We got into this discussion somewhere else:
It seems like everyone from before 1950 is haunting their old house.
to true. Go to Gettysburg. TONS of ghosts....
For me - I'm going to be royally ticked off if I find myself haunting something after I die. That's not the after-life plan I signed up for....
Then make peace with that there is nothing holding you to this world. Spooks generally stick around only because they haven't coped with their death.
Vicksburg, MS is majorly haunted. look up McRaven House
I'm actually surprised that so many of the ghosts at Gettysburg and Vicksburg have nothing to do with the battles that occurred there.
A whole lot went on before and after. coming from the Vicksburg area I have quite a few stories.
Obviously, yes the battles were a mere part of their histories.... however, thousands of people died from being shot, stabbed, blunted or blown up. All very traumatic ways to die... I'm surprised there's only a small number of ghosts that resulted from that, is what I meant. Though I suppose one could argue that those exposed to death while fighting a war learned quickly to make peace with the fact that they very well might die from being shot, stabbed, blunted, or blown up, and so were substantially less likely to haunt the place after..... and as bloody as both engagements were, few non-combatants(civilians) died as a direct result of them.
I think I'm going to make another thread.
I'd like to continue things, as I like talking about this sort of thing. So this thread as to talk about ghosts, haunted houses, and other spooky crap.
Obviously, yes the battles at Gettysburg and Vicksburg were a mere part of their histories.... however, thousands of people died from being shot, stabbed, blunted or blown up. All very traumatic ways to die... I'm surprised there's only a small number of ghosts that resulted from that, is what I meant. Though I suppose one could argue that those exposed to death while fighting a war learned quickly to make peace with the fact that they very well might die from being shot, stabbed, blunted, or blown up, and so were substantially less likely to haunt the place after..... and as bloody as both engagements were, few non-combatants(civilians) died as a direct result of them.