Hello , how are you guys doing ? What I'm about to tell you happend to me when I was 15 in Guaruja ( close to Sao Paulo)/Brazil . My family and friends went to our beach apartment , there were ( I believe ) 5 of us and and in the day that we arrived we just unpacked and went to the beach , the day went normal but one of my friends start feeling sick so he went to bed as soon as we arrive from the beach , and soon it was night time and the rest of us went to bed too . That was limited room , so some of us slept in matress in the floor , one of my friends was sleeping in the balcony . Anyway my sick friend was sleeping in a matress on the floor by my bed and below a window ( all windows were open , it was VERY HOT ) . Here's when things get strange . I woke up in the midle of the night , for no reason , and when I turned my head to the direction of the window I SAW a person , with one of his knee in the floor and with the other knee supporting both arms right in front of my sick friend , starring right at him . He was TOTALLY black , like a shadow ! Almost at the same time that I looked at him the "person" turned his head really fast and I actually saw his face , no much of face really just a shadow of face with red eyes ( realy red eyes ! I know it sounds like a movie thing ) . Then almost like immediately he vanished through the open window ( you know when a shadow of car past at you really fast ? Well it was just like that ) .

I don't know how ( I was a very scary kid at that age , but maybe that was why ) I turned my head back and went back to sleep . In the morning I told that to my mother , but guess what , she dind't believe it . I never told that to nobody else ( not even to my sick friend ) until now because I came across those "Shadow man" topics and they match perfectly . I though that what I saw was a spirit of some kind . Whas a Shadow Person that I saw ?

I know this is my first topic and my credibility might not be very high , but I know what I saw . I just don't know why I never when to research that a little deeper !

Just wanted to share that with you guys !

Why did I read this? I was just about to go to bed!

Creepy story, but it could have been just a nightmare, or maybe sleep paralysis.

It does remind me of the spring "heeled jack" story or maybe the story about that guy leaping from roof to roof, I'm too tired (and lazy :p) to remember what it was exatley...

No ... It wasn't sleep paralysis because I had complet control over my body , and I was very awake . Sometimes I wonder if that "thing" was the reason for my friend getting sick . He started feeling bad for no reason . I also wonder if he was there looking after him . That was the first impression that I got judging by his position . I don't , but there are indeed more things between Earth and sky .

And oh , thanks for the links Justdj .

I think it was smart you didnt tell your sick friend, who knows how they would have tooken the news. but anyways, hopefully I never run across anything like that in life. best thing to do is say its unexplainable, or maybe the person had some contacts in or something.