“I just always woke up to something, like a feeling of sorts” Tinu said, as she shared this strange occurrence.
What strange occurrence have you encountered?
A ghost or a spiritual presence. Depending on what you want to call it. I really don’t
know what it was.
Wow. Where did this happen?
This happened at home, in my room.
How old were you?
I can’t exactly remember, but it was in my twenties.
How did it happen?
On this particular night, I was fast asleep. I had been feeling something weird around me for a few days, but just disregarded it. It was almost an every night occurrence, but I never caught it. I would wake up from my sleep to try to see what was lurking around me, but like I said, I just never saw it.
What did it feel like?
I just always woke up to something, like a feeling of sorts. You know that moment when you feel like someone is watching you, or somehow, you can just feel the presence of someone around you, even if you haven’t seen them. But on this day, I woke up from this feeling, and I saw a sort of distortion in the air. It wasn’t very clear, but it was there, very subtle, and I was sure something was moving. Then I told it to stop.
Wait, you asked it to stop?
Yes, I did. I know it sounds crazy, but at that moment, that was honestly what I wanted it to do. After I did, it stopped and I could see a form.
Ah! What did you do after?
I told it I wanted to sleep, and that it was scaring me. So, I was like “it’s fine if you want to be here, but you can’t be sneaking around suspiciously. I don’t sleep deeply, and you keep waking me up.” After I said this, I laid back down and it moved, but slowly this time. In my mind, I was grateful. All these while, I usually felt a presence but didn’t understand what it was, or where it was from. So, on this day, I knew it was this “thing”, because the feeling was the same.
You weren’t scared?
No, I was relieved. All along, I thought I didn’t know what I was feeling, but seeing it was like, “I knew it!” It was good to know I wasn’t crazy. I could finally place what it was that had been disturbing me night after night. How sure are you that it wasn’t just a dream? I rarely dream, and whenever I do, I always know. Besides, the subsequent days, I had seen it move.
Oh wow. Do you still feel its presence?
No. Not in a long time.
Did you ever wonder what it was?
Or who? No, I never did. I was always so scared until that day. It felt better knowing that
I knew what it was, and it knew that I knew it was there.