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Posted on: Shadow Figure
at 11/04/2009 2:55pm

There was nothing in my vision while I was leaving the room and around the hallway, if it were an afte image effect ... more(+)

a_lost_packet_ wrote:One thing it could be is an afterimage effect. You were watching television. That is a projected light impacting your retinas. If you then moved to a dark or more contrasting area, you could have some slight afterimage illusions that may have contributed to what you saw. As the afterimage faded, it may have been interpreted by you as "movement" especially if you "recognized" the illusion as a human-like shadowy form right off the bat....

There was nothing in my vision while I was leaving the room and around the hallway, if it were an afte image effect would it have been in my vision already? When I stepped into the hallway, I didn't see anything on the floor, walls, etc. then the shadow appeared. Also it didn't move while I was examining it, I looked at it up and down and it was stationary, wouldn't an afterimage be moving with your vision? close(-)

Posted on: Shadow Figure
at 11/03/2009 3:42pm

Your situation is different from mine, you and your friend saw an actual object (the peice of log sticking up). In my ... more(+)

I saw a little munster standing on a beaver lodge in Canada one time. The other guy in the canoe with me also so something that freaked him out. I was absolutely convinced that there was something clearly there. It ended up being a small log sticking up out of the lodge, but I could go round and round looking for a rational explanation why we both had the same visual experience. I chalk it up to the play of light and being deep in the woods for about a week. I don't think it was really a munster. I do however have a great halloween story and camp fire story that seems to get spookier every time I tell it.

So I think I was in a situations similar to you and I just don't believe in munsters, I do believe we are able to scare the bejesus out of ourselves occasionally though!

Your situation is different from mine, you and your friend saw an actual object (the peice of log sticking up). In my situation there was nothing there to make a shadow eg. a bug, neither was it a trick of light because my eyes were adjusted to the light condition. What happened to me isn't much of a story, it isn't going to get any more or less "spookier" however number of times I tell it. close(-)

Posted on: Shadow Figure
at 11/02/2009 10:59pm

I can't just forget what happened, if you were in my situation I think you'd be looking for answers too. It couldn't ... more(+)

origin wrote:I don't know what you are looking for. What you saw was a trick of the light, a shadow from a bug, a floater, a hallucination or what ever. Forget it, it was nothing of consequence.

A science site is going to give you rational non-supernatural reasons for what you saw. If you go to a new age site or something they will give you all kinds of supernatural explanations. I wouldn't worry about it. I would just keep retelling the story around halloween, I think it is a pretty good one.

I can't just forget what happened, if you were in my situation I think you'd be looking for answers too. It couldn't have just been a trick of the light, the shadow was very clear and my eyes were adjusted to the light condition. It couldn't have been a shadow from a bug because theres no bugs around in the winter in my area, and I've never had any hallucinations of any kind in my life. I can't find a rational explanation for this. close(-)

Posted on: Shadow Figure
at 11/02/2009 2:47pm

The shadow was on the floor just like in the diagram, and yes I looked directly at it not in my peripheral, I was ... more(+)

Fomalhautian wrote:So, was this shadow upright, on a wall or was it on the floor like in the diagram? Also, did you look directly at it, or was it one of those peripheral sightings. I only ask because as a result of a hard hit I once took playing football in high school, I've developed floaters in my vision. They tend to move around, sometimes in the front..... sometimes in my peripheral. They change shapes and for the most part just annoy me. Like I'll think I see a bug and when I fix my eyes on the location, since it's in my peripheral, it keeps moving away. But every once in a while (like twice in 20 years) the floaters will take an almost human shape and will be in just the right part of my peripheral vision that I looks like a man in a doorway and when I swing my head around he disappears...... so a frantic search ensues around the house and I only figure out it's a floater when I sit back down in the original location and see it again. But for a good two or three minutes, I am convinced somebody is in my house.

The shadow was on the floor just like in the diagram, and yes I looked directly at it not in my peripheral, I was facing it directly. It was very clear, it stood on the floor in front of me for about 3 seconds, it didn't change shape or anything, then moved towards the entrance.
I know what you mean, I sometimes see "floaters" in my vision, but when ever I see them there not in any particular shape, just squiggly lines. I don't think the shadow I saw was a floater, it was too clear and it didn't move when I examined it, unlike a floater that moves when you try to look at it. close(-)

Posted on: Shadow Figure
at 10/26/2009 5:16pm

I said I "shrugged it off", it still freaked me out at the time, I just tried not to think about it, I didn't ... more(+)

It was late at night, you were tired, you had been watching TV, and were in a low light enviroment. Sounds like your eyes were playing tricks on you.

I certainly don't think the invisible man was in your house - so I would go with a trick of the light.

Yes, it was pretty late, but I wasn't really tired. I know when some people get tired they can see thing that aren't really there, but I wasn't tired enough where I would start to see things. If I understand you correctly, your saying that because I was watching TV and then entered the hallway the changing light conditions made me see a shadow the shape of a man, is that what your saying? If that was the case wouldn't it be more like a blury image, and remain in my vision for longer, like when you see a bright light then look somwhere else you would still see a blury shadowy image of what you where looking at for a minute or two. When I saw the shadow, it was very clear, I could clearly see the head, neck, torso, arms, and legs, it stood still for about 3 seconds then moved towards the entrance.

The other thing is that you didn't think much of it at the time - clearly it didn't have much impact. We tend to build up things like this in our minds over time - especially when you tell people the story and your get oohs and aahs.

I said I "shrugged it off", it still freaked me out at the time, I just tried not to think about it, I didn't want to believe that I saw a shadow, but I clearly saw it. I'm not telling this to get any "oohs and ahhs" from people I just want to know if theres anybody that could help me find an explanation.
Thanks, this is very good explanation but I don't think the lights were playing tricks on me. close(-)

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