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Speaker 1: On today's show, I'm going to share a story with

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you that was experienced firsthand by a close friend of

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my family. It's a little darker and a little creepier

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and the typical topics we discussed on the show, but

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for the month of October, I figured it was appropriate.

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So sit back and prepare yourself for one of the

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most unsettling and haunting stories that anyone has ever shared

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with me. Welcome to the show. I'm your host, Nick Ryan,

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and this is episode twenty five. I appreciate everyone being

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with me today. I hope everyone's October has started off well,

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and the story I wanted to share with you guys

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today is a personal one for me. So without further ado,

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let's get into it. This story takes place in the

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small town of Milford, Michigan, situated approximately forty five minutes

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northwest of downtown Detroit. Milford is a quaint little town

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with a population of almost seven thousand people, surrounded by

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water and multiple state recreation areas. It is a perfect

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example of a serene and safe Midwestern village. It is

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here that a very close friend of my family lived,

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and to protect her identity, i'll refer to her as Lisa. Lisa,

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her husband, and their two young boys are your typical

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loving family, working hard during the week and enjoying each

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other's company on the weekend. I remember going over to

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their house on multiple occasions during my childhood, and their

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home always felt warm and welcoming. As I recall, Lisa

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wasn't particularly religious at the time, but I always remember

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her being a very friendly and positive person. Lisa and

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my mother had been friends for many years and had

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actually worked together several years earlier. Lisa was all was

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very level headed and even tempered, and was never prone

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to exaggeration. As the years passed, our families didn't spend

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quite as much time together as we used to, but

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my mother and Lisa remained in contact and would occasionally

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meet at local restaurants to reconnect and update each other

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on what was happening in their lives. Most of the time,

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there wasn't a lot of terribly important news to convey,

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and both Lisa and my mother would just enjoy each

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other's company. Around nineteen ninety nine, my mother and Lisa

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met for yet another of their monthly get togethers. Everything

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seemed normal, but as the evening progressed, my mother could

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tell that Lisa seemed like something was bothering her. She

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asked Lisa what was on her mind, and Lisa said

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that she had experienced something so frightening that she hadn't

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been able to put it out of her mind. After

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a bit of questioning, Lisa explained what had happened. In

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the months before this most recent visit, Lisa had become

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significantly more involved with her local church. She and her

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family had been attended every Sunday, and Lisa had discovered

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a newfound love for volunteering within her church group. In fact,

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just weeks before her visit with my mother, she had

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agreed to attend a pilgrimage to Megigoria, a town in

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Bosnia well known for its landmarks and a nineteen eighty

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one sighting of what onlookers believed to be the Virgin Mary.

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Lisa explained that in the months leading up to her trip,

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strange things began to occur. One evening, after a long

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work day, Lisa and her family were enjoying a relaxing

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evening at home. By de dinner, relaxed in the living room,

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and eventually Lisa decided that she was tired and she

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made her way upstairs to the bedroom, leaving her husband

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and two sons downstairs. She brushed her teeth and changed

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her clothes, and proceeded to sit down on the edge

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of the bed. As she turned her body and reached

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for the covers to pull them up, she was startled

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to see what appeared to be her husband standing at

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the foot of her bed. He seemed to be facing

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away from her and standing perfectly still, which seemed very strange.

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As she stared at him, she was bewildered as to

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how he snuck into the bedroom without her seeing or

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hearing him. Her mind reeled with confusion for what seemed

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like a minute or two. As she continued to look

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at the back of her husband, she slowly realized that

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the clothes he was wearing were not his own. This

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figure was wearing light blue jeans and a white T shirt,

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and as she began to scrutinize more and more details,

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she could tell that this, in fact was not her husband.

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It was at this time that the man began to turn,

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and Lisa felt a suffocating sense of dread. She couldn't

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find the will to speak or the strength to move.

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As the man slowly turned his body began to change

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and shift into what seemed to be a hairy, reptilian

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looking beast. Lisa was frozen with a fear she had

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never experienced before in her life. The only thing she

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could do was stare at the monster now standing in

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front of her. As the creature faced her, its body

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fully changed, and Lisa described it as he having horns.

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When asked for other details, she could only say that

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it was the most awful thing she had ever seen.

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She said that it stood there and that it never spoke. However,

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she had an overwhelming feeling that it was there to

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dissuade her from participating in her upcoming pilgrimage. After what

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seemed like an eternity, the entity faded and eventually completely vanished.

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Lisa called to her husband and shared her horrifying encounter

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with him. When he asked her what she thought it was,

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she confidently stated that it was indeed the devil himself.

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The following day, during church, Lisa was talking with a

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close friend after Mass, and the friend could tell that

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Lisa was acting uneasy. When asked, Lisa told her friend

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about her experience, and after relaying every detail, her friend

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admitted that she too had had the same exact visitation

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from the exact same creature days before. As far as

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I know, Lisa attended the pilgrimage and turned safely. My

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mother and Lisa still stay in contact to this day,

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but Lisa no longer talks about the events that took

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place that night. What haunts me the most regarding this

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encounter is the fact that she believed this to be

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the Devil, not a demon, not some sort of evil entity,

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but the Devil himself. I think this story is a

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good reminder that evil is never far away, but where

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there is evil, there is also good folks. That is

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all I have for you today. This show is going

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to be coming back to you in just a few

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short days for episode twenty six. From all of us

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at Paranormal Mysteries. Thanks for listening, and please remember don't

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wait for the unknown to come to you, get out

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there and find it. From shadow people and sleep paralysis

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to odd electrical disturbances, this episode's stories are an unnerving

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way to start your weekend, So sit back and enjoy

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these listener encounters. Welcome to the show. I'm your host,

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Nick Ryan, and this is episode thirty. Tonight's episode consists

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of two short stories brought to us by our listeners.

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As always, we appreciate you writing in and sharing your experiences.

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Our first story was posted in our forum by Layla.

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Layla writes, every story I've heard of shadow people have

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been men being described, but this encounter was definitely a woman.

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One night a few years ago, I was going to

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sleep as usual, but this night was a little different.

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My dog was sick and he was sleeping in his kennel.

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I fell asleep and woke up around what I think

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was about one a m. When I woke up, I

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couldn't move. I didn't panic because I've had sleep paralysis before,

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but always felt protected because my dog was always sleeping

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right next to me. I tried to move my fingers slowly.

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I usually do this to try and be able to move,

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as it's always worked. That night, it didn't work. So

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I opened my eyes and I just see this shadow

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covering my hands. I was sleeping on my side with

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both my hands in front of me. Naturally, I started

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panicking and looking around the room. Above my hands, about

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two or three feet, I see these two glowing red eyes.

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I don't know how, but I knew this was a

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malevolent female energy that wanted to harm me. At this point,

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I'm wondering why my dog isn't protecting me, But then

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I remember that he's in his kennel downstairs. I didn't

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know what to do, so I shut my eyes and

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eventually fell back to sleep. Since that night, I always

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make sure my dog is sleeping in the room with me. Layla.

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Thank you for being a contributor in our forum. Your

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experience is definitely unique, as most of the stories that

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I have heard involving shadow people do indeed seem to

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describe a male presence in the room more so than

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a female. I'm glad that having your dog in the

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room brings you comfort and helps to keep any negative

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energy at bay. I'm just sorry that you had to

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experience that particular encounter without the help of your dog.

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Animals are helpful to our well being in ways that

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we can't even imagine. Let us know if you experience

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anything else, and thanks again for posting your story in

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our forum. Our next story comes to us from a

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listener by the name of Kelly in Oklahoma. Kelly says, Hi, Nick,

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my name is Kelly, and I'm from a small town

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in the state of Oklahoma. I had just recently started

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listening to your podcast and instantly became a huge fan. Anyway,

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I have a story of my own that actually happened

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last night. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed alk Chamali, my dog,

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acting weird. I live out in the middle of nowhere,

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so I keep our front door open on nice days.

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Ok Chamali kept coming in the house and whimpering. He

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knows he's not supposed to be in the house, but

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this was different. It took everything I had to get

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him back outside. He did this twice. I just figured

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it had stormed earlier and he was scared and being

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a big baby. Later that night, I had just put

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the kids to sleep and laid down myself. It was

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about twelve thirty a m. I couldn't sleep, so I

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decided to play a few games on my phone. When

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the dogs started to go crazy outside. I thought they

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were getting into a fight with an animal of some sort.

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I went to quiet them, only to see them sitting

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in the front yard like nothing was going on. I

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laid back down, picked up my phone, and the dog

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started again. This time, my husband got up to see

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what was going on. This time, Occhamali was watching the

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door and growling and acting strange. My husband laid back

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down and told me what happened. Just as we were

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about to go to sleep, our Xbox one came on.

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My husband jumped up and asked why I had turned

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it on. I told him I didn't and showed him

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the controller that was still off. He got up, turned

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it off and went back to bed. As soon as

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he laid back down, it came on again. He jumped

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up and unplugged it. I took the batteries out of

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the controller and said a prayer. After my prayer, I

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began to feel scared, nauseous, and like I was being watched.

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My husband was lying next to me, but I could

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tell he was awake. I tried to tell him I

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was scared and that something wasn't right, but I couldn't.

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I couldn't move, scream, or talk. I was terrified. My

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body became hot and my heart felt like it was

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in my throat. I felt like I was about to

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pass out, but I tried everything I could to stay

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awake and move. When I woke up, it was seven

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a m. I don't remember falling asleep. I just remember

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the sleep paralysis I've had it happen before, so I

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know what it's like. I told my husband what I

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felt and what happened after the Xbox came on, and

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he said I had slept through everything. He told me

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that he tried to wake me up after I laid

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down the first time after the dogs went crazy, and

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I wouldn't wake But I know I was awake during

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everything that happened. We even had a conversation about the Xbox,

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which he said he didn't remember. I don't know what

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was going on, but it was terrifying. I've seen things,

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heard things, had recordings, but none of them had ever

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scared me like this incident. Thank you for taking your

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time to read this. Have a wonderful day. Thank you, Kelly.

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Thank you for sharing your story, Kelly, and for the

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kind words. I'm glad you found our show. There are

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so many things taking place in your experience that I

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honestly don't blame you one bit for being scared. I

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think it's interesting that the dogs seemed to be extremely

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aware of the phenomena that were taking place we're about

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to take place. It's strange how the dogs initially wanted

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to come in, as if they were scared of something

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that was outside, but as the phenomena progressed, you and

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your husband witnessed things going on inside the house. Perhaps

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the dogs were trying to protect you and your husband

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from something that they could sense was inside your home.

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I'm also wondering if your dogs have ever behaved in

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a similar way in the past, or if you've ever

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experienced issues with electrical appliances. Animals can play key roles

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in bringing paranormal experiences to our attention. I would keep

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a close eye on them to see if they give

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you any clues. Hopefully you don't experience any other strange

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events take place, but if you do, feel free to

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keep us in the loop. Thank you for writing in, Kelly,

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and take care. Perhaps some of our listeners have had

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similar events to tonight's stories happen to them. If so,

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I know we'd all like to hear about it. Thank

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you again to Layla and Kelly for taking the time

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to write into the show. Folks, that's all I have

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for tonight's show. If you have any questions or stories

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at Paranormal Mysteries, thank you for listening, and remember, don't

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wait for the unknown to come to you, get out

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there and find it. S