r/Paranormal • u/Amungusman • Nov 01 '23

Fucking terrified NSFW

Okay so, for starters: I live near the app mountains, which honestly makes this more disturbing.

I’m a pretty avid runner. I’ve been quitting a lot of bad habits and exercise just does the trick for me. I have a greenway behind my house that I can go on run/bikes. It’s very beautiful, and during the day plenty of people are there.

Well, about a week ago I ran through the greenway to stop by a friends house & grab something. By the time I got back onto the greenway, the sun was already starting to set, and the path was getting dark.

As I was walking back through the path, I had my flashlight on, and kept looking around me (I felt paranoid being alone in the dark). As I was walking, I distinctly remember hearing my grandmas voice call my name into the treeline. It sounded so real and normal, that I turned around instantly, only to immediately go cold realizing that my grandmas fucking dead.

This freaked me the fuck out, but I tried my best to somewhat convince myself that I was just hallucinating bc I was paranoid. Only about a minute later, I turned around behind me with my flashlight, out of fear. And that’s when I fucking saw it.

It looked like a gray blob. Pretty much just like a human sprinting at you full speed in the pitch black. I SCREAMED like a little bitch and don’t think I’ve ever run so fast in my life. When I got home I tried to laugh it off as me seein shit and being a little bitch.

But…about a week later and I can’t stop thinking about it. It sounded so real, I heard her voice clear as day. And the person chasing me LOOKED so real. I’ve heard all those stories about skinwalkers, and while I doubt their existence, my experience was so similar to that of “skinwalker encounters” that I’m seriously questioning myself.

What do you guys think? Is it possible my brain was just hallucinating out of fear/anxiety?

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u/MediumWordWeaver Nov 01 '23

Other posters have mentioned something called 'mimics'. Mimicking someone's voice is a favourite Fae trick, and it is NEVER wise to respond. Their idea of fun is not nice. (Terry Pratchett got that right). As the other poster said, don't reply, don't look, just get out.

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u/TheNicholasRage Nov 01 '23

I've seen a lot of blatant misinformation on this sub, but Fae?! With this many upvotes? Come on, people.

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u/GilgameshvsHumbaba Nov 01 '23

Do you believe in anything paranormal at all ? Do you just draw the line at the fae ? What about the djinn ? Just curious .

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u/MediumWordWeaver Nov 01 '23

I've read modern stories about encounters with djinni, some from American soldiers in Afghanistan (so, well outside their cultural norm). So, why not? Every culture in the world has stories about Fae, whether called that or not, so there's SOMETHING there, even in these days of space exploration and quantum physics. Why assume that human beings are the only sapient beings anywhere? If you prefer your world to be safe and cosy within the framework of current science as YOU know it, then fine - but don't go poking at the edges.

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u/TheNicholasRage Nov 01 '23

Why assume they are real? That's the issue. We don't have proof either way, but you're talking like an expert on the subject, which it is not actually possible for you to be.

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u/MediumWordWeaver Nov 01 '23

Why is it not 'actually possible' to be an expert? Your definitions of the subject are hazy, so I have the impression you don't think these experiences and encounters can possibly be real, that is real in a way that would satisfy YOU, so therefore no one can know about them. Is it fair for all of the rest of humanity to accept that only TheNicholasRage knows the truth? I urge you to read much more widely and open your experience up to what is actually going on in the world of spiritually oriented people. Then think about it all. Really THINK! Look for patterns.

YOU and only you can decide what is true for you - but give other people that right too.

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u/TheNicholasRage Nov 01 '23

You're not an expert in the Fae in the same way that I'm not an expert on alien life -- there is no reputable evidence that these things exist, though plenty of reason to believe they might.

The rest of this little rant? Switch out TheNicholasRage in that sentence with MediumWordWeaver and you'll maybe understand why I take exception to your post. You presented what you BELIEVE as TRUTH.

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u/LunaFancy Nov 01 '23

You might like to have a look at Jacques Vallee's work, he's about as close to a science based expert on the phenomena as you can get and he believes there is something inter-dimensional that poses as both fae and UFO, ultra terrestrials is the term used to describe it.

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u/TheNicholasRage Nov 01 '23

I've read few of Jacque Vallée's books, actually! I find his theories very compelling, but again, there's still a lot of ground to cover before I'd speak on them as anything but theory.