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Poltergeists are a focus of study within parapsychology. Parapsychologists define poltergeist activity as a type of uncontrolled psychokinesis. Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis (RSPK) is a phrase suggested by parapsychologist W. G. Roll to denote poltergeist phenomena.
Poltergeist phenomena tend to happen in the vicinity of persons called agents (typically a prepubescent female). Almost seventy years of research by the Rhine Research Center (Raleigh-Durham, NC USA) has led to the hypothesis among parapsychologists that the "poltergeist effect" is a form of psychokinesis generated by a living human mind, that of the agent. According to researchers at the Rhine Center, the "poltergeist effect" is the outward manifestation of psychological trauma. Skeptics think that the phenomena are hoaxes perpetrated by the agent. Indeed, many poltergeist agents have been caught throwing objects, and a few of them later confessed faking all of it.
Some people theorize that poltergeists are caused by the Hutchison effect.
William Roll and Harry Price are perhaps two of the most famous poltergeist investigators in the annals of parapsychology.
Although poltergeist stories date back to the first century, most evidence to support the existence of poltergeists is anecdotal. Indeed, many of the stories below have several versions and/or inconsistencies.
Both the name and concept of the poltergeist became famous to modern audiences by the Poltergeist movies and the subsequent TV series Poltergeist: The Legacy . The first Poltergeist movie actually gave an excellent depiction (during the first half of the film) of a "typical" poltergeist infestation, right down to the depiction of the "focus" as a prepubescent girl.
There is a poltergeist named PeevesPeeves is a poltergeist living in Hogwarts, a fictional setting in the Harry Potter books by J. Peeves loves to cause mischief as his name implies. He does not listen to Hogwarts prefects (to Percy Weasley's great displeasure), teachers or anyone else, ex in the Harry PotterHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter is the informal name given to a collection of fantasy novels by J. Rowling, and the movies based on them. The series is named after the protagonist, Harry James Potter who was born July 31 1980 given t books. Peeves, however, does not conform to the classic definition of a poltergeist. The fact that he manifests visually would seem to indicate that he is something similar to a ghost, though Rowling has stated that poltergeists are not the ghost of any person who has ever lived. Perhaps J.K. Rowling wrote Peeves to be more of a literal translation of the word poltergeist, as Peeves is quite noisy and mischievous. However, it is also possible that Harry and other students can perceive Peeves because they are WizardsA wizard (from 'wise') is a practitioner of magic, especially in folklore, fantasy fiction, and fantasy role-playing games. In popular use in sixteenth century England it was used to denonate a helpful male folk magican, a cunning man as they were usually, and he would be still invisible to MugglesA Muggle is a term from the fictional Harry Potter series of books which refers to a human person with no magical abilities who doesn't belong to a wizarding family. See Magic (Harry Potter) for more information. The term has found its way into more commo.
See also: Sprite (fantasy)For other uses, see sprite (disambiguation). The term sprite is a general term referring to a number of legendary creatures. The term may be used in reference to both elf-like creatures, including fairies and other similar creatures, and to spirits, inclu
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