The faceless man in black...

[WhiteRose]

He comes while you're sleeping. You wake to an overwhelming feeling of dread. Sometimes you can't move at all. Sometimes you can barely lift your head. But you can see him. He'll always be in a place where you can see him. He never talks. Never moves. Just stands there watching you. You're frozen and can't call out for help, and you know, you KNOW he's there for you and there's nothing you can do to get rid of him.

I remember falling asleep on the couch one night and waking up hours later knowing he was there. I couldn't move my body or my head, just my eyes as I looked around the room. I could feel him watching and waiting. It was terrifying. And there he was. My front door had somehow swung open, though I know I had locked the deadbolt and chained the door. His outline stood in the doorway, backlit by the entryway light behind him. In his blac hat, long black coat and black boots. Couldn't see his face at all, just his shape, but I could feel his eyes burning through me as if reading my soul, judging me, testing me. It seemed to last for hours, though I'm sure it was only a few minutes, maybe even just a moment. Then he was gone, and the door was till open, the light shining through it into my dark apartment, but I still couldn't move. My terror faded as soon as he was gone, and I relaxed back into sleep.

Has anyone else seen him? He's been here before, once here but also in other homes I've lived in ever since I was a child. I've spoken to friends and co-workers about him, and some of them have seen him too.

And there's the woman who wears a very distinctive perfume. She comes while I'm sleeping. I've woken several times to smell her scent in the air as if she'd just leaned over me. She means no harm, though.

 

[Azwed]

Never seen ghosts, or anything vaguely like that, at least as far as I know.

I have heard things that don't make any sense to me. Jumbles of voices stacked on top of each other.

 

[Guest]

Sounds like a great start for a story......

 

[WhiteRose]

Sounds like a great start for a story......

hehe Thanks, just wish he'd go away. He's not a ghost in the sense that he was alive and now he's passed on and just hasn't left. He's something else.

 

[Starfish]

Strangely this is a very common phenomenon. You aren't alone in this, but I have nothing to offer you.

It is beyond me. I've never seen him. But many say they have. Sorry rose.

 

[Azwed]

What does he do besides look at you???

I have never seen anything like that or anything that out of the ordinary.

I hear a lot of things that are strange, but thats it and I sometimes wonder those things are just coming from my very sensative sense of hearing.

 

[WhiteRose]

He just watches me. Testing me sort of. That's what it feels like. He never moves, never touches me or approaches me in any way. He's usually either at the other end of the room or in the hall. You can kind of feel him breathing but it's not warm or cold, it's just not really tangible. He's there, then he's just gone. But it's definitely a malevolent feeling. He's not a nice guy.

 

[Private Vasquez]

My sister sees that guy in her dreams all the time....she said he's offered her his hand before.....don't know what that means...

I've never happened upon him....but I have seen other creepy things

 

[Azwed]

He just watches me. Testing me sort of. That's what it feels like. He never moves, never touches me or approaches me in any way. He's usually either at the other end of the room or in the hall. You can kind of feel him breathing but it's not warm or cold, it's just not really tangible. He's there, then he's just gone. But it's definitely a malevolent feeling. He's not a nice guy.

Tried Garlic???

Sounds creepy seriously though. Maybe ask some of the Wiccas and see if they know anything. Maybe he has a place in some mythology or history somewhere.

 

[WhiteRose]

heh Yah, I scared myself writing that first post. My cat was just playing around in the bathroom with one of her toys and I'd thought she was sleeping. It made me jump a bit

 

[Mensa]

His outline stood in the doorway, backlit by the entryway light behind him. In his blac hat, long black coat and black boots. Couldn't see his face at all, just his shape, but I could feel his eyes burning through me as if reading my soul, judging me, testing me.

Am I bothering you? Well, am I?

 

[Problem Child]

White Rose, you are having night terrors.

I used to have them, for about three years. They ended about seven years ago, as suddenly as they came.

I know how real they can be. I used to lie in bed, half-asleep, half-awake, paralyzed with fear. You can't move because you are in a state of semi-conciousness, but you feel awake, aware of your surroundings, or so you think.

On several occasions I was so completely convinced that someone was in my house that I went room to room with a loaded gun. After these episodes became fairly commonplace I realized what they were and stopped the armed patrols. From thaen on when I had one I would go watch TV until I was exhausted enough to fall asleep again.

I didn't get too much sleep in those three years.

 

[WhiteRose]

Tried Garlic???

Sounds creepy seriously though. Maybe ask some of the Wiccas and see if they know anything. Maybe he has a place in some mythology or history somewhere.

I love garlic

Funny you should mention Wiccans. I be one We've talked about it, and some of them have seen him also, but we don't have any answers yet. When you ask the more scientific group, they call them "night terrors", but still haven't given any reason for them or why so many people see this one guy.

 

[Azwed]

Anything in particular trigger them you think???


I have had some nasty nightmares but i have always known in the back of my mind that I was asleep.

Any dream that I can remember is usually a Lucid dream and I have at least partial control over it.

 

[Marxist]

You people are tryin' to creep me out right?

Black, faceless, shit that describes 99% of my raza.

I think some very deep REM is what's needed.

 

[WhiteRose]

*bites Mensa*

White Rose, you are having night terrors.

I used to have them, for about three years. They ended about seven years ago, as suddenly as they came.

I know how real they can be. I used to lie in bed, half-asleep, half-awake, paralyzed with fear. You can't move because you are in a state of semi-conciousness, but you feel awake, aware of your surroundings, or so you think.

On several occasions I was so completely convinced that someone was in my house that I went room to room with a loaded gun. After these episodes became fairly commonplace I realized what they were and stopped the armed patrols. From thaen on when I had one I would go watch TV until I was exhausted enough to fall asleep again.

I didn't get too much sleep in those three years.

What amazes me is that I can "go back to sleep" so easily after being so terrified...and leaving my front door wide open to boot. Of course, in the morning it's locked and bolted just like it was before I went to bed. As soon as he's gone, I go right back to sleep without getting up to close the door. The last time it happened, I DID check the door as soon as I woke up because I was convinced I'd slept all night with it wide open since his visit, but it was closed.

Oooo I've gu-rown into a gu-RU!

 

[Starfish]

I didn't get too much sleep in those three years.

I had no idea you went through this.

Isn't it called sleep paralysis?

I remember having an incident where I wasn't asleep yet, only laid down for a few minutes with my cat, and I was petting him when the room got all 'fuzzy' and I was paralyzed from the neck down, and the cat cried out and bit me, and I felt it, and cried out and then heard a hideous laugh that sounded like many voices all at once, and some musical instruments annunciating laughter.

Freaked my shit out because I was not, nor had been asleep. I didn't ever even shut my eyes.

Strange what the mind can do to you even awake. But why did the cat cry out and bite me? He never bit me ever.

 

[Problem Child]

You people are tryin' to creep me out right?

Black, faceless, shit that describes 99% of my raza.

I think some very deep REM is what's needed.

My guy was Irish with freckles, and a red Adidas workout suit.

 

[Azwed]

Now you can do the guru happy dance.

The good energy vibes will keep the black man away for a while.

 

[Debbie]

White Rose, you are having night terrors.

I used to have them, for about three years. They ended about seven years ago, as suddenly as they came.

I know how real they can be. I used to lie in bed, half-asleep, half-awake, paralyzed with fear. You can't move because you are in a state of semi-conciousness, but you feel awake, aware of your surroundings, or so you think.

On several occasions I was so completely convinced that someone was in my house that I went room to room with a loaded gun. After these episodes became fairly commonplace I realized what they were and stopped the armed patrols. From thaen on when I had one I would go watch TV until I was exhausted enough to fall asleep again.

I didn't get too much sleep in those three years. [/QUOTE

You survived three years like this? Damn that is bad.

I have only ever had this happen a few times; what PC describes as waking up paralyzed with fear. I felt like something black and evil was above me. Threatening to press down on me. I felt stone cold. It felt so real, I have never been so scared.
When I could move finally I thought I would never sleep again.

 

[WhiteRose]

Anything in particular trigger them you think???


I have had some nasty nightmares but i have always known in the back of my mind that I was asleep.

Any dream that I can remember is usually a Lucid dream and I have at least partial control over it.

I haven't found one specific trigger for this, and it's very different from lucid dreaming. I always remember my dreams, and yes in the dreams I KNOW I'm in them and can wake myself up. This is really different because you know you're awake. Only you aren't really, but you can't go back to sleep until he's gone.

You people are tryin' to creep me out right?

Black, faceless, shit that describes 99% of my raza.

*LOL*

*pokes Starfish* Aren't you supposed to be getting some sleep before your interview? Maybe your cat sensed what was going on with you and didn't like it or was scared by it.

 

[Starfish]

*pokes Starfish* Aren't you supposed to be getting some sleep before your interview? Maybe your cat sensed what was going on with you and didn't like it or was scared by it.

Yeah, sleep, riiiiighty o..... WITH ALL THIS TALK OF NIGHT TERRORS....

Yoiu have to be nuts.

No really, Dave said he'd rub my back if I just get in bed and try to sleep. Would you turn that down? I wouldn't. Later.

 

[Azwed]

Animals have perceptions beyond humans.

Good example is my dog. She is just a big, fat, log with little stubbie legs who likes to throw her 3 plus foot long body up on people legs so she can lick them silly.

Always a very happy carefree dog that rarely barks at anything but squirls/chipmunks and the neigbors dog(they don't get a long).

One of my mom's friends brought her new bf over. My dog never growls at people unless you do something mean to her. Try and take away her bone or move her food dish when she is eating and she will give a little growl.

As soon as this guy got into our house my dog crouched down a little and give a damn loud growl. She didn't bark but she had her teeth out and her hair was bristled. She didn't move just stared at the guy and and held her body completly still.

Normaly when people come in the house as long as we let them in she runs up and licks all over them. This time she did not move at all and she knows my mom's friend very well.

Well a few months go by and it turns out this guy was a real creep. Several convictions on his record. Mostly they were for petty theft but a few more serious ones like fraud and assault.

She also finds out that he is already married to another woman. He tells her that it is just a marriage of convience to help this other woman get her inheretaince and that he is getting a cut of it after the divorce.



My dog was of course right. She knew this guy was bad news right away. You know dog spelled backwards is god. Hmmhhhhh

 

[scylis]

when a person sleeps, while his or her concious brain rests, his or her subconsious starts to come up with some pretty wierd shit. it takes memories, experiences, and events that you've have and just runs wild with em, giving you images like having a brother with HUGE, exploding buttocks. that's called dreaming. now, what you all have experienced is when your body and mind start to wake up, but your subconcious doesn't quit dreaming like it's supposed to. wierd, disturbing, and often frightening images and sounds are overlapped into you vision and hearing, making you THINK that there's a three-headed imp sitting on your chest, that there's freaky music playing, or that there's a faceless man standing nearby. or, in fishie's case, her subconcious just kick-started early and made the world feel like she was one of the main characters in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

 

[APhil]

Funny you should mention Wiccans. I be one We've talked about it, and some of them have seen him also, but we don't have any answers yet.

I'm Wiccan too, my main emphasis is to be a listener. (Maybe that explains how I can be registered for 6 months and not have 100 posts, but I digress )
Find a listener, have them talk to him. I've been able to persuade most entities to remove themselves from apartments, houses, offices, etc., because I listened to what they had to say.
You never know.