@Blackwater_Park, I think you are so lucky. Partly because I’m jealous, partly because it didn’t rip you to shreds!
@Nomore_lockout, you gave me chills! I believe you. Maybe he was in front of you, maybe he had some way to cause brain impulses which gave you the sensations of seeing and hearing him. Maybe you missed him so much, your mind gave you a minute. Whatever the case, it was real. Shoot, there are so many, many things we don’t know. We consider ourselves “intelligent life”. Pfffft!
The point of my question, is to point out that we need not scoff at what we don’t understand. I am curious how many of us have experienced things people tend to laugh away simply because they haven’t had that experience themselves.
@Inspired_2write, I do know a bit about that. What I saw had motion. There was one in the middle three on either side, lined vertically. There was no sound at all. They were all distorted. It was like somebody squished their faces like putty to make the expressions. The bigger one in the center looked anguished, like years of torture made his pain. He looked like he wanted to scream. The other faces had expressions of pity. I felt grief for the pain of the center one. I felt apathy grow stronger and stronger. Suddenly all of them changed to amusement. They were laughing at me. They were amused by my gullibility. It was all silent, but each expression was over exaggerated. I had just gotten into bed. I hadn’t even laid back yet. I was so freaked out I couldn’t move. Finally I screamed. It was hoarse at first, but it got loud and finally my mom came up to check on me. She flipped on the light and they vaporized. From that moment on, I felt like somebody had died there, and he wanted me to leave. We moved furniture all around, and I ended up with the master bedroom. No more creep outs.
@Pandora! Holy cow! A well behaved spook! I don’t know whether to feel creepy, or laugh. Heck of a story. Fifty years ago it could have been scripted on Alfred Hitchcock. Those shows had amusing creepiness.