The Revisionist.

Ok, So that last post upon review is going in a good direction, but it's not the direction I want to go right now. The whole reason for this series if one could be so brave as to call it that. Is to raise awareness of these things and bring to light the truth of the situation, for the most part stated in the first of these posts. I also want to provide an explaination and an answer to help those who suffer from such things as Sleep Paralysis, Alien Abductions, and Hauntings.

I first want to establish a historical, factual, and scientific as well as Biblical foundation for such phenomenon. I want to focus more now on the Sleep Paralysis and what happens to our bodies in our sleep state.

I had suffered with sleep paraylsis and night terrors since I was a young teen. It did not stop until I was 28. Make no mistake my symptoms were not as reoccuring as some peoples. I would say that maybe it would happen to me once every month or two. However, I would say that as I became more aware of the events, when and after they had occured, The number of attacks increased to almost weekly.

Let me explain to you what I'm talking about ( Old Hag Syndrome or Sleep Paraylsis taken from an "About . Com" article )
The victims awake to find that they cannot move, even though they can see, hear, feel and smell. There is sometimes the feeling of a great weight on the chest and the sense that there is a sinister or evil presence in the room. And like the above reader, they are often quite frightened about what is happening to them.

The name of the phenomenon comes from the superstitious belief that a witch - or an old hag - sits or "rides" the chest of the victims, rendering them immobile. Although that explanation isn't taken very seriously nowadays, the perplexing and often very frightening nature of the phenomenon leads many people to believe that there are supernatural forces at work - ghosts or demons.

The experience is so frightening because the victims, although paralyzed, seem to have full use of their senses. In fact, it is often accompanied by strange smells, the sound of approaching footsteps, apparitions of weird shadows or glowing eyes, and the oppressive weight on the chest, making breathing difficult if not impossible. All of the body's senses are telling the victims that something real and unusual is happening to them. The spell is broken and the victims recover often on the point of losing consciousness. Fully awake and well, they sit up, completely baffled by what just happened to them since now the room is entirely normal.

Confronted with such a bizarre and irrational experience, it's no wonder that many victims fear that they have been attacked in their beds by some malevolent spirit, demon or, perhaps, an alien visitor.

The phenomenon occurs to both men and women of various ages and seems to happen to about 15 percent of the population at least once in a lifetime. It can occur while the victim is sleeping during the day or night, and it is a worldwide phenomenon that has been documented since ancient times.