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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Who or what are the shadow people?


Shadow people are paranormal shadow-like creatures that people usually see in their peripheral vision. Reports suggest that they do not appear to reflect light and that their appearance is essentially a silhouette in black.

They usually have no discernible features beyond the general outline of their form. However, shadow people have been reported to have shifted into a more human form and in these instances it is said that sometimes features such as glowing eyes and sometimes mouths or nostrils are discernible.

Reports of shadow people, sometimes called shadow folk, shadow men, or shadow beings, have many similarities with ghost sightings, so many similarities that many paranormal experts consider ghost and shadow people one and the same.

However, other experts disagree and claim that shadow people are a separate phenomenon from ghosts for a variety of reasons.

First, they claim that the movement of shadow people is said to be quick and jerky, sometimes with stops, starts, and changes of direction, not at all like the smooth floating motion often associated with ghost sighting. This is apparently the primary reason they are usually seen out of the corner of the eye.

Second, some people report being able to discern that the shadow people are wearing a fedora style hat like a 1930’s-era gangster or a cloak.

Third, shadow people usually appear quite solid, unlike the ephemeral appearance of ghosts.

Fourth, there are very few reports of positive interactions with shadow people.

Unlike the friendly ghost sightings that are fairly common, encounters with shadow folk are almost always frightening or shocking. In fact, even the experts that view shadow men as a subset of ghosts, usually concede that shadow men are a malignant beings.

The supporters of shadow people as a separate and unique phenomenon offer all sorts of speculation about the nature of shadow people using ideas from religion, parapsychology, metaphysics, and the occult.

One of the many ideas is that shadow people represent a Thought-form, ghost or demon that was created by extraordinary pain, suffering, and trauma in a dying persons life. Others suggest that shadow folk have been purposefully summoned from another realm through black magic or other occult practices.

The fact that they do not seem to reflect light has led some to theorize that they are from an alternate universe with different laws of physics or perhaps they are caught in a trap between two physical universes. David Icke has proposed that shadow people are related to Grey aliens, or to the Reptilian humanoids.

The theories about the nature of shadow people are almost endless, but they are certainly quarry that should only be sought out by experienced, well equipped ghost hunting teams – never by solo hunters.

Original article can be found here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i don't live in Fresno, but i used to back in the '70's.

My husband experienced a Shadow 'person' (?) here in Montana. i must have been visiting my kids or something, because he was alone in bed except for our cat Toulouse. He awoke around 3:30 am (he's a clock watcher) to a VERY tall, very dark man standing at the foot of the bed. He said he must have been eight feet tall, and spoke nary a word. Carmen, (my husband) was infuriated that a stranger had entered our house, and attempted to rise up the beat the hell out of this dark being .. HOWever, he found that he was totally paralyzed from the neck down. He said he was screaming at the thing; that if he could get his hands on it he'd beat it senseless, and how DARE he come into our home ! 'It' just stood there staring at him. Then, it was gone.

i asked C. if Toulouse saw it, and he replied that he DID and made a VERY hasty retreat OUT of the room.