I have faith in most kids’ honesty and spontaneity.I find the accounts and experiences described by these kids here and their parents’ concerns very believable.
It does not have hype or signs of exaggeration like those protrayed in movies that are dramatized for effect.
Real fear is insidious and cannot really be expressed because it is not easily expressible. The more it is spoken the more the fear grows in us as we recollect the experiences.
The kids telling it are very straight forward about how they feel- it wasnt about obvious pain or immediate threat but the suffering of confusion and fear of what is going on which cannot be explained by themselves or by their parents and which just repeats and disturbs their peace.

I like your sharing David. Yes it is TRUE that these formless being do exist and that gives us inferential logic that higher beings like the Buddhas also exist. Which is GOOD NEWS isn’t it?
Now a lot of people are actually afraid and they shun these formless beings/spirits/ghost etc. and they would actually engage or solicit a witch doctor (BOMO in Malay)to help them either get rid of the spirit or even use the spirit to get what they want. This is very sad because they do not realise the huge “pay back” they have to pay after their deed is done. It is literally selling your soul to be reborn in the lower realms. Hence Rinpoche has always advice us to never never solicit witch doctors, get back at people or even harm the spirit. Instead Rinpoche always advice us to chant our protector mantra and with compassionate motivation to dedicate merits to the spirit and ask them to leave you alone – not send them to hell, which I think most people would think.
Actually if we think deeper, the spirit/ghost is actually suffering a lot. If they died tragic way, like in a car accident or murdered etc., they are usually stuck in the bardo/limbo realm and they actually relived over and over again the way they died. So they actually experience the pain over and over again. We should actually feel sorry for them as they have no way out. That is why we chant to dedicate merits to them. So instead of always shunning them, we can change our perspective and try to not harm them back but dedicate some merits to them.
You can chant our Dharma Protector Setrap’s mantra OM MAHA YAKSHA CHA SOHA for protection and also dedicate it to them, how? Listen to this short massage from Rinpoche to a dear friend who did Setrap http://tsemtulku.com/teachings/dharma-talks-teachings/a-special-setrap-meditation/

From the videos, I learned that there are people who have sensibility or psychic abilities. If these abilities can be developed, these people can help ghosts to cross over. Most spirits are harmless. They are stuck and need help. This is why they disturb people who they think can help them. People who can see ghosts have to learn to overcome their fear with understanding and reach out to them. I’m more convinced now that ghosts exist although I can’t see them. I didn’t believe in ghosts until a few years ago when a friend told me that she could see them. She’s not afraid and continues to live in a house that is haunted. The ghosts disturb her every now and then. Why is she not afraid? I’m afraid of ghosts but Buddhism has taught me to be compassionate and I’m dealing with this fear.

If you’re blindfolded and led into a room that is lit up, you obviously can’t see the light, but does it mean there is NO light just because you can’t see? I find this post very interesting. It doesn’t fall under any religious labels or beliefs systems…just sheer normal people sharing common experience which cannot be explained by logic. Many frown upon and not accept people who are different from themselves…and many families struggle to support their own children who are confused and in so much fear. It’s becoming harder for people to dispute the existence of ghosts and psychic gifted people as more and more of such cases are surfacing and documented. Personally, I find it harder to not believe..

We fear anything which is unknown to us, including paranormal activities and happenings. We even fear other human beings or animals. However, I know that kids do not know how to lie especially below the age of 6 or 7 years old or before they enter primary school. Children also have pure minds and would not be able to tell what is real or unreal to them.
Even when children sees ghosts or spirits, they would not be able to tell the difference between a human form or paranormal because they have unbiased minds. I find the reincarnation stories mind boggling but I do not close up my mind to confirm they don’t exist. The fact that these children can recall their past lives is evident that we do have previous lives and our soul is very old.

With the influences of media and upbringing, we are conditioned to fear what/who we do not understand. I do not doubt that these entities we classified as ghost/spirits exist; especially when I have experienced a personal encounter. Not understanding where they come from, who they are and what they want – I was naturally frightened. It wasn’t until I came across a passage in the Lamrim which made me think differently…
In Day 18:
“When you are harmed by spirit kings, spells, evil spirits. And so forth, consider that they are doing you a great kindness, since this harm will act as an incentive for you to practice Dharma…”
I do not pretend that I know much from the teaching in Lamrim, this was just a chapter which KMP was responsible to read at a retreat. But having read the teaching, and questions answered by Rinpoche; there are different kind of entities. Some are nasty and harmful because they have been given a lot of pain. With their suffering in mind, they deserve our pity and not so much, fear

I believe in the existence of ghost simply because of this. If we believe in the existence of gods, why would we not believing in ghost actually exists. Things that we don’t believe doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. I have also came across some friends who can see supernatural existense largely. I don’t think children can lie up to this extend. Even animals can see. I have seen dogs barking at the door way without anyone there and this actually firms up my believe towards the existence of formless beings affirming what i ready everything being explained by Rinpoche. If we believe there is an existence of formless beings, i can’t understand why we don’t believe there is an existence of other beings such as Buddhas, demi gods and hell beings.

Do ghost really exist??? Do Buddha and God exist in this world that we live in??? How can we believe something paranormal without believing the other?
Even without seeing, I believe it exists. Even though most of us cannot see them, it does not mean it is not there. Some of us only believe that Buddha and God are they only in our hearts but some truly believe that Buddha and God truly exist. If you believe there are Buddha and God, which is something that cannot be seen with human eyes, why shouldn’t there be ghost in this world?

I remember many years ago I had a stomach operation and was hospitalized. After my operation in the middle of night I heard a moan of help beside my bed. And when I looked by my bedside, there was no one. But I can feel like someone pulling at my leg and saying tolong, tolong in malay language. I cannot be dreaming or having hallucination as I was not taking any drugs at that time. I was very scared. I quickly told the hospital staff that I do not want to stay in that room, and to change room. I feel that someone had died in that room. My sister came and visited me. I told her about the incident. After I was discharged from the hospital only then my sister told me that her friend’s mother died of cancer on the very bed that I had slept on. And my leg had blue black marks around my ankle. Maybe my sister friend’s mother was suffering even though she may have died.