"What is a ghost and do they exist?": this question is a very easy one to answer, with "UNKNOWN" being the appropriate response. There is no definitive scientific evidence available at this present day to prove that ghosts, using the definition "spirits of the dead" actually exist. Anyone telling you anything different is simply misinformed. So, given that the spirits of the dead may not actually walk among us, how can the Otherworld North East Research Group claim to investigate ghosts?
Just because there is no proof that the spirits of the dead are among us does not in turn prove that the various phenomena associated with 'ghosts' do not exist. There are well documented cases of phenomena such as dramatic cold spots, full apparitions being spotted, strange shadows flitting around rooms and phantom footsteps crossing halls, all recorded for thousands of years. The aim of OWNE is to investigate the phenomena belonging to alleged hauntings in an attempt to discover what the cause of these wide-ranging unusul occurrances may be, not as many still think, to prove life after death. In effect, the Group investigates the physical environment surrounding the alleged hauntings. After all, while no-one can deny that odd happenings do occur, there are more times than not simple natural explanations for the majority of cases that simply do not require a paranormal explanation...
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