Creepy unsolved/paranormal/strange events thread
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The Shadow
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Frankfurt said:
Sounds like a load of BS to me. Our bodies weren't "designed" period, but moreover, who's to say our bodies were designed to sleep face down, or hanging from our feet?
The sitting thing is a different matter, and unrelated to sleeping, which hasn't changed since we lived in caves.
FunkyPajamas
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nevermind, url not working.
Barnaby_Jones
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Iadien said:
I'm no expert and everyone will have their own way meaning that I doubt there is a definitive 'best' but I think laying on your right is better for circulation than the left, as long as you sleep with your arms outstretched a bit. I pretty much sleep in the recovery position when I come to think of it.
Wolfe said:
It's a hoax
Back in the day when he was on Art Bell, you couldn't help but chuckle at the total BS acting coming out of this morons mouth either.
Summary Man
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Fantastical said:
It's probably just a subconscious amalgamation of what humans consider "intelligent" traits. Look at humans compared to apes, our closest relative. Humans are smaller, skinnier, and practically hairless compared to chimps and gorillas. But we make up for it in intelligence.
Now compare humans to the generic description of a grey alien. Compared to us, the aliens are smaller, skinnier, and practically hairless. But to further differentiate them from us, their cranium is enlarged to illustrate their vast cognitive capabilities.
I honestly believe that (at first, at least) the image of a grey alien is what humans subconsciously considered a highly advanced species to look like. Almost like the next evolution of humans.
the_zombie_luke
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I think after Communion came out the popularity of the "Grey" design kicked into overdrive. I remember seeing the cover and just shuddering when I was a kid. It's such a creepy look. That's not to say other alien designs aren't popular, since HR Giger's xenomorph design has been copied the most.Fantastical said:
Since I brought up Communion, if anyone is into alien books, check out Majestic by Whitley Strieber. It's my favorite alien book by far, and favorite sci fi novel. It isn't anything you would expect, and not a "a monster escaped!" or boring retread of Roswell like you would think. Some sections are pretty spooky, and others are inspiring. I don't even care if Strieber is on drugs, or out of his mind, it's such a good book.
SmellyHands
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With regards to the origin of the Grey alien design, the wikipedia entry is pretty comprehensive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien#History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien#History
JaseMath
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On August 11, 2011 strange, unexplained sounds were heard in the Ukraine, near Kiev; as of now, they remain unexplained. Some radical places on the internet are calling the phenomenon the "Trumpets of Kiev" (which sounds ominous as shit BTW), thinking the sound is ushering in the apocalypse. Apparently the noise was so prevalent, windows shook in their frames and you could feel the noise in the ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUDYBIrWio&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84V5eySzQf0&feature=player_embedded
I don't know what to make of it. I think it sounds like the Cloverfield monster, but Jesus...if that's not one of the creepiest things I've ever heard, I don't know what is.
EDIT: Apparently the sounds have being going on for months. Here's a video from June 2011 with similar phenomena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBIa_aWakYw&feature=player_embedded#at=60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUDYBIrWio&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84V5eySzQf0&feature=player_embedded
I don't know what to make of it. I think it sounds like the Cloverfield monster, but Jesus...if that's not one of the creepiest things I've ever heard, I don't know what is.
EDIT: Apparently the sounds have being going on for months. Here's a video from June 2011 with similar phenomena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBIa_aWakYw&feature=player_embedded#at=60
TheJollyCorner
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JasonMCG said:
That is crazy!
Just a few days ago, huh? The fact that no one has pin-pointed the source is really bizarre. I mean, this goes on for a while... :/
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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It sounds like construction. The beginning of the second video sounds like they are grinding metal.JasonMCG said:
chris121580
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Dude...you're right, it does sound like something straight out of CloverfieldJasonMCG said:
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Apparently it is the dam vibrating and the water is making the sound expand.JasonMCG said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcUDYBIrWio&feature=player_embedded
TheJollyCorner
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Fantastical said:
eternaLightness
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SeigO said:
This happened to me when I was younger. They were called Karate Fighters! lol. My mom was home alone when she heard them go off. I heard them go off when I went into my room once and I just ran out of the room. I eventually decided to get rid of them.
Here are the toys for those wondering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5N53zp2dM
Neuromancer
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I was hoping for Cloverfield. =(Fantastical said:
Poimandres
Member
Fantastical said:
Did you link to the right video?
There is no explanation there (it does seem plausible though)
the_log_ride
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Flying_Phoenix said:
I'm so oddly curious about it all, though. 'Any tidbits worth sharing?
Fantastical said:
not the dam to THIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_of_the_Dnieper_reservoirs
right? because cloverfield could only hope to do as much damage as that would
AlexMeloche
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Reading this thread makes me remember something which happened a few times recently.
During the night, my laptop turns on for no apparent reason.
It happened for the 6th time last night. :/
During the night, my laptop turns on for no apparent reason.
Always around 3:30.
The Albatross
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Spike6663 said:
Weird. Whoever posted the Wiki.
I've had dreams before with that exact.. EXACT tunnel / bridge in it. EXACTLY that. Long, white, tree covered tunnel. Never been there or heard of this story.
In my dream though I Was playing golf and had to back up through it in a golf car while golfers on the other side were waiting to pass through.
Cryptic Psychedelic
Neo Member
I have a couple of stories that I think GAF would enjoy.
I live in Newcastle Upon tyne but I'm originally from Nawansher, Abbottabad. When my grandparents settled in Nawansher back in the 60s, most people thought my grandparents had gone crazy. Nawansher at the time consisted of 4 houses, each of them about 10-20kms away from each other and of the 3, my grandparents' home was the only occupied one. Basically, they lived right in the middle of a dense forest and the only way to get to the city was a dirt road.
A couple years after my grandparents had completed their home, the field outside their home was the designated Antim Sanskar area for the Hindus that lived in Abbottabad during the Pre-Partition era. Antim Sanskar is cremation (Wiki)
My mum told me that when she was 15-16, her siblings and cousins dared her to walk all the way to Kala Pol (Black Bridge) at midnight. The bridge is about a kilometer from her house. It had been raining for a couple days and fog had rolled in, due to it mum could barely see during the day and it was next impossible to see at night. Even with a flash light.
Mum accepted the dare and headed out. She reaches the bridge safely without incident and is on her way back. As soon as she reaches the cremation field, these muted lights appear in the fog. Mum stops dead in her tracks and she waits to see what the lights would do. The lights start to grow bigger so I guess the lights were coming closer (I asked mum if she could tell how far the lights were from her and she says it could have been 40m-50m from her when she first saw them). When the ligh are maybe 10m from her, she says the temperature just dropped and says it chilled her to the core. My mum has lived in the mountains all her life and she can bear the cold really easily but she says this was something different. And then more lights appeared at the sides. Mum started screaming and she says she'd never felt her body feel so cold before. My uncles were standing at the gate when they heard her scream and they ran for her and they saw the lights too and felt the cold. The lights disappeared when they were barely a meter or two from my mother and she was hysterical. Mum fell ill afterwards and stayed in bed for 2 weeks.
It's been 20 years since this happened to Mum and she refuses to let me or my siblings out after dark and refuses to go out after sunset.
I understand many of GAF users are Atheists or Agnostics and some may scoff at this, but Muslims believe that Jinns (Wiki) occupy desolate areas. My grandparents home was the only home in their area till the end of the 80s.
I could share some more stories if GAF likes.
English isn't my first language so ya know, sorry for the grammar and stuff
I live in Newcastle Upon tyne but I'm originally from Nawansher, Abbottabad. When my grandparents settled in Nawansher back in the 60s, most people thought my grandparents had gone crazy. Nawansher at the time consisted of 4 houses, each of them about 10-20kms away from each other and of the 3, my grandparents' home was the only occupied one. Basically, they lived right in the middle of a dense forest and the only way to get to the city was a dirt road.
A couple years after my grandparents had completed their home, the field outside their home was the designated Antim Sanskar area for the Hindus that lived in Abbottabad during the Pre-Partition era. Antim Sanskar is cremation (Wiki)
My mum told me that when she was 15-16, her siblings and cousins dared her to walk all the way to Kala Pol (Black Bridge) at midnight. The bridge is about a kilometer from her house. It had been raining for a couple days and fog had rolled in, due to it mum could barely see during the day and it was next impossible to see at night. Even with a flash light.
Mum accepted the dare and headed out. She reaches the bridge safely without incident and is on her way back. As soon as she reaches the cremation field, these muted lights appear in the fog. Mum stops dead in her tracks and she waits to see what the lights would do. The lights start to grow bigger so I guess the lights were coming closer (I asked mum if she could tell how far the lights were from her and she says it could have been 40m-50m from her when she first saw them). When the ligh are maybe 10m from her, she says the temperature just dropped and says it chilled her to the core. My mum has lived in the mountains all her life and she can bear the cold really easily but she says this was something different. And then more lights appeared at the sides. Mum started screaming and she says she'd never felt her body feel so cold before. My uncles were standing at the gate when they heard her scream and they ran for her and they saw the lights too and felt the cold. The lights disappeared when they were barely a meter or two from my mother and she was hysterical. Mum fell ill afterwards and stayed in bed for 2 weeks.
It's been 20 years since this happened to Mum and she refuses to let me or my siblings out after dark and refuses to go out after sunset.
I understand many of GAF users are Atheists or Agnostics and some may scoff at this, but Muslims believe that Jinns (Wiki) occupy desolate areas. My grandparents home was the only home in their area till the end of the 80s.
I could share some more stories if GAF likes.
English isn't my first language so ya know, sorry for the grammar and stuff
FunkyPajamas
Member
Please do Cryptic! That was awesome! You tell the story so well and your English is fine, so keep them comingCryptic Psychedelic said:
Cryptic Psychedelic
Neo Member
Thank you for the appreciation 
I'll try to make it as enjoyable as I can so I might become a little dramatic
Well, this one is from my dad and this is going to be pretty long.
My father is a retired officer of the Pakistani Army. He's spent more of his military career in the special forces than in the regular army.
If you have a friend or family member serving in the army, you may have experienced one of those "When we were patrolling" moments. Most of my extended family has served in the army and quite a number of the retired try to "dazzle" us with these stories. My father isn't like that. He's never told any of his children about his time in the army. The only person who I think knows what my father has gone through is my mum but even then, I feel even she doesn't know everything. All she says is he's deserves to rest and should not be reminded of the sacrifices he's had to make. We've honored her request and have never bothered him.
But my father's unit-mates feel otherwise. They feel his children should fully understand what sort of man their father is. Things that would make any child feel proud.
He has a limp because he'd been shot while he was dragging his wounded friend to cover. The scars on his back are from when he went missing during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The cigarette burns on his forearms are from when he was captured.
A secret history if you may.
One of his unit-mates told me once about a training exercise he'd been a part of when he'd first joined the special forces.
The aim of the exercise was to get back to base or a friendly position while evading enemy forces or hostile locals. The men were given bare essentials. You have to understand that this was the pre- Soviet Invasion era so they lacked the GPS or the technology the military has today. All they had on them was a waterproof map sown into their smocks (Image), ammunition, rations, weaponry and their daggers. To add another layer of difficulty (or reality), they're radio sets were taken away from them so as to maintain complete radio blackout.
They were airlifted into a forest in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. As a person travels towards Kashmir, civilization fades away and the forests take over. The nearest human settlement could be a 100 miles away. Getting lost in these forests is signing your own death sentence. People have vanished in these forests and have never been heard of from again.
These forests exemplify untouched nature and could be considered a slice of heaven.
The number of stories that revolve around the Northern Areas are just as extraordinary.
The strange fires that appear on the mountains around Satpara Laka during Ramadhan [Image (A picture of the lake)]
The wounded phantom that is said to appear at the bridge during the times of trouble in Chitral, guarding his home from invaders
[Image (A picture of the bridge)]
If I start talking about the legends and stories I've heard of these places, writing a post a day wouldn't be enough.
For everyone to follow the story with as much ease as possible, I'll name the people in the unit G, J, A and S. A was the instructor and G,J and S were the recruits who were being "broken" in.
They're objective was to reach an outpost that would be around 300 kms (I can't remember the figure exactly) from their starting position. The helicopter pilot looked for the densest part of the jungle he could find and somehow dropped them right in the middle. The canopy was so thick that light could barely get through and everything was bathed in a gentle green. All the men in the unit were used to harsh conditions and had traveled extreme distances before. It was another day in the office for them.
They sat down and planned out the route. They'd be travelling through some of the thickest jungles in Pakistan and the nearest civilian human settlement was easily 800-900 kms away. They were on their own now and failure was definitely not an option for them.
Like I'd mentioned in my previous post, muslims believe that Jinns occupy desolate areas, far away from human settlements so as to be left alone. Again, I understand many of you may scoff at this but I feel you'll appreciate the role they have here.
These forests are some of the loneliest places on the planet. For a human being, their senses would be working overtime, their hearing and eye sight adjusting to take in as much information as they can of their surrounding. Situational awareness would be the proper term for this.
As the unit walks through the forest, they're senses inform them every time something rustles or something breaks. What they knew was that every time they stopped to review their progress or rest, they felt like they were being watched and the air was tense, like there was something there waiting to pounce on them. They'd also spoken about this to one another and said it must be animals. A false sense of security. S confessed to me later on that he knew in his heart that this was something else and he can still hear the heavy footsteps in the back of his mind whenever he thinks about the exercise.
The first 48 hours went by well. They'd covered a decent distance and the abundance of local wildlife allowed them to have decent dinners. On the 3rd day, they came across ruins of a small outpost.
In the past, the subcontinent had been divided into principalities and were at war with another and were rife with bandits and highwaymen. To maintain peace and to keep an eye on their neighbors , tiny outposts were built throughout the forests. At the first sign of trouble, messengers would race back to their capitals and inform their respective armies.
They decided to take it easy that night and they made camp at the outpost. It was the perfect place to set up camp. A stream was nearby, allowing them access to fresh water and fish, and the abundance of wildlife and edible vegetation allowed for a decent dinner. J went away for a piss and he takes his time while the rest chart out the next day's route. J's been gone for a while and it's pretty dark. They can barely see the sky because of the clouds that have formed and they're natural night vision wouldn't be as effective.
They look for J and it's took them about an hour before they find him slumped against a tree, out cold. When they head back to camp, the wood they'd kept for fuel was thrown all over the campsite and the food they'd be preparing to cook was missing. J was out cold but A was a medic and he was able to revive him. He said he was taking a piss and the last thing he remembers is feeling this heaviness in his head, the sort of feeling you get when your in a room full of smoke.
Dismissing it as wild animals, they sleep till daybreak and then head out.
S told me that the footsteps had stopped during the day but settling down for the night brought back that awkward feel that bothered S.
All 4 men were pakhtuns. Born mountain-men, they were at home when they were in the woods. They understood their environment better than anyone else could. S didn't feel safe and he felt neither did the others.
A confided in S that he feels there's something around and it doesn't feel like an animal. He'd done the exercise hundreds of times before and the feeling never changed. He couldn't hear the birds in the trees, nor the insects on the ground. None of the bigger animals ever disturbed them. It didn't feel natural. There was something out there in the woods.
J must have been bitten by something because he was breaking out in fevers and was sort of delusional. He said whenever he slept, he dreamt of the woods and he could see all of them sleeping. But the weren't alone. Their campsite was surrounded by shadowy humanoid creature. They kept standing there and he felt they were looking at them while they slept. They never came closer but they never left either. The rest of the unit hadn't noticed that J had turned the safety off on his rifle.
A day before they reached the outpost, J collapsed. His body was breaking out in hives and he was sweating himself dry. His gear was drenched in his sweat. A was right there in front of him and J was looking straight at him but S could tell that J didn't see A. It took them a while to stabilize him. They tried to make him rest but he thrashed about in his sleep and screamed that the shadow people were closing in and he could see their faces.
A was carrying ORT packs with him and he readied the canteens in case J had another attack while S and G proceeded to make a stretcher out of G's smock. After they placed J on the stretcher, G took charge of J's gear and they hard marched towards the outpost.
J was growing worse as they closed in on the outpost. He wasn't screaming like before but he whispered like a scared child. He was delusional. His grandfather was walking with the stretcher. He kept trying to hold his hand but there was something wrong with his eyes. The pupils resembled a cat's. The way his grandfather looked at him scared him. There was no kindness. Only cruelty and malice.
When they must have been 10 or so kms from the outpost, J started to thrash about again, he said the shadow people are back. They keep grabbing for him and he can see their eyes now. They're exactly like his grandfather's. S told me that while J was thrashing about, he felt his legs go numb and his body lock up in cramps. They weren't running. They were marching as hard as they could with the stretcher but S felt it wasn't enough to cause these severe cramps. The air around them was unnaturally electric. S says he felt the air around him was so full of energy, a spark could set the entire forest on fire.
When they were a km away from the outpost, J stopped whispering and thrashing. The numbness that affected S was gone and he could feel his body free up again. The air around them mellowed out. They could hear the animals and the birds again. They loaded J onto the waiting military truck and took him to the nearest hospital.
J was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. On further investigation, it was discovered his family had a history of schizophrenia. The military took responsibility for his treatment. The psychiatrist in charge of his case feel this may have been one of the first "episodes" as none were reported when he was a child.
S feels differently about it. He says there was something in those woods and he could hear the footsteps going back into the woods when they were loading J onto the truck.
Maybe the adrenaline pumping inside him was making him imagine stuff. Or maybe he'd actually heard the footsteps in the woods. Who knows.....
I'll try to make it as enjoyable as I can so I might become a little dramatic
Well, this one is from my dad and this is going to be pretty long.
My father is a retired officer of the Pakistani Army. He's spent more of his military career in the special forces than in the regular army.
If you have a friend or family member serving in the army, you may have experienced one of those "When we were patrolling" moments. Most of my extended family has served in the army and quite a number of the retired try to "dazzle" us with these stories. My father isn't like that. He's never told any of his children about his time in the army. The only person who I think knows what my father has gone through is my mum but even then, I feel even she doesn't know everything. All she says is he's deserves to rest and should not be reminded of the sacrifices he's had to make. We've honored her request and have never bothered him.
But my father's unit-mates feel otherwise. They feel his children should fully understand what sort of man their father is. Things that would make any child feel proud.
He has a limp because he'd been shot while he was dragging his wounded friend to cover. The scars on his back are from when he went missing during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The cigarette burns on his forearms are from when he was captured.
A secret history if you may.
One of his unit-mates told me once about a training exercise he'd been a part of when he'd first joined the special forces.
The aim of the exercise was to get back to base or a friendly position while evading enemy forces or hostile locals. The men were given bare essentials. You have to understand that this was the pre- Soviet Invasion era so they lacked the GPS or the technology the military has today. All they had on them was a waterproof map sown into their smocks (Image), ammunition, rations, weaponry and their daggers. To add another layer of difficulty (or reality), they're radio sets were taken away from them so as to maintain complete radio blackout.
They were airlifted into a forest in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. As a person travels towards Kashmir, civilization fades away and the forests take over. The nearest human settlement could be a 100 miles away. Getting lost in these forests is signing your own death sentence. People have vanished in these forests and have never been heard of from again.
These forests exemplify untouched nature and could be considered a slice of heaven.
The number of stories that revolve around the Northern Areas are just as extraordinary.
The strange fires that appear on the mountains around Satpara Laka during Ramadhan [Image (A picture of the lake)]
The wounded phantom that is said to appear at the bridge during the times of trouble in Chitral, guarding his home from invaders
[Image (A picture of the bridge)]
If I start talking about the legends and stories I've heard of these places, writing a post a day wouldn't be enough.
For everyone to follow the story with as much ease as possible, I'll name the people in the unit G, J, A and S. A was the instructor and G,J and S were the recruits who were being "broken" in.
They're objective was to reach an outpost that would be around 300 kms (I can't remember the figure exactly) from their starting position. The helicopter pilot looked for the densest part of the jungle he could find and somehow dropped them right in the middle. The canopy was so thick that light could barely get through and everything was bathed in a gentle green. All the men in the unit were used to harsh conditions and had traveled extreme distances before. It was another day in the office for them.
They sat down and planned out the route. They'd be travelling through some of the thickest jungles in Pakistan and the nearest civilian human settlement was easily 800-900 kms away. They were on their own now and failure was definitely not an option for them.
Like I'd mentioned in my previous post, muslims believe that Jinns occupy desolate areas, far away from human settlements so as to be left alone. Again, I understand many of you may scoff at this but I feel you'll appreciate the role they have here.
These forests are some of the loneliest places on the planet. For a human being, their senses would be working overtime, their hearing and eye sight adjusting to take in as much information as they can of their surrounding. Situational awareness would be the proper term for this.
As the unit walks through the forest, they're senses inform them every time something rustles or something breaks. What they knew was that every time they stopped to review their progress or rest, they felt like they were being watched and the air was tense, like there was something there waiting to pounce on them. They'd also spoken about this to one another and said it must be animals. A false sense of security. S confessed to me later on that he knew in his heart that this was something else and he can still hear the heavy footsteps in the back of his mind whenever he thinks about the exercise.
The first 48 hours went by well. They'd covered a decent distance and the abundance of local wildlife allowed them to have decent dinners. On the 3rd day, they came across ruins of a small outpost.
In the past, the subcontinent had been divided into principalities and were at war with another and were rife with bandits and highwaymen. To maintain peace and to keep an eye on their neighbors , tiny outposts were built throughout the forests. At the first sign of trouble, messengers would race back to their capitals and inform their respective armies.
They decided to take it easy that night and they made camp at the outpost. It was the perfect place to set up camp. A stream was nearby, allowing them access to fresh water and fish, and the abundance of wildlife and edible vegetation allowed for a decent dinner. J went away for a piss and he takes his time while the rest chart out the next day's route. J's been gone for a while and it's pretty dark. They can barely see the sky because of the clouds that have formed and they're natural night vision wouldn't be as effective.
They look for J and it's took them about an hour before they find him slumped against a tree, out cold. When they head back to camp, the wood they'd kept for fuel was thrown all over the campsite and the food they'd be preparing to cook was missing. J was out cold but A was a medic and he was able to revive him. He said he was taking a piss and the last thing he remembers is feeling this heaviness in his head, the sort of feeling you get when your in a room full of smoke.
Dismissing it as wild animals, they sleep till daybreak and then head out.
S told me that the footsteps had stopped during the day but settling down for the night brought back that awkward feel that bothered S.
All 4 men were pakhtuns. Born mountain-men, they were at home when they were in the woods. They understood their environment better than anyone else could. S didn't feel safe and he felt neither did the others.
A confided in S that he feels there's something around and it doesn't feel like an animal. He'd done the exercise hundreds of times before and the feeling never changed. He couldn't hear the birds in the trees, nor the insects on the ground. None of the bigger animals ever disturbed them. It didn't feel natural. There was something out there in the woods.
J must have been bitten by something because he was breaking out in fevers and was sort of delusional. He said whenever he slept, he dreamt of the woods and he could see all of them sleeping. But the weren't alone. Their campsite was surrounded by shadowy humanoid creature. They kept standing there and he felt they were looking at them while they slept. They never came closer but they never left either. The rest of the unit hadn't noticed that J had turned the safety off on his rifle.
A day before they reached the outpost, J collapsed. His body was breaking out in hives and he was sweating himself dry. His gear was drenched in his sweat. A was right there in front of him and J was looking straight at him but S could tell that J didn't see A. It took them a while to stabilize him. They tried to make him rest but he thrashed about in his sleep and screamed that the shadow people were closing in and he could see their faces.
A was carrying ORT packs with him and he readied the canteens in case J had another attack while S and G proceeded to make a stretcher out of G's smock. After they placed J on the stretcher, G took charge of J's gear and they hard marched towards the outpost.
J was growing worse as they closed in on the outpost. He wasn't screaming like before but he whispered like a scared child. He was delusional. His grandfather was walking with the stretcher. He kept trying to hold his hand but there was something wrong with his eyes. The pupils resembled a cat's. The way his grandfather looked at him scared him. There was no kindness. Only cruelty and malice.
When they must have been 10 or so kms from the outpost, J started to thrash about again, he said the shadow people are back. They keep grabbing for him and he can see their eyes now. They're exactly like his grandfather's. S told me that while J was thrashing about, he felt his legs go numb and his body lock up in cramps. They weren't running. They were marching as hard as they could with the stretcher but S felt it wasn't enough to cause these severe cramps. The air around them was unnaturally electric. S says he felt the air around him was so full of energy, a spark could set the entire forest on fire.
When they were a km away from the outpost, J stopped whispering and thrashing. The numbness that affected S was gone and he could feel his body free up again. The air around them mellowed out. They could hear the animals and the birds again. They loaded J onto the waiting military truck and took him to the nearest hospital.
J was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. On further investigation, it was discovered his family had a history of schizophrenia. The military took responsibility for his treatment. The psychiatrist in charge of his case feel this may have been one of the first "episodes" as none were reported when he was a child.
S feels differently about it. He says there was something in those woods and he could hear the footsteps going back into the woods when they were loading J onto the truck.
Maybe the adrenaline pumping inside him was making him imagine stuff. Or maybe he'd actually heard the footsteps in the woods. Who knows.....
PalaceBrother
Member
Cryptic Psychedelic said:
I enjoyed this story.
Are there really military exercises that are this extreme? It sounds crazy.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Drewsky said:
Ben Burtt is on a plane to Kiev right now.
Cryptic Psychedelic
Neo Member
PalaceBrother said:
MilitaryGAF could provide a better answer but the point I'd like to stress here is that my father was part of the special forces. Special forces are trained not as frontline soldiers but as Guerrilla Warfare instructors and fighters. They will be trained to rely on limited supplies and through training, they'll be conditioned to survive in the most hostile environments for extended periods of time. They're taught to push their limits over and over again so these exercises are not uncommon for special forces.
Some of their tips on survival are quite "interesting"
Ooccoo said:
In Islam, there are the three groups of sentient creatures. Human beings, Jinns & Angels. Of the three, Jinns & Humans have free wills. They can be good or bad, like human beings and they will be judged like human beings. They're purpose, according to the quran, is the same as human beings as they're being tested by God. Prophets and messengers were sent to them as well and they can choose whatever religion they want to follow.
According to religious literature, Jinns cannot see human beings. They know we exist but a barrier exists between our parallel words. Both groups can part the barrier and manipulate each other reality.
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PalaceBrother
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Cryptic Psychedelic said:MilitaryGAF could provide a better answer but the point I'd like to stress here is that my father was part of the special forces. Special forces are trained not as frontline soldiers but as Guerrilla Warfare instructors and fighters. They will be trained to rely on limited supplies and through training, they'll be conditioned to survive in the most hostile environments for extended periods of time. They're taught to push their limits over and over again so these exercises are not uncommon for special forces.
Some of their tips on survival are quite "interesting"
You need to start a Pakastani Army Special Forces Survival Tips thread. Or a Twitter account at the very least.
Blue Ninja
Member
It's a goddamn Parasaurolophus. They're back.JasonMCG said:
Cryptic Psychedelic
Neo Member
PalaceBrother said:
Don't have enough tips to warrant a thread but there's one I've always found....Interesting.
Myy dad's instructor taught him the best place to bed down for the night, if bandit activity is high in the area, is in a cemetery. Regardless of religiosity, many people will think twice before entering a cemetery.
So yeah, grab a sleeping bag and head for your local cemetery next time you can't find a hotel with a vacancy
Insane Metal
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Midnight is the witching hour, 3:00 is considered "Dead Time" when the veil between the living and the dead is thinner and our plane of existence can be more easily effected by those who have died.AlexMeloche said:
It also is considered a time when most negative magic takes place, as well as most/many prophetic or magically induced dreams.
At "3 a.m. [it is] the devil's hour, as opposed to 3 p.m., when Jesus was said to have been crucified"
Has anyone of you watched this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ZCayLJY54
I know, I know, but I'm a Zombie nut...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ZCayLJY54
I know, I know, but I'm a Zombie nut...
IonicSnake
Banned
Been reading about the black eyed kids for the past hour or so and came across this story, true or not it's one of the most horrific stories I have read.
http://paranormal.about.com/library/blstory_july06_10.htm
http://paranormal.about.com/library/blstory_july06_10.htm
This2x4Skeleton
Neo Member
Girl talks about her history with Sleep Paralysis
http://youtu.be/XZF652AwqwM
http://youtu.be/XZF652AwqwM
BFIB
Member
I posted this in the UFO thread going on about the documentary tonight on the History Channel. I was not aware of this thread until just now, so I thought I'd copy over my story from that thread into this one:
I live in southern IL, by Scott Air Force Base. This area has been a hot bed for UFO activity for years. Two of the more recent cases occurred on July 4th, 1997 and Janary 5th, 2000. I have been lucky enough to witness both of these events.
The July 4th, 1997 UFO case was my first official UFO sighting. My parents live by a small town called Freeburg. Every year, we have our 4th of July celebration at their house, mainly because its considered county, and county allows you to shoot off whatever you want. So we were doing our usual routine of shooting fireworks, and we were up on a large hill thats on my parents property. From the hill, you can overlook a lot of the other smaller towns. We were watching their celebrations when we all spotted a blue orb in the distance. In an instant, the object flew over our house, and towards Belleville, Illinois. The odd part about the UFO is it did not emit a lot of light as it flew over, but after it flew over, the entire area lit up into a bright blue color. The object was spotted all over southern IL, and Scott AFB's lines were clogged until the early morning hours.
Here's a link to the timeline:
http://www.nuforc.org/CB970704.html
The second UFO is one of the most popular UFO cases in recent memory. It occurred on January 5th 2000. It was a large triangle shaped object that had no noise, had windows on the sides, and flew low to the ground overnight from January 5th, to the morning hours, where it disappeared over East St. Louis. I spotted the object when it flew over Millstadt, IL, and followed it until it hit Dupo, IL. There was a barricade up, so I lost the object that point. It was by far the largest object I have ever seen. This UFO was documented on a few UFO shows, "Edge of Reality", "Seeing is Believing" that aired on ABC, and "UFO over Illinois" on the Discovery Channel. Here is a link to the story, well worth checking out if you've never seen it:
Part1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKk1tXu2KAg
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT5GX0wV8Y
Here is another documentary on the object:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...18398061077731
I live in southern IL, by Scott Air Force Base. This area has been a hot bed for UFO activity for years. Two of the more recent cases occurred on July 4th, 1997 and Janary 5th, 2000. I have been lucky enough to witness both of these events.
The July 4th, 1997 UFO case was my first official UFO sighting. My parents live by a small town called Freeburg. Every year, we have our 4th of July celebration at their house, mainly because its considered county, and county allows you to shoot off whatever you want. So we were doing our usual routine of shooting fireworks, and we were up on a large hill thats on my parents property. From the hill, you can overlook a lot of the other smaller towns. We were watching their celebrations when we all spotted a blue orb in the distance. In an instant, the object flew over our house, and towards Belleville, Illinois. The odd part about the UFO is it did not emit a lot of light as it flew over, but after it flew over, the entire area lit up into a bright blue color. The object was spotted all over southern IL, and Scott AFB's lines were clogged until the early morning hours.
Here's a link to the timeline:
http://www.nuforc.org/CB970704.html
The second UFO is one of the most popular UFO cases in recent memory. It occurred on January 5th 2000. It was a large triangle shaped object that had no noise, had windows on the sides, and flew low to the ground overnight from January 5th, to the morning hours, where it disappeared over East St. Louis. I spotted the object when it flew over Millstadt, IL, and followed it until it hit Dupo, IL. There was a barricade up, so I lost the object that point. It was by far the largest object I have ever seen. This UFO was documented on a few UFO shows, "Edge of Reality", "Seeing is Believing" that aired on ABC, and "UFO over Illinois" on the Discovery Channel. Here is a link to the story, well worth checking out if you've never seen it:
Part1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKk1tXu2KAg
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT5GX0wV8Y
Here is another documentary on the object:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...18398061077731
nemss said:
That's interesting, because while I don't believe in Alien-controlled UFOs, I do recall seeing a large black, triangular craft silently cruising over my house (In Los Angeles) at at like, 530-6am 10 years ago. I didn't see the entirety of the object (I saw maybe 70 percent of it) so I couldn't gauge exact scale, but it was enormous, moved slowly, made absolutely no noise, and had some circular design underneath, but no lights (as far as I can recall).
None of those renderings looked like what I saw until I saw the last hand-drawn one of the triangle with 3 circles underneath (the others seemed to be more like 3 floating lights), only more equilateral in shape. I don't recall 3 circles, but I do recall seeing one. Then again, I was shocked to see something so large and slow-moving, so I didn't really snap into my senses until it was almost gone, trying to remember everything I saw.
When it disappeared over my house, I was tempted to run outside and check it out, but frankly, I was a little scared of a huge triangular-frickin ship silently hovering past my house.
Reminded me of that documentary I was watching a while ago about the military bragging about some stealth ship they tested out in the early morning hours in SF Bay a while ago and claiming no one noticed or reported any strange activity.
la flama blanca
Banned
I'm reposting this story with a video, my fav story of all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pp6POvlER4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pp6POvlER4
brotkasten
Member
I thought this video was some parody. The story has some potential, but the presentation ruined everything. Reading the story on Wikipedia is creepier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incidentJuancho9 said: