I'm not sure there is any explanation you need to give your son. For me, it was sufficient that my parents were always sympathetic, never dismissive, and quite open about the fact they didn't know what I was experiencing but left it open that there are many odd things in this world, some of them kind of scary, but not necessarily harmful or even real, and that my parents were always within earshot and always vigilant and always open to my cries of help. Which was a good thing when an intruder broke in, once when I was a child and again later when I was older. I mean, it's not always about the supernatural after all. A parent's job is to secure the premises to the best of their abilities and let the child know they are doing so and will always answer a distress call and never make their child feel small or silly or burdensome.

It is interesting you found a cold spot. We have something very cold and human sized and shaped that turns up all over the house and even out in the front garden in the middle of a hot summer day. My daughter and I have even poked our fingers at it. We see less of it now that we had the pivotal conversation in the garden where we acknowledged it being there and said we were okay with it being around if it didn't harm or distress anyone. Now it is rare to experience it. Even my skeptic husband has "met" it, much to his shock and bewilderment.

There are still other less neutral presences and feelings around this place so I have finally had enough and am working on moving. But the cold thing seems the most neutral weird thing around. There are more of these things in the woods behind the house. I've no idea what they are and no plans to try and find out. I never encountered such things except in this house. I hope when we move we don't take any unwanted hangers-on.

Figured I would pop in and update this. So its been several weeks since I posted this and since then its happened 2 additional times, same set up, however I think I've possibly located a potential cause. When I sleep I listen to Tibetan Singing bowls or other white noise type of sounds from my computer. These occurrences have all been while that was playing in the background.

Originally posted by w810i
Figured I would pop in and update this. So its been several weeks since I posted this and since then its happened 2 additional times, same set up, however I think I've possibly located a potential cause. When I sleep I listen to Tibetan Singing bowls or other white noise type of sounds from my computer. These occurrences have all been while that was playing in the background.

That's an interesting twist; thanks for updating the thread. Good on you for making the connection between the music and the night problems. It's possible the music is seeping into his dreams, and causing some scary imagery for him. Hope the little guy (and you) gets some decent sleep from now on.

Had you thought to give him a flash light? Do this and tell him, "if he shines a light in their eyes it will blind them and they can't see him".
I have not read all the replies to you post, but this is the first thing which came to my mind.

When I was very young, I began to dream about an old woman coming through a window and trying to cut me. I would tell my parents about it and they told me "It's only a dream." Well yea! But it was still scarry to me.
I tried to stay awake but that don't work. Finally I had "dreamed" it enough. I decided one of us was not going to like what happened the next time this old woman came through the window. The next time she began to come in, I crawled up high in my bed and jumped at her as hard as I could.
I jumped off the foot end of the bed onto the floor and woke up everyone in the house. That was the last time I had that dream and the last time I remember being afraid of the dark. I think I just had to learn there was nothing in the dark that is not in the light.
Or, as I told my kids, "What ever is in the dark had best be afraid of me!" ha ha ha

Originally posted by avocadoshag

Originally posted by w810i
Figured I would pop in and update this. So its been several weeks since I posted this and since then its happened 2 additional times, same set up, however I think I've possibly located a potential cause. When I sleep I listen to Tibetan Singing bowls or other white noise type of sounds from my computer. These occurrences have all been while that was playing in the background.

That's an interesting twist; thanks for updating the thread. Good on you for making the connection between the music and the night problems. It's possible the music is seeping into his dreams, and causing some scary imagery for him. Hope the little guy (and you) gets some decent sleep from now on.

Thanks. I think thats a key factor, however, I think that its one part of an overall bigger picture. He has slept good since I've stopped playing it.

Originally posted by teamcommander
Had you thought to give him a flash light? Do this and tell him, "if he shines a light in their eyes it will blind them and they can't see him".
I have not read all the replies to you post, but this is the first thing which came to my mind.

When I was very young, I began to dream about an old woman coming through a window and trying to cut me. I would tell my parents about it and they told me "It's only a dream." Well yea! But it was still scarry to me.
I tried to stay awake but that don't work. Finally I had "dreamed" it enough. I decided one of us was not going to like what happened the next time this old woman came through the window. The next time she began to come in, I crawled up high in my bed and jumped at her as hard as I could.
I jumped off the foot end of the bed onto the floor and woke up everyone in the house. That was the last time I had that dream and the last time I remember being afraid of the dark. I think I just had to learn there was nothing in the dark that is not in the light.
Or, as I told my kids, "What ever is in the dark had best be afraid of me!" ha ha ha

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When he is a little older I will potentially go that route I know now if I were to do that he wouldn't go to sleep he would lay there and play with it.

Somewhere around the age of 6 or 7 I remember staying up till midnight on Friday night and watching creature feature. I don't remember what the movie was but I had a bad dream and woke my parents up in the middle of the night, telling them that there was something in my closet. I remember my dad telling me to "man up" and quit being a sissy. I went back to bed and somehow managed to survive until morning. I don't recall having any more bad dreams but I realized I was more afraid of waking my dad up in the middle of the night than anything that might be hiding in my closet.
He was tough as nails back then and is still a force of nature. He's 72 and just bought a new Harley. I was never as hard on my kids as he was on me, but I can't fault him for his parenting skills. He was all about "tough love" before it was even called that.

I wouldn't humor my kids and give them any reason to suspect that their fears were anything more than their imagination. As by uncle Barny Fife used to say..."Nip it in the bud!"

wow

kids are "pure" receivers, they have little to no bias, but they also have great imaginations, so they are sketchy witnesses

I think kids are more in tune to their surroundings, so I would take him seriously, comfort him, but give him confidence that he is safe at home

I think its because they still so close to the veil that separates our worlds and also because they haven't been
taught that things like this do not exist.