Strange Encounters Story Number Three – Excursion to Atlantis - "Jeanne’s Journey"

“To the sea and its mysteries – whose solution may tell us more about ourselves…” – Charles Berlitz, author of The Bermuda Triangle.

Accounts of mysterious disappearances within the famous Bermuda Triangle have been thoroughly researched and well documented, yet despite best efforts, no one has been able to unravel the mystery as to where or how over 1,000 people and their vessels vanished.

While on vacation in the Bahamas Jeanne, a woman living in the Boston area made an excursion to that famous location and although she managed to make it back, her excursion left her with an indelible imprint that changed her life forever. Here is her story.

Jeanne – It was May of 2003. We went to the island of Bimini to go on a dolphin swim for 10 days. I went with one other person on this trip, but met two others at the airport who would be joining us on our excursion: Alice and Lisa. We all clicked. We got to Bimini. We were on a catamaran that was supposed to be docked 22 miles off shore. But the engine broke, so we were docked at the pier. And we would take one of those small rubber boats that hold about 12-15 people out for our daily excursions.

We went out anywhere from 20-30 miles from shore on a daily basis, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. Some islands we visited were uninhabited. Typically we would do yoga classes at sunrise prior to our excursions to start the day. It was really nice.

Alexis - And at what point did the experience - your encounter happen?

Jeanne – It was towards the end of the trip. It was one of the last excursions of the trip.

Prior to the experience, we were told by our trip leader (captain) that we were going to one day go to this area of the waters where they claim there’s a road. They call it the Bimini Road. Some people hypothesize that it’s the old Atlantis. There’s a phenomenon where there are slabs of rock on the floor of the ocean that simulate a road.

What’s interesting is at the airport in Boston I had picked up a book about Bimini. It just happened to be right in front of me – go figure. I went to get a paperback to read at a little concession stand at the airport and right there in front of me was this book about Bimini. I mean the planes out at Logan are going everywhere. Why did I see this book? But I bought it. They had a story about “the road” and the story of Atlantis. The article was saying there was controversy over whether it was manmade or a natural phenomenon. They said that different people had different experiences at this site. So the day came that we were going and some people kind of knew about this and other people didn’t.

So we went out in our little boat. As we’re going, the captain is telling us to have an open mind. He knew the waters really well. We were in what they call the Bermuda Triangle. So he’s telling us to have an open mind. He said that there are a lot of theories of things we might see but he wouldn’t go into detail. He said different people experience different things. Some people would experience nothing.

But it was a snorkeling excursion. We were out in the middle of nowhere, maybe 70 miles or so from shore. He tells us we have to partner up. Of the three women that I was with, myself and this woman named Alice, we just clicked throughout the whole trip, so you would think we would partner up. So we’re in the boat and we’re all just looking at each other and sort of selecting who our partners would be by eye contact, you know? All of a sudden, Lisa stands up in the boat and points her finger at me and says firmly “YOU! You’re going to be my partner.” And it was so out of character for her. She was so firm. So I said “me?” And she said “yeah, you’re going to be my partner!”

So we get in the water and we start swimming and almost instantly we see what is described as “the road.”

Alexis – How deep was the water at the point you were entering it?

Jeanne – Oh God, I don’t know, we were in the middle of the ocean. 100’s of feet deep I guess.

Alexis – So you did a dive, basically. When you got in the water you dove down?

Jeanne – We had snorkel gear that was specifically equipped for free diving. The snorkels are made to go under water. Not the traditional straight up snorkels.

Alexis – I’m just trying to picture…so you’re out in the water in the middle of the ocean, you get in the water and you begin swimming. At what point are you able to see the road? I mean you can’t see the road at the surface, right?

Jeanne – I mean we weren’t diving. We were snorkeling pretty close to the surface. But to us we were very close to the floor of the ocean. But there was no way, several hundred feet – we couldn’t have been.

Alexis – This is where it gets a bit strange you might say.

Jeanne – Understand that it’s what we saw; it’s not where we were.

Alexis – So this is where the anomaly really begins, right?

Jeanne – I guess so. I mean, other people could see us. The captain was on the boat.
He typically stays to watch to make sure we’re safe. And they keep a head count. So they can see your head bobbing up and down. You’re not down on the floor of the ocean like a scuba diver – you’re on the surface.

People just got in the water; he had us get in two at a time. We got in the water and almost instantly, we saw a road. Much like it was described in the book that I had gotten at the airport. I didn’t know what Lisa was experiencing because I can’t communicate with her with a snorkel in my mouth. But I just remember that she grabbed my hand and we started swimming hand-in-hand together, following this road. I don’t know - we could kind of see each other through the mask so we were kind of looking at each other in awe. Our conscious minds were fully there and aware of each other, but off in the distance it was somewhat foggy. I could see forms of like hills, a few scattered trees and then at one point, Lisa let go of my hand and kind of went off to the side – of the road. She went off the road, but I could see her swimming about or treading water. And then something compelled me to continue on down the road by myself. As long as I could see her, it was okay but at one point she was nowhere to be seen and I started to get a little overwhelmed – a sense of fear, but I was also being compelled to go forward.

Alexis – You felt a pull?

Jeanne – No, it was more in my mind. I felt more compelled, a feeling, rather than physically pulled.

Alexis – So assuming at this point you’re both in an altered state (although you say you don’t know for sure what Lisa is experiencing) did you have a sense that you were making physical contact with this road or were you simply following it but not touching it?

Jeanne – I wasn’t touching it. It was like I was swimming right above it, but it was right below my feet. I could see it. But in reality I couldn’t see all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. It was maybe three feet below me.

Alexis – this is where it gets really interesting. You know, a lot of research has been done and many people have seen pictures of what they think to be this road. Is this road supposed to be in actuality at the bottom of the ocean based on what they think they’re (archaeologists) seeing? In conscious reality? I mean, how thick or high up is this road? You were perceiving it to be right below you but you were clearly not at the bottom of the ocean. So the question is how high is this road in actuality?

Jeanne – I think it’s at the bottom of the ocean.

Alexis – So this would lend credence to the fact that you were perhaps experiencing something in an altered state.

Jeanne – Perhaps. I mean I felt different but I was somewhat conscious. I can’t say what I was in that state but I can say what I thought.

Alexis – Fair enough.

Jeanne – So I followed the road to a point – I mean the more I followed it, the more I felt somewhat isolated and I was getting a little nervous, but I couldn’t stop following it. And then I came upon like a gateway, like to a city. It was kind of like a crumbled archway that was sort of gothic. But it was crumbled and distressed but you could tell it was a gateway. There were these voices telling me to come in but there was also this very strong force, and I don’t remember if this was a voice but it was definitely holding me back and conveying to me “NO!”

It was a very strong force. This is when I sort of stopped swimming and was upright and treading water, contemplating “am I going to go forward?” But (the voices) sort of were coaching me forward and it was pleasant, like I wasn’t afraid anymore. It was a pleasant experience. I felt there was life on the other side of that gate, but there was a very strong force that was holding me. I would have had to swim really hard to get through.

Alexis – So you actually felt that? Like it was a physical resistance?

Jeanne – Yeah. And yet there was a familiarity about the other side of that gate for me. Like it said, “have no fear.” But the fear I had was that force that I was contemplating. I mean I’m an adventurer of sorts. My conscious mind was trying to say “go ahead.” I wasn’t thinking “I’m not really seeing this.” I was thinking “wow – this is cool.” But not aware of anything else around me except the road and off to the distance, some landscape. A very, very sparse landscape. It wasn’t a lot.

I don’t know how long I was there contemplating, but the longer I stayed there the stronger this fear or force got. So I ended up turning around and trying to follow the road back and as I was going, I see Lisa off to the side, so I’m signaling for her to come and swim towards me. So she was coming but reluctantly. Then I started to get a more conscious state of, “maybe it’s time for us to go back to the boat.” So I’m sort of pulling her.

But here’s the other thing I recall, it seemed like we were underwater and at some point I wasn’t aware of the snorkel itself and breathing through it. I wasn’t aware of the fins or anything. I felt like I was just swimming with no breathing equipment or anything. And then I was completely submerged underwater the whole time. I could see water all around me – above, below and to the sides. I couldn’t see the surface. And I wasn’t even thinking about the surface – I was just swimming. Even when I saw Lisa, she was submerged, she wasn’t near the surface.

Anyway, we start to head back and I was pulling her and she was resisting. It seemed like we were moving away from the road and eventually it wasn’t there. I just remember the surface, swimming up to the surface. I came to the surface and I see everybody on the boat looking at us. Some people looked kind of worried. I realized we were the last in the water. We were probably 20 feet away from the boat at this point. They were telling us to come on. But Lisa was still pulling me, like trying to pull me down underwater.

Alexis – Why was she doing this? Couldn’t she tell that it was time to get out of the water?

Jeanne – I don’t think she did. Based on what she told me later, no I don’t think she realized she was back in this reality.

So, I took my mask off to show her I wasn’t going back in, but she grabbed onto my arm and was treading water and every time I tried to swim toward the boat she’d resist. Then I looked at her mask and said “are you ok?” She said “no.” I could see in her mask that she was crying. She kept shaking her head, no. We eventually made it back to the boat and they helped her on. One thing I forgot to mention earlier is that Lisa was seven months pregnant at the time. So obviously that concerned me. But we all got her on the boat and she sat right next to me.

The next phase of that was everyone sitting quietly in the boat probably for about 10-15 minutes. Then the captain asked us if anybody wanted to share their experience. People started talking about what they saw or what they thought they saw. There was nothing very significant that we heard.

Alexis – Except for your experience…

Jeanne – But we didn’t share it on the boat. We just stayed quiet. And Lisa kept crying, and it made me cry. She asked if I saw the road and I said yes. She kept saying to me, “I have something to tell you.” And I said, “Well I have something to tell you.” People asked us if we wanted to share but we just kept looking at each other and said, “No.” Interestingly, people saw us in the water swimming around, but we couldn’t see them. They said we didn’t really go that far from the boat. They pretty much saw us the whole time. So they couldn’t understand why we weren’t responding when they asked us to come out.

So it wasn’t until we got back to the catamaran and changed our clothes that Lisa asked if she could talk to me. We went out on the deck by ourselves and she told me the full extent of what she saw and I told her what I saw.

Alexis – And what did she see?

Jeanne – She said that she saw the road, almost right away but she went off to the side because she said that her unborn child started communicating with her – talking to her – like we’re talking right now. He was very excited. He was telling her that his name was going to be Solon. They hadn’t named him yet, but he said his name was going to be Solon or his name was Solon. He told her that he used to live in Atlantis as did Lisa and me and he wanted to show her around. He wanted to show her where he used to live. So she said he took her inside. She said it was a city. He showed her where he used to live and showed her around the area.

Alexis – So he actually took her inside that gate?

Jeanne – No, that’s the thing. She never saw the gate. She went into the city, but she didn’t see the gate. When I saw her off to the side, when we parted ways and where I found her as I was returning, she said she was with her son and they were in the city. And he said I lived there too. He said he was very excited that he was coming into the world as her son and that his name was Solon.

So I told her about my experience and the archway, etc., but I didn’t realize that I had lived there (in Atlantis). He told her that I did.

That’s what we got from each other. We connected the two. Although our experiences were different, they were connected. Apparently we all lived at this time, in Atlantis.

Alexis – Do you think that when you look back in retrospect that Lisa’s being so adamant about partnering with you in the beginning was all connected to the fact that on some level she knew something powerful would happen?

Jeanne – Oh yes, because as I said, it was so out of character for her to jump up the way she did and point and say “I’m partnering with you!” It was just strange. And further more you don’t stand up in those boats. She jumped up and pointed her finger – it wasn’t even her. My sense was, “what the hell is going on?” We talked about that afterward. She told me that right away he (her son) took over her – before we got in the water. She said she didn’t know why she picked me. She wanted to go with Alice. She said all of a sudden this took her over, although she wasn’t conscious at the time it was him. She was as shocked as me. It was automatic. She had no control.

Alexis – When you felt that force holding you back and as you reflect, do you think that if you were able to push through that gate – swim through, I mean we’ve all heard stories of mysterious disappearances of people, ships, planes that have gone missing, never to be found - Do you think that if you made it through, that would have happened to you? That you would have been lost forever?

Jeanne – I don’t know. Initially I thought about it, but the force that was holding me back was so much stronger than the force that seemed to be luring me. That sensation was familiar – like I wanted to go, but the force that was holding me back was scaring me. It made it clear that it wasn’t for me to do that (go through the gate).

I’ll never forget this experience.

Jeanne’s experience is not the only such account in which individuals are convinced that they’ve somehow pierced the veil of this reality and perhaps through an energetic portal are instantly transported to another time and place.

In Charles Berlitz’ landmark bestseller, The Bermuda Triangle, he cites the work of Ivan Sanderson, a writer and naturalist who had covered the anomalies associated with the Bermuda Triangle and other mysterious sights at length. In the book, Berlitz says, “Sanderson poses the question as to whether the Bermuda Triangle and certain other areas, functioning as ‘…vast machines, generate still another kind of anomaly…Could they create vortices in and out of which material objects can drop into or out of other space-time continua?’ For besides the many disappearances that have taken place, a vastly greater number of appearances have occurred in recent years and over the centuries, throughout the world, and seem to continue to occur despite official denials and the fact that they are logically impossible.”

As logically impossible as Jeanne and Lisa’s excursion may appear to some, there are others like Berlitz and Sanderson who dared to ask the questions and to take their own journey into the unexplained. Did Jeanne and her snorkeling partner enter a vortex, warping time and space as we know it? So much of the way our universe works is likely misunderstood. Every once in a while we are afforded a glimpse of the broader spectrum of reality and our place in this continuum of life. Jeanne and Lisa (and Solon) were a few who were fortunate enough to get that glimpse and an excursion that they won’t soon forget.

Make sure you tune in to Higher Journeys as we have a special guest returning! Dr. Bruce Goldberg, world renowned for his work in hypnotherapy and past life regression will talk about Jeanne’s experience and bring a sense of understanding to this amazing story!

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Strange Encounters Story Number Two - A Portrait of Reality – “Salwa’s Story”

In Cynthia Sue Larson’s most intriguing and mind expanding book Reality Shifts, she says, “Reality Shifts are physically observed changes that occur without any direct physical intervention; they are mysterious appearances, disappearances, transformations, and transportations that occur in and around us. Some reality shifts seem to result from the intention of prayers and wishes, and some involve healings related to prayers, while the reason for others is not at all obvious.” This was indeed the case with Salwa; a teenager at the time visiting Massachusetts from West Virginia. During a tour of a family friend’s home, an anomalous encounter left her questioning the very nature of reality and her part in it. She recounts some ten or so years later, what seemed to be an authentic reality shift and how this poignant experience changed her forever.

Salwa – We were visiting a friend and getting a tour of her home. It all started on the first floor. She had three floors. And in every room there would be a different painting - beautiful oil paintings. Mostly landscapes from what I can remember.

The first one was in the bathroom and it was a landscape of a lake in a secluded mountain range; it resembled the Rockies. And there was a small cabin. The cabin had a dock that went into the lake. I remember being in awe of the painting, but then I would almost see myself, as if like a fantasy, where I would kind of zone out and see myself sitting on that dock with my feet dangling in the water. And then seconds later, I’m actually there in the painting! The people that were with me, including our host was no longer next to me and I’m no longer in her house. I’m in the painting! And I’d come out very quickly, although it felt like a long time in that painting, it was strangely only a short time because seconds later I would hear our host say “are you ok?” because she could tell that there was something not right. So I said to her, “yeah, I think so,” although I was a bit foggy.

So we went to the next part of the house and it kept happening; every picture that I would look at that somehow caught my attention, mostly the landscapes, I would disappear into – I was lagging behind everybody else because I was lost in these pictures for what in our reality would be seconds, but in the grand scheme seemed like forever.

Alexis – So while you were in these scenes, could you smell, touch or hear anything? Were any other senses at play?

Salwa – Hearing yes. Mostly it would be birds, the wind - things that you would normally hear if you were out in nature. Like by the lake, I could hear the water a little bit. I could hear a little gust of wind or light breeze. It was minimal. I don’t know - it wasn’t completely in detail. I don’t remember tasting anything and I don’t remember feeling anything except my presence actually being in that scenario. Like actually being in my own body, looking at the water, looking at the mountain. And then really quickly coming back and realizing that I’m looking at a picture.

Alexis – Between the time you were in the picture and observing it, did you feel any shift or pull? Any sensation whatsoever? Was there any demarcation between the time you seemed to shift realities?

Salwa – Not really. I was in and out of it really fast. The only sensation I guess you could say I felt was sort of this whoosh - like “I’m back.” (in the house). That’s pretty much how I would describe it. I couldn’t necessarily feel any sensation, I would just feel kind of light headed and confused. Like when you’re in a place and you’re not sure where you are. Like you’ve been wandering in a crowd and you become lost or disoriented…you know what I mean?

Alexis – Each picture that you went to you were in a different scene? In other words, it wasn’t a continuation of the initial scene, but a different experience altogether?

Salwa – Right, because it wasn’t the same landscape. It was a landscape but the pictures were very different. And quite frankly, I don’t remember all of them because I think part of me at the time was so overwhelmed that I was having this strange (and real) experience, I was confused. I didn’t know what to make of it.

Alexis – So did you say anything to anybody that was with you?

Salwa – Our host had a feeling, and I talked to her about it but we really didn’t go into a lot of detail. She just knew that I was feeling really weird and out of my element and I wasn’t really sure what was going on, so she just kind of comforted me afterword because after my whole experience, which was happening all throughout the tour she was giving us, I had a massively strong headache. Being an energy worker, she did some Reiki on me to help me get rid of it. But in the meantime, I never talked to anyone about it. I didn’t know how to approach anyone about it.

But it went beyond that after we went to the 3rd floor. By then, I was very quiet and subdued during the rest of our little tour, after the first time this all happened, I went completely quiet. We got up to her 3rd floor and she was showing us some of the things that she had; she showed us the crystal grid she had built on the floor and how to feel the energy when we placed our hands over the grid. I felt the energy without question. It was very strong. But then something profound happened while on that floor. She had this black and white sketch that was on her wall and from what I remember of it, it was a mountain range and then there were symbols everywhere on this drawing. So she told me to sit in front of it like on my knees and put my hands up to feel around the picture and concentrate on feeling the energy. I can’t tell you which symbol it was, because I don’t remember but every time I put my hand over it, I would begin to pass out! I literally would feel this power come over me and then I would come back to consciousness. The others that were with me became concerned. I don’t know. I didn’t feel any pain; it was just this overwhelming power that was just kind of engulfing me.

Alexis – You don’t remember what the symbol was?

Salwa – No because every time my hand would scan it, I would be out…I would pass out. I wouldn’t be completely out to where someone would have to wake me up. It was - you know when you’re feeling dizzy and you feel like you could pass out but you catch yourself? That’s how I was feeling. So I don’t know what kind of symbol it was. But it happened three or four times.

Alexis – Each time it would happen it was the same symbol that was in different parts of the picture?

Salwa – That’s what I remember. I was confused and dumbfounded about the entire experience of being in that house and all that happened to me.

Alexis – What do you think was going on, now that you look back on this experience? It’s been quite a few years since this happened.

Salwa – When I reflect, I think about symbols in particular and I know from my own studies that some symbols are very powerful. I’m well aware of that now. And the meaning behind them and what they can represent. But since I don’t know which symbol was having this effect, I can’t look back and connect the dots. As far as the whole experience – the pictures, disappearing into these landscapes…I don’t know whether this had something to do with the energy she had in that house, you know, because she did her own work in there. I’m sure the energy in her house would be much stronger than it would in the average home. And from the way she had it set up - I mean the whole house was very Feng Shui based, it seemed like the energy was constantly flowing; especially the third floor, where she did much of her work. Somehow the veil thinned for me during that day. The whole experience, I think opened me up somewhat psychically. Things were never quite the same since then.

Cynthia Sue Larson states, “People who witness reality shifts are emotionally energized with minds open to such new experiences.” Subsequent to Salwa’s experience, she admits that she could never look at anything quite the same way again. Later in our conversation, she went on to explain how this one encounter has spawned a passion for reading and learning about our own psychic abilities, energy, consciousness and the nature of reality. A clear paradigm shift for sure, Salwa’s story is a picture worth far more than a thousand words, but more aptly a thousand worlds!

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Strange Encounters Story Number One – “Kelly’s Visitor”

When you think of the classic phrase "things that go bump in the night", you might imagine a child hearing monsters in the closet or under the bed. Are those footsteps you're hearing coming up the stairs toward you or could it just be the old wooden staircase “settling in?” The questions are numerous when it comes to those mysterious sounds many have reported, albeit without full justification as to what they are. But what if there were no sounds? Instead while sleeping; suddenly you open your eyes only to find a motionless figure at the foot of your bed, and not just one time but multiple times. This is what has happened to Kelly, a single woman in her 40’s living in New York City. Kelly doesn’t know what to make of this repetitious scenario, but what she does know is that these regular nightly visits are real to her. This is her story.

Kelly – I would say my earliest recollection of it happening was when I first lived on my own in Brooklyn in the mid 90’s, and even prior to that when I was little, I remember being a very light sleeper and just feeling like there was a presence in the room. But specifically when I lived in Brooklyn, I would be in bed and would be asleep. I have very vivid dreams and I feel like I would dream constantly. I feel like I dream an awful lot. What happens is I will be in bed and typically this happens anywhere between 2-5am. I do feel like I’ve been dreaming and maybe that’s the reason why I am startled awake.

Whatever’s going on in my dream, it seems to kind of traverse into real life. Something will startle me and it’s either in my dream that I sense this presence and I open my eyes with a start. I’ll sit up and often times I will make a sound like “uh!” A very startled sound. I see an image in my room. It’s usually in the corner of the room or at the foot of the bed or right outside my door. It’s just a form. I don’t see any eyes I don’t see hair or any facial features - just an outline. They’re not menacing, or threatening or aggressive, they’re just there.

Alexis – Are they moving?

Kelly – No. They’re just standing there; like they’ve been observing me.

Alexis – You’ve never seen any movement of any kind. Does it look like a snapshot or still shot of anyone?

Kelly – I feel like they’re a presence; a living breathing presence. There’s definitely substance to them. It’s three dimensional. Recently though, I had an experience where I was very afraid because I thought that someone was going to attack me, but I think this might have been something in my dream.

Alexis - This is an important point – You said something really interesting. You said that you’re a vivid dreamer and that somehow there’s a link or bridge between the dream and when you open your eyes and actually see this image. Does that happen consistently? Does the dream always precede the presence in the room?

Kelly – I can’t tell. I don’t know for sure. Sometimes I feel like I’ve been sleeping pretty soundly and all of a sudden I’m jolted out of bed and I sit upright. And I’m very afraid. I usually turn on my light and look out my door and I look up and down the hall to see if there’s anything there.

Alexis – So you do get out of bed?

Kelly – Yes. And I say to myself “Are you insane? What if there is someone there?” But I can’t stay in the bed, I have to go and check it out. But of course there’s nothing. There’s never been anything.

Alexis – When you’re in the bed and your eyes open, have you ever felt a sense of paralysis or that you can’t move, are there any other sensations?

Kelly – No, but in my dreams I feel that sometimes. I feel like I’m on the verge of being awake. Like a lucid dreaming state. I realize I’m in a dream and I’m in danger but I can’t move. I say to myself, “You’re in a dream, but you have to wake up, you have to wake up!” But when I experience this being or presence in my room and I get up, I can move and I do move and I always get up to check out what’s happening.

Alexis – So as you’re getting up, is the being still there?

Kelly – No

Alexis – So the being is only there when you’re in bed. The moment you make a move to get up, the being is gone?

Kelly – Yes. When I’m sitting up, I don’t know if my eyes are open right away or what, but right after I open my eyes I see it, but then it goes right away.

Alexis – Have you seen it literally dematerialize or is there a gap and you look away and then back and then it’s gone?

Kelly – It’s hard to tell. I can’t really explain that.

Alexis – Do you sense that the being is male or female?

Kelly – Male. Always male.

Alexis – Are you always alone when this happens or has anyone ever been in the house with you?

Kelly – I remember one time, my brother had been visiting and while he was there I remember sitting up and screaming. But I asked him the next morning if he heard me and he said no. I don’t remember if there was an image there.

Alexis – And how often does this happen, on average?

Kelly – Maybe two times a month.

Alexis – But this has been pretty consistent for years?

Kelly – Yes, pretty consistent.

Alexis – Let me ask you this: what do you think this is?

Kelly – This is not a threatening thing. When I open my eyes and see this presence, it’s never been coming at me or anything. I like to think that it is someone who is just watching over me. Except for a couple of times, when it was a menacing thing, I felt like they were just watching over me. You know, I’ve lived on my own a lot. Maybe this presence has been protecting me. I’ve been on my own in NYC since 1989. For all intent and purposes the past 23 or 24 years. Maybe it’s a guardian.

Alexis – I find it interesting that there’s this definite link for you between the dreamscape and the waking state. If you look at the dreamscape like we might a landscape, you might call it another level of reality that we truly participate in. Many people that work in this field and have had these experiences say that our dream life is another reality; just as real as what we call this 3D reality. And sometimes a bridge can form between that reality (the dream) and this one (the waking state). I’ve heard cases of people who have had overtly menacing dreams. Some have even been attacked in the dreamscape where they’ve been scratched. When they wake up they will find scratches on parts of their body. There have been many reported cases like that.

It seems like you are participating in another reality and this entity that you’re encountering may be following you from the dream into the 3D…that’s the bridge.

Kelly – Sometimes I do feel like it’s a dream that has literally pulled me up. But other times something wakes me up and it’s the presence, and I open my eyes and I see this person. So it’s not always the dream. Now when I mentioned a couple weeks ago when I felt there was a menacing presence in the room, that I’m pretty sure was a dream, and there was something at the foot of my bed, ready to ‘get’ me.

Alexis – Did it look the same?

Kelly – No, this one was fuller, meaning it had a full head of hair (strange, I know). But I couldn’t see the features. It was a silhouette.


Kelly has been plagued by these experiences for years. Although she admits that the regular visitor she encounters does not seem threatening, on occasion her experiences have shifted to one of greater alarm and concern. Either way, Kelly seems to be experiencing a phenomenon that she simply cannot fully explain and these encounters don’t seem to be relenting.

We were very interested in hearing Kelly’s story. Will we ever learn the truth of these strange encounters? Are these and many others we’ve heard before the results of an over-active imagination, or perhaps the remnants of some unresolved trauma deep seeded within the human psyche? Or are we getting a glimpse of the multidimensional reality that many say we are always immersed within?

As philosopher Richard Feynman once said, “…it does no harm to the mystery to know a little about it!”

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