posted on May, 29 2016 @ 12:36 AM
Have had two experiences with shadow people in the same year. The first encounter I had was when I was 16. Always slept with the door closed, at my
parents. Was on the cusp of falling asleep when a woman whispered (calmly) in my ear, "they're watching you.". I opened my eyes abruptly because I
could feel the woman speaking right into my ear and it freaked me out. Every inch of me was paralyzed and I was stricken with fear (sleep paralysis).
I looked at the doorway to see my door open and the silhouettes of two shadow people. Felt like they could see me seeing them. I couldn't move or
scream; just lay there and watched them stare at me. I fell back asleep and couldn't talk about it for weeks with any one.
A couple months later I was trying to fall asleep and just when I fell asleep I heard this rhythmic pounding on my wall. It startled me awake and then
continued to get louder. Without hesitating I ran out of my room, and just as I got to the door I turned to look at my closet (on the same wall as the
door) and a dark hand reached out from it to try and grab me. I ran downstairs to see it lit up from my dad's computer (an insomniac and frequently on
the computer late at night when he couldn't sleep). I got to the landing and turned the corner and sure enough he was scrolling through the internet.
I screamed at him for help but he ignored me, like I wasn't there. Was so confused, I just stood there and screamed again. I slowly looked back up the
stairs and standing on the top step was a lone shadow figure. When I made eye contact I collapsed where I stood, then woke up the next morning. Didn't
feel like a dream; I remember dreams much more different than these experiences.
Some years later I came into contact with this woman who was a Reiki Healer. We spoke at length about it. She theorized what I experienced was an out
of body experience and perhaps the shadow person was there to guide me back to my body. Is it possible the shadow people have more to do with Astral
Projection? Maybe in the sleep paralysis I was able to see into their dimension (because I looked right at them for an extended period of time)?
Have never been able to stop thinking about these experiences. One thing that keeps coming up is that the shadow people did me no harm, and simply
existed in front of me; just standing there. At the time I experienced it I had never felt so terrified in my entire life. Maybe because I didn't know
what was going on and it's easy to fear what you don't know. Looking back on it, if what I experienced really happened, I feel more comforted by it,
than them being benevolent. It's almost as if they were watching over my while in a state of paralysis, rather than hurting me when I couldn't fight
back. That's not to say there could be benevolent shadow people?
Just wanted to share my experience on a thread where others have similar stories. Just got a book on Astral Projection and hopefully will be able to
do more research on this fascinating subject. I haven't seen shadow people within the last 8 years or so, and have lost contact with them or maybe
just the ability to sense/see them?