How did Moaning Myrtle Make the Water Splash?

[mad_maxime]

No: HPFGUIDX 93439

> > Bobby wrote:
> >
> > Here is another trivial problem I don't understand: In COS,
> > Moaning Myrtle made a splash in her restroom when HRH were there 
> > — but how did she move the water?
> > <snip>

> Steve responded:
> 
> To find the answer, I think we need to look beyond the book and look
> at ghosts in general; I guess you could say ghosts in the real
> world.
> 
> In typical haunting, as in haunted houses, ghost do have some
> limited ability to interact with the real/material world; rattling
> chains,slamming doors, rocking chairs moving with no one in them,
> curtains (moving objects), etc....
>  
> So, ghosts can do things in the material world to make there 
> presents known. Usually, the more tramatic a ghost's death was and 
> the more tormented their afterlife, the more they cause physical
> telekinesis and manifestations.
> <snip>

Max:

When I read this question, I immediately thought of the scene between
'Subway Man' and Patrick Swayze in the movie 'Ghost'. If you try to
move an object with your mind, you'll fail. To succeed, you need to
concentrate your emotions.

This fits right in with Steve's theory that the more tormented a soul
is, the more physical manifestations it will cause. It's hard to think
of a more tormented soul in the HP universe than Moaning Myrtle. What
with her perpetual state of mournfulness, it's a wonder she doesn't
cause even more of a racket!