Jun 2, 2010

"What Is...?" Wednesday

Shadow People

Shadow people are paranormal shadow-like creatures that people usually see in their peripheral vision. Reports suggest that they do not appear to reflect light and that their appearance is essentially a silhouette in black.


Whereas ghost apparitions are almost always a misty white, vaporish or have a decidedly human form and appearance, shadow beings are much darker and more shadow-like. In general, although the shadow people often do have a human outline or shape, because they are dark, the details of their appearance is lacking. This is in contrast to many ghost sightings in which the witness can describe the ghost's facial features, style of clothing and other details.



One of the many ideas is that shadow people represent a Thought-form, ghost or demon that was created by extraordinary pain, suffering, and trauma in a dying persons life. Others suggest that shadow folk have been purposefully summoned from another realm through black magic or other occult practice but realistically these Shadow ghosts are not devils, demons or aliens, as some reports being imagination-generated would seemingly indicate. 


What makes the Shadow People phenomena interesting, in the world of the supernatural, is the consistency in the sightings. No matter whether it’s an old person or a child, or anyone in between, what they see is always the same. People on opposite ends of the world report seeing these entities on a daily basis and their recollections are strikingly similar. Whatever these Shadow People are they are definitely a regular occurrence in a lot of people’s lives.






2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We have a teen girl shadow person living in our house; seen by all in the family. At first I thought it was the original owner of the house - Ronnie had a most interesting encounter one night. Do Shadow people give off heat?
Perhaps we have a shadow person AND a ghost. *shrugs* As long as they turn the lightoff when they leave the room, I am ok. =)

Anonymous said...

We have a lot of ghosts in our house. Some seem to "live" here while others just pass through. We've seen a few shadow people as well. We have something in our master bathroom that we can actually hear looking through magazines and walking around in there at night. If you leave the door open (which we try never to do) it walks toward the door. It makes your hair stand on end when you get near the door and you get a feeling that it is not friendly.