Ghosts

[Mint]

Do only wizards turn into ghosts? In all of the books ghosts are found in wizards homes. I don't remember them mentioning any muggle ghosts.

And I assume all of the ghosts in Hogwarts were wizards too, otherwise why would they go there?

[Holly Golightly]

Hrmm, I had never even thought wether or not most of them were wizards! We really haven't been told either way aboutmost of them, have we, just aht Moaring Myrtle was at school! Hey, I wonder if she could hold a wand if she could still perform magic???

And I just assumed that they were only seen in wizardy places because muggles can't see them???

[Hermione]

Mmm . . . none of the character's homes have ghosts in them. All the ghosts we've met so far live at school.

I guess anybody can turn into ghosts, but only wizards can see them, or something. All I know is that all the ghosts Rowling has introduced were wizards in their past.

[Mistress Siana]

Sure? Hm...Have we been told what the nearly headless Nick or the bloody baron have been in their past?

[Mint]

Have we been told what the nearly headless Nick or the bloody baron have been in their past?

Thats the thing - we haven't!

And I do remember that there was a ghost at Weasley's house. (in the attic )

I wonder if she could hold a wand if she could still perform magic???

No, I don't think any ghosts can do magic. (that would be too freaky)

And if muggles do turn into ghosts - they suddenly find out that there is a wizard world? hmmmmm.....this is tooo confusing. but for some reason I think that JKR made only Wizard ghosts.

[Sacred Guardian]

actually Hermione, i have to agree with mint here, there is a ghost in the weasly's attic (hey, she remembered somthing)

[Holly Golightly]

The thing at the Burrow is a ghoul, not a ghost...
Just dont' be asking me what the difference is, because I dont' have a clue!!!

[Neo]

Yeah holly, is right (I do not know the difference either); but that means Mint's bad memory hasn't change.
I think that only wizards turn into ghosts, and are only seen by wizards (just like the dementors)

[Hermione]

<----- what Holly said about the ghoul

Also, I'm relatively certain that we have been told what Nearly Headless Nick and the Bloody Baron were . . . I have to double check that again. But think about it . . . if they weren't wizards, what would they be doing at Hogwarts?

[choki]

Nearly Headless Nick is the gryffindor ghost and bloody Baron the slytherin ghost...maybe they used to be at hogwarts in those houses?

[Mint]

FOR ONCE 12321 agreed with me, and YOU NEO just HAD to spoil the moment!!!!!

i have to agree with mint here, there is a ghost in the weasly's attic

- see you don't remember ALL of it either

Anyway, ghoul? I don't remember anything about ghouls.....maybe they misspelled it.

It was a ghost. Slytherins are always right.

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How WEIRD would it be though if you just died and suddenly you find out that there are all these wizards and stuff.....I don't know. Lol

Do they discriminate if you are a muggle ghost or a wizard ghost?

[Sacred Guardian]

yeah, it was a ghoul, now i don't agree, haha

[Neo]

Slytherins usually do things wrong (specially with bad memory); and I remember it being a ghoul, so I still remember everything important

[Mint]

Im waaay to lazy to check gost/ghoul thing. (12321 - u still got it wrong that first time )

Anyway, do you think they discriminate muggle/wizard ghosts? do they get like better "housing"
Cause it seems like wizards are controlling them (ghost) a bit. (Myrtle for example)

[Hermione]

It was definitely a ghoul. If you still don't believe me, I can hunt it up for you once I get home