Theories About Shadow People

23/04/2009 03:21:00 Caesar the Caes

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The shadow people mystery has been a hot paranormal topic for awhile now. There are many theories as to what exactly shadow people may be.

Shadow people are strange, shadowy “beings” that sometimes appear to us. These beings are shaped like humans, but they have no real body. They are merely dark shadows lurking in various places. They are simply dark silhouettes that are shaped like humans, but they’re obviously not human at all. If you’ve ever noticed a strange shadow that seemed out of place, it’s possible you were witnessing a shadow person. Whenever a living person sees a glimpse of a shadow person, it will usually disappear. Shadow people don’t usually stick around for very long.

But why are shadow people here in the first place? Do they want anything? Where do they come from? There are just as many theories as there are questions. While for the most part they don’t appear “threatening”, some witnesses feel a sense of foreboding when one is around. Perhaps it’s simply because those people have a subconscious fear of the darkness, and are overreacting to something they don’t understand. Or perhaps shadow people can represent something sinister, something that truly should be feared. Could it be that shadow people are evil spirits of some sort, and are here to cause trouble?

While that is a tempting thought, there really isn’t much evidence of anyone coming to harm after coming across one. If they truly do wish to cause mischief, they apparently only do it in subtle ways. Or perhaps they aren’t evil at all; perhaps they’re simply spirits or ghosts that, for whatever reason, haven’t moved on to the next world.

Another theory suggests that shadow people are time travelers or visitors from another world/universe. Do they come here to check on us for some reason? Are they simply curious about us? They apparently do spend a lot of time here. Why? Maybe they’re not even here at all. Is it possible that they’re simply “people” that live on another plane of existence? Could we be getting a glimpse into that parallel dimension? Perhaps we also appear as shadow people to them.

Whoever shadow people are, and wherever their origins are, we’ll most likely never know. We can have our ideas and theories, but we’ll never have all the answers. If you’ve ever witnessed a shadow person before, you can only use your imagination as to what it was and why you saw it. Unless shadow people actually take the time to “talk” to us, their mystery will always remain unexplained.

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Comments (6 posted):

Paula on 12/03/2010 17:54:39

We have had a shadow figure in our home on-and-off over the last several years. I first saw it twice as a blob of smoke floating through our den. My young daughter saw it with me one of those times. A few years later I saw the figure in full body - dark shadowing man with a hat - standing outside our bedroom door. I never told the kids. Recently my 9-year-old son saw the shadowy man in the downstairs hallway and he described him just as I saw him years before. That brought back memories of how my son did not want to sleep in his room when he was very small. He always said he did not like the man in the corner...kinda makes sense now. I have always felt a presence in our master bedroom, too, and often that feeling that someone is watching me while I sleep. Sometimes I feel like someone has sat down on the bed. It' never caused harm though. We have had other weird things happen over the years - footsteps, electronics coming on in the middle of the night, etc. I wonder if this is associated with the shadow person or unrelated?? Any ideas??

on 16/02/2010 18:29:22

I've seen starnge things my whole life, but recently (last year) I saw a shadowperson walking uop my neighbor's front steps. I doubletook, and he was looking back at me. I was instantly mortified and feared for my life. I believe that these are spirits who do not want to be identified, for what they have done, or what they are here to do. Anything that cannot show its true form should not be trusted.

Leda on 15/02/2010 00:02:13

When I was 9 years old, my first incounter with a shadow person was when I woke up in the middle of the night around 3 to 4 in the morning to use the restroom. After I finished I walked back into the room... hopped into my bed and realised someone was standing next to the window(about 6 feet away from my bed). I couldn't make out who it was because he/she was so dark, but had look like a person. At first i thought it was my cousin(his names is Sok). So I kept saying "Sok..Sok, what are you doing standing there?" I started waving my right hand and it waved back at me. We waved at each other for at least 5 minute straight. Nothing else was happening so I decided to go back to sleep. Next morning I asked my cousin why he was up so late last night. He told me he was asleep the whole time.

Rothlyn on 12/12/2009 20:31:27

Well when I was about 11yo I was staying at my mom's boy friends place in the room there was a long dark hall way it didn't seem right that night felt as something was there the couch I was sleeping on was right outside the hallway against the wall on the side of the entrance to it so I wasn't looking down the hall I was looking at the side of the entrance well I kept staring I couldn't sleep then the Shadow walked into the light in the living room and I was first like of its my mom's bf's kid but he was staying in another room on the other side of the place well I noticed it was Void black but with a fuzzy outline it cast no shadow and no light would penetrate or reflect of it and it waved at me so being a freaked out kid I was scared stiff we we're staring at each other for a long time I noticed it had no facial features at all just black and I just felt Dread so when I finally got enough courage to run as soon as I looked back it was gone. I'll never forget that day and I don't see with that much visual proof people don't look into it more.

Emily on 06/10/2009 14:57:27

I saw a shadow person when I was about 6 years old. I remember playing in my room and looking out the door of my room into the hall and seeing a dark 'shadowey' or semi-translucent shape that was vaguely human glide by. The shape was vaguely human but the profile of the head was not. It seemed to jut out in a few places - almost as if it was the shadow of someone wearing a hat and a high colared jacket with a sharp jaw. I told my parents and they called the police and the police searched the house and found nothing. Of course, I knew they wouldn't.
I was told it was most likely shadows or reflections from the street, but now that I am older and I think about the window placement and other features of the house, there is no way that what I saw was reflections or shadows from the outside. I had never seen anything like it. I have never seen one again either.

Glenys Harris on 17/06/2009 19:47:07

I saw a shadow boy about nine months ago. I was in my daughter's house standing in her kitchen. All of a suden I saw a shadow of a boy, walk in front of me . I saw a side view of him and he reminded me of my eldest son when he was around twelve years old. He had the same buster brown haircut. I watched him for a good six seconds before he disapperd through the slideing glass door. He never noticed me.