Family "ghost" stories?

Destben · Jan 2, 2018

This isn’t a ghost story but it is completely true. I suffer from sleep paralysis. For those of you who don’t know what that is it’s a point between sleep and being awake where your brain doesn’t get enough oxygen. You are completely unable to move and hallucinate while feeling like you are being held down. For years I had the same hallucination not knowing I had this condition. My hallucination was a demon that would talk to me, hold me down and feed off my fears. This demon had no name and would only go away once I was able to force myself to yell gods name and free myself from paralysis. He had many different voices One a man , One a monster, and the worst was a little girl. He would tell me things like “ do you really think your god can save you” to which I would reply yes. I eventually told it I was no longer scared and it doesn’t come anymore. I still suffer from sleeping paralysis but now I’m no longer afraid and am able to handle what ever is thrown at me.
Ps this is very personal and I haven’t really talked about it to anyone.

Bambam1989 · Jan 2, 2018

Destben said:
This isn’t a ghost story but it is completely true. I suffer from sleep paralysis. For those of you who don’t know what that is it’s a point between sleep and being awake where your brain doesn’t get enough oxygen. You are completely unable to move and hallucinate while feeling like you are being held down. For years I had the same hallucination not knowing I had this condition. My hallucination was a demon that would talk to me, hold me down and feed off my fears. This demon had no name and would only go away once I was able to force myself to yell gods name and free myself from paralysis. He had many different voices One a man , One a monster, and the worst was a little girl. He would tell me things like “ do you really think your god can save you” to which I would reply yes. I eventually told it I was no longer scared and it doesn’t come anymore. I still suffer from sleeping paralysis but now I’m no longer afraid and am able to handle what ever is thrown at me.
Ps this is very personal and I haven’t really talked about it to anyone.

Thank you for sharing. That sounds very frightening, I have heard of sleep paralysis but never with such vivid "hallucinations"

Destben · Jan 2, 2018

Bambam1989 said:
Thank you for sharing. That sounds very frightening, I have heard of sleep paralysis but never with such vivid "hallucinations"

The most common are hallucinations are demonic. This one tortured me for years I gave you guys the short and sweet version but it’s a terrifying experience.

Big Charlie · Jan 5, 2018

Destben said:
This isn’t a ghost story but it is completely true. I suffer from sleep paralysis. For those of you who don’t know what that is it’s a point between sleep and being awake where your brain doesn’t get enough oxygen. You are completely unable to move and hallucinate while feeling like you are being held down. For years I had the same hallucination not knowing I had this condition. My hallucination was a demon that would talk to me, hold me down and feed off my fears. This demon had no name and would only go away once I was able to force myself to yell gods name and free myself from paralysis. He had many different voices One a man , One a monster, and the worst was a little girl. He would tell me things like “ do you really think your god can save you” to which I would reply yes. I eventually told it I was no longer scared and it doesn’t come anymore. I still suffer from sleeping paralysis but now I’m no longer afraid and am able to handle what ever is thrown at me.
Ps this is very personal and I haven’t really talked about it to anyone.

This only happened to me once. I thought there was an alien sitting on my chest. I couldn't see it, only felt the weight, and it seemed evil. I don't remember it talking to me, but I was completely unable to move or utter a sound. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. It was probably the most terrifying experience of my life.

ETA: It's interesting that you say it is due to a lack of oxygen. At the time, I was using several asthma medications. I had never heard of the condition, and immediately blamed it on the asthma meds and discontinued them. It never happened again.

Destben · Jan 5, 2018

Big Charlie said:
This only happened to me once. I thought there was an alien sitting on my chest. I couldn't see it, only felt the weight, and it seemed evil. I don't remember it talking to me, but I was completely unable to move or utter a sound. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. It was probably the most terrifying experience of my life.

It’s always super scary. I only had one alien hallucination, but by then I new what was happening so it wasn’t as bad.

Destben · Jan 5, 2018

Destben said:
It’s always super scary. I only had one alien hallucination, but by then I new what was happening so it wasn’t as bad.

It seems so realistic at the time doesn’t it though

Destben · Jan 6, 2018

Destben said:
This isn’t a ghost story but it is completely true. I suffer from sleep paralysis. For those of you who don’t know what that is it’s a point between sleep and being awake where your brain doesn’t get enough oxygen. You are completely unable to move and hallucinate while feeling like you are being held down. For years I had the same hallucination not knowing I had this condition. My hallucination was a demon that would talk to me, hold me down and feed off my fears. This demon had no name and would only go away once I was able to force myself to yell gods name and free myself from paralysis. He had many different voices One a man , One a monster, and the worst was a little girl. He would tell me things like “ do you really think your god can save you” to which I would reply yes. I eventually told it I was no longer scared and it doesn’t come anymore. I still suffer from sleeping paralysis but now I’m no longer afraid and am able to handle what ever is thrown at me.
Ps this is very personal and I haven’t really talked about it to anyone.

Just because I like to be politically correct I would like to correct myself on this post. You do get enough oxygen to your brain it just feels like your not because it can be hard to breathe. The hallucinations are cause by dysfunctional overlap of the REM cycle and waking stages. Sorry I just didn’t want anyone to think they were suffocating in their sleep. [emoji16]

Destben · Jan 6, 2018

Okay guys here is a supernatural story for you. Sorry to go to far off topic. I told you guys I lived in a haunted house. This house was brand new and very nice so its not something you expect to be haunted. Just for backstory purposes the town I lived in was a checkerboarded with the reservation and I was told the area my house had been built in was an indian burial ground and if that wasn't bad enough skinwalker ranch was less then 2 miles from it. Anyways back to the story part 1: We move in to this lovely two story 4 bedroom 3 bath house right outside of town. The first night we stayed there my family went to the store down the road while I stayed home to watch finding bigfoot (lol I know right). Anyways I was downstairs in the living room and I heard whispering from upstairs in my moms room. Thinking someone was home I went to the stairs and flipped on the light. I could still hear the whispering and her bedroom light was on so I figured they just left the TV on. I decided to yell out to see if anyone was home anyways. I yell "hello?" and put my foot on the first step of the stairway and hear someone say "SHHHH" and then its dead silent. I go up the stairs to find no one home and the TV in my moms room off. I turned all the lights on and waited for my family to get home.. . . . . I hope you like part 1 because it was just the beginning.

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

Ok ready for part 2? Here it is......
During hot summer night I was sleeping in my bed with the mattress arranged so my head was close to the window. My window was on ground level and because it was hot out I had it open. I wake up with instant fear in a cold sweat. I know instantly this is not a sleep paralysis episode because I am able to move. From outside my window I hear heavy breathing from a what sounds like a large animal. I m pretty sure it was a skin walker so I pretend to stay asleep and try and keep my breath normal until it leaves. Once I’m sure it is gone I close my window and push my bed away from the window.
For those of you that don’t know a skin walker (in native legend) is a Native American who had used black magic and sacrificed a family member to gain immortality but in doing so they loose their ability to appear human some can get close but will have something like a tail that will give them away. Most appear as big dog like animals but can shape shift into other creatures. If you look at one in the face it will hunt you down and can do things such as make you really sick. This is why I did not look to see what animal was at my window. Please keep in mind that I myself am not Native and may have the description of a skin walker off as all my info is second hand from the my native friends at the time. I hope you enjoyed part 2 I promise it will get creepier as we go.

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

I realize part 2 was kind of anticlimactic so I’m going to give you part 3 which will be composed of a couple small things that happened before the big things. Here we go.....
I was home alone during the day waiting for my friend to pick me up to go hang out. I was pacing by the front door and from nowhere behind me I hear a burp. It wasn’t a normal burp it was like a sumo wrestler just chugged a gallon of soda. I turn and say what the H! I double check to see if anyone is home which there wasn’t. This earned the “ghost” the name fat guy ghost.

While sitting in the living room down stairs you could hear footsteps even if no one else is home.

All the doors of the house would slam. This happened one while my boyfriend (husband now) were home alone. The windows were closed so it wasn’t a cross breeze that slammed them.

Voices from no where. This happened more then once and not just to me. But that’s another part. On this occasion my boyfriend was out doing yard work with my step brother and I had assumed my stepbrother was in his room. I had just finished making lunch and went to ask him if he was hungry. I called out and said “chis do you want lunch” and I hear from my moms room what I had assumed was him say “hey” so I go in and start looking for him. He’s kinda a prankster so I figured he was hiding. I didn’t find him or anybody in her room. As I walked out he walked in from outside and I was amazed because I thought he had snuck around me somehow. He told me that he had been outside for a while so I guess fat guy ghost was saying hello.

To set up for part 4 I’m going to tell you about a certain room in the house. In the living room downstairs there is an unfinished room with a cold storage in the back. We used that as my mother’s craft room where we kept all of her crafts and wedding stuff for her job. This room had a heavy door that would close if not slam by itself due to gravity. Keep this in mind for the next part.......

Bambam1989 · Jan 7, 2018

Destben said:
I realize part 2 was kind of anticlimactic so I’m going to give you part 3 which will be composed of a couple small things that happened before the big things. Here we go.....
I was home alone during the day waiting for my friend to pick me up to go hang out. I was pacing by the front door and from nowhere behind me I hear a burp. It wasn’t a normal burp it was like a sumo wrestler just chugged a gallon of soda. I turn and say what the H! I double check to see if anyone is home which there wasn’t. This earned the “ghost” the name fat guy ghost.

While sitting in the living room down stairs you could hear footsteps even if no one else is home.

All the doors of the house would slam. This happened one while my boyfriend (husband now) were home alone. The windows were closed so it wasn’t a cross breeze that slammed them.

Voices from no where. This happened more then once and not just to me. But that’s another part. On this occasion my boyfriend was out doing yard work with my step brother and I had assumed my stepbrother was in his room. I had just finished making lunch and went to ask him if he was hungry. I called out and said “chis do you want lunch” and I hear from my moms room what I had assumed was him say “hey” so I go in and start looking for him. He’s kinda a prankster so I figured he was hiding. I didn’t find him or anybody in her room. As I walked out he walked in from outside and I was amazed because I thought he had snuck around me somehow. He told me that he had been outside for a while so I guess fat guy ghost was saying hello.

To set up for part 4 I’m going to tell you about a certain room in the house. In the living room downstairs there is an unfinished room with a cold storage in the back. We used that as my mother’s craft room where we kept all of her crafts and wedding stuff for her job. This room had a heavy door that would close if not slam by itself due to gravity. Keep this in mind for the next part.......

Waiting intently for more

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

Bambam1989 said:
Waiting intently for more

I’m just deciding how long to drag it out there is a lot left and I feel like each should have their own part to emphasize how un natural it was and give details.

ZEROPILOT · Jan 7, 2018

Alright.
Here is my third story then.
@Destben has raised the bar..
These are not in chronological order BTW.
I was still young.
My dog had just died.
I was very upset and laying in bed thinking about her when the bed shook a little. Not much, but this is back when there was a LOT of creepy crap going on that seemed directed at me.
My response at the time was to pull the sheet up over my face. Pulling the sheet off of my legs.
Almost right as I did so, something grabbed me by my ankle areas. Both legs, and drug me down the bed untill my whole legs were suspended in air. Then in an instant, it stopped. My legs dropped to the floor.
I was only in bed from my lower back up to my head.
I yelled for my mother who came rushing in.
I also have no explanation for this very real event. And psychological activity doesn't seem to work here. Though it would possibly, possibly explain a few. Maybe even most.
This was the only incident that was physical. And it was something that still bothers me.
I promise you that this is also a true event. Again, blaming ghosts might be a stretch.....I don't know.

ZEROPILOT · Jan 7, 2018

BTW
I have no idea why my font keeps making my letters larger and smaller....
Maybe ghosts?

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

ZEROPILOT said:
BTW
I have no idea why my font keeps making my letters larger and smaller....
Maybe ghosts?

Looks normal on my end

ZEROPILOT · Jan 7, 2018

Oh. Good.
Something with my phone then.
I didn't see it on my laptop, either.

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

ZEROPILOT said:
Alright.
Here is my third story then.
@Destben has raised the bar..
These are not in chronological order BTW.
I was still young.
My dog had just died.
I was very upset and laying in bed thinking about her when the bed shook a little. Not much, but this is back when there was a LOT of creepy crap going on that seemed directed at me.
My response at the time was to pull the sheet up over my face. Pulling the sheet off of my legs.
Almost right as I did so, something grabbed me by my ankle areas. Both legs, and drug me down the bed untill my whole legs were suspended in air. Then in an instant, it stopped. My legs dropped to the floor.
I was only in bed from my lower back up to my head.
I yelled for my mother who came rushing in.
I also have no explanation for this very real event. And psychological activity doesn't seem to work here. Though it would possibly, possibly explain a few. Maybe even most.
This was the only incident that was physical. And it was something that still bothers me.
I promise you that this is also a true event. Again, blaming ghosts might be a stretch.....I don't know.

Definitely raised the bar!

Destben · Jan 7, 2018

Still building up so here is part 4.....
We had decided to go to comic-con and my step brother as working on his outfit. The decision to go was kinda split second so he didn’t have too much time to put together an outfit. It was late at night probably close to midnight. I went into the craft room with the heavy door never going in far enough to let the door close because that room always gave me the Heebee geebees. It feels straight evil in there to be honest. Anyway I grab my supplies and leave closing the door behind me. Remember this door is heavy and closes if not slams by itself so for sure it was shut. The next day all of fine we get up and drive to Comic-con and have a really great time. The drive is about 3 hours so when we got home it was late. My step brother couldn’t find his dog. This is a big blue Heeler that would do anything to be by Chris’s side. So it was weird that he wasn’t at the door. We search every where, we even started looking outside even though he’s an inside dog. Eventually he is found locked in the craft room. He is unharmed but scared. There is no way he could have opened the door by himself to get in so something must have opened the door and lured him in because when his boy wasn’t home he stayed by the front door and didn’t move till he got home.

Hope you liked part 4 we will have more from the craft room later but we have other things to discuss before we get to that.

naturalman91 · Jan 7, 2018

I have 2 stories that I cant explain and everyone calls me crazy for

The first was when I was about 7 or 8 my sister collected those glass faced China dolls while watching cartoons as a kid one of those dolls slide out of my sister's room and crashed into the hall wall when I was the only one in the house

And the second would be when I was about 14 or 15 walking home from a friend's house a couple blocks away I left at about 3 or 330 but didn't make it home till 6 normally like a 15min walk on the way I some how lost like 2 hours of time. light one min getting dark the next with no explanation

Bambam1989 · Jan 7, 2018

ZEROPILOT said:
BTW
I have no idea why my font keeps making my letters larger and smaller....
Maybe ghosts?

No issues with font here

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