In my studies of 50 haunted sites to find similarities and conditions that are ideal for a haunting to be laid down, I discovered geology and the structure of the building, as well a history of trauma/death can be the strongest factors in creating an ideal site for a haunting.
My curiosity got the better of me when I was recalling a residual haunting in our home when I was growing up, one that was laid down by my sister when she would get angry and pound on the walls and scream. It made me begin to wonder what happens in the environment the moment a residual is laid down. Do extreme emotions in the right environment lay down the tract for a residual haunting?
Consider this, poltergeist activity is strongly tied to adolescents and adults with a good deal of repressed emotions and difficulties. If this kind of telekinetic energy can transfer to objects and cause motion, what does it do to the walls and floors of the environment? Could poltergeist activity be the telltale sign that a residual haunting is being imprinted in the environment?
Are residual hauntings laid down in times of great emotion and begin with what appears to be poltergeist activity because of the altering of surroundings by emotional transference?
This made me consider the residual hauntings that most people witness which involve footsteps and walking patterns that were obviously played over and over in the environment over many hours, many days, many weeks, many years, something so repetitive, like footsteps up the stairs at Aspen Grove, that they imprinted themselves. There was not a particular burst of strong emotion in such an instance, but more a human whose brain was active and emotions were present, repeating something mindlessly over and over again which over time could potentially leave an imprint, just as when you dig enough into wood with your pencil you leave your initials. But, if you struck at the wood all at once with a hammer's claw, you'd get a gouging mark all at once.
Is this the way residuals are born?
I said to myself today, "Hey, it's Wednesday, let's make people wake up from their midweek zombie state and think." I'd love to hear your input on this theory.