Poltergeist

A poltergeist can be considered as a spirit--a trouble making, devious spirit. The poltergeist, unlike almost all spirits, does not manifest itself in person, instead it announces itself by throwing objects such as crowbars, bricks, anything that can harm an individual, it throws it. At first, the poltergeist starts out as a harmless spirit but when the spirit does not get the attention that it wants, it turns violent. This is shown through a few examples: For instance, when pilot Jerry Panowksi called John Winchester for help, the poltergeist spirit had almost killed him by that point, and he swore he wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for them. Another example took place at the Winchesters old home in Lawrence, Kansas when a poltergeist began showing itself to a nine-year-old little girl in Sam Winchester's old room. The poltergeist, like the ones in legend, first started off as harmless enough and then began manifesting itself into something else entirely and began attacking and terroizing the family and everyone that came through it. By coincidence, the spirit of Mary Winchester was also in the house, trying to drive the spirit away. According to Missouri Mosely, the only way to kill a poltergeist is to burn the haunted object it had attached itself to or salt and burn its remains.

However, that is not necessarily true: When Mary and the poltergeist went up against each other, they ended up cancelling each other out. Thus confirming that if there is another spirit in the room that aims to protect itself or someone against it, the poltergeist can be killed. The poltergeist spirit was described in detail in an entry in John Winchester's journal in a 2003 entry:

''Lithobolia: Or, the stone-throwing Devil. Being an exact and true account (by way of Journal) of the various actions of infernal spirits, (or Devil's Incarnate) Witches, or both; and the great disturbance and amazement they gave to George Walton's family, at a place called Great Island in the Province of New-Hantshire in New-England, chiefly in throwing about (by an invisible hand) stone, bricks, and brick-bats of all sizes, with several other things, as hammers and, mauls, iron-crows, spirits and other domestic utensils, as came into their hellish minds, and this for the space of a Quarter of a Year.''

''Hell of a title. 1698 account by Richard Chamberlain 1682 haunting attributed to the neighbor being a witch. No record of wether neighbor was tried. Other notable American poltergeists-the Wizard of Livington, Virginia, 1797; Bell Witch, Kentucky, 1817; Fox sisters, 1848, were a hoax but initial events might be real. Overlap with incubus/demonic possession in Entity and Smurl cases, both in the 1970's.''

''Missouri says Poltergeists are spirits, not psychokinetic projections. They want attention and if they don't get it they progress from nuisance to danger. Only way to get rid of them is the same way you get rid of any spirit. Find the remains, or the haunted object, salt and burn, repeat as necessary.''