This subject is one of the reasons I became familiar with this site to begin with. Of course, since then, I have read much more than compelled me to
join.
Here's the thing. When I was a teenager, and that was quite a while back seeing that I am about to be 32, I would see something in the corner of my
room every night when I would go to bed. I would only see it once I laid down and started to try to go to sleep. The position I was in could change
(i.e., I could lay on my back, stomach, side, etc.) and it would still be there. I would see this almost every single night, and it was always just
there...not moving, or making any sort of motion at all...just there.
What it appeared to be was a man in a long coat and hat, but I could not make out any features, and I never could see it's feet, as the "shadow"
sort of tapered off as it went down. This was positioned over a glass table I had in the corner of my room when I first saw it. I moved the table, and
the rest of my furniture, numerous times to see if that would make it go away, and it remained. I had nothing outside of my window that would cast a
shadow into my room, especially because the blinds in my room were "black-out" blinds.
Now, I would have never went to my parents with this, as they would have most likely had me committed. I asked my younger sister to look with me on a
couple of occassions, and she saw nothing, while I was laying in bed and saw it very clearly.
Now, I did not live in a particularly old house growing up. I was not under terribly stress past what is considered normal "teenage angst". I was
raised Catholic, and had much faith in God...and had never dabbled in anything "evil" per se. I got enough sleep for someone of my age and all the
rest. Yet, this menacing presenace was always there.
When I graduated from high school, I entered the United States Air Force, and of course, was never home again to sleep in that room. My sister took my
room at home, and never saw anything of the sort. It obviously didn't "follow" me, as I never saw it again.
Recently, when I was visiting with a friend at my home, the subject came up, and I no longer felt like a complete lunatic. She sent me a link to this
site, that she had received from another friend. Reading all of the threads on this was very helpful to me mentally. From this thread, it appears as
if some of you have felt physically threatened by these, but I never did. Just mentally felt unable to completely "deal" with the situation and
always felt as if I was semi-crazy.
What I am wondering is...did anyone ever have this occur as a young person and then see it again when they were old, or after many years? I am always
worried that this will come back to "haunt" me sometime in the future. It has been something I have constantly been looking for to return to me, but
so far, nothing. Just wondering if this is something that seems to go away and never return to people who have seen it.