Paranormal activity is any activity that scientific evidence cannot prove (Svedholm, ML, 2012). Svedholm (2012) stated that “Paranormal consists of two words: para and normal.” “Para” means against or outside. Paranormal activities are therefore events that deviate from normal activities. Svedholm (2012) provided some examples of paranormal activity consisting of ghosts, extraterrestrial life, UFOs, and cryptids. A ghost is a person's spirit originating from their body and will continue after death. (According to Benjamin (2013), “Ghosts have been a popular subject for millennia, appearing in countless stories, from “Macbeth” to the Bible, and even giving rise to their own folkloric genre: ghost stories.) Places that are usually haunted by ghosts are where he or she may have died, which is why the majority of ghost stories are about how ghosts haunt what he or she left behind. people believe in ghosts based on what they may have seen or what they have experienced (Benjamin, 2013 FalsifiabilityStory 1According to the information contained in the first story, this evidence may be falsifiable, in this particular article, will tell). exceptionally high suicide stories among people living in Charlesgate (Brent Cox, 2011), but this does not prove anything. The reason is that Cox (2011) did the. experience of hearing a girl crying in the toilet. Cox (2011) said, “I went through and I went through. I gave a gentle knock to see if the girl needed help, and upon my touch, the door opened, revealing that no one was inside. » This narrative uses a series of excuses to explain away evidence that appears to falsify the claim. ...... middle of paper ...... uh, ghosts are just a matter of the mind. Long story short, ghosts aren't real. Works Cited Corrine, J. (April 30, 2014). The man in the dark. Excerpted from Your Ghost Stories: http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=19865. Cox, B. (June 23, 2011). “I met a ghost!” Five scary real-life stories! Retrieved from The Awl: http://www.theawl.com/2011/06/i-met-a-ghost-five-chilling-real-life-tales. Mankey, J. (October 28, 2012). The real ghost story. Retrieved from Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/panmankey/2012/10/my-true-ghost-story/.Paranormal. (2014). From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paranormal. Svedholm, M. L. (2012). What's in a term? Paranormal, superstitious, magical and supernatural beliefs by any other name would sound the same. Journal of general psychology, 241-255.