

The debate is pretty on the fence, in a YouGov poll of 1000 people, when asked, “Do you believe in ghosts, or that the spirits of dead people can come back in certain places and situations?” 45 percent of people said yes.

There was no explanation for this that I could come up with at the time and after four-five years, I still don’t have an explanation, and a lack thereof in the logical thought department makes me sleep easier at night because, for me, ghosts are real. Now, I was in my room, drawers open and it was a calm night, not the slightest of breeze, and -not that one could move these drawers-the dresser drawers began to move on their own, one closing shut and another one opening. Now for context, this dresser was ridiculously heavy, it took four fully grown men to carry it, even with all of the drawers out of it. For instance, when I was younger, thirteen or fourteen, I was in my bedroom getting ready for bed and my dresser drawers were open. However, there is no shortage of spooky stories people have that are unexplainable. Many people, like myself, have a lot of “ghostly encounters.” These moments aren’t actual encounters of ghosts you can see-nobody is seeing a real life Halloweentown ghost. It’s obviously a controversial topic, and to this day, science has not uncovered hard evidence that ghosts as we know them are real. It is also time for a lively debate: Are ghosts real? Maybe I have a bias because I’m forever a dreamer and a wisher for things to be more than meets the eye, but for me, there’s no doubt that ghosts exist.

It’s that time of year again, of struggling to find the last piece of a costume and trick or treating.
