Definitely sounds more spiritual and less physical. But these days I'm beginning to truly wonder if there's such a distinct difference between the two at all.

Interesting stories. None of them happened while the person was sleeping, or resting, or doing anything to suggest they would be dreaming.

I wonder about the "unnatural fear" part of these stories. That seems to be a recurring theme with paranormal encounters. Is it some kind of energetic transference? Or is it just that we have grown so accustomed to our mundane everyday lives, that when something truly inexplicable happens, our brains just go haywire.

If it's just the latter, then wouldn't a state of pure emotionless shock be more common? The nature of the fear is highly emphasized in many cases - the victim makes a point that it was not just a phobic response but somehow even more intense.

I wonder if somehow, either people, or areas of land, can somehow *dip* into alternate realities temporarily. Perhaps there is a universe of pure mind, from which literally our nightmares can come forth, if only temporarily? Carl Jung made famous the concept of a collective unconscious. It doesn't need to be someone's personal nightmare coming true, it could be some kind of archetype embedded in this collective mind that temporarily takes form. Hehe, now I'm thinking of the book Sphere written by Michael Crichton.

I've seen a lot of weird stuff, but sadly I've never experienced a paranormal creature. I would love to hear someone's first-hand account here on ATS, opposed to reading some anonymous stories. That would allow us to really pick the minds of the experiencer, to really get to the bottom of it.

Cheers

Please note that the OP's fondness for About.com as well as the proper format for posting to outside sources have been addressed via U2Us.

Can we now please focus on the actual topic and not the source or the poster of the article.

Thanks.

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well i guess i should tell you yes it is all from one site but the site itself is about all sorts of paranormal events not just ones like this i just wanted to share with ats a thread of very similiar stories i found. also i'm kinda new here with this stuff i just learned how to use bb codes although im probably not that good with them i thought i was supposed to sight my sources whenever i submit something like this

well anyaway the stories are all from what i hope and assume to be different anonomous peolpe

has anyone expierienced a similiar thing? even if it's not a hooded being please share although id prefer to here about a hooded bein for the sake of this particular thread

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[edit on 20-3-2010 by ashanu90]

Originally posted by Son of Will



I wonder if somehow, either people, or areas of land, can somehow *dip* into alternate realities temporarily. Perhaps there is a universe of pure mind, from which literally our nightmares can come forth, if only temporarily? Carl Jung made famous the concept of a collective unconscious. It doesn't need to be someone's personal nightmare coming true, it could be some kind of archetype embedded in this collective mind that temporarily takes form. Hehe, now I'm thinking of the book Sphere written by Michael Crichton.
Cheers

that is really interesting can post any links to this thread about it?

well here is a smaller story from the same site

This happened to me last night (January 12, 2010 - Gold Coast, Australia) and I have tried searching all over the net to try and get some rational about what I saw or why I saw it. I woke at 2:00 a.m. to see what looked to be the traditional Grim Reaper! It stood in the doorway of my bedroom with its hooded head touching the top of the door frame. It was in a dark robe, and the creature held the blade in its left hand (or it was leaning to the left side) and had no face; it was completely black. I didn't see a skeleton image as seems quite common in illustrations.

I lay there, with my husband next to me, blinking to fix my vision. I even pinched myself. The vision was there for 7 to 8 minutes. It looked over its right shoulder (into our hallway), then I blinked and it was gone.

After I got over the initial fright of what I saw, I then went and checked my daughter. She was fine. This really scared me and took sometime to fall back to sleep. I would like information on what this may mean, why visit us we are a young family with good health. Are there steps you can take to protect yourself from the paranormal? I can tell you I hope it doesn't visit again

why are their so many reports of hooded beings among all things? they range from half shapes to telepathic hooligans to spectres to the grim reaper himself. Son of Will said maybe our collective unconscious fears could manifest themselves or that people or places could dip into other realities. creepy if true, but fascinating anyway. is there something in the human mind the generally fears a figure in a hood? perhaps the hood is a metaphor for the unkown in the human mind and it is true that we generally fear the unkown. any thoughts? i am very interested on this subject

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lol. I see spirits , since I was young and my friends grandfather always appeared to me in the grimm reaper style- It was kinda funny. I don't know why he did it- maybe as a joke.

hey i have another story that is kind of about hooded beings well just this one, it takes place in canada and i guess this guy saw a white hooded figure run into the forest from his back door window as it flapped it's arms in the air

it truly is a fascinating story
its titled strange forest entity

Originally posted by Son of Will

I wonder about the "unnatural fear" part of these stories. That seems to be a recurring theme with paranormal encounters. Is it some kind of energetic transference? Or is it just that we have grown so accustomed to our mundane everyday lives, that when something truly inexplicable happens, our brains just go haywire.

thats probably whats going on with this sort of thing i think
not the energy but the one about mundane lifestyle then something unusual happens