intelligent haunting

noun

A specter of a human soul that still retains a varying level of consciousness and can interact in several ways with the living.

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Meanings

nounintelligent haunting (plural intelligent hauntings)

plural intelligent hauntings

  1. parapsychologyA specter of a human soul that still retains a varying level of consciousness and can interact in several ways with the living.

    This is not an intelligent haunting, there is no interaction between you and the entity.

    2019 November 15, Haunted Orange County, Types of Hauntings
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    On the other hand, an intelligent haunting involves spirits that interact and make their presence known in more ways than one.

    2020 October 8, Stephanie Dolan, “Archived copy”, in Explaining the difference between ghosts and spirits, and other paranormal jargon, archived from the original on 14 May 2021
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