Shadow beings aren’t just creatures of the night. Consider Victor’s sighting on November 1, 2003 (the day after Halloween – All Souls Day) at 8 a.m. He was in his kitchen pouring himself some coffee when he saw the shadow person actually materialize on his backyard patio.
“A brownish-colored smoky mist came wrapping around the patio post from the rear,” Victor recalls. “It was about two feet tall and two inches thick and was hugging the side of the post about five feet above the ground. The ‘smoke’ stepped aside from the post and formed into a human shape. I could see the torso from above the groin (no legs), the head and right arm. I couldn't see a face and the torso didn't appear to be clothed. The whole thing was still very smoky, fluid and almost had a shimmery sparkle to it.
“The next second, the apparition actually straightened its head from a downward position (like someone standing at attention). I saw the shoulders snap into place and we stood and stared directly at each other for a split second. His whole body jolted, like he was shocked that I was looking at him. It was a very human reaction. Imagine how your body reacts when someone surprises you. He turned sideways and raised his right arm like he was running. He scooted very quickly back behind the patio post. At the same time he appeared to be running, his body also seemed to be reverting back to the smoky mist shape.”
The behavior of this apparition indicates intelligence. As it appeared in our dimension of reality, it seemed surprised that it could be seen by Victor, and retreated to whence it came. Wherever that might be.
Dark night figures
Nicky has had several encounters with these shadow beings, some completely terrifying because they have actually touched her. One night as she lay in bed with her husband, she was jolted awake. “I opened my eyes and this dark figure, which felt like a male presence, was holding my arms down and smothering me,” she says. “I kicked at it to try to feel my arms and screamed so loud that it woke up children at the other end of the house. My husband flew out of bed, and for the first time in the 12 years we have been together he saw it. The dark figure went through the ceiling. It shocked my husband so much that he sat up for an hour and didn't say a word. I was so terrified and relieved at the same time because my husband saw it and I wasn't going crazy.
After that, the visitations relented until the night of November 4, 2004. “My husband was on night shift and it was just me and the kids,” Nicky says. “It was 11.30 p.m. I felt its presence and when I opened my eyes I could clearly see the figure was not human. It was all black and crouching on four legs. It sort of reminded me of a gargoyle. It pounced at me. I screamed at it and punched the air, jumped out of bed and turned on the lights. I left the light on because I was too scared to turn it off.”
Was it real… or Nicky’s imagination? It would be easier to dismiss if her husband hadn’t seen it, too.
He touched one
Despite their shadowy appearance, some of these entities seem to have substance. How else could Nicky have felt its touch? In the case of En Vee, he believes he inadvertently touched a shadow person – a sensation he’ll never forget. It was 1977 when he was six years old, living in a circa 1900 house in New Zealand. He awoke one night to make his way to the bathroom.
“In the dark, I put my arm through the doorway to feel for the dining room light switch around on the wall. My hand settled on something damp… something that felt like cloth,” he says. “I jumped back, seeing in the near darkness something dark move away from the cream-painted wall. I shot back into my room and hid under the bed covers. After awhile, I had this overwhelming feeling that it was there in the doorway. I pulled the sheets down to my nose, but there was nothing in the doorway. Seconds later, a black shape appeared, and stayed there. I couldn't move or shout. All I could do was stare at it and hope it didn't come in. Eventually it disappeared. I remember staring at the doorway for a long long time afterward, my heart pounding loudly in the fear that it might return, but it never did.”
Did En Vee actually feel the cold dampness of a shadow being? Just the thought of it brings chills.
