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Can Ghosts or Spirits Really Scratch People?

One of the most common paranormal claims among investigators is of being scratched by a ghost. We see it on ghost hunting shows all of the time, or we hear about people getting scratched while taking a tour of an old historic building. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the person who received the scratch will complain of a burning sensation on their skin. Upon further investigation and lifting up of the back of the shirt, 2 – 4 fingernail type scratch lines are visible on the area of skin where this person felt the sensation.

Did this really happen? Did this person really get scratched by a ghost or an entity of some kind? If you believe in ghosts, then you are likely going to believe that these people were indeed scratched by an unknown, and unseen force. If you don’t believe in ghosts, you are going to think that these claims are all hogwash. Are some of these claims fabricated in order to get personal attention or improve paranormal television show investigation ratings? Sure, probably the vast majority of them are. But are some of these cases unexplainable? Perhaps.

If ghosts or spirits are real and can manipulate energy, then they would certainly have the ability to scratch someone. But wouldn’t it be easier just to bonk someone upside the head if you wanted to get their attention or cause harm? If you are an intelligent ghost, why go through all the trouble of pinpointing all of your energy to penetrate a person’s clothes and create a set of 3 linear scratch marks that look like they were made by fingernails? As a ghost, you don’t have fingers, or even fingernails for that matter.

Another frequently heard claim is of a child getting scratched by some unknown entity while in bed sleeping. The kid wakes up, shows mom their scratches, and mom calls the paranormal investigation team. The truth is, many people scratch themselves while sleeping. There have even been government studies on it. It’s a natural phenomenon and has nothing to do with a haunting.

The truth is that we will never know with 100% certainty if a person’s scratch was caused by an unseen force until someone is able to capture undisputed evidence on camera. Undisputed would mean having a camera pointed to the area of a person’s skin where a scratch occurred, before, during, and after the event. If we can see the scratches happening in real time, and unmanipulated, then science would have a difficult time providing a logical explanation. But we’ve all seen evidence of people being scratched on paranormal investigation television shows, doesn’t this count? Well not really, we never actually see the scratch being made.

Although we seriously doubt that ghosts or spirits are responsible for all of these scratching claims we hear about, we are not ruling out the possibility that there may be a few legitimate claims where a person was actually scratched by something other than themselves or the person next to them.

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