Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

At age 66 I had my first incident of sleep paralysis. I had never heard of it before… so I blamed the spirits who make themselves known to me every once in awhile. (We have always had a good relationship – they make their presence known, and I acknowledge them, smile and accept it.) When I was finally able to move, I got out of bed and whispered loudly, “Any spirits who are here, follow me.”  I went into the room next to my bedroom (I didn’t want to stay in my bedroom because the walls in my apartment are very thin and I didn’t want to awaken any of my neighbors), stood in the dark in front of my computer desk where I had previously heard a voice say “hello,” and very angrily I whispered loudly, “Please feel free to continue to say words to me, to move things around, to make yourselves known to me, but NEVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!” I think I must have had sparks and lightning shooting out of my head I was so upset.

The next day my brother informed me that sleep paralysis is common and is not caused by spirits, but by our own body when the mind is awake but the body has not yet awakened. Well, I felt really bad having blamed the spirits, but said nothing to them. I figured they could read my mind anyway.

About three days later, I fell asleep on the couch, and in my HAHA state (half awake/half asleep), a very angry gravelly male voice yelled in my ear – “BITCH!”  Oh no, this was the first time I had ever experienced anything negative from the spirits. This scared me. I woke all the way up, my mind racing. I didn’t know what to do.

I spent the next couple of days waiting for some sort of retaliation, even more bad words, but nothing happened. Thankfully things are back to normal, if you can call it that. I still feel contrite for blaming them for something for which they were not responsible.

Sent in by Sandy Fuersich, Copyright 2010