jonathanWC
United States
Missoula
Montana
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I suppose it was actually a dream, but I was dreaming with my eyes open. I stared towards the window next to the bed, venetian blinds drawn, faint lines of light illuminating through each slat. Some deep, sinister voice was talking in my head. Trying to tell me to do something. I don't remember what, but I know it scared me and I didn't want to do it. My body was paralyzed--I was just frozen there staring at the window. But then I made said saving throw and shocked myself out of it. It was creepy.
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
"I'm a soldier, I've killed people." "You are a doctor." "I've had bad days."
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Sounds like Sleep Paralysis.
Short form (from memory) -- during REM sleep your brain is throwing around massive signals ... if your muscles obeyed them you'd be thrashing all over the place, so somehow your muscles are disconnected so that you don't hurt yourself or seriously piss off the person next to you. Normally they reconnect before you wake up, but not always and for some people not often.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
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Brook Gentlestream
United States
Long Beach
California
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In Mythology, spirits in the form of women lured mariners to their death with a song that had a similar effect. It was said their voices were carried on the waves and they overtook a man's senses and sensibilities, commanding them from afar.
Never heard of any hanging out in Montana though.
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Mark Finch
Germany
Wiesbaden
Hessen
Rule changes for tonight's game:-
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lordrahvin wrote: In Mythology, spirits in the form of women lured mariners to their death with a song that had a similar effect. It was said their voices were carried on the waves and they overtook a man's senses and sensibilities, commanding them from afar.
Never heard of any hanging out in Montana though.
The greatest trick the deep-voiced venetian blind sirens of Montana ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.
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Brook Gentlestream
United States
Long Beach
California
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There are also English and German legends about an evil invisible fairy spirit called a hag that will sit on your chest and give a sleeper nightmares. If he awakens during the nightmare, he will be unable to breath or sit up for a short time until the spirit has departed or been fought off.
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Mike Jones
United States
Gainesville
Florida
Yeah it's here! Really it's right here.
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Your wife was talking to you about her day, wasn't she?
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Michael Edwards
United States
Everett
Washington
YA RL'YAH
Phnglui mglw nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah nagl fhtagn! With cheeze!
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Sorry to bug you last night. We had to find someone else for our forth in Monopoly Junior: Disney Princess.
Next time, your will won't save you… hssssssssssss.
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M C
United States
Mount Dora
Florida
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Does your neighbor have a dog? Could it have been on the other side of the blinds? If so, it could be like Son of Sam, who claimed his neighbor's dog made him do horrible things.
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Brook Gentlestream
United States
Long Beach
California
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Laudwic wrote: Does your neighbor have a dog? Could it have been on the other side of the blinds? If so, it could be like Son of Sam, who claimed his neighbor's dog made him do horrible things.
Psychic dogs would be a rare oddity as far as I know, but there are legends of vampiric creatures that could change into animal forms of bats and wolves. In both human and animal forms, they were said to have a compelling voice and hypnotic eyes that can take control of a person. In almost all cases I heard of, the victim had no memory of being so controlled.
There are also tails of native american deities that would take the form of animals when communicating with their chosen priests. As far as I know this isn't associated with forced compulsion, so much as with direct communion. There are, however, similiar stories of similiar spirits being able to possess their chosen priests, temporarily taking control of their bodies to impart information or perform some act of purification. The use of masks in religion ceremonies were often used to represent this absorbing of "an aspect of the deity". As far as I know, it was always voluntary, however.
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午餐先生
United States
San Mateo
California
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I've had a similar experience. Freaked me out.
In China there are legends of ghosts that will sit on your chest, paralyzing you, too.
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Blorb Plorbst
United States
Bloomington
Indiana
I think we're all bozos on this bus.
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Montana seems a little too close to Indiana now.
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Jeff Wiles
United States
Macon
Georgia
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Sorry. I was aiming at tscook and missed. I was actually pretty close considering how far it is from here to Montana.
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Brian Bankler
United States
San Antonio
Texas
"I'm a soldier, I've killed people." "You are a doctor." "I've had bad days."
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jeffwiles wrote:
Sorry. I was aiming at tscook and missed. I was actually pretty close considering how far it is from here to Montana.
Laughably false.
Everyone know that husbands lose domination powers on their wedding day.
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Harvester of Eyes.
United States
Louisville
Kentucky
My demeanor was meaner.
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I have been subject to Sleep Paralysis dreams my entire life. Some are pretty elaborate but they always end with me being in a situation where I'm at risk of death but I'm unable to get my muscles to do what is required to avoid it. I usually end up waking myself by hollering(actually mumbling) for help. Sometimes there is full body muscle spasm as well.
I did not know what they were called until I read Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan.
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Andy Andersen
United States
Newark
Delaware
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Cut back on the rum and caffeine free diet Pepsi before you go to sleep.
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United States
New York
When the world hands you a Jeffrey, furry walls will make it fine.
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Orangemoose wrote: Cut back on the rum and caffeine free diet Pepsi before you go to sleep.
Only one Cyclobenzadrine, not three.
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Steve Vondra
United States
Charlottesville
Virginia
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Orangemoose wrote: Cut back on the rum and caffeine free diet Pepsi before you go to sleep. 
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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KSensei wrote: I suppose it was actually a dream, but I was dreaming with my eyes open. I stared towards the window next to the bed, venetian blinds drawn, faint lines of light illuminating through each slat. Some deep, sinister voice was talking in my head. Trying to tell me to do something. I don't remember what, but I know it scared me and I didn't want to do it. My body was paralyzed--I was just frozen there staring at the window. But then I made said saving throw and shocked myself out of it. It was creepy. That would be me. Curse that natural 20.
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"Spartan spawn, sworn, raised for warring."
United States
Beaufort
South Carolina
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mister lunch wrote: I've had a similar experience. Freaked me out.
In China there are legends of ghosts that will sit on your chest, paralyzing you, too.
A friend of mine growing up told me the same thing he was of Filipino descent. Is there a US/European equivalent? Or is it an Asian/Pacific Islander myth?
Same friend claimed it happened to him once, and seemed pretty shook up about it. He said he woke up, couldnt move, and saw an evil looking dead woman sitting on his chest. He also said he couldnt scream and could barely breath.
Granted he did enjoy scary movies, so I have a feeling he was just having a dream about the myth and his body acted out the part based on what his head knew of the story.
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Huzonfirst
United States
Manassas
Virginia
San Antonio, OKC, Miami, and Boston..who will win out?
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Bankler wrote: Sounds like Sleep Paralysis.
I used to have these episodes with some frequency. I would wake up but be paralyzed. The only way I could snap out of it was to wrench my head off of the pillow. Then, I'd be fine. Thankfully, I seem to have outgrown it.
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D. Watson
United States
Buffalo
New York
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lordrahvin wrote: There are also English and German legends about an evil invisible fairy spirit called a hag that will sit on your chest and give a sleeper nightmares. If he awakens during the nightmare, he will be unable to breath or sit up for a short time until the spirit has departed or been fought off.
Thats what came to my mind when I first read it. I think in England they call it the "old hag" but we don't have a term for it in the states.
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jonathanWC
United States
Missoula
Montana
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Larry Levy wrote: Bankler wrote: Sounds like Sleep Paralysis. I used to have these episodes with some frequency. I would wake up but be paralyzed. The only way I could snap out of it was to wrench my head off of the pillow. Then, I'd be fine. Thankfully, I seem to have outgrown it.
What are you trying to say? 
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M C
United States
Honolulu
HI
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Bankler wrote: Sounds like Sleep Paralysis.
I have had that a couple of times as well. It is freaky because the dream part tends to be hyper-real. I remember something setting on my chest and pulling my hair.
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Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.
United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire
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