Hogwarts the Hogwarts Express that students take at the start of each school year. Students board the train from the also fictional and hidden Platform 9¾ at King's Cross station in London. The train arrives near Hogwarts, some time after nightfall. From there, first-year students are accompanied by the "Keeper of the Keys, Game and Grounds" (which was Hagrid during the first novel) to small boats, which magically sail across the lake and get them near the entrance of Hogwarts. The older students ride up to the castle in carriages pulled by creatures called Thestrals. When the first-year students initially arrive
Poltergeist including the United States, India‚ Japan, Brazil, Australia, and most European nations. Early accounts date back to the 1st century. The word "poltergeist" comes from the German language words "poltern" ("to make sound" and "to rumble") and "Geist" ("ghost" and "spirit"), and the term itself translates as "noisy ghost", "rumble-ghost" or a "loud spirit". A synonym coined by René Sudre is "thorybism", from Greek "thorybein" ("to make noise or uproar; throw into confusion"). Many claimed poltergeist events have proved on investigation to be hoaxes. Psychical researcher Frank Podmore proposed the 'naughty little girl' theory for poltergeist cases (many of which