What do different types of ghosts look like.. how do they appear?
Ghosts are electromagnetic residue left behind after a traumatic event, or under certain other conditions. These residues aren’t complete, and don’t have much detail, they just have a vague sense of shape and purpose. So your brain fills in the missing details from your imagination (known as pareidolia). This means that ghosts can look slightly different, or completely different depending on who sees them. For example, a Japanese person in America would see a ghost of a cowboy and their brain would fill in the missing details using elements of their own culture, so they might see him as having no feet and as holding his hands up with their palms flopping forward (how they are depicted in Japanese ghost stories), while an American would see the exact same ghost and would not see any of these details, because their brain would fill in the missing parts completely differently because of their cultural background. Basically, ghosts look like whatever you were told that they look like as a
Mine was just as you describe, that was many years since, Big, Black etc, that was the same type of Ghost my Then, wife had seen also, I do not think that Ghosts are all the same though, I have heard of others saying they saw a Gossimer type, or a Male or Female distinctly. Ours, Yours and mine were probably not well intentioned or died a Violent death, WHO really knows, I recently moved from the City to the Country and live with a Gal I grew up with I knew her Parents from the old neighborhood, ( since Deceased ) The girls Mother wore Gardenia Perfume,, Sometimes at night I am awakened by a very strong Smell of the Gardenia Perfume, this does not rattle me, it’s nice to know that her MOM is watching.
