ghost sighting
Witnessing a phantom
A ghost sighting is a claimed observation of a spirit or apparition—the visual component of a haunting or supernatural encounter.
The term frames the experience as something witnessed rather than imagined: She reported a ghost sighting in the old mansion.
Ghost sightings range from fleeting glimpses to detailed encounters, and skeptics often attribute them to optical illusions, suggestion, or hoaxes.
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
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- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
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- psychic phenomenatelepathy, clairvoyance, ESP, precognition, extrasensory
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Structured witnessing for research
empirical data · hard evidence · incontrovertible evidence · peer-reviewed study · forensic evidence
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