Who
Or What Are The Shadow People?
Jeffry
R. Palmer
Shadow People, also known as Shadow Folk, or Shadow Beings,
are usually attracted to one person or location for unknown
reasons. Often they are seen as dark silhouettes of human-shape,
generally male, that prefer to watch someone unseen and flee
the moment they are noticed. Still this doesn't always fit the
experience. While some people distinctly see a shadowy human
form others have dexcribed shapeless wispy black blobs and swirling
columns of dark smoke.
The personalities or characteristics of shadow people
range greatly from shy and skittish to downright nasty and malevelent,
with a few witnesses describing them as the ultimate essence
of pure evil. Accounts of shadow people have been reported all
over the world. There has been an increase of reported sightings
of these creatures within the last five to ten years, though
there is anectdotal evidence of these creatures appearing before
human witnesses through out our history.
Reports of shadow people are in many respects different from
accounts of ghosts. Ghosts are said to be the disembodied spirits
of deceased people and are usually said to take on the appearance
and characteristics of human beings. Orbs of light, ectoplasm
and glowing mists have also been associated with ghost sightings.
None of which is common he occurance of shadow people. Although
many accounts describe shadow beings as having human-like form,
they are generally not described as resembling actual individuals
, living or deceased. It is unheard of in my experience that
shadow people ever communicate verbally with witnesses. Feelings
of dread, intense fear or panic and paralysis have been ascribed
to the expereince of wtnessing a shadow person.
The more consistent accounts of shadow people typically describe
a feeling of dread associated with the presence of this phenomena,
and animals are said to react to the phenomena with fear and
hostility. Shadow Beings are said to move extremely fast and
travel through solid matter. They typically are said to have
no discernible features such as mouths, noses, or eyes. Their
forms are usually described as somewhat thin or smoke-like
Direct visual contact is rarely reported by most eye witnesses
of shadow people; they are said to usually disappear before
they can be seen clearly, and are seen "in the corner of one's
eye. These beings are said to often appear in mirrors.
There are many proposed explanations of this phenomena. Some
of these explanations are outlined below,
One of the more creative theories is that shadow beings are
manifest thought forms, meaning that they are collections of
negative psychic energy from areas where traumatic events have
taken place and evil people frequent. The negative psychic energy
begins to manifest and takes on form and motive, thriving on
fear and negative emotions for sustenance.
Shadow beings have also been described as forms of ghosts, demons,
inter-dimensional beings.The most popular explanation seems
to be that they are some sort of other-dimensional beings whose
dimension of origin occasionally overlaps with ours, which is
said to explain their ethereal appearance and fleeting nature.
As with most supernatural phenomena there is usually a proposed
logical, scientifically valid explanation for credible experiences
that neither vilify eyewitnesses, nor require violation of generally
accepted scientific principles. Several probable rational explanations
for illusions resulting in the believed perception of shadow
beings are outlined below.
There is a condition known
as hypnoagagia (waking sleep) which amounts to a state of semi-consciousness
in which a person can be thinking clearly and yet perceiving
images that are being dreamed. This state is probably responsible
for most so-called supernatural experiences by honest, rational
people.
It has also been proven recently that areas with erratic or
powerful electromagnetic fields can interfere with the electrical
impulses or firing synapses of the human mind, thus influencing
people subjected to such environments over time to believe that
they are hearing or seeing ghosts, aliens, or perhaps shadow
beings. Such environments include old buildings with substandard
wiring, power plants, and areas with naturally occurring strong
magnetic fields.
Perhaps the only aspect of alleged eye witness accounts of shadow
people that remains difficult to explain in objective scientific
terms is the similarity of the beings being seen in these alleged
accounts, especially the tall man with a hat that is reported
as often by 4 year old children as with adults.
However, this could simply be a result of common archetypes
(note similarities between many shadow people reports and the
grim reaper) shared in the subconscious of all people, just
as people all over the world report dreams of flying and falling.
Jeffry R. Palmer © 2006
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world
Related Pages:
Shadow
People Stories Part One
Shadow
People Stories Part Two
Sleep Paralysis
and Shadow People
Shadow People Images
Type of Shadow People
Shadow People Theories
