Shadow People

Information and true stories about the dark, mysterious entities known as shadow people.

Shadow People: What Are They?

Did you see that dark, fleeting shape out of the corner of your eye? Perhaps you caught a glimpse of a strange entity that is being seen with greater regularity around the world.

Scariest Shadow People Encounters

What are they? Dark ghosts? Beings from some other time or dimension? Whatever they are, they can be terrifying to those who see them, as you’ll read in these frightening encounters. In all of these cases – including some in which these shadows have actually been felt – they seem to have intelligence and may even be following some mysterious purpose.

Encountering the Shadow People

Readers report their own unnerving experiences with the mysterious shadow people phenomenon, and also offer some additional theories to explain them.

Shadow People Encounters - True Stories

Are these shadowy figures ghosts? Interdimensional beings? Time travelers? Something darker and more evil? Whatever they are, they seem to be sighted with increasing frequency. Here are true stories of sightings and encounters with these entities.

Shadow People - Readers talk about Shadow People

Readers describe their experiences and ideas about shadow people.

Tell us about your shadow people encounters

Readers share their experiences with shadow people. See submissions

How Do I Get Rid of a Shadow Person?

A reader asks how to get a shadow person out of their home.

Contact with a Shadowman

Mike W. has a very close encounter with an entity we've come to know as a shadow person.

House of Shadows

Something strange once happened in the upstairs bedroom, and it may be the cause of the terrifying haunting in this house.

Jason Offutt on Shadow People

Do mysterious, shadowy entities drift into our world from some other existence, dimension or time? Shadow beings seem to be reported with more and more frequency. What are they? Where do they come from? We spoke with Jason Offutt, author of "Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us" about this unnerving phenomenon.

Night of the Shadow Creature

Consider the story told to us by Ted who, with his friend, drifted off to sleep after watching a horror movie, only to have something more sinister invade their consciousness. Was it just a dream... or was there evidence that the nightmare they shared was quite real?