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Spirits. United States

ID #1610122961
Added Fri, 08/01/2021
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
15.04.1994
Location: 
ME
United States

As a child, I suffered from terrible nightmares. I thought something was taking me away at night. I would wake up to a blinding light, and then wake up a second time, as if I were dreaming a dream within a dream. 

These horrors continued for most of my childhood. It didn't happen every night, but once or twice a month. 

My family moved north when I was 8, after years of violent nightmares, the new environment seemed to calm my mind. However, this did not last long. More often than not, I felt a white light envelop me. I begged my parents to believe me, but they didn't. They didn't have any answers either. 

One night I woke up to a white light. I was lying on my bunk bed, my brother on the bottom, and I on top. I was looking at the stars shining on my ceiling when in an instant I was blinded by this white light. I could feel the fear coming over me, and I couldn't cry out for help. I watched helplessly as my door opened. That's it. 

Night man. He didn't look at me, he looked back for a second and went to the bunk beds. I remember trying to scream, but I couldn't. I couldn't breathe or move. He walked over to the bunk bed and examined my brother. 

I tried to scream, but got nothing. He looked at me, snapping his head. Like I was surprised to be looking at it. Like I scared him. He reached for my face as if to grab me. I fought my fear, managed to clench my fist and try to hit him. I did, but just a little. I tapped it, barely touching it. 

He jerked his hand away and backed out the door. I told my family this morning. They laughed and said I had made new friends. I've kept it to myself until now. 

My family can confirm my story. Only 3 people outside my family know about it. I'll take a lie detector test at any time.

Original news

Date:  April 15 1994
Location:  Maine 
Time:  
Summary:  When I was a child I suffered from extreme night terrors. I thought there was something taking me in the night. I would awake to blinding light and then I’d wake a second time, as if I were having a dream inside a dream. These terrors kept on for most of my childhood. It wouldn’t happen every night, but once or twice a month. My family moved north when I was 8, after years of brutal nightmares the new environment seemed to calm my mind. This didn’t last long though. More frequently I felt as I I were being taken by the white lights. I pleaded with my parents to believe me but they didn’t. They had no answers either. One of the nights I woke before the white lights. I was laying in my bunk bed, my brother on bottom and I’m on top. I was looking at the glow in the stars I had on my ceiling when, in an instant I was blinded by this white light. I felt fear come over me and I couldn’t scream for help. I helplessly watched my door creek open. There it was. The night person I was dreaming about. It didn’t look at me, it looked around for a second and walked toward the bunk beds. I remember trying to scream but I couldn’t. I couldn’t breathe or move. It walked up besides the bunk beds, inspecting my brother. I tried to scream and got nothing. It looked up at me with snap of its head. Almost like it was surprised I was looking at it. As if I startled it. It stretched it’s hand out to my face as if to grab me. I fought my fear and managed to ball up a fist and try to hit it. I did, but barely. I tapped it, just barely touching it. It recoiled its hand and sidestepped away, out the door. In the morning I told my family. They laughed and said I have new friends. I kept this to myself until now. My family can back up my story. Only 3 people outside my family know this. I’ll take a lie detector anyday.
Source:   MUFON CMS

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Trap dreams

A dream in which a person can not distinguish the real from reality, i.e. a person dreams that he has woken up, and everything that happens to him is a reality and, of course, more to Wake up he can not. This condition can cause fear. Symptoms may be identical to the syndrome of "sleep paralysis" and "false awakenings" (where a man wakes up in a dream repeatedly).

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False awakenings

Man, as he seems to be waking up repeatedly. Some subjects reported a spillage in his bedroom several times in a row, and seem to work and begin their normal day, each time before again "Wake up" to discover some inconsistencies in the content of dreams and found myself back in my bedroom, thinking, "Oh, it was a dream". The environment is very realistic, you can smell, temperature, objects, etc. in great detail.

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Parasomnias (Hypnagogic hallucinations)

The presence of different entity next to the bed in the room or outside the window. The entity appeared after a sudden awakening. After a while it disappeared/melted/disappeared.

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Сонный паралич

  • In a moment, the man suddenly feels on top he bore down on something very hard and does not allow him to breathe, as if strangling.
  • Quite often people say that in that moment, when they sleep, they feel that they can move neither head, nor foot, nor arm, literally nothing. Among other things, a person becomes unbearable fear.

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