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Ghostly Types: Shadow People

Ghostly Types: Shadow People

September 8, 2013 Jacob Rice Comments 4 comments

Shadow people are relatively common paranormal phenomena. Popular shows, like Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters, have captured them on video. Paranormal researchers commonly report moving shadows during their investigations. However, most agree a shadow person isn’t the apparition of a human spirit.

They’re something else…

What are shadow people?

There are a few competing theories about their origins. I bet there’s some truth in all of them. First, let’s use a common definition of a shadow person.

Shadow people are an alleged paranormal entity. They may – or may not – be human spirits, interdimensional beings or lower-forms of demons. They may also be hallucinations caused by drug use or sleep deprivation. It is unclear if they are malevolent.

How do shadow people manifest?

Quite frankly, they just appear. There’s no warning a shadow person will manifest. They tend to appear in a darker section of an already shadow-filled area, and in a humanoid shape. Most have a masculine silhouette. In some cases, researchers noted a top hat. There are a few books, like “The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits,” that claim shadow people will be over 6-and-a-half feet tall. Others say the figures are too hard to measure precisely.

According to paranormal researchers and theorists, shadow people are interdimensional beings that use out dream states to enter our world. It’s not a strong connection, so they appear as shadows. In most cases, they just want to watch you and nothing more.

There are reports of ghosts that manifest as shadow people, but the locations, like Waverly Hills Sanitorium and the Plano, Texas Processing Center, had many deaths from deplorable conditions. That leaves a strong negative energy imprint. It’s reasonable to assume that shadow people are really ghosts. As a rule of thumb, it’s very rare for a shadow person to be a human spirit. Try to debunk the shadow person’s manifestation before considering a ghostly cause.

Can shadow people hurt you?

It’s easy to confuse a shadow person with an old hag. You can become paralyzed and feel like it’s choking you. This leads to sleep deprivation, which is known to cause hallucinations. Many researchers have debunked shadow people due to hallucinations caused by sleep deprivation and drug usage. Generally, shadow people make you feel uncomfortable and increase the strength of negative emotions, like sadness, loneliness, anxiety, fear and anger. There are no reports of a shadow person hurting anyone.

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Jacob Rice has documented ghostly activities and ghastly monstrosities on this blog since 2013. His first paranormal (make that monster) encounter happened on a cold winter’s day in Wisconsin. While living in Chicago, Ghostly Activities was born, and now he calls the mysterious Pacific Northwest his home.


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4 thoughts on “Ghostly Types: Shadow People”

  1. Ricardo Sandoval says:
    June 8, 2018 at 3:18 am

    I have been dealing with these exact same occurances for nearly 18 months. I can not get rid of them, if anybody has any ideas please let me know. Amarillo Tx

  2. Jacob Rice says:
    June 8, 2018 at 5:48 am

    Hi Ricardo. Thanks for commenting. How did you try to get rid of them? That will narrow down some clearing options and it may tell us where the shadow people come from.

  3. Em says:
    December 13, 2019 at 4:07 pm

    I encountered a shadow person once. I was at a church and heading down a corridor when the shadow person decided to pop in for a visit. I was thoroughly freaked out and ran back the other way, so really all I could tell was it was kind of tall-man-shaped-esque. But yeah.

  4. Marie says:
    May 19, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    I see movements out of the corner of my eyes, someone touching my toe, when I get sick and have to go to the hospital the ones at home hear loud sounds and all kind of disturbing things. When I come it’s always stops.my small grandchildren see things in my kitchen and laundry room. Tonight I feel uneasy and seeing movements. I can sometimes dream and my dream comes true I don’t know to read my dreams I have to wait and see what happens. I also get the feeling that something is wrong.

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