Christians in the Middle Ages would see a demon or succubus. Dreamers in Zanzibar claim to have been attacked by a giant black bat called a popobowa. The creature has also seeped into modern pop culture. The horror film Mara also brings the nightmare of the sleep demon to life. A few myths around the sleep demon offer some sort of incentive for the sleeper to move.
In some Middle Eastern cultures, for instance, the creature is a jinn wearing a hat. If the sleeper can wake up and snatch the hat, he or she will earn a reward.
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Video link. Close X. Click to scroll back to top of the page Back to top. I woke up around three in the morning and noticed a red light flashing out the window, and to this day I am not sure what that was. But now awake I sat up and saw my door open enough to see into my other bedroom. What I saw was evil and scary. There was just enough light to slightly lighten up the room, but in the middle was a deep black swirling cloud. To me that is what it appeared. Just swirling in a circle, it felt real and had a consciousness.
Then I saw two small red eyes peering out form the middle of it. I just stared, and when it felt the fear in me it rushed so fast in my direction it took me by surprise.
It knocked me back in bed and I felt this heavy weight on my chest, like something was sitting on my holding me down. I could not breath, scream or move anything.
It had me completely paralyzed, what seemed for along tome. I tried to wrestle with it, but got no where. When I screamed for my dad, it just came out like a soft muffle that no one could hear. I could turn my head slightly and see my clock and saw time slipping away during my battle with the old hag. Suddenly it was gone. I could breathe. I sat up and felt myself breathing heavy and I was dripping with sweat.
This was for real, I thought. What was it? I did not see it on me; just felt the pressure and its presents. Then I looked at the door again and saw the swirling list, back in the other bedroom. Then round two happened. It rushed at me again and I went through the same scary event. This went on again for awhile, and then it let off.
Before I could get out of bed, I was dead tired, but I knew I was awake. The third time happened as well and most of the night had passed. I did manage to turn the radio on again for an hour between events, and when the last one occurred it left for good. Soon after I just stared into space, trying to calm down and get a grasp at just what happened.
My dad soon got up to get ready for work and the sun was just coming up. I felt it was safe to get some sleep. I noticed the can of deodorant was on the floor, something was in my room.
The radio was just tuning off and I could still feel the dampness of my sweat on the sheets. I went to sleep and when I got up around noon, I told my mom of this and said I would never sleep in that room again.
She though I was being silly and just had a bad dream. I do not have nor ever had a dream like that. That was real. It was years later when I read the book Communion about alien intervention. The authors experience told of aliens coming into his house and could not move, much like my experience. But with the alien encounter you usually don't remember what they do to you when they take you.
I had to wonder if that happened to me. It was explained so closely to my experience. I was considering hypnosis, but never did. Then a couple years later I heard of professionals calling it sleep paralysis. You are caught in-between sleeping and awake stage.
You are awake and yet you can't move, and it feels like the old hag syndrome. This may be, but I believe mine was real. I do believe in entities and they do roam, they just passed my way that night. Some people have reoccurrences over their life time.
I have never experienced it since and God willing, I never will. It was my worst nightmare. I thought I was going to die that night. I had one of these experiences, only where mine differed from most were that: I was wide awake when it happened, I was not paralyzed, I was able to move freely, I didn't feel any weight on my chest and had no difficulty breathing. This is often sufficient to break the spell. If you can manage it, scream! Your roommate may not appreciate it, but it's better than suffering through a long and fear-filled episode.
If all else fails, seek professional help. Sounds like good advice. The bottom line is that you really have nothing to fear, in a paranormal sense, from sleep paralysis. That old hag you feel perched on your chest may be nothing more than the anxiety of living in a stressful world. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. By Stephen Wagner. Featured Video. Spirit Lovers: Incubus and Succubus Attacks. Get True Ghost and Paranormal Stories. You may be unable to move your arms or legs, body and head. You can breathe and think, but you may be unable to speak. The paralysis may last for only seconds or a few minutes.
Then it disappears and you are able to move again. This describes a typical episode of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis occurs when the line between sleep and wakefulness is blurred.
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