Originally posted by Heike
I have a few questions, if you don't mind.
When you see these things interacting with or hanging around other people, does anyone else besides you seem to be aware of them?
Do animals and/or small children seem to be aware of them? If so, how do they react?
Do you have an ideas about possible ways to protect oneself from them? Do they seem to avoid any substances or objects?
It would be too cliche if they couldn't stand garlic or silver or crosses, but that's sort of the way my mind is going. The Fae had problems with
"cold iron," werewolves have trouble with wolfsbane .. if they've been around for a long time and some people have been aware of them, perhaps
somewhere in all of the legends and mythology there is a nugget of truth regarding something that is harmful or repulsive to them; their
"kryptonite" so to speak.
Do you see them in areas where there are few no or people also, such as parks or empty parking lots, or do they only congregate around humans?
Thanks!
I believe that they mostly congregate in private residences, but I have seen lots of them at Theme Parks.
Children see these things all the time. Closet monsters, boogeymen, scary "men" in their room... of course the all-knowing adult figures affirm to
their child that "it's all their imagination" or "you were just having a bad dream", and they ignore completely when a child disagrees with their
analysis.
My dog senses these things all the time... but what really surprized was a few weeks ago when I was babysitting my sister's dogs. The bulldog seemed
very receptive, because whenever I saw one of these things, the bulldog would confirm it by barking at it. To most people, it would seem like he was
barking at nothing... but I put two and two together. I see this thing, and the bulldog is barking directly at it.... what an impossible
coincidence!
I've said before... just have or create to the best of your ability no fear of them. When you encounter one, or if you get the feeling of dread...
crack a joke, dance (this one is my personal favorite), sing, talk to it, attempt to make friends with it. It doesn't have to respond, but they get
very puzzled by this, from what I can tell. It's not what they expect from us.
Someone told me that spreading salt around is effective. I tried this, but didn't have conclusive results with it. Maybe I didn't use enough salt.
It's possible that instead of spreading it with a salt shaker, I should buy a big can of salt that I can pour a solid line of down, but I'm sure my
mother would get aggravated if there was salt everywhere, and my dog would start licking it up. It would be more conclusive if I lived alone and was
able to try it in larger quantities.
Also like I said, good visualization techniques seem to work for a lot of people. Visualizing different forms of white light surrounding you and your
home, visualizing spirit guides or protectors, shields of energy, etc..... ya know, different forms of meditative visualization.