The following was reported to us from a man who once worked a midnight shift and slept during the day. He awakened to find himself under terrifying assault:
At the foot of my bed was a shadow figure. This figure, as best as I can describe it-and I will never forget it-had the shape of a man. It was tall, as tall or taller than I am, over six feet tall. There were no details of features that can be described, clothing, facial features, etc. The color was the most unique detail. It would require you to experience it to understand. It is best described as blacker than black without really having a true color. It was more like a void of all color, with maybe a hint of a bright blue around the outline, similar to the color of an electric arc. Any of that blue I saw was only present as it faded or more accurately, receded from site.
The event happened in the early afternoon. It started as a physical, and I believe, spiritual attack. The presence was trying to suffocate me. I remember trying to fight it off physically. Whatever it was, was well beyond my strength. At the time, I was twenty-two years old and in good physical shape. The fight lasted probably only a few seconds, but it seemed like an eternity to me. I fought it off with every ounce of strength I could muster, and prayer as well. It was one of the few times I was seriously afraid for my life. Whether it just let go or I managed to fight it off is still a mystery to me. I don't want a rematch.
Shadow people experiences happen to people of either sex and every age. We have found a fairly even distribution of them through age and gender. Most experiences occur at night, when most people are sleeping. But many occur during the day, including times when people are awake and at home or at work. Some people have only one or two terrifying, unforgettable encounters, and others are visited by shadow people repeatedly. Some shadow people seem to "shadow" entire families, plaguing them wherever they live through generations.
We have found a significant overlap of shadow people and ET encounter/abduction experiences-people who seem prone to both. The victims never know when either type of entities will come-or why.
While most shadow people encounters happen in bedrooms and homes, some take place in haunted locations with a high intensity of activity. Rosemary has observed shadow people in her investigations of diverse places. Some have a distinct human shape, while others are more like blobs or pillars of black, and even clouds of swirling black that look like ink or liquid smoke.
Who are the shadow people and what do they want? No one really knows-but we have some ideas. They seem to be intensely interested in observing us. And they are not a new phenomenon. Old Native American lore speaks of "watchers" with this appearance who live in remote areas. Similar accounts of "dark ghosts" and "phantom hooded monks" going back to the Middle Ages are strikingly similar to modern-day accounts of shadow people.
To arrive at our conclusion that the djinn are behind at least some shadow people experiences, we went through a process of elimination, analyzing the phenomenon from different perspectives. We considered ghosts, poltergeists, incubi/succubi, nightmare hags, demons, Men in Black, extraterrestrials, ultraterrestrials, and thought forms as possible sources. None of these are a good fit, although shadow people have characteristics of nearly all of them. They haunt places and appear and disappear like ghosts. Animals are aware of them and do not like them. Their appearances are sometimes accompanied by poltergeist effects. They act in a malevolent way, and their malevolence, combined with their dark appearance, convinces people they are dealing with demons. However, prayer and invoking the names of God and religious figures do not always work against them. They come at night like ETs, materializing through walls and rendering people paralyzed in their beds in fear. They resemble the dark-suited, hostile Men in Black who harass ET/UFO experiencers. They can sexually attack people like incubi and succubi however, this is rarely reported. They do not abduct people like the gray ETs-that we know of. Some shadow people experiencers feel the entities want to kidnap them. We don't know if this takes place, for the people we have interviewed say they have used considerable will power and energy to prevent their kidnapping. Shadow people also seem to be ultraterrestrials, in that they originate from another dimension and bend the physical rules of ours by materializing and dematerializing at will.
In our initial report analysis, we leaned toward extraterrestrial and ultraterrestrial explanations. We wondered if the shadow people were a little-known type of entity or race with a particular agenda concerning human beings and earth. We were intrigued by the overlap of ET and shadow people experiencers, and by the similarities in their behaviors.
The deeper we went, however, the more evidence pointed to djinn. It seemed unlikely to us that the form of the shadow people is natural to them; rather, it is probably a disguise. The coat or cloak may conceal another shape. Experiencers often wonder, why the hat? The hat is usually out of style, like the mid-twentiethcentury Dragnet or Dick Tracy hat, or the stovepipe hats popular in the nineteenth century. Sometimes the hat is large and floppy. We believe the hat conceals something about the entity's head-or perhaps it hides equipment. Some experiencers volunteer that they have the "feeling" that the true form of the shadow people is so hideous that humans would not be able to stand it. Another explanation may be simply the djinn's Trickster nature, the taking on of a form that makes no logical sense.
Other types of entities sometimes visit shadow people experiencers as well, though not necessarily at the same time. These are often small creatures-another favored form of djinn. The following is one such case, reported by a woman who started having experiences when she visited a friend. The shadow person followed her to her own home and began appearing there. Then it was replaced by a creature:
I awoke at approximately 3:30 in the morning. The room was completely dark. Across the room, to the left end of my bed, at the foot, in the corner, I saw what appeared to be a man dressed in a black trench coat and a fedora hat pulled down on his forehead. It had no facial features, or any arms, or legs, but somehow I knew it was male. There was a red glow like that of a cigarette near where his mouth should have been. He just stood there, staring. I felt as if I couldn't move; sleep paralysis, I think, is the name for it. I told my friend the next day and she reported she had never had any sightings at her house before. I visited her a month later and again awoke at approximately the same time of night. When I woke I purposefully didn't open my eyes. I knew he was there and this time I was afraid. I turned over to my right and quickly turned on the bedside lamp. There was nothing in the corner when I looked back.
A month later, in my own house, 250 miles away, I awoke to find him leaning in the corner of my room. Again, at the foot of my bed on the left. The same night my fourteen-year-old son, whose room is next to mine, reported seeing the man standing in his doorway. Interestingly enough, the shadow man hasn't been back to my house. Instead, I've been visited by a cat-sized gargoyle that sits on top of my dresser.
We have collected other stories of strange small creatures, including one that resembled a cross between a cat and a rabbit, and a creature that seemed like a mole, with fleshy claw feet. We have often seen and heard about what Rosemary calls "the little gray scurrying things," cat-sized gray shapes with no definable heads or tails and multiple legs and feet, which move rapidly along walls and up and down stairs.
What Is the Shadow People's Agenda?
The shadow people seem interested in observing us and spying on us. Why do they come when we are asleep? Perhaps we are vulnerable to having our minds and bodies probed. If the djinn are intent on regaining their place in the physical world, it stands to reason that they need information about physical bodies. Their natural plasma state may not be well suited for long periods of time in this dimension.
Like ET abductees, shadow people experiencers usually have no idea why they are visited. Sometimes place seems to be a factor, for people cease to have experiences when they leave or change residences. This would indicate that geophysical properties may be at work creating portals between dimensi
ons. In some cases, we have found emotional turmoil to be a factor. Perhaps the energy generated by intense emotions attracts and "feeds" the entities. Fear may feed them as well; hence their radiation of malevolence to get the emotional response they desire. Also, the generation of fear may protect their true identities and purpose. When we are afraid, we simply want to escape-we do not want to ask questions or probe too deeply. Fear is definitely a tactic we would expect from djinn.
Are the djinn working in cooperation with at least some of the abducting ETs? Are they providing reconnaissance and monitoring-or even mind programming while we sleep? Or are the abducting ETs another form of djinn themselves, as we considered in the previous chapter? Whatever their agendas, both the shadow people and the abducting ETs seem to have hostile intentions towards human beings.
Remedies Against Shadow People
Almost everyone who writes to us asks how they can send shadow people away or prevent them from returning. Even a single experience can leave deep psychic scars, and a fear and conviction that "it" will come back, especially if the person thinks about "it." As mentioned earlier, many people have found prayer to be effective. The most common remedy that works for the most people is turning on lights. Some repeat experiencers have spent years sleeping with lights on just to keep the shadow people at bay. In fact, electricity-and electromagnetism-may provide keys to defenses against shadow people.
Electromagnetic Interference
The generation of electrical and electromagnetic fields of energy may disrupt the ability of shadow people to maintain a form in our reality. The operation of lights, televisions, radios, computers, and even cell phones may break apart their shapeshifted "bodies." Perhaps shadow people are trying to learn how to avoid or nullify negative electrical and electromagnetic effects. They may be scanning our brains and nervous systems while we sleep to get information that will be of use to them.
Interestingly, we found a news item from October 14, 2001, in which a leading psychical researcher in England opined that the electromagnetic effects of increasing cell phone usage were depressing ghost activity:
LONDON (Reuters)-Mobile phones are killing off ghosts, an expert who has spent years researching the occult has said. Tony Cornell, of the Society for Psychical Research, told the Sunday Express newspaper that reports of ghost sightings had started to decline when mobile phones were introduced 15 years ago.
"Ghost sightings have remained consistent for centuries. Until three years ago we'd receive reports of two new ghosts every week," said Cornell, of Cambridge in Eastern England.
"But with the introduction of mobile phones 15 years ago, ghost sightings began to decline to the point where now we are receiving none."
According to the paper, haunted tourist attractions in Britain could be under threat if the number of cell phones continues to grow from the present figure of 39 million.
Apparently, paranormal events, which some scientists put down to unusual electrical activity, could be drowned out by the electronic noise produced by phone calls and text messages. Judging from the reactive behavior of shadow people, they are affected in the same way.
One of our cases provides supporting evidence for this possibility. The case involved a salvage company that operates out of a large commercial building. The company salvages old computers and components from cell phone towers. Shortly after the company landed a big contract from a major cell phone carrier, a tall shadow man began showing up in the workplace. It stood by them and watched them work as they stripped components. The shadow man sometimes watched them work on computers, but it seemed the most interested in the pieces of cell phone towers.
The figure seemed to radiate evil and was unnerving. It would speed around and suddenly appear and disappear. The employees also noticed some of their tools began disappearing. They would come to work in the early morning to find tools that they used on the cell phone tower components misplaced or completely gone. If missing, the tools were usually returned within a few days, but to a different spot in the workplace.
After months of nearly daily appearances by the shadow man, one employee took remedial action. He brought a crucifix and a portrait of the Virgin Mary, and hung them on the wall by his workbench. Every morning, he said prayers for protection. Soon afterward, the shadow man stopped coming. Was it religious intervention-or had the shadow person gotten all the reconnaissance it needed?
More Connections
In our investigations of highly active sites, we have found shadow people to be part of a much bigger picture that includes other phenomena and entities. There may be certain areas or portals where the djinn can be comfortable and relatively stable, leaving and entering our dimension at will. Perhaps they assume a wide variety of shapes-maybe, to paraphrase the late John Keel, just to confound us.
T MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT except for those djinn who are in between dimensional rifts, the majority of this ancient race exists in another reality very close to our world. According to recent theories in theoretical physics, this other reality is located at a right angle to a right angle from any position that we are facing. Thus, we three-dimensional beings would not be able to turn and look into that area of space. This is because as we move, that area of space also moves with us, and so we can never move fast enough to peer into this other reality. The only possible way that this could be achieved is to bend space itself or perhaps move faster than the speed of light.
For centuries, the djinn seem to have been quiet. Only in the past forty or so years have they once again become more active in our world. There could be a variety of reasons and explanations as to why the djinn are increasing their activity in this reality. The theory that makes the most sense to us, and could explain why the appearance of djinn in this world is cyclic, is that they are composed of plasma and are greatly affected by changes in magnetic fields. They seem to avoid intense magnetic fields and appear irritated when in close proximity to devices that might be able to divert, disrupt, or slightly change the polarity of plasma. For centuries, the magnetic field of our planet may have protected us from the djinn by closing off their reality from ours. Recently, scientists have discovered that Earth's magnetic field changes over a period of time; since the nineteenth century, its strength has decreased by ten percent! Due to this decline, areas of negative magnetic anomalies have increased, creating loops or portals through which the djinn can once again enter our world.
It must be further noted that our sun is very quiet despite the fact that we are in a period of maximum solar flare activity. The peak of solar activity is set for 2012, and solar astronomers at Kitt Peak National Observatory expect (or fear) that the sun may make up for its inactivity and balance itself out.2 This would result in massive solar flares and coronal emissions. The particles and energy reaching earth would strike our magnetic field and weaken it considerably, causing life on our planet to be subjected to intense solar radiation. The weakening of the magnetic fields may be what the djinn are waiting for so they can safely enter our dimension by coming through vortexes or holes in our planet's natural defense shields. The legends about the djinn returning to take back what they believe is rightfully theirs may not be all fairy tales and amusing stories from ancient Arabian mythology-they may in fact contain a considerable amount of truth. If our suspicions are correct, in the years that follow 2012, we should continue to see an increase in paranormal activity and a great change in our perception of what we consider to be reality.
Return of the Djinn
As we progress further into the twenty-first century, the djinn race are once again manifesting in our world after a long absence. In the past, they have appeared as human-like genies, angels, demons, gargoyles, and other mythological creatures. However, this time they are taking the form of UFOs, aliens, fairies, ghosts, spirits, shadow people, and creatures that seem out of time and place. They may be responsible for a great deal of channeling, visions, and other forms of psychic contact. It is evident from our research that the djinn ar
e intensely interested in the current human condition and want to learn more about the technologies we have developed over the past century. They also appear to need human beings and other life forms in this reality to help them make the transition into our world. Perhaps the many stories of aliens from other worlds that are creating hybrid species in order to live on our planet are not merely the tales of over-imaginative peoples' minds or flights of fancy. The "aliens" from other star systems may actually be dimensional beings trying to create a new race-a sentient race with free will that can exist not only in our reality but also the world of the djinn. Like Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, such a race would be quite formidable, as they would combine the power of the djinn with the aggressive, creative mind of a human.
Judging from the increase in paranormal activity around the world, it is apparent that the djinn are not restricted to the Middle East. Over the past ten years, we have investigated many claims of "haunted homes" and other places, and it is clear that in a fair percentage of these cases, something else is at work rather than (or in addition to) ghosts. The activity in many of these places is more Trickster-like, which has always been an identifying djinn quality. In some cases, people have been driven from their homes by activity that takes a sudden, malevolent turn. This paranormal activity may include disembodied voices in the night, apparitions of human-like beings or monsters, strange lights and flashes, poltergeist activity, missing objects, electrical malfunctions in the home, shadow people and figures, nightmares (especially of hideous creatures), and adverse animal reactions. Dogs and cats seem to be able to sense and perhaps see a djinni that is invisible to the human eye, which always induces fear in the animal. In addition, humans who live or spend a lot of time in environments occupied by djinn may experience harmful health symptoms that defy medical diagnosis, as well as negative psychological effects such as depression, suicidal thoughts, irritability, aggression, and excessive paranoia. In some cases, married couples begin fighting with each other, and may even separate. This is how the djinn work: if they can't scare the people out, they may resort to trying to turn couples and family members against each other. In the Middle East, couples will often go to religious counselors when they are having difficulty since they feel a djinni is trying to break up their marriage.
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