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[static crackling]
[discomforting music]

[thunder rumbling]

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- [Narrator] A growing
number of people

are reporting sightings

of strange, shadowy
figures around the globe.

It begins with a glance out
of the corner of an eye,

a chance sight of
something moving.

Then, when least expected,

the figure appears in
front of the witness,

menacing dark apparitions

so black your eyes
seem to slide off it.

They move and undulate
while watching you.

Eyewitnesses say they awaken
to shadow people stalking them,

watching them, or darting out
of sight when encountered.

Reports are from sane
and reasonable people

from all walks of life.

Is this some new
psychological phenomenon,

or intruders from some
other nefarious dominion?

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A number of religions,
legends, and belief systems

describe shadowy spiritual
beings or supernatural entities,

such as shades of
the underworld.

Various shadowy creatures

have long been a staple of
folklore and ghost stories.

Descriptions of shadow people

are as dark silhouettes with
human shapes and profiles

that flicker in and out
of peripheral vision

and claims that people
have reported the figures

attempting to jump on
their chest and choke them.

Witnesses report the figures
to be negative or alien beings

that can be repelled
by various means.

Believers and paranormal
authors do not agree

whether shadow people are
evil, helpful, or neutral,

and some even speculate
that shadow people

may be the extra-dimensional
inhabitants

of another universe.

Several psychological conditions

can account for
reported experiences

of shadowy shapes seeming alive.

A sleep paralysis
sufferer may perceive

a shadowy or indistinct shape

approaching them when
they lay awake paralyzed,

and become increasingly alarmed.

A person experiencing
heightened emotions,

such as while walking
alone on a dark night,

may incorrectly perceive a
patch of shadows as an attacker.

Many methamphetamine addicts

report the appearance
of shadow people

after prolonged periods
of sleep deprivation.

Shadow animals are
often reported as well.

However, one interviewed subject

said that you don't
see shadow dogs

or shadow birds or shadow cars.

You see shadow people

standing in doorways,
walking behind you,

coming at you on the sidewalk.

These hallucinations have
been directly compared

to the paranormal entities
described in folklore.

Indeed, shadow people
have been reported

throughout recorded history.

Harley SwiftDeer Reagan,

known as Thunder
Strikes in his tribe,

stated that shadow people are
parallel dimensional beings

who were first recorded by
Indigenous people in 1153 BC.

Thunder says there
was an awakening

between 1980 through 2000,

and beginning in 2001
there began the quickening,

in which events and time
seems to be speeding up.

As this is occurring,

shadow people are becoming
visible as frequencies raise.

Thunder stated
that shadow people,

who he calls inorganic beings,

live in a parallel dimension

and feed off of our
emotional discharge of energy

along with chaos.

In essence, shadow people
are energy vampires.

Cherokee legend speaks
of the Raven Mocker,

which shifts from
a menacing bird

into a grotesque
human-like shadow.

It was believed the
Raven Mocker's mission

was to capture the souls of
those who were facing death.

Many report seeing shadow people

wearing a cloak or a shroud.

Some may appear to be
dressed in robe-like apparel.

Although they have been reported
in many shapes and sizes,

many people described them
as small human-like figures

with red eyes.

Heidi Hollis, a controversial
researcher of this phenomenon,

says she was of the belief
that they are evil in nature

and that they had been around
since the Earth's inception

and that they possibly had an
extraterrestrial connection.

Islam speaks of the jinn,

who were created
along with humans

as creatures of free will.

They, along with
humans and angels,

are part of the
creations of Allah

capable of logic and reason.

According to his belief,

the jinn live in a world
alongside ours, and like us,

are capable of either
being positive or negative.

It is thought that some of
the legends of shadow people

come from the possibility

of humans seeing the
shadows of the jinn

while they exist in
their parallel world.

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There are religious groups
that view shadow entities

as demonic in nature.

The shadows themselves are
not thought to be demons,

but rather watchers for
potential souls to be claimed.

This way of thinking assumes
that when one is seen,

a demon is present.

Cleansing and blessings must
be done to avert any negativity

that is trying to
permeate the person

or the home where
the shadow is seen.

This is generally done
with a blessing of the area

in the name of whatever higher
power a person believes in.

As in anything, it is
the power of belief

that determines how well
something like this would work.

According to a poll,

approximately 80% have
seen a shadow creature

and 30% believe that
shadow creatures are evil.

One of the things that is
fascinating about shadow people

is the similarity of the
descriptions from all over.

The most common descriptions
of a shadow being

is that of a tall man
wearing a wide brimmed hat.

Details vary as to whether he
has no facial features at all,

or glowing eyes
of red or yellow.

Some speak of only seeing this
creature once in their life;

others have reported
seeing several sightings

concentrated in one area.

The similarity lies in the
stature of the creature

and the hat it
appears to be wearing.

There is also the
general consensus

that it is malevolent in nature.

One thing is certain:

this hat man is believed
to have been seen

in places all over the world.

In the United States,

there seems to be an emphasis
of sightings on the Northeast.

However, it is certainly not
indigenous only to those areas.

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One of the things that sets
the hat man accounts apart

from some of the
other shadow entities

is the interest this
creature seems to show

in those who have seen it.

While many shadows are seen
out of the corner of the eye

only to disappear once
one focuses on them,

the hat man seems
to want to be seen.

This seeming intelligence
of the entity

is possibly what gives it

the negative
perception that it has.

Everything about shadow entities
is theory at this point,

and there are many scientific
facts that cannot be ignored.

To truly understand something,

all sides need to be examined.

Science shows how something
can have a natural explanation,

which is essential to look at.

Only after ruling out what
can naturally cause something

can we look at
other possibilities.

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What are shadow people?

It depends on who you ask.

If you ask a psychologist,

they will tell you it's
just a hallucination.

Scientists say shadow people

are a common hallucination
for humans to have.

They usually appear as a
result of sleep deprivation,

psychoactive substances,
or hypnotic states.

During this experience,

the subject perceives
a patch of shadow

in their peripheral vision
to be a living figure.

This can be either animal-like
or humanoid in appearance.

This hallucination
is often accompanied

with a feeling of intense
paranoia and anxiety.

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The visual hallucinations are
initially fleeting images,

always out of the
corner of the eyes.

As time progresses, however,

the hallucinations may
appear in full view,

and one will be able to
look directly at them.

This progression is the same

whether you are
experiencing shadow people

from sleep deprivation or from
normal stimulant psychosis.

The bodies of the shadow people

are usually entirely
black with few features.

They sometimes
appear to have faces

and are able to move
or change shape.

These hallucinations are often
perceived as being malicious

due to intense
paranoia and anxiety

that often occurs
simultaneously.

Tactile hallucinations,

feelings of convincing
physical sensations

that are not actually
occurring within reality,

may also occur.

Auditory hallucinations may
also manifest themselves,

causing one to perceive

that the shadow people
are talking to them.

The mysterious shadow people
are but hallucinations

brought on by
stimulation of the brain.

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Ask a parapsychologists and
you may get multiple answers.

One theory about shadow people

is that they are deceased humans

who either do not want to
return back to their source

or are unaware that
home is no longer here.

They are like ghosts.

Some people also believe
that shadow people

are time travelers coming back
to view people and history.

And then there is
the alien connection.

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eerily resonates]

The alien and abduction
phenomenon are so bizarre

that it's no surprise
that extraterrestrials

are suspects as
the shadow people.

Abductees have
reported in many cases

that the alien grays seem to
be able to pass through walls

and closed window

and to appear and
disappear abruptly

among other
otherworldly talents.

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Perhaps too, they can go
about their alien agenda,

disguised in the shadows.

There's a good
deal of overlapping

among the above
ideas, of course.

Aliens and ghosts could be
interdimensional beings,

or aliens could
be time travelers.

And some believe
demons are responsible

for all these
disturbing phenomenon.

One interesting idea
suggests that shadow people

are the shadows or
essence of people

who are having an
out-of-body experience.

According to Jerry Gross,

an author, lecturer and
teacher about astral travel,

we all travel out of our
bodies when we are asleep.

Perhaps this theory
says we are seeing

the inferior astral bodies
of those twilight travelers.

Yet another intriguing theory
is people from our own future

could have found the means to
travel to the past, our time.

However they are able to
accomplish this incredible feat,

perhaps in that state,

they appear to us merely
as passing shadows

as they observe the
events of our timeline.

Even mainstream science
is fairly convinced

that there are dimensions
other than the one we inhabit.

And if these other
dimensions exist,

who or what, if
anything, inhabits them?

Some theorists say
that these dimensions

exist parallel and
very close to our own,

although invisible to us.

And if there are inhabitants
in these other dimensions,

it is possible that
they have found a way

to intrude on our dimension

and become at least
partially visible.

If so, they could very
well appear as shadows.

It has long been held by
psychics and other sensitives

that beings on other
planes of existence

are of different vibrations.

Science is beginning to look
at reality on a quantum level.

In the same way that
particles of the smallest size

exist as vibrations,

perhaps, some theorize, the
vibrations of our existence

are beginning to mesh with
those of another dimension,

which accounts for the
increase in such phenomenon

as ghosts, shadow people,
and possibly aliens.

In one bizarre case

reported by the UK
publication "The Star,"

it says CIA alien hunters

claimed to have contacted a race

of tall shadow people on Mars.

This was revealed in
declassified government files.

Secret documents
released by the agency

revealed an alien
hunter made contact

with a race of very tall
and thin shadow people

on the Red Planet.

Transcripts of one
of the sessions

released in a CIA
declassified data dump

reveal a session between
a government agent

and an unnamed clairvoyant.

Mars is probed by the subject,

who claims he can
see very large people

wearing strange clothes,

living in a rabbit warren
type network of pyramids.

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The CIA transcript is dated
May 22nd, 1984 at 10:09 AM,

and reveals the details
of the experiment.

Psychics were employed by the
US government during Cold War

in operations such as
the Stargate Project
founded in 1978.

In this experiment,

agents wrote down details
of what they wanted

in a sealed envelope,

which was given to the subject,

but not opened until
after the interview.

Inside the sealed envelope
was the information,

Mars, one million years BC,

and a set of
geographic coordinates.

The psychic was then
asked to use his powers

on the information
in the envelope

and tell an agent
what he could see.

The psychic said.

- [Psychic] I'm seeing,

it's like a perception
of a shadow of people,

very tall, thin.

It's only a shadow.

It's as if they were there

and then they're
not there anymore.

I just keep seeing
very large people.

They appear thin and tall,
but they're very large,

wearing some kind
of strange clothes.

The Mars landscape is littered

with pyramid, roads, obelisks.

They're ancient people.

They're dying.

It is past their time or age.

They're very
philosophical about it.

They're looking for a way to
survive and they just can't.

- [Narrator] The agent continues
to push the mind reader

and orders him to
report the raw data.

Do not try and put
things together.

- [Psychic] The Mars
landscape is littered

with pyramids and
roads and obelisks.

They're ancient people.

- [Narrator] Mars'
landscape is described

as littered with pyramids,
roads, and obelisks

by the psychic.

The interview comes to a close

and he claims to make contact
with one of the Martians.

He described a craft like
the inside of a large boat

and very rounded
walls in shiny metal,

and claims he traveled
with the large people

on a journey to another
world covered in vegetation.

The Stargate Project
was shut down in 1995,

and claims made by the
government-endorsed psychics

have never been verified.

Shadow people, spirits, aliens,
or interdimensional beings.

If they are ghosts or spirits,

could they inhabit or
possess a human being?

There is yet another phenomenon
that might relate to this.

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Within the realm of the bizarre,

there is a new and interesting
phenomenon emerging

that could be shadow people

possessing the
bodies of children.

It's called black-eyed children,

and reports have
been made recently.

Black-eyed children
or black-eyed kids

are an urban legend of
supposed paranormal creatures

that resemble children
between the ages of 6 and 16

with pale skin and black eyes

who are reportedly seen
hitchhiking or panhandling,

or are encountered on the
doorsteps of residential homes.

Tales of black-eyed children
have appeared in pop culture

since the late 1990s.

The supposed origins of the
legend are some 1998 postings

written by Texas
reporter Brian Bethel

on a ghost-related mailing list

relating two alleged encounters
with black-eyed kids.

Bethel describes encountering
two such children

in Abilene, Texas in 1996,

and claims that a second person

had a similar unrelated
encounter in Portland, Oregon.

Bethel's stories
gained such popularity

that he published an FAQ

just to keep up with
demand for more information

about the new urban legend.

In 2012, Brian
Bethel told his story

on the reality television series

"Monsters and
Mysteries in America."

He wrote a follow-up article
for the "Abilene Reporter News"

describing his experience

and maintaining his belief
that it was legitimate.

Alleged sightings are taken
seriously by ghost hunters,

some of whom believe
black-eyed children

to be extraterrestrials,
vampires, ghosts,

or shadow people in human form.

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In the last few years,

this frightening phenomenon

of the black-eyed
children visitations

has swept the internet.

Whether or not the stories

of midnight encounters with
the mysterious black-eyed kids

have any truth to them has
been a hotly debated topic,

but that hasn't stopped
tales of the BEKs

from popping up
on message boards,

in chat rooms, and on
paranormal podcasts.

Who are they?

Where do they come from?

What do they want?

We aren't sure.

No matter who tells it,

the encounters usually
occur the same way.

Someone home alone in
the middle of the night

hears a knock at the door.

When they peek
through the window,

children, normally in a pair,

are seen standing in the cold.

As the resident cautiously
cracks open the door

to see what might be wrong,

a familiar feeling of
dread washes over them.

The strange children
beg to be let inside,

but something isn't right.

There's something
off about these kids.

As the lonely
resident looks closer,

they see that these
children's eyes

are black as an oil slick,

an unnerving detail that
causes them to slam the door

and deny their
pleas for entrance.

Some of them call the police,
others clutch a weapon,

but never ever do they let the
black-eyed children inside.

Encounters with black-eyed
children are always frightening,

such as this visitation by
a Marine in North Carolina.

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While based at Camp Lejeune,

an unnamed US Marine stated
that in November of 2009,

he had a strange encounter
with black-eyed children

near the barracks
where he lived.

The anonymous witness stated

that he was alone in his room
one evening watching a movie

when a knock came at his door.

Expecting it to be his roommate
who had forgotten his key,

the Marine opened it
without hesitation.

When he did though, he was
presented with the sight

of two small children
standing outside.

As soon as he saw them,

the man stated he
was filled with dread

and had an impulse
to slam the door shut

as fast as he could.

That was before he realized

that both children
had jet black eyes.

Despite his fear,

the Marine asked the
children what they wanted,

which they responded all the
while staring straight at him

that it was cold outside

and that they wanted to
come inside and read.

The Marine suddenly realized

that no one else
was within sight,

and as the children took
a step towards the room,

he gave in to the impulse
that was racing through him

and shut the door quickly.

The knocking continued
for several minutes,

in addition to a
rattling from his window,

before the noises stopped

and the children
appeared to be gone.

The Marine made some idle
inquiries the following morning,

but the few people
who had been on site

during his strange encounter

stated that they hadn't seen
or heard anything strange.

There are many theories

on who these children
are and what they want.

One must keep in mind that
this falls in the category

of a paranormal phenomenon,

and not much can be
determined as answers

to the many questions that
follow these encounters.

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Though each possible
theory may have value

that fits this phenomenon,

the truth and the answers

lie within the details
of each report.

Many people wrongfully refer

to the black-eyed
children phenomenon

as an urban legend.

Due to skepticism
and lack of proof,

many people believe that
the claims are false

and nothing more
than just stories.

This leads many people
to loosely use the
term urban legend.

The fact is urban legends are
stories that cannot be traced

to a particular
person, place, or time.

In order for a story to be
categorized as an urban legend,

the story must lack
an eyewitness and
cannot be accredited.

In the case of
black-eyed children,

there are hundreds
of eyewitnesses

that are verifiable
and can be interviewed,

thus placing the
black-eyed children

in the category of reports.

Whether you choose to
believe that the reports

are accounted with honesty or
not is your choice to make.

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A new and disturbing phenomenon

that has coincided with
reports of shadow people

is the Mandela Effect.

The Mandela Effect is what
researchers are calling

those curious instances in
which many of us are certain

we remember something
a particular way,

but it turns out
we're incorrect.

The name of the theory
comes from many people

feeling certain
they could remember

Nelson Mandela dying while
he was still in prison

back in the 1980s.

Contrary to what many thought,

Mandela's actual death
was on December 5th, 2013,

despite some people
claiming to remember

seeing clips of his
funeral on television.

These false memories
have some people thinking

their memory is faulty,

but some wonder if they've
gone to a parallel universe

or if time travelers
have gone to the past

and slightly
affected our present,

or if they're simply
losing their minds.

Shadow people could be
a residual appearance

of beings from another dimension

that has crossed over
to our parallel universe

and are seen briefly.

Whichever it is,

what's most interesting
about the Mandela Effect

is that so many individuals
share the same false memories.

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Here are some examples.

The television show
"Sex and the City,"

it's "Sex and the City,"

but many people insist
they remember it being

"Sex in the City" at some point.

Some people have
even posted pictures

of old memorabilia they have

that supports
their false memory.

The song by Queen, "We
are the Champions,"

ends differently from
what people remember.

Many of those
familiar with the song

remember the final lyrics being,

"No time for losers

'cause we are the
champions of the world."

Guess what? There is
no "of the world."

The song just ends.

And it's driving people crazy
because they feel 100% sure

that they've heard
otherwise in the past.

Curious George never had a tail.

A lot of people even claim
to remember seeing him

use his tail to
swing from the trees.

If you look at pictures of
Curious George right now,

you'll see that he
doesn't have a tail,

meaning either your memory
made the whole thing up

or you've drifted into
a parallel universe.

Darth Vader does not say,
"Luke, I am your father."

"Luke, I am your father"

is one of the most famous
phrases from the film,

but many are discovering

that it's not what
Darth Vader said.

He actually says, "No,
I am your father."

So is this just a
misremembering movie line

or did some other worldly
shenanigans take place?

Even James Earl Jones,

who read the script and
voiced the character of Vader,

remembers it as "Luke,
I am your father."

This isn't the only

"Star Wars" related
Mandela Effect instance.

C-3PO is not all gold.

Many "Star Wars" fanatics recall
C-3PO being completely gold

and were greatly thrown
off upon discovering

that he supposedly had a
silver leg the entire time.

A lot of memorabilia doesn't
even feature the silver leg.

Needless to say, it
was a surprise to fans

who have seen the
films so many times

yet never noticed
this distinct feature

on a popular character.

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Many claim to recall

a genie movie from the
1990s that starred Sinbad.

The only problem is
there never was one.

Those same people insist
they aren't confusing it

with the 1996 flick "Kazaam,"
which starred Shaq as a genie.

They don't know the title

or what happened to
the movie's existence,

but they're all very certain
that once upon a time,

it was a thing.

Did you know that Jiffy
peanut butter doesn't exist?

It's called Jif.

Even though people remember

the popular brand of peanut
butter being called Jiffy,

and having a campaign
that told mothers

they could fix their
kids a snack in a jiffy.

Jiffy has certainly been in
embedded in the minds of many,

and it was even spotted
in "American Dad"

during an episode in
which the character

is uncovering a conspiracy.

There are many instances where
people remember something

that either didn't exist

or was different from
what they remember,

far too many to go into here.

The Mandela Effect
is what happens

when someone has a clear
memory of something

that never happened
in this reality.

Many of us, mostly
total strangers,

remember the exact same events
with the exact same details.

However, our memories
are different

from what's in history books,
newspaper archives, and so on.

This isn't a conspiracy

and we're not talking
about false memories.

Many of us speculate that
parallel realities exist

and we've been sliding between
them without realizing it.

It's possible that
shadow people,

which seems to have emerged
around the same time

the Mandela Effect was
recognized, could be related.

If the Mandela Effect
is shared memories,

then in itself that
would be astounding.

If it is a glitch in the matrix
of the physical universe,

that too would be astounding.

In any case, it appears
that the possibility

of a crossover of our universe
with a paralleled universe

could be happening.

Shadow people may
be the reflections

of people in that universe
merging with ours,

and we see them
only as a shadow.

The truth could be
stranger than fiction.

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If not interdimensional
beings or aliens,

could shadow people be ghosts?

They say that if you feel

you have been visited
by shadow people,

there are ways to protect
yourself from them.

Most importantly, you will
need to overcome your fear,

because until you do this,

they will continue
to feed off of it.

Not that they are intentionally
trying to scare anyone.

Perhaps they're trying
to reach out to a person

or maybe they don't even know

that they are appearing
in another world.

In the meanwhile, what
you can do is stay calm

and date the time and place
you saw the shadow figure

and discuss it with
other like-minded people

who have experienced
the same thing.

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If shadow people are ghosts,
how do we relate to them?

Paranormal investigators
say shadow people

are also known as dark
shadows or shadow ghosts,

and probably are the most
misunderstood of ghost entities.

A shadow is an indication
of spiritual condition.

It is the absence of light.

Light and spirituality
denotes truth

and darkness would indicate
a lack of knowing or fear.

In other words,

shadow people are disembodied
humans who are lost,

having not gone forward
in life's journey

by refusing to go
towards the light

that will carry them
fully into the next realm

after death of
the physical body.

Missing the transition,

ghosts remain here with
those of us on earth

in a temporary state of limbo.

Because we fear darkness,

many of us have come to
believe that shadow people

have ill intentions
and thus are evil.

However, most shadow people
are not negative in nature

and are simply lost
and in need of guidance

to understand their condition.

Shadow people have
been recorded in video

as both adults and
children, male and female,

but often as people
reliving their former lives,

being trapped by the mind

and remaining as
earthbound spirits.

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Shadow people appear to be
in a state of suffering,

sometimes intense,

fearing retribution or
confrontation with others

who they have wronged in life,

or the idea of being condemned
to an everlasting hell

as punishment for past sins.

It would seem some church
doctrines have created people

who wish to hide in the shadows,

believing they have
an uncertain future

that could include
intense suffering.

Other shadow people hang around

due to attachments to
people, places, and things,

perhaps not realizing
that their body has died.

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The personalities
of shadow people

can vary from nice to nasty,

not any different from
people you will meet

still here in their bodies.

When a person passes,

their mental and physical
condition will not change

until they move into the
light with loved ones

as a life review or
cleansing process occurs.

After the life review,
the spirits become clean

as misthinking is purged

and truth and
understanding is gained.

Shadow people are there
for unclean spirits

and retain their emotional
and physical baggage.

This will manifest as
a distinct personality,

mentality, ailment, pain,
appearance, et cetera,

and even odor at times.

Shadow people simply seem
trapped in their former state

and do not appear to
advance in age, intellect,

or in any aspect
of their condition

until they choose to turn to
loved ones who are with them,

who are attempting
to bring them forward

into the light and life.

The next possible
explanation for shadow people

is they are aliens,

perhaps using some
cloaking technology

that makes them appear
only as a shadow.

If they are aliens,

then they may be
using this method

to observe us without
being detected.

Or they may have a
more nefarious agenda

that we have no idea
is happening around us.

[tense music swells]

[tense music]

No matter if the witness
is a child or adult,

he or she always
see the same thing.

All eyewitness accounts,

no matter which country,
continent, or language,

give a glimpse at what
was seen and experienced

in the presence
of shadow people.

But this glimpse is
a monotonous one.

The only experience
related to shadow ones

which is not monotonous is fear.

They bring a chilling
feeling or vision of fear

that overcomes in the same
way the black-eyed people do.

In recent times, a number
of people who witnessed

the presence of shadow beings
for longer periods of time

has increased.

Some testify that they
have seen creepy red eyes

of the dark, indistinguishable,

but often massive silhouettes

that instantly appear anywhere

and show the ability

to walk through walls
of confined spaces,

which defy common
laws of physics.

Many paranormal researchers
have studied the phenomenon

and in particular agree
on one aspect of it:

whatever or whoever
these entities are,

they feed off human energy,

emanate bad vibrations
and negative emotions.

Did they find a way to
enter into our dimension

or accidentally slipped
into our physical plane?

Are they alien entities,
time travelers,

interdimensional beings
on a mission to observe

and influence humans?

Or are they looking
for human closeness,

aliens, or alien abductors?

Some people think that
there is a connection

between extraterrestrials
and shadow people.

Some say that the shadow people

are the drones of
the alien world,

that they're here to spy on us

in order to get
information to pass back

to the extraterrestrials.

The alien abduction
phenomenon are so bizarre

that it's no surprise
that extraterrestrials

are suspects as
the shadow people.

Abductees have done have
reported in many cases

that the alien grays seem to
be able to pass through walls

and closed windows

and to appear and
disappear abruptly

among other
otherworldly talents.

[tense music continues]

Perhaps too they can go
about their alien agenda

disguised in the shadows.

There's a good deal of
overlapping going on.

Aliens and ghosts could be
interdimensional beings,

or aliens could
be time travelers.

And some believe
demons are responsible

for all of these
disturbing phenomenon.

There is no way to
prove or disprove

any theories about a phenomenon
that is so mysterious,

that happens so quickly
and without warning.

Science finds it
virtually impossible

to catalog or study
such phenomenon in
any methodical way.

All they can do at present

is to document
personal experiences

and try to piece together

what the shadow people
phenomenon might be.

Perhaps it's an old mystery
becoming more recognizable.

Perhaps it represents a doorway

to and from different
planes of existence,

or perhaps it's just shadows.

[thunder rumbles]

Generally found in homes and
very often around bedrooms,

the classic shadow people
tend to be lurking.

They will stand in
doorways or corners

and just watch their victims.

These types of shadow entities

don't generally seem
to have any intent.

They are just there observing.

Sometimes they will
wander a location,

following people
or stalking them.

Quite often, they
flee at being noticed,

vanishing around corners

or simply by going
through a solid wall.

Typically these are classic
human-shaped shadows,

sometimes with a hat

and oftentimes with a
cloak or large coat.

Less common is a vague figure,

more like a human with
a cloth over them.

Encounters with this
class of shadow people

typically instill a sense
of dread or foreboding.

Whether this is part of
our instinctive reaction

to seeing something
dark in the night,

or if they actually exude a
sense of fear around them,

is open for debate.

Some seem to just be observing
us with unspoken intent.

If shadow people are aliens,

then this phenomenon
may be revealing

some type of
technology they have

that allows them
to cloak themselves

and observe humans
as a dark mass

rather than their
actual appearance.

It could be their
version of a duck blind,

allowing them to sit
just off our reality

and watch us without
being observed,

a camouflage technology
giving them the advantage

to listen in, observe, and
record our daily actions.

They may simply be learning
more about our species

to be better prepared for some
open contact in the future.

In this case, shadow people
may be completely benign.

If not, then the technology

is hiding their nefarious
plans in some way

and we are sensing it
on a subconscious level.

Until we know completely
what their plans are,

then they represent a clear
and present danger to mankind,

a danger we cannot
afford to ignore.

[dramatic music]

[dark ethereal music]
[singers darkly vocalizing]

There are those
that have reported

being physically attacked
by these entities.

Some cases can be explained
as sleep paralysis,

which is a state of sleep
where the person is awake

and yet still
experiencing REM sleep.

The sensation of not
being able to move

has sometimes been accompanied

with visions of
menacing shadows,

including a hooded figure
known as the old hag.

People have also
reported these shadows

physically touching and
trying to harm them.

The explanation may
have a natural origin;

however, to the person
experiencing it,

there is a real sense
of being attacked.

In most instances,

the shadow usually is
quickly out of sight

before a person is
able to focus on it,

and the ones that remain
seem to be more interested in

watching what is going on
rather than causing harm.

It has been stated before
that these shadow figures

are purely caused by an
individual's state of mind,

and that anxiety and stress

could have caused
an overactive mind,

which created these
shadow figures.

Other areas that have been
blamed for these sightings

are sleep paralysis,
illusions, or hallucinations

brought on by psychological or
physiological circumstances,

drug use, or side
effects of medication,

and the interaction of external
agents on the human body.

Another reason that could
be behind the illusion

is sleep deprivation, which
may lead to hallucinations.

Many methamphetamine addicts

report the appearance
of shadow people

after prolonged periods
of sleep deprivation.

Psychiatrist Jack Pott suggests
that methamphetamine usage

adds a conspiratorial component

to the sleep deprivation
hallucinations.

They seem to be
aware of our presence

and actually seem to want
us to feel reluctance, fear,

or even panic in their presence.

Documentation of adverse effects

caused by shadow people
is fairly modest.

In fact, in most cases, they
appear or disappear gradually

as soon as detected.

Shadow people do not
seem to speak any words

nor close to the witness

while standing at the
entrances in corners of rooms.

Some people who have seen them

were aware of their existence

and say they were
strangers or beings

slipping in and out
of our physical plane.

[dark ethereal music continues]

Are they an elusive race

that has always
coexisted with us humans?

It's an interesting theory

because it suggests that these
beings do not only exist,

but are also frequent
guests in our lives.

However, in eyewitness accounts,

particularly one observation
is mentioned very often,

namely the observation
of conformity of
shadow apparitions.

According to paranormal
researcher Heidi Hollis,

shadow people are malevolent
supernatural entities.

While it is remotely possible

that shadow people could
physically hurt you,

perhaps through the
moving of objects,

they are more likely to
attack you emotionally,

as fear is what
gives them energy.

[dark ethereal music continues]

It can make you feel
very lonely and worried

once you have seen a shadow
figure appear in your vision,

as it is not something

that you can freely
talk about in public.

This bizarre yet
creepy brief encounter

can make a person feel
like they are going mad,

but you are not alone.

Many are having
these encounters.

[somber music]

Another interesting factor
about these sightings

is that animals are apparently
able to see and sense

these possible
interdimensional visitors.

So if you ever see your pet

looking up against
a wall anxiously,

it could mean that your
shadowy friends are back again,

but perhaps just not
visible to you this time.

[somber music continues]

[tense music]

Along with shadow people,

there are occasionally
reports of shadow animals.

Nearly every shadow animal

has the distinction of
being described as cat-like

or of possessing
cat-like characteristics.

Some report that shadow
animals appear to be a hybrid

between a cat and some other
animal or some other creature.

They always move
incredibly quickly.

They're usually
realized by the viewer

after they are spotted
and have left the area.

Several stories have a
sense of flight to them.

The shadow animal is seen,

then realizing it,
it suddenly flees.

Other cases describe
shadow animals

as running through a location
as if scampering through.

Unlike shadow people,

shadow animals do not leave

harboring feelings
of negativity.

They may leave a
sense of surprise

and possibly urgency to flee,

but they do not
appear malicious.

The intent of shadow
animals is unknown.

Some believe that
they are animal souls

passing through to the
next phase of existence,

but there is simply no known
pattern as to who spots them,

when, why, or what seeing
a shadow animal means.

Rarely is the face of the
animal seen or reported.

Usually general features
of the body are noticed,

but the face is missing,
faded, or obscured.

[tense music continues]

The size of a shadow
animal can vary

from small mice-like shapes

to one report of a
bear-sized manifestation.

The types of animal
characteristics
usually involve a cat,

but also those of other animals,

such as a dog-like or crab-like,

monkey-like, rabbit-like, and
raccoon-like descriptions.

There are many theories
to the question

of what shadow creatures are,

and yet no real
definitive answer.

Much of it has to do
with personal beliefs

and experiences people have had.

It can't be ignored that
these sightings are numerous

and similar in nature.

Whatever the truth is,

the mystery continues to
fascinate and intrigue

those who know they
have saw something.

[tense music swells]

[tense music]

A good bit of confusion exists

over just what a shadow person
is and how to define them.

It is obvious that there are
several types of shadow people,

all with different
sources and motives.

Shadow people are a pariah
and our darkest fears.

Anyone can imagine waking
in the middle of the night

only to see in their sleepy haze

a shape standing in the
dark doorway to their room,

a shape that is darker
than the surrounding night,

a shape that seems malevolent

standing and watching
you as you sleep.

You can imagine the thoughts

that would go through your head.

What is it?

Where did it come from?

What does it want?

How long has it been there?

Because the classification
of shadow people is so large,

their motivations are
fairly wide ranging.

Oftentimes the apparent
motivation of shadow people

is tied to their source.

There seems to be a
class of shadow people

that are less interested
in what we are doing,

but have their own agenda.

They are seen typically going
from one place to another

and seem not
particularly interested

in the goings on of
those that observe them.

Of all the types
of shadow people,

these are the least understood

as they do not linger
and interact with us.

The persistent shadow people
of the lurking variety

don't generally seem to
be purely evil in intent

and almost seem more
interested in us,

or at least in feeding
off our energy.

Others are simply negative
manifestations of spirits.

Almost universally though,

they are a sign of
something negative.

Demonic forms vary widely,

but usually retain
a humanoid shape,

but are often
exaggerated in height,

have wings or horns
or elongated fingers.

They do not give the impression

of being a normal ghost
or a sentient entity.

Luckily these
demonic shadow people

are typically tied
to one location.

There is no way to
prove or disprove

any theories about a phenomenon
that is so mysterious,

that happens so quickly
and without warning.

Skeptics say the shadow people

are the result of an
overactive imagination,

but the history of shadow people

and the number of occurrences
seems to dictate otherwise.

Until the day comes
when a shadow person
can be interviewed,

we may never fully know
why they are appearing.

But if you are one of the
people who is seeing them,

be sure to protect yourself.

Science finds it
virtually impossible

to catalog or study
such phenomenon in
any methodical way.

All we can do at present is to
document personal experiences

and try to piece together

what the shadow people
phenomenon might be.

Perhaps it's an old mystery
becoming more recognizable,

perhaps it represents a doorway

to and from different
planes of existence,

or perhaps it's just shadows.

[soft eerie music]

[warm melancholic music]

[discomforting music]

[discomforting music swells]

[gentle introspective music]

[singer gently vocalizing]

- [Child] Reality Films.

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