Do you believe in ghosts? It’s a great time of the month to ask that question as we approach Halloween.

But what you may think is a ghost or a presence may be explained away pretty easily.

Local paranormal specialist Alex Matsuo is deeply involved in ghosts, ghost stories, haunted houses, and making sure that it’s not just a tree branch scratching the side of your house when the wind blows that’s freaking you out.

At a lecture Monday night in Arlington, Virginia, at the Glencarlyn Library, Matsuo laid out all the things she and her team look at when someone calls them and says their house is haunted.

“First we try to debunk” what are some of the things that may explain something weird in your neighborhood, she said, noting that a feeling of being watched can be explained by uneven flo

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