intelligent haunting

English

Noun

intelligent haunting (plural intelligent hauntings)

1. (parapsychology) A specter of a human soul that still retains a varying level of consciousness and can interact in several ways with the living.
   • 2019 November 15, Haunted Orange County, Types of Hauntings‎^[1]:

     This is not an intelligent haunting, there is no interaction between you and the entity.

   • 2020 October 8, Stephanie Dolan, Explaining the difference between ghosts and spirits, and other paranormal jargon‎^[2]:

     On the other hand, an intelligent haunting involves spirits that interact and make their presence known in more ways than one.