One night, i had a particularly early start the next morning so i decided to go to bed well before my normal time. My wife remained awake in the next room with the door to our bedroom closed.
I laid there in the dark, my eyes adjusted to the light and i drifted off to sleep - which is normally difficult for me to do as i am a "day dreamer" or "thinker" and my mind refuses to sleep.
after what seemed like some length of time asleep i suddenly awoke.
I was completely paralyzed.
at the foot of our bed, from the entrance into the bathroom, a cloaked figure emerged. about 4" tall and approached the foot of the bed and began to walk around to the side of the bed very slowly.
I watched in absolute horror as i was powerless to do anything.
suddenly the bedroom door opened flooding the scene with light and i sort of jerked my head toward the door.
My wife said "whats wrong?"
the cloaked figure was no longer there i looked at her and said "nothing... Why?"
she said that i yelled her name though i had no memory of doing so.
after researching it i discovered "sleep paralysis" and "night terrors" and attributed the condition to the odd, slightly elevated angle of my head had caused me to suffer from an onset of sleep apnea which resulted in sleep paralysis.
i discarded the oversized pillow i had been using that night, and slept on a flatter pillow.
this was about 6 years ago, it has not happened since.
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