| There have been many films and TV | | | | are the minds? No one is quite sure. It may be |
| programmes about poltergeists, like Steven | | | | linked to Irish faeries which can be invisible. Some |
| Spielburg's Poltergeist. But what exactly are they? | | | | people also link them to ley lines, which of course |
| Well the word comes from the German to | | | | are also about energies. |
| describe a noisy spirit, apparently it is seen as not | | | | For some reason the poltergeist seem to act |
| a spirit. It is not seen as a ghost, that is an | | | | towards a very young girl, maybe this may come |
| undead figure, but rather a force. However there | | | | from the power of the virgin maiden. There have |
| are certain poltergeists-wraiths-which are undead, | | | | been many historical cases-like the Drummer of |
| a more destructive version of a ghost. | | | | Tedworth where a family endured the movement |
| Exactly what a poltergeist is remains in doubt | | | | of poltergeist for 15 years. It has been noted |
| though. Sometimes it could just produce cold air, | | | | however that reporters tend to exaggerate the |
| sometimes odd sounds, sometimes strange | | | | phenomenon. |
| smells, which rather makes it sound like a BBC | | | | There has been no case of anyone being killed by |
| special effects man with a sense of humour. It | | | | one by they are still thought of as scary. Many |
| may also be thought of as psychokinesis, that is | | | | activities have been linked to tricking people |
| moving things by the mind-a disembodied energy. | | | | obviously, but not all. |
| So if things are people moved by the mind where | | | | |