Regular readers of THS know that just recently we had a blogpost about a woman and her husband who saw `shadow beings?. They first saw them while riding in a truck on a very long trip but also had subsequent observations of these beings. That was enough to interest THS in the phenomenology of the experience to contact directly the woman who wrote the initial post. This is the original THS link ? http://theheavystuff.com/?p=41
THIS IS THS?S E-MAIL EXCHANGE WITH LUCY.
Hi Lucy,
First, thanks for getting back with me.
Next, I?ve lost the link to your personal website/blog - if you could send it I?d appreciate it. I really liked that you have the Hocking Hills connection I know so well. I spent many a day in that park area. Conkels Hollow my favorite. Spent 7 years in that area and still visit it.
Conkle?s Hollow is great! So is Old Man?s Cave (though I love to go up by Rose Lake myself.)
Thanks for agreeing to answer some questions too. I may put your responses on my web blog at www.theheavystuff.com . My questions may sound odd too, like your story - just answer the best you can I guess.
1. When you saw a `particular entity? going alongside your truck at a similar speed ? for how long did an entity remain perceivable ? I mean, did you see the same entity for hours, minutes, or seconds. What is the longest any has remained perceivable?
They remained visible for as long as they were within viewing range. [see below] I saw some of them for minutes at a time, though normally it was more like 20 to 40 seconds at a time.
2. Did you see more than one entity at a time ever?
Yes. Quite often, actually. Up to 3 or 4 at a time (though that was the exception, more often they were sighted singly.)
3. When the entities `appeared? within perception ? did they `pop? into being ? `emerge? into being - or, did you just see them as an on-going thing.
I just started seeing them at one point and kept seeing them as an ongoing thing. That is, until the next day when my vision, presumably, was normal again. They never popped in (or out.) They mostly just came from a distance or from a visual obstacle? like over a hill? and then disappeared the same way like any normal physical object or living being would. (Although some did seem to sort of fade in and out a bit.)
4. Have you seen them in different clothing?
No? never! That?s one thing that perplexes me. They always seem to be swathed in an over-sized (slightly too bulky) amorphous cloak with cowl.
5.Did you ever see a face?
Nope.
6. Did you ever see ANY of their surroundings that wasn?t Earth/here?
No. Just them? although they could go right THROUGH physical objects that were HERE as though they weren?t. They passed through things like ghosts would.
7. What color was the cloak?
Just featureless matte black. No reflection or shine to it at all, though a few folds could be discerned in what I assume was a cloth-like garment? It was VERY difficult to make out any details.
8. Did the entities ever make a sound you heard?
No. They were (are) utterly silent as far as I could tell.
9. When the entities `were no longer visible? ? do they pop out of sight ? fade from sight ? or simply go around the corner out of vision?
They simply got to a point where I couldn?t see them most of the time, going around a bend, over a hill, too far away, etc. However, SOME did seem to fade in and/or out. The entire scenario was immensely confusing.
10. Ever see one in Hocking Hills?
Yeah, maybe a couple of times a year? MAYBE. Not often at all.
11. Did the one your hand go thru try to evade you?
No. Actually, I think it ?saw? me come towards it while looking at it, because it slowed down considerably and then stopped. (Because it seemed to react before I even touched it, I assume it could perceive me somehow.) It stayed put while I put my hands through it, and even after I pulled my hands out (with my husband watching, thinking I was nuts to dare to do something so scary) it waited for a couple more minutes. I got the distinct impression that it was surprised (??) that anyone could see it, let alone have the temerity to chase it down and try to interact with it. Then it went on it?s way.
I should probably mention that I never again saw these shadow guys as clearly as I did that first night. When I did see them again, once or twice a year or so, they were very transparent and misty, not as ?thick? and dark as that first time. I don?t know if I would even have paid as much attention to what I saw later if they didn?t so closely resemble those original beings from that first night.
Luci
Thanks,
I may have more.
Rick Phillips
THS analysis/comments - Perhaps the first comment is about the `shared perceptions? that both Lucy and her husband shared ? very similar to the shared perceptions that THS has spoke of before concerning `mutual hypnosis sessions? by Dr. Tart. It certainly seems that mutual perceptions of `non-local? places or beings is possible - with or without hypnosis.
It?s also of interest, to THS, that the `other reality? (if it exists) was not visible - only the beings themselves. That would suggest to THS that the beings were indeed IN our reality ? not some other reality with objects and things - literally at some vibration not normally perceived in common everyday consensus. It seems that the very very long trip provided Lucy and her husband a chance to slide together into a mutual consciousness or ability.
THS also views as perhaps significant that the entities didn?t POP into or out of existence to perception. If they did, it would suggest them NOT really being in this reality - but - as being perceived in theirs. So, since they were perceived to occur normally in that regard, it is further evidence that Lucy and her husband were observing something in OUR common consensus reality that we all experience.
THS also finds it very interesting that multiple entities were often seen - interesting that these beings are numerous and perhaps have contact themselves in that local reality they share. It is also of interest that Lucy and her husband retained this ability to perceive the reality. It reminds THS of Carlos Castaneda learning `how to see? with Don Juan. Learning or knowing the `description? of the other reality with another person - in this case - each other. The fact that this ability to perceive this localized description of reality has continued for each of them is very notable.
Finally, several other factors of interest. When Lucy `stuck her hand into the being? she said in the original story the `coldness? she felt ? many folks have reported this `cold? with `entities? or supposed Ghosts. And, the `absolute silence? of these non-ordinary reality experiences can?t be ignored either. (Just think of how many folks describe the crafts seen in the sky:IE: ufo?s ? as being totally silent.)
Lastly, to THS, the cloak garments of the entities are the ultimate high strangeness of the event - almost like something to symbolically represent the whole experience. Indeed, the reality structure seems beyond belief in it?s phenomenology.
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Has anyone here witnessed a shadow person?
http://theheavystuff.com/?p=42
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