Short Little Shadow People
Filed Under (Paranormal) by Mysk on 25-10-2003
Yet another “shadow person” experience, this one much less dramatic than the first. Also different about this experience is that these “shadow people” were very short.
Note: This entry was updated on April 9th 2004.
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I approach this particular experience knowing that a large number of people have witnessed or otherwise had their own experience with �Shadow People�. It seems that within the last few years their appearances have exploded in number.
One talk show host suggested that the reason that so many people are beginning to see them now is because the majority of us are watching higher definition screens. Our computer monitors are operating at a higher frequency, our camcorders are digital now, and many people are beginning to adopt technologies such as HDTV (High Definition Television). These higher frequency screens are now almost everywhere in our day-to-day lives. Even if we ourselves do not own one it is still common to see them on display in various shopping centers.
Of course, these screens operate by refreshing - or updating - the view on the screen several times faster than anything we�ve previously had. Since the screen refreshes so quickly the change is not consciously registered and the view appears to be a constant video or image.
The host of the radio show suggested that the human brain, and thus our vision, is subconsciously adapting to these higher frequency views. In essence, by watching these screens we are training the visual part of our brain to operate at a higher frequency. As a result of this �training� many more people today are �seeing things� which previously only a few could witness.
I personally think that this is a great explanation and I would say that I mostly agree. However, there is the possibility that these �shadow people� are indeed appearing in greater numbers. Currently it is impossible to tell which of these theories, if either at all, are true.
This particular talk show invited their listeners to submit artistic representations of the �Shadow Person� that they had seen. Many of the descriptions, and a number of the images, were very similar to what I myself had witnessed. It was, to say the least, interesting to see drawings of beings which I had seen running through my house.
One more quick point before I describe my own experience. I personally believe that these smaller shadow beings are not related to the tall �Shadow Daemon� which I describe elsewhere. Although they each appear as shadow or solid darkness, they may very well be different beings deserving of their own classification. More interesting is the fact that even amongst these �other� shadow people there seems to be different types of beings.
Now, without further ado, I�ll describe my own experience.
Like many, seeing these small beings running through my house had caused me to question my sanity. Was I slipping mentally and beginning to see things? Even with a past filled with strange occurrences I could not help but question myself.
The ones that I saw were short, being no more than four feet tall and possibly somewhat shorter than that. Unlike the shadows that we see in our day to day lives, these �shadow people� were not flat nor did they slide along the walls. They ran on two legs and moved so fast that my eyes could barely keep up.
They couldn�t have been �ghosts� in the typical since because my home has no history. It�s a modular home which was placed together at its current location. If there is any history to give fuel to a stereotypical haunting then it must belong solely to the land on which the house rests. It�s possible that they could have been some type of land spirits, but I don�t believe so. I�ll explain this later.
The first time that I saw one of the beings was when I was exiting the hallway from my room. The thing ran past me so fast that I had to wonder if I had truly seen anything at all. One moment I�m walking through the house, alone. The next moment a shadow about the size of a young child dashes past! Surprised, I stopped and looked around myself, trying to figure out if I had actually seen what I thought I had. There was no indication that I was anything other than alone, however, so with a shake of my head I told myself that it was nothing; that I was seeing things. Soon, I went on with my day and forgot about the experience.
I would have been content with that being the only case but I was soon to learn that for the next couple of weeks I would be sharing my house with short, shadowy �people�.
Over the next few days I saw them again several times and each time it was from the corners of my eyes. I unable to do something as simple as walking into the kitchen without suddenly seeing a dark blur dart across the other side of the house. I�d quickly turn or look in the direction from which I had seen movement but I was never fast enough. Each time, my eyes were greeted with an empty room.
It took a few days of this consistently occurring before I reached a point where I began to seriously question my sanity. What was happening to me? Was I really seeing these things or I was going over the edge? Eventually I was no longer able to keep these concerns to myself so I mentioned my situation to a friend.
I remember that I told him, �Either I�m seeing things again or I�m going insane.�
At first I was surprised at how serious he took the situation. He and I often given one another a hard time, but luckily, he has past ghost hunting experience and he was able to approach me with several pressing questions, the first several of which targeted the validity of the sightings. I remember that a couple were, �Are I on any drugs?�, and �Are you getting enough sleep?�.
Eventually he began to ask if the room �felt� any different or if items had come up missing. Question after question came but always they lead to no where, so after a long conversation we decided to call it a night.
The next couple of sightings would remove any doubts about my visitors� existence, however.
The house was quiet. I was alone and had just recently woken up. I spent a few minutes in the bedroom, stretching, and getting prepared to start the day.
I left my bedroom to get some breakfast and as I came to the end of the hall, all of a sudden one of the shadow people came dashing around the corner and ran almost directly into me! Surprised, I stumbled, and tried desperately to step over what I had initially thought to be either the dog or the cat. I soon realized that neither was the case.
I stood stunned for a moment to let the encounter sink in as I found myself, alone, in the kitchen, realizing what had just occurred. Was my presence a surprise which had caused it to run into me by accident? Or was the encounter deliberate? What would have been the purpose if the shadowy being had intended the encounter? Realizing that what had just passed under my leg was one of the �Shadow People� gave me a moment of chills!
Yet this wasn�t to be the last experience to shake me of my doubts. The encounter which shed my last remaining questions was to take place as I worked late into the night�
This particular night began no different from the rest. The light of the monitor was the only illumination in the room as I worked well beyond midnight, and I had become completely focused on the evening�s work. That focus was quickly brought to an end however as I saw a dark blur move suddenly from the living room and dash into the hall. I quickly snapped my head in the direction from which I had seen movement and I watched, barely able to visually keep up with the phantom�s speed it vanished into the back of the house.
This night, though, I wasn�t alone. The cat had decided to join me earlier that evening and she, too, jumped to attention as the shadowy figure sped through the room. With the speed and skill that only a cat could have she tracked the being as it moved, her little head moving to keep up with her target�s movements. For several minutes after the shadow person had left the room she continued to stare into the empty hallway. At last, with the help of a feline friend, my final doubt of their existence had been dispelled.
Another living being had seen the phantom, too.
The feeling of relief that this brought me was soon replaced with a sense of curiosity: What were these beings� purpose, and where did they come from?
I may never be able to answer the question of their purpose, but I can offer a hint as to how they came to be in my house.
At the same time that these �Shadow People� appeared I also saw a strange phenomenon in my bedroom. On the walls of my room, easier to see at night than at day, were strange shimmering �vortices�.
By �shimmering� I do not mean that they were glowing, but rather that I am at a loss of words to fully describe what I saw. It was as though the visual effect of a heat wave had been altered just enough become vaguely familiar but not completely comprehendible.
These �vortices� appeared in my room for nearly the entire duration of the presence of the �Shadow People�, and at times there were up to three floating along the wall. They always appeared along the same wall and I would lie in bed at night watching as they moved slowly from one side of the room to the other. I checked my eyesight many times by looking at a different wall, or blinking, or by rubbing my eyes. Eventually I just gave up � they were simply there, defying explanation.
These �vortices� were very small, less than a foot across and always floating about half of a foot to one foot from the floor. Had I the daring to get up and touch them I probably would not have been able to fit more than my shoulder and head through the space which one occupied. I chose, however, to be content with watching them from my bed.
Were these the portals from which the �Shadow People� had entered my house? Do these vortices explain why my strange visitors always ran into or out of the hallway, which is the sole way to reach my room? I think that the answer to these questions is quite possibly �yes�, and after discussing the subject with others I find that it is common for others witnesses of these shadowy beings to have also seen a similar �vortices� or �portal-like� phenomenon.
These vortices are the reason why I do not believe that these beings were some form of local land spirit. For after the vortices were gone, so were the shadow people.
So ends this particular experience with the �Shadow People�. Perhaps you�ve seen them, too? Look around and be quick, for you may catch a glimpse of your own mysterious visitor.
I am extemely skeptical about abductions, ufo’s , legendary beasts ect . , however there is one phenomena that I can attest to and that is of the ” shadow people ” . Maybe my theory can shed light on this strange occurance .When I was about 3 or 4 years old , me and my parents lived in a small town in Puerto Rico . This is about the most vivid memory that I have about this age . My mother was tucking me into bed when I noticed next to her the image that was a silouette of a child with a cape , with his arms at his sides . The best way to describe it would be to refer you to a school crossing sign or a restroom sign .That graphic that represents a person was exactly what it looked like ; a perfectly round head , arms but no distinguishable hands or fingers , and the darkest black sillouette I have ever seen . It looked like a terrible special effect.
I was wide awake . Apalled at what I saw , I let out a blood curdling shriek , exclaiming to my mother ” Don’t you see it?!” . She obviously couldn’t see it because it was right in front of her and being the scaredy cat that she is , she would have had a heart attack if she did . The ’shadow ‘ was startled by my scream , flinched in surprise , and seemed to dive under my bed .After that my mother calmed me down and that is all I remember . A couple of years later , we had moved to a different house in the same neighborhood . The room that me and my baby brother was in would open to a small hallway that led to my parent’s bedroom . I always asked my mother to leave the door open .One night after she tucked me in , she turned off the light to the hallway and as soon as the light was off , the hallway was filled with the sillouette of about a dozen prowling ‘black panthers’ . They crawled up the walls and the ceiling and all over the floor . Their eyes were white . I let out a scream, my mother returned and turned on the light , and as soon as she did , they disappeared.
For years I was bewildered by these and other strange occurrances in my childhood and as I got older I tried to make sense of them .Then one day I came up with a hypothesis . In those times we would go to a catholic church sometimes and other times we would got to a ‘wierd curch’.In this place they would perform rituals with cigar smoke and fire and people would act out in fits and convulsions . They would perform ‘tribal’ dances and chant to the rythm of congos .At the time I thought nothing of it , but when I got older I learned of my people’s tradition of santeria ,which is a form of voodoo and witchcraft . It involved channeling spirits and worshipping several deities .
What if through this occult following , my parents inadvertingly opened the door to something from the other side? It is the only explenation I could think of . When my parents stopped frequenting these gatherings , the visions stopped . To this day I am weary about being alone in dark rooms.
I find yet another post that was not emailed to me when it was made. I s’pose that I’m going to have to haunt my own site from time to time.
As for your theory I think that it’s quite possible. As I mention in other areas of the site I was studying and practicing different types of magick around that time. I also experimented with some personal rituals for one reason or another.
It seems reasonable that I attracted some odd critters through those experiments.