10 Terrifying First-Hand Accounts of Sleep Paralysis

2. The Shadow

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For those who experience sleep paralysis hallucinations, the experience can be just as real as any waking moment. So some of these people will seek out real-world validation of their experiences. A man named Mike Pike didn’t let the laws of physics or the confines of his mind stop him from trying to find proof of his experiences.

Pike is often the victim of sleep paralysis, and he took it upon himself to videotape his nightly encounters. In his reports, Pike experienced a sudden awakening late at night. He suddenly realizes that he’s not alone in the room; he feels ‘a presence’. Then, without fail, he notices a dark and insubstantial figure floating over him in bed.

Of course, it was all in his head, wasn’t it? Upon reviewing the videotape Mike found hours upon hours of empty frames of himself asleep in bed. Except there was a quick glimpse of a ghostly figure floating above his bed. A terrified Mike can’t even bear to be in his own bedroom, let alone sleep there.