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A Man In The Doorway

by Brittany Leigh
(Defiance, Ohio, USA)

I'm 17 currently, but the very first time sleep paralysis happened to me was last year, while I was still 16.

I woke up randomly, and was frozen. I couldn't move a muscle except my eyelids, and I had a buzzing in my ear. Not like bees buzzing, but almost like an air compressor sound but not as loud. I looked around, feeling as if someone were staring at me. And there was a man standing in my doorway. Just staring at me. I couldn't make out the features of the man, but it looked like my dad, so I was going to say, "Dad" but I couldn't talk either. Then I woke up, and everything was normal, my door closed, and no man there.

I've had many encounters but I never opened my eyes because I told myself not too. Encounters happened such as my neck being pushed down when I tried to move it, just hearing the buzzing sounds and feeling watched, and even feeling as if someone was laying next to me when I know I was alone that night.

My recent encounter that was the scariest, happened only a few nights ago. I woke up, realizing I was having sleep paralysis and kept my eyes closed. I could move a little, and seemed to roll over, and I felt as if I was on fire, and as if needles were poking me all over. It ended and like always, everything was normal. The freakiest thing though, was when my mom went to make my bed, she found loads of needles in my bed. We don't even have that many needles.

I know my story is long, but it's all true.




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A Man In The Doorway

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Feb 23, 2011
 Similar
by: Zia

I had 2 men in my doorway when i was sleeping. they came to my bed. the full story is on this site somewhere.. the weird part was my door was shut when i went to bed. they opened it. a girl in my online cult told me to research shadow people. they feed off of fear. hope this helps. blessed be.
Feb 26, 2011
 ive had plenty of these
by: Anonymous

ive had many experiences like that and im unsure if it is sleep paralyses wither, a few nights ago i was lying in bed listening to the radio waking up slowly i heard what sounded like two children whispering behind my head, and i began to focus on it they steadily got louder saying harry harry harry harry, i realised at this point i couldnt move but forced myself with every ounce of energy towards the radio and just about managed to get my arm up and tried to shout leave me alone and grumbled a few sounds and then i woke up in that exact position,

although arguably it could have been as simple as sp im not sure. the most prominent time though was when i was asleep on holiday visitng relatives, when i was dreaming about somethingrandom and then this voice said turn the light on quite prominently above the others and i woke at that point to see the light was on when it was clearly not on all night and it hadent woken my brother and everyone else in the house was asllep, it sounded like my nan so i asked her and she said she was asleep however my great nan had stayed in that room before she passed recently and she did sound alot like my nan
Jul 16, 2011
 Cloak and Dagger Character
by: Becca

The same huge shadowy man in a trenchcoat and hat "stands beside my bed and chokes me" from time to time.
I try to scream, but can barely get any sound out.
Jul 21, 2011
 omg
by: Anonymous

oh my god, this happened to me a little while ago. with the buzzing thing. i could feel someone coming into my room and hear a buzzing then they retreated but then thy came back again full force and "got me" and i felt like i was being electrocuted and i was completely locked up and could hear that buzzing. i am scared, i fear maybe i will not wake up sometime because this does not seem normal. it was so scary. if anyone else reading this has theses problems PLEASE email me bubblexx246@yahoo.com
it scares me and i dont know why it is happening :( everyone thinks im crazy.
Aug 18, 2011
 Angry Man, Banshee, Touching!
by: Anonymous

I'm glad to hear others have had similar more vivid hallucinations. I've talked to others who've had SP but never experienced the auditory/visual component, which can be extremely frightening.

As for myself, I once saw a dark-haired man in a hotel room. He was very angry. His anger was palpable; I mean, he was PISSED about something. He was shouting or saying something and then actually tried to pull the blanket off of me, but my bf at the time woke me up. He said I was mumbling and sounded scared.

I've also heard voices in my ear - usually a man or woman arguing about something.

The crazier episodes are where the thing that I see or hear actually touched me. I've had a banshee-like thing floating above me who touched my mouth with her fingers and another time whatever it was that I heard in my room tapped me on the shoulder and told me to wake up.

I definitely do believe it's related to stress or just being tired because now I can catch myself going into an SP episode and usually I can stop it from happening.
Aug 25, 2011
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by: Thomas Burch

Maybe during sleep paralysis you can see more than your normally are?
Mar 10, 2012
 comment to zia NEW
by: Ralphael

Zia,

I am calm and logical, but what I experienced last night was unusual for me. Two beings in my room and bright lights woke me. I sit up and hit my arm and tell myself that I am not sleep. I tried to get up but they realized what I was trying to do. One quickly came to me and shocked me. I couldn't yell out or move anymore. I panicked and started praying. This has never happened to me but it has happened to my mom, once three months ago and the other time was 3 years ago. All week I've seen bright lights and when I wake, I am stiff on my back. I normally sleep in the fetus position, so when I woke I was surprised to be on my back.
Apr 02, 2012
 ghost in the door way? NEW
by: Anonymous

Some thing like this happened to me aswell. I remember looking at my doorway, all dark room, and seeing a figure looking around the door at me. It scared me so i turned on my stomic and face down in my pillow. Then i herd a voice say do you still belive in ghost? Then i felt a shiver up my whole spine into my head. It was weird.
Apr 06, 2012
 Man in Fedora hat and Trenchcoat NEW
by: aware

I suffer from SP often and have encountered this man several times. I'll get the buzzing in my head, and when I manage to open my eyes, he is stood in my room, his back to me but his face turned slightly although I can't make out any features. He's really tall with a long coat and an old style hat. I feel threatened and struggle to drag myself out of the state of paralysis.
Last night I woke to the buzzing sound and was paralysed in bed but felt someone behind me in bed, this has happened before where I can feel the pressure of a hand on my leg and hear breathing, but last night a male voice was also talking to me and the feeling was one of danger, and I tried really hard to concentrate on controlling what was happening. I learnt if I made the buzzing sound go away, the man, his voice and the pressure against me disappeared also, but I kept getting 'pushed' back into that horrible state. I don't know how to change things but I'm going to keep trying to control whatever this is. I suffer from SP a lot. I wish I could understand it more.
Apr 10, 2012
 A man with white eyes NEW
by: Anonymous

I had this experience a few nights ago, I awoke and heard a scratching sound at my doorway, I looked up and saw a man clearly, he was wearing a hoodie and jeans and was seemingly normal apart from having bright white eyes, I felt that impending doom, and he stared at me for a moment before running towards me, I felt his hand on my throat, I realised it was sleep paralysis and tried to calm myself, it woke me up, really scary though :(

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