6. Can You See Me?
Another story that comes from Reddit relates the terrifying story of a victim of sleep paralysis and his encounter with a terrifying little boy. Let’s face it, children who are doing anything other than playing in the sandbox or coloring with crayons are unsettling. Horror movies have been based on the dark psychological fear that killer children evoke within us.
The subject regularly experienced sleep paralysis, and it was often not a problem with the exception of one nightmarish event that chilled him to the bone. As a frequent victim of sleep paralysis, he wasn’t surprised to wake up with his eyes open but his limbs unresponsive. Unable to move, he heard a little boy call out “Can you see me?” Unsettled, the unnamed man attempted to rise but his paralysis was complete. At the foot of his bed was a young boy who had been watching him sleep.
Despite knowing that the boy was the product of a hallucination, he swore that this boy was as real as anything. Knowing that he was dreaming, our storyteller closed his eyes and attempted to will himself awake. With his eyes shut he could still hear his young companion questioning him.
“Can you see me?”
With each successive question, the boy’s voice got deeper and more terrifying. Eyes still squeezed shut, the waking sleeper felt something brush his shoulder. He opened his eyes to find the impish little boy millimeters from his face. In a guttural and animalistic voice, he demanded “Can you see me?” to which the sleeper awoke.
