say they have seen or heard ghosts. People who try to talk to ghosts as their job are called [[Necromancy|mediums]]. There can be bad ghosts and there can also be good ones. There have never been any ghosts that have actually hurt or killed people, although people tell stories about it. Many people believe they have seen ghosts. Others believe they have felt ghosts near them. Often the ghost is said to appear as a feeling of [[cold]] and a [[light]] or a misty [[cloud]], but sometimes pe