This happened in my late 20’s so this was well past the sleep paralysis phase I write about on another page here while also being in the middle of my meditating for an hour+ a day phase which was helping in that I at least perceived that I was sleeping better.
By this time I had my own house in a village called Burnopfield in Co.Durham. At the time of this ‘experience’ I’d been living in this house on my own for at least a year.
I was quite ‘security’ conscious and the doors were locked at night etc.
The Viewing of a Living Ghost Shortly after Waking Up
I woke up one morning with myself lying on my right side. In a semi aware state with my eyes partially open but not really looking at anything I adjusted myself into a more comfortable waking up, becoming more aware ‘state’.
As I did this then my eyesight did what it normally does and gradually resolved from the standard ‘eyes just waking up’ murky, fuzzy half asleep state into a clear view of the room and bed down the right hand side of the bed.
However, rather than getting a clear and ‘expected’ view of my room just as it had always been for the last two years I ‘froze’ in shock because rather than being confronted with the expected open view what I actually say was someone standing very close to the side of my bed (almost touching it). They were facing myself and they were probably standing about 3 or 4 feet away down the side of the bed.
I made a big effort to not ‘visibly’ react and I pretended to still be asleep. I then ‘adjusted’ myself as if I was making myself more comfortable while moving my head so that I’d be able to see this persons upper body. With a better inclined view then I could see that they was bent or leaning forward slightly as if they were trying to get a good look at myself. Their expression was one of being concerned about me almost as if for some reason they wanted to make sure I was OK.
Paranormal Encounter of Seeing an Astral Traveller or Undead Ghost
There was absolutely nothing ‘vague’ or ghost like about this figure.
This ‘ghost’ person was solidly visible for at least 5 seconds and probably more like 10. For the last few seconds I could clearly see them in detail and then they simple DISAPPEARED. They didn’t move and walk away, one moment they were standing there looking at me then the next moment they were gone. Quite simply they vanished into thin air.
Even more bizarre was that I personally knew this person.
This very solid ‘apparition’ was a woman and I knew her as a neighbor of my parents (she was older than my parents). Which at this time had her living about 10 miles away in a bungalow around the corner and across the road from my parents. I’d not had any direct contact with her for many years and likely hadn’t ‘thought’ about this person for quite a while either although it’s likely that I’d see her occasionally as I’d always drive past her house when visiting my parents.
At the time I saw her she was very much alive and well and probably was for at least another 2 more decades after this event.
This ‘living’ apparition sighting had me shaken up and very disturbed for a few days.
At the time this happened my house would have been over 60 years old and it was not possible to walk in the bed room without at the very least inducing slight squeaks and creaks from the old floor boards. I also kept my bedroom door closed and how it engaged as ‘closed’ was with a spring ball socket mechanism and as a result of this it was impossible to open or close without making a significant noise. Basically, there wasn’t a handle to turn to retract the mechanism, it retracted when you pulled on the door handle with enough force that the latching mechanism would be jarred out of it’s recess in the door surround. This couldn’t be done without making a very noticeable noise which would be enough to wake anyone in the bedroom never mind that this happening would directly indicate that someone was trying to either enter or leave the bedroom.
This was probably about 6 years before I’d managed to engage with and learn to use a more expanded range of senses and perceptions than the general population is familiar with which as a result had me able to view other ‘people’ in other none physical realities and subtle realms at will.
At the time of this ‘apparition’ I’d no experience of ‘seeing’ things in this way.
Could some ‘Apparitions’ be caused by the Astral Body becoming Visible under certain conditions?
The only thing I can think of is that from what I can remember of this woman whom would have been a neighbour of mine for 20+ years was that she ‘did’ seem to look out for me and in a sense is likely to have made sure I was OK in the street where I lived as a child. In this respect it’s possible that she was dreaming about me or thinking about me while having some sort of astral or out of body experience which had her ‘spirit’ form or ‘astral body’ visit me to make sure that I was OK.
This would fit in very well with what I saw of her body language and the expression on her face. It would also perhaps ‘fit’ that this undead ghost sighting happened at the point where I was waking up which I’d imagine would be the most likely time that I’d be in a receptive state or an altered state of consciousness that allowed me to physically see this impossible visitor.
In writing and thinking about this now, then yet again this is yet another weird experience that I’ve never mentioned to anyone. In other words this is yet another ‘example’ of the well hidden ‘don’t say anything’ protocol that will be keeping the incidence of these type of very ‘weird’ experiences very low indeed.
So, have you reading this had a similar experience?
There is a good web site on ghosts here . . .
December 7, 2013 @ 7:27 pm
I was at a friend’s house (let’s call her friend A). We were in her room on the bunk beds. She was sitting on the bottom bunk listening to music and I was on the top bunk. In the corner of her room in front of the closet I see an apparition that looks exactly like my friend who’s listening to the music, even wearing her hair in the same fashion, the only difference was the apparition was wearing a white dress, one my friend would never wear. So my jaw drops and I squeal, still watching the apparition who is looking back at me, then turning and running out the door, which was closed. When it gets to the door it just fades out/vanishes. I jump off the bed and tell my friend, who hasn’t moved, what I saw. She just laughs at me and says I told you so (her home has a history of being ‘haunted’ and I was pretty skeptical). This same apparition was reportedly seen by another one of our friends (friend B) who came over asking if friend A’s sister was home one day and, thinking the apparition was friend A, asked her. The apparition reportedly responded by shaking it’s head no. Later, when friend B told the sister that she had stopped by but friend A told her that she wasn’t home, she was told that friend A had been at her mother’s house all weekend.
December 8, 2013 @ 4:52 pm
Interesting Experiences. How do you explain it?
If we are in a virtual reality then it would be quite possible to have two ‘avatars’ in two different places and even have them dressed differently while ‘focusing your consciousness’ on one that was directly interacting with others.
December 19, 2013 @ 6:04 am
When I was a small child, I woke up one night very very thirsty for a glass of water. I was scared of the dark house, so I’d usually just call out to my mum in the next bedroom in this situation to bring me some water. However I knew it disrupted her sleep & she would be ‘annoyed’ so instead of calling out, I just sat there thinking how thirsty I was & how I wished my mum would bring me water. I considered going myself but it seemed too scary.
Then out of the blue in the dim light, in walks mum with a glass of water in hand, not saying a word & just extending the glass to me. I was very surprised & said “Thanks mum! How did you know?” as I reached for the glass. As soon as I went to grab it, my hand went straight through thin air & the apparition simply ‘puff’ vanished that second. I was dumfounded & eventually just went back to sleep. I remember this clearly.
My surmising since then is that it was her ‘astral’ self who was responding dutifully to my need in her sleep?
December 19, 2013 @ 11:32 am
That’s a really good undead ghost, astral apparition example Authentica. Have you ever told anyone about this?
December 20, 2013 @ 7:10 am
Yes I’ve mentioned it to my mother a couple of times, & she just laughs & agrees with my interpretation. I’ve also discussed it with at least 3 friends, 2 of whom were sisters I went to school with. It was related to me that the slightly older sister would sometimes see the younger one in the hall or even on the toilet, only to find her sound asleep in her bed immediately afterwards. It was a long time ago but if I recall correctly, if she spoke to the ‘doppledanger’ she would get no response.
Another first-hand account I read recently was in Dion Fortune’s ‘Psychic Protection’ in which she relates waking to a weight on her legs & finding a pale or white apparition of an ‘adept’ occultist friend of hers curled up on the end of her bed. At the time this man was very sick & perhaps the perception of physicality was related to this man’s development of his psychic powers?
January 26, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
Some Interesting links with regards validating out of body experiences.
http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/out-of-body-experiences-validated-by-scientific-study/
and another on validating the perceptions of out of body experiences:
http://www.near-death.com/tart.html
May 31, 2016 @ 2:52 pm
I seen a very clear apperation of a man that lived in my complex.i was wide awake.i barely know him.he wanted to smoke a cigerette with me.he said he would be right back.he left them at his place.he was gone for 15 min.within that 15 min i seen his apparation clear as day.i never have had that type of experience before.we no longer talk and i find myself worried about him.
July 23, 2019 @ 5:32 pm
This happened to me when I was 12! I had a friend sleeping over at the time. I was in my bed and he was sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor by my bed. I woke up sometime during the night to the sound of someone stomping down the hall in heavy shoes. I looked towards the door and saw my mother come into the room and bend over as if to pick something up by the doorway. as she bent over she suddenly froze in place. it looked exactly like when you pause a DVD! then as I watched the frozen bent over image of her slowly faded out and disappeared! it took about 4 seconds to do so. it really freaked me out but I chalked it up to a dream, even though I was wide awake. in the morning I asked my mom if she had come into my room last night and she said that she had come in a few times to take the end of my friend’s sleeping bag off the heat register (Which was by the door) So my guess is she was probably dreaming this/astrally projecting doing it, and I woke up and was in the right state of consciousness to see it!
July 23, 2019 @ 6:17 pm
Hi Dan yea good one, sounds pretty equivalent to my experience, which also scared the living daylights out of me, although just for a few moments . . . there is definitely some weird astral travel or maybe some other peoples dream ‘scenario’s’ being blended into others ‘real/only half awake’ experiences!!!!