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When one begins to learn about hauntings, the first thing that he realizes is that this phenomena has many different faces. One of the most common types of hauntings is referred to by Psychical Researchers as a place memory. But what exactly is this unique type of haunting?
Haunted Cape May's Diane Bixler explains. A place memory is an event from the past, usually an emotional event, that somehow imprints itself right into the atmosphere. It may just lie dormant in the environment for years. Then, for some unknown reason, someone just happens to be in the right place at the right time, or maybe the wrong place at the right time, and the event replays itself. It can be a
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very harrowing experience.
How extensive is the experience? It could be a single, insignificant event, or it could be an experience that lasts for some minutes. Old homes which have layers and layers of emotional history will often be sources of place memories.
Does one have to have "psychic" powers to experience one of these events? Anyone can have this experience. It is possible that more intuitive persons may simply be more aware of the occurrence. However, all of us have some degree of "psychic" ability. Anyone can experience this type of haunting.
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