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May 2007 - Page 8
Another Entity with a Hat
by Lisa
On January 21, 2005 I was watching television in my upstairs master bedroom alone (in Santa Barbara, California). It was a quiet and moonless night, one eerily silent both inside and out. My daughter was home for Christmas break, and had fallen asleep downstairs on the sofa. She wished to remain there until my husband returned from a late extended night at work at 4:00 a.m., when he would awaken her and she would then retire to her room.
There is a space above my door containing four clear glass blocks. I can see light through these blocks, and know when the lights are on downstairs. I was growing weary, and decided to turn off the television. As I did so, a large BLAST or BALL of light seemed to LEAP from the illuminating television screen, which had been turned off, but was still glowing in that fading white light manner. I stared stunned at what occurred next. The light quickly flashed to the left of my bed, and standing about four feet from me was the clear and unmistakable outline of a very tall, thin man in a long coat, wearing a hat. He was standing staring straight at me and was extremely still.
I tried to say something, but nothing came out of my mouth. This went on for more than 45-60 seconds, but seemed like minutes. The oddest thing to describe was the overwhelming feeling of his physical presence. It was very real and undeniable. I broke the silence and shouted something incoherent. I still recall the urgency and sense that an intruder was inside my room, standing beside my bed. The light surrounding his form was bright enough, but also seemed surreal in a weird luminescent form. I ruptured the stillness of the moment by turning on the light beside my bed, and leaping from the covers to the floor. I looked wide-eyed at the place where he had been standing. He was no longer there.
I ran to the bathroom attached and open in front of my bedroom/bed. No one there either. I searched the closet, under the bed, even the attached balcony adjacent to my bedroom. All empty, eerily vacant and devoid of anyone. I should have been overjoyed, but I was irritated and frustrated as I KNOW what I witnessed!
I climbed back into bed, insisting on remaining quiet and stoic. I would not call my husband and upset him, or give credence or validity to this scene in any manner. I thought If I denied it to myself and others close to me, it would weaken the chance of a return or anything else remotely related to this experience. The spirit would have no voice, and would not have any significance. I turned off the light, and lay there forcing myself to think of anything else but what had just occurred.
I then noticed the lights were on downstairs. It was approximately 2:30 a.m., and I presumed my daughter had been awakened by my leaping from bed and shouting, etc.? I called out to her from the darkness of my room. No answer. I turned on my light, and walked to the door, opening it. The light, which was on, was a special light inside my curio. It is turned on by a very unique and odd manner, the "hinge" (which is activated by touching it). It lies directly in the path from the top of the stairs and the master bedroom doors to the window that leads outside the home. If the entity were real, it would have traveled out of the bedroom doors, directly down the stairs (spiral, but taking a straight path), and out the window. The light can be turned on with electrical transference or energy in a multitude of ways. We actually discovered this by accident one evening. We have a cool green little science glass electric plate, which was purchased at a nature/discovery store. If you touch it, it reacts like bolts of colored lightning and also reacts to voice/music. It also turns on the curio if placed in the mere proximity of it, and is activated by touch, music or voice, etc. We experimented with it for hours after discovering the connection - and the effects were amazing.
We are all aware that ghosts or entities apparently have or emit some energy field, and therefore easily activated the curio by passing near of through this hinge and turning on the interior light. My daughter was fast asleep, and remained so as I turned on lights and checked the entire floor. I returned to bed and vowed not to tell my husband and daughter - and maybe it would never return.
I finally HAD to tell them both, as the light inside the curio began to come on with more and more frequency, and mostly when we would leave the home for more than one or two days or more. People and family watching the home for us would call and report strange interior lights being on, etc. We would return to discover the curio light was on the entire time since we had left. I finally explained the entire situation to my husband and daughter, and why I tried to keep quiet on the story.
Since this time, it has happened quite often. Sometimes, I even talk aloud and ask him/her (looked and felt like the presence of a man, but one can never be sure), to please stop doing this. It is unnerving and bothersome. It also wastes energy and power needlessly. Sometimes, it heeds the request. Other times, it seems to actually increase in occurrence and react negatively to my plea.
I have no fear of this entity, and have seen things like this since my childhood. I have never feared any spirit, and saw my first at an early age standing atop a stairway (again, from my bed in the middle of the darkness/night). Yet, this one was the most powerful in perspective and feeling. It has been recounted several times by myself, and most people seem to find it fascinating (some frightening). Thanks for permitting me to relate this account here on this site. There are more details and aspects to this event, but most is revealed here. I hope some are able to relate, and perhaps gain understanding of their own similar situations. Yes, energy is transferable - and can travel in many forms.
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