Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which a person temporarily experiences an inability
to move, speak or react it occurs either during falling asleep or awakening,
often during it people see terrifying hallucinations, believed to be caused by disrupted REM sleep
people believe it is a paranormal occurrences where people are
visited by demons or other ghastly spirits. Have you ever suffered from sleep paralysis?
let us know and tell us your stories in the comments below, wait for number 1 to hear
my own personal story.
Aliens in 2002 a study had looked at the relationship
between sleep paralysis and stories of alien abduction
they had found out that 60% of people who claimed to have been abducted were either
sleeping or had just woken up, during a later study in 2005 two creepy stories
had come out of them. A female was awoken in the middle of the night,
laying on her back she couldn't move, her body was paralysed and she had the sensation
as if she was levitating above her bed, her heart was beating and her breathing was shallow
and she felt tense all over. She opened her eyes and saw three beings standing
at the foot of her bed they were glowing in the light and looked
insect like, she said she felt electric vibrations throughout her body.
A male victim had awoken in the middle of the night, paralysed and frightened he felt
like electricity was shooting throughout his body
he felt as if all his energy from his body was being drained
once he opened his eyes he saw several alien-like beings surrounding his bed.
The Grim Reaper The person who submitted this story claims
that he was experiencing sleep paralysis for about 18 months
As he would suffer from it frequently he knew the signs and would have the usual sightings
such as shadowy figures standing around the room, but this one experience
was much more terrifying than the rest. He had awoken in the middle of the night,
lying on his side facing the wall he was paralysed, he felt the covers move as if someone was
lifting them up, then he felt something crawl in bed besides him.
he couldn't turn around to see what it was this is when he felt the thing grab his waist
and felt breathing on his neck he described it as "being cuddled by a skeleton
with claws" he could only lay there until the horrifying experience was over with.
he could still feel the breathing this was until it whispered "Not Yet. You're not ready
yet. I'll come back when you are" He then snapped out of it and turned around
but no one was there, i forgot to mention, he was home alone.
Can You See Me? The submitter of this story claims that he
suffers from sleep paralysis a lot and would suffer with it a few times a week,
He claims most are mild and because he is used to them he knows how to calm himself
and combat it. He said this was the most terrifying sleep
paralysis experience so far, He was just about to fall asleep when he heard
the voice of child ask "can you see me?" this is when he opened his eyes and realized
he couldn't move, as he noticed he was in the middle of sleep paralysis he tried to
calm himself this was when he looked to the foot of his
bed and saw him. he saw a little boy watching him, the boy
then asked the question again. He closed his eyes and tried to force himself
awake the boy kept asking the question. eventually it was over with, he claims it
was the most realistic hallucinations he has ever seen.
Stalking Shadow This submitter experiences sleep paralysis
quite a lot and can usually jolt himself out of it but this time he wasn't so luckily
he says this was the scariest experience of them all.
He woke up in the middle of the night paralysed and could see a shadow that was slowly climbing
up his wall, he could also hear a static type of sound which sounded similar
to this,
the shadow then began to transform into a
tall, thin scary looking man which had no face the only noticeable features where two
balls of static for eyes, the figure then got closer
and closer and with each step the static got louder. it then stood right next to the mans head
and began to scream at his face, the room then turned red and the
figures arms turned into spikes, without warning the figure drove a spike into the mans throat,
the man then jolted out of it and began to panic and started gasping for air.
He claims it was one of the most terrifying experiences of his life.
The Exorcist Girl This is actually my own personal story, it
took place about 5 years ago in 2010. I was 14 at the time.
This was my first experience with sleep paralysis and it was truly terrifying.
I woke up in the middle of the night but i have no idea what the time was, i remember i couldn't
move at all the only thing i could move was my eyes, i looked
to the side of my bed and there was a women figure standing there who was lit up
an eerie blue glow, she resembled linda blairs character from the exorcist.
She just stood their with an grin on her face staring at me.
I remember an overwhelming feeling of fear coming over me i just remember thinking
turn the light on turn the light on, but i still couldn't
move a few seconds after i snapped out of it, the woman had disappeared
and i was shaken with fear. I'm not sure if it was because i was in shock
but i managed to fall asleep pretty much straight away after it happened.
since then i have had sleep paralysis quite a few time but haven't seen anything and they
haven't been so severe i can say for a fact that it was one of the
creepiest moments in my life.