I expect ghosts involving fabric like structures evolved from rather fabric like 'manifestations' of "ectoplasm" during seances.
![[Image: ectoplasm3.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=sprocketink.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2Fectoplasm3.jpg)
Ghost descriptions from prior to those times in folklore books all describe perfectly normal human beings, clothed, unclothed or somewhere in between.
![[Image: ectoplasm3.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=sprocketink.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2Fectoplasm3.jpg)
Ghost descriptions from prior to those times in folklore books all describe perfectly normal human beings, clothed, unclothed or somewhere in between.
![[Image: Untitled2_zpswaosccbr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn569%2Fthesummerqueen%2FUntitled2_zpswaosccbr.png)