“Did you see Oreo’s belly? When she came up the stairs her belly looked big. Have a look,” my husband implored. (That request was shared a little more than two weeks ago, on a Tuesday. And today, astonishingly, that one-year-old, black-and-white, short haired angel of a cat named Oreo is gone from this world. It […]

She simply sat there; her eyes semi-closed and her pupils hugely dilated even in broad daylight making them appear as large black glassy pools, looking up at me, like I had the answers. Her face was gaunt like the rest of her bony body (except for her large and uncomfortable looking belly). I walked over […]

“I’ve had sleep paralysis episodes happen to me for years. One time I awoke paralyzed in my bed, but was able to open my eyes. Next to me was a very large cat the size of a mountain lion. I could make out its image in the darkness from the light coming in through the […]

Maryland homemaker Mary Frye loved to write poetry for her own enjoyment…and to uplift the spirits of her friends, especially Margaret Schwarzkopf, a German Jewish woman, who was Mary’s closest friend. In the 1930’s Margaret felt unable to visit her dying mother in Germany due to the anti-Semitic feeling at home. This led to Margaret’s […]

“In sleep paralysis you wake up in bed, feel paralyzed, and tend to sense a terrifying presence in your room. Sometimes you see something; sometimes you hear noises or even feel electrical shocks throughout your body. I have personally seen a small humanoid during one occasion of sleep paralysis; during another, more recent one, I […]

“During college I would often come back to my dorm room after early class, and take a nap. Right before falling asleep, my body would go completely numb all over and I’d have this feeling like I was slowly falling through my bed. The feeling was accompanied by an intense high-pitched sound ringing in my […]

“I had moved in with my mom and her boyfriend into a very old farmhouse. I had noticed shortly after moving in that I could hear voices, male voices mainly about the same time every night. At first I attributed these to my Mom or her boyfriend leaving on a TV or radio, but after […]

Recently I asked if you have ever been in the process of falling asleep or waking up and been unable to move or cry out. Here is one reply: “Yup, I’ve been suffering from sleep paralysis for years – very scary stuff! It is very hard to believe that what is happening isn’t real. “Sleep […]

Daintree River in Northern Australia A few weeks ago in the far northeastern tip of Australia, seven-year-old Ryan saw his five-year-old brother, Jeremy, run after the family dog and disappear into the recently flood-ravaged tributary of the mangrove swamp behind the family home. Both boys had been playing with a boogie board while their father—owner […]

After my recent series of Blog posts about ghosts/spirits, visitations with deceased loved ones and whether you think sleep paralysis could be an explanation for some accounts of paranormal or supernatural phenomena (and other experiences), I received a lot of emails. So this is my first Blog posting about your sleep paralysis experiences… “I suddenly […]