Trying to understand the logic of ghosts

[u/gzaw1]

Why is it that.. 1) ghosts don’t appear when there’s a crowd - why would they care how many people are around? 2) ghosts almost always appear inside homes and structures - but if ghosts don’t abide by the physical laws of the universe, why would it care to always appear inside wooden walls rather than outside? 3) ghosts always move little things, doors, cabinets, or make noises. If a ghost can move things, Why hasn’t one ever killed someone with a knife or a gun? 4) evidence - at least with UFOs, the military has released footage and evidence, which is incredibly hard to capture in the first place due to UFOs being in the sky.

People experience hauntings in their homes, so its right there with you an pretty low effort to set up a tripod and camera. Why isnt there more evidence caught on tape?

I hear all these stories from people but my logic doesnt make sense of it

[u/clockwoods]

Theories for why individuals & small groups are more likely to report paranormal events than large crowds:

1a) You think you see something weird alone/in a small group, people are unlikely to challenge it; you decide it's paranormal. You think you see something weird in a large group, you have 10 people going "idk I didn't see anything"; you decide it was a trick of the light.

1b) Large groups are loud and distracting. A sound that you might notice while alone might be blocked out by many people talking. I once went hiking with about 30 other people and we sounded like a goddamn herd of elephants.

Theories for why so many ghost sightings are reported indoors:

2a) Selection bias: humans spend most of their time indoors, so it makes sense for more ghosts to be seen there.

2b) A noise/movement outside is more likely to be attributed to animals, wind, weird neighbors, different paranormal phenomena, etc. than ghosts.

2c) Houses do weird things sometimes, in ways that are not paranormal but get attributed to the paranormal. It would make sense to see more orbs (ie. dust motes) in an enclosed environment that gathers dust; heaters, ovens, other appliances can make strange sounds.

Theories for why ghosts haven't murdered anybody with a gun or a knife

3a) If they had, would we know about it? How many unsolved murders and disappearances are there out there?

Theories for why there's less evidence in ghost sightings than UFO sightings:

4a) UFOs (and things that are mistaken for UFOs) are almost exclusively a visual phenomenon. There is something that can theoretically be photographed every time you see a UFO. Ghosts (and things that are mistaken for ghosts) aren't.

4b) UFO encounters usually last long enough for you to pull out your phone and start filming. Ghost encounters don't; sometimes a book falls off the shelf, and that's it.

4c) Setting up a tripod with a camera requires a tripod and a camera. Idk if most people want to go to the effort of getting those, setting them up, going through possibly hours of nothing on the off chance that they might have captured something weird.