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90% of Hometown Paranormal cases are residential or (home cases). Of that 90%, somewhere in the neighborhood of half these cases are the more serious cases. The Negative. Of the negative cases 10% can be classified as Demonic type cases. Since people have been asking for a better understanding of the Negative / Demonic, this information is being put together.    

This subject matter is NOT to be taken lightly. Hometown Paranormal will NOT post the names of demons nor where to find more information. Though we believe in raising awareness, we feel that this topic is not taken seriously enough and it would run contrary to our mission (to help those in nneed) if we just put the information out there blindly, hoping that people will take it seriously and also that people woould not use the information for wrongful purposses.    

Thus we will be happy to put some information out so people can have an understanding and be able to recognise possible signs and such.    

First I Michael Mannings, the Director of Hometown Paranormal have had dealings with the negative personally and professionally. Professinally on cases helping those in need. Personally, I had an experience that lasted for a 5 year period as an adult. I have only told one other person to this day. This experience changed me, made me question everything including my faith. This experience was, and is to this very day still hard for me to discuss. After going though this experience I feel that people do not take this topic as serioous as they should. This topic is not to be taken lightly nor for the faint of heart. Let’s take a look.    

NOTE: I am NOT, nor any member of my team a Demonologist. We and I have had many dealings with this very topic. For me the information was learned by talking with Demonoligists, Shamans, Priests, reading books, and serching out the truth.    

NOTE: I also have others I can call into a case if needed, and I never exceed what I or my team have for capabilities.    

THE TWO CATERGORIES    

Most people ask “why does your team seperate the Negative from the Demonic”?    

The Negative.    

 The negative can be spirits and or entities. They are inteligent. Not looking to pass a message or make simple contact. They are driven, determoined, and very patient. The function of the negative is quite simple. They want something from you, or to bother and scare you. They can be subtle or very forcefull. This can range from a person who is angry and hostile in life, passing and remaining that same way. Or something dedicated to bothering a person like a bully on the playground.    

The negative is one step below the demonic and can in some cases try to make investigators believe that they  or it is a Demon in an effort to scare off the help. They can also do most of the Demonic activity like but not limited to the following: thought issues, fear, depression, sadness, leaving scratches, movement of objects, leaving bruises, causing the feeling of intense anger to family and friends, pain and suffering, and the list is very long. The negative are very well versed in what makes us tick (our weaknesses, fears, etc.). They are tricksters and will use even your past, fears, experiences against you if given the oportunity. They will come to you usually as a friend our someone or thing you do not fear first. Then later it will act out. Often they can appear as a child to win sympathy. If you are dealing with a negative haunt activity usually starts low and works high. Say you may see shadows, then hear voices, then witness physical activity (stuff moving on it’s own), then experience more and more hostile activity. I would offer this to you. If you are experiencing not just being touched cause the good can do that too. But being grabbed, scratched, or physical pain with the haunt aspect, something negative may be at work. (MAY BE). Not a definite.    

The low end negative may be able to be overcome by re afirming your faith and the like. The high end negative, will need a bit more work. Only trained investigators can determine if you have a regular or negative haunt. The negative do NOT take well to provocation. A bully does not like to be bullied and will often retaliate. “Is that all you got”, “Don’t go after my kids, come after me” and furthure statements often escalate the activity. If your activity is normally on a 1-10 scale being a 4, and you go taunting it you will experience retaliation like an 8 usually. You can NOT fight what you can not see, withought a trained team to back you. Homwtown can recognise things, provide information, and in most cases help.    

Now, the negative is just below the Demonic. This is the highest catergory. The worst activity falls under this catergory. The signs and symptoms are close to that of the negative. But this catergory has more intense sub catergories with in it.    

First let me say that the negative is a bully, well the Demonic is not a bully. It is true evil. It is there to TORMENT.    

Second the demonic in most cases has to be given authority to be there. Or a gateway has to be established. What is meant here is like a person giving themselves over to something, playing with spirit boards, playing around with the occult or things they do not understand. Summoning something is a easy way to have a problem. Making soul pledges “if you do this for me I will be your servant” type of statements to the demonic, no matter how silly you think it is at the time. Something could try to collect. Belif in the devil but not God. Straying from faith. We can also move into a place that has the activity, bring hom an unclean item (artifact that was used for tribal practices and sacrafices) and the list here is extensive also but you get the idea.    

There are different levels of activity when it comes to the demonic. The first is Demonic Infestation, the Second is Demonic Oppression, and the third is Demonic Possession.    

The Demonic Infestation.    

This is when the Demon (s) move in to a location. They may act like typical ghost type activity.  The goal is to scare or trick you into compliance. Like keep you from sleep, freak you out, torment you. You may notice that if you have a feeling to do something that you feel is against you or your faith and you go against it there is a consequince. But if you go with it things appear fine. This occurs a lot and it is you giving the authority to the demon to bother you.  It will promote you interacting with it in frequesncey. Separating you from friends, family, hobbies, and everyhthing you do for enjoyment. If you have a family it will make you fight and argue with them and can in some cases lead to harmful activity and even splitting the family.In the end it wants it’s target to give control over to it so it can claim you.    

Demonic Opression    

Demonic oppression is when the demon makes it more personal, taking over the person’s thoughts for a time. The goal is NOT to torment naturally but to put strain on the victim emotionally, psychologically and physically, causing them eventually to “give up” and accept more complete control from the demon.  The demon now has enough of a hold on the person’s life, mind and soul that they can afford to let the truth be known: they want to destroy the target and damn their soul, usually through suicide. Depression and self harm issues are usually in this catergory.    

Demonic Possession    

This is when the person has been worn down, given up or given in to the demon. There is authority given and thus as a result the advantage is taken. The demon now has control of thoughts, emotions and behavior. These periods of time when the person’s body is not under their control are frequent, or constant. The demon is now always in the ear of the target and the victim always finds themselves doing things that “are not me”.  The person’s ability to actively ask for help will likely be severely curtailed by threats from the demons of punishment for seeking help. There are levels of a possession.    

Partial Possession    

This is the early stages.  This stage is the hardest to diagnose as most of the signs appear to be like completely normal occurences. If diagnosed in this stage the target will recover a full natural life with minimal resistance at the time of the help. The occurances are not all the time, and when they occur people may or may not notice. Here are a list of some signs.    

01. Partial control of the mind, speech and some body movements.
02. Dreams become intense nightmares.
03. Sleep is constantly disturbed.
04. Constant headaches. (Chronic and sometimes varying in intensity)
05. Negative emotions such as fear and hate are intensified.
06. Hearing spirit voices that confuse their thinking prevent normal concentration needed for completing the daily tasks associated with a everyday life.
07. Person might talk aloud to the spirits. (Not to be confused with just talking to them selves but, actually holding conversations with spirits that the victim claims to see or hear).
08. Says something not related to the situation being talked about.
09. Shows agitation by swearing and cursing.      

Note this list is partial and these symptoms can also be found naturally. A trained investigator or clergy member is needed to properly diagnose.    

Intermediate Posession    

Most  cases are identified and may occasionally be resolved with experienced personell    

Some symptoms include but are not limited to:     

POSSIBLE signs of a haunting.

I get asked a lot, “how can I tell if I am experiencing a haunting”? I say well, you will know.  But seriously, many people have suggested I write a quick how to recognize some of  the signs, and some being the key word here. I hate doing this because the paranormal signs are “natural signs” for the most part. Taking one by it’s self usually means nothing, or even several. But to a trained investigator, knowing if there is a possible haunting or not comes from experience and training.

A lot of people tend to take one or two of these and then automatically run with “I am experiencing a haunting”.

Why?

Simple, we as people try to explain things, when we can’t some of us not all rush to ” it must be a ghost or even a demon”. That is why a professinal team of investigators can make the differnece.

Teams, going out to prove the accounts feed the fear of the clients. Going into a location saying, “I am here to catch a ghost on film”, never works.

We try to disprove by rational explanation first. Then if we can not disprove, or recreate it.  We will then look at the POSSIBILITY of the paranormal. Followed by trying to understand why and then trying to see what will aide in lessening the effects.

OK one last thing, THE LISTS BELOW ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN ONE OR TWO OFF THE LIST TO MAKE A PERSON FEEL A HAUNTING.

Several symptoms have to be there, and also other conditions not listed. If in great number it could be possible for a haunting and a consult could help.

This partial list does NOT prove a haunting.

Contact, consultation, then if determined warranted, an investigation.  And not all contacts are taken on as cases.

Rev. Michael A. Mannings Director of Hometown Paranormal

Partial List

• Unexplained noises – footsteps; knocks, banging, rapping; scratching sounds; sounds of something being dropped. Sometimes these noises can be subtle and other times they can be quite loud.
• Doors, cabinets and cupboards opening and closing -  The witness either hears the distinct sounds of the doors opening and closing (homeowners get to know quite well the distinctive sounds their houses make) or the witness will return to a room to find a door open or closed when they are certain that it was left in the opposite position. Sometimes furniture, like kitchen chairs, are perceived to have been moved.
• Lights turning off and on – The lights are switched on or off when the witness knows they were not left that way. This can also happen with TVs, radios and other electrically powered items.
• Items disappearing and reappearing – The experience of not being able to find a regularly used item – say, your set of car keys – which you believe you placed in a spot you routinely place them. But they’re gone and you look high and low for them with no success. Some time later, the keys are found – in exactly the place you normally put them. It’s as if the object was borrowed by someone or something for a short time, then returned. Sometimes they are not returned for days or even weeks, but when they are, it’s in an obvious place that could not have been missed by even a casual search.
• Unexplained shadows – the sighting of fleeting shapes and shadows, usually seen out of the corner of the eye. This phenomenon has also been discussed in some detail in “Shadow People.” Many times, the shadows have vaguely human forms, while other times they are less distinguishable or smaller.
• Strange animal behavior – a dog, cat or other pet behaves strangely. Dogs may bark at something unseen, cower without apparent reason or refuse to enter a room they normally do. Cats may seem to be “watching” something cross a room. Animals have sharper senses than humans, and many researchers think their psychic abilities might be more finely tuned also.
• Feelings of being watched – this is not an uncommon feeling and can be attributed to many things, but it could have a paranormal source if the feeling consistently occurs in a particular part of the house at a particular time.
• Mild psychokinetic phenomena – hearing a door open or close is one thing. Actually seeing it happen is quite another. Similarly, actually seeing a light go on or off by itself is greater proof that something unexplained is happening. Do you see the TV or radio turn on? Or perhaps you’re present when a child’s powered toy begins to operate on its own. Doors and windows are locked or unlocked. Some people report that when they are in bed they can feel and/or hear something sitting on the bed.
• Feelings of being touched – the feeling of being watched is one thing, and actually feeling like you are being touched is quite another. Some people feel something brush past them, something touching their hair or “a hand” on the shoulder. Some feel a gentle poke, push or nudge.
• Cries and whispers – on occasion, muffled voices, whispering and crying can be heard. Sometimes it’s music from some unknown source. People hear their names being said. This phenomenon, as is true for the one above, gains more credibility if more than one person hears or sees the same thing at the same time.
• Cold or hot spots – cold spots are classic haunting symptoms, but any instance of a noticeable variance in temperature without a discernible cause could be evidence.
• Unexplained smells – the distinct fragrance of a perfume or cologne that you do not have in your house. This phenomenon comes and goes without any apparent cause and may accompany other phenomena, such as shadows, voices or psychokinetic phenomena. Foul odors can happen in the same way.
• Moving or levitating objects (severe psychokinetic phenomena) – dinner plates sliding across the table; pictures flying off walls; doors slamming shut with great force; furniture sliding across the floor.
• Physical assault – scratches, slaps and hard shoves. This kind of personal assault is extremely rare, but obviously highly disturbing.
• Other physical evidence – unexplained writing on paper or walls; hand prints and footprints.
• Apparitions – physical manifestation of a spirit or entity. These phenomena are also very rare and can take many forms: human-shaped mists or forming mists of some indistinguishable shape; transparent human forms that disappear quickly; and most rarely, human forms that look as real and solid as any living person, but that disappear into a room or even while being viewed.

Again, please DO NOT assume you are “haunted” if a few of these are being experienced. Please let the professionals come to that conclusion, this is just a guide to help recognize symptoms of a possible “haunting” only, nothing more.

This may be updated as time goes on.