OCCULT VIEW

Shadow People

Willy had a curious dream.  A dream about shadow people, or at least that is how I interpreted it.  Above is a drawing of his dream I sketched out.  He never heard of shadow people before.  What are shadow people?  Shadow people are reputed to be entities that are invisible but sometimes become visible in our peripheral vision.  They are seen in the corner of the eye as a dark featureless humanoid shape, like a shadow.  When you try to look directly they vanish. A dream is a dream and we can’t make too much from any dream, except this one had some curious qualities about it. 

Willy lives in a studio apartment of a high rise.  His dream took place in his apartment.  Most dreams are all over the place, not where we live.  I looked out his window at where he dreamed of these shadow people.  I took a picture of the view (below).  There is an alley behind a strip mall and some residential homes, which is lit up by lights.  That is where he dreamed he saw shadow people. 

In his dream, Willy noticed shapes walking down this alley.  First one, then another.  They passed by a section where he could see them from his widow.  He said they were completely black.  He could not make out clothing or shoes; they were like solid shadows.  As he watched two of these shapes stopped, standing under a light.  Then they appeared to look up at him from his vantage point.  One of them reached out and pointed directly at him!  They knew he was watching them.

Willy said it was like he was not supposed to be able to see them and they somehow noticed that he noticed them.  He felt afraid and moved away from the window.  What to do, he dreamed.  They know where I am.  He lay in his bed hoping they wouldn’t find him. 

Then he suddenly woke up.  What a creepy dream he thought.  As he lay in bed, he heard a knock on his door, or more like a quiet rap.  Looking at his clock, it was past 3 AM.  Who would be knocking on his door at this time of the morning?  He listened and heard another pair of gentle raps…tap…..tap.  He got up and thought to answer the door, but he was not dressed.  Besides…who would bother him this time of night?  He continued to listen but heard no more knocks.  Willy paced around for a little bit and looked out his window.  No shadow people were wandering.  It was just a dream.  But who was knocking on his door?    

What was unnerving was that the dream took place where he lived, which can be confusing.  I had an answer to his dream.  Have you ever dreamed of being stuck in a snowstorm, to awaken and find out you are cold?  Or you are in a desert looking for water to awaken and discover you are thirsty?  Our physical condition can influence our dreams.

I said someone was knocking on his door, but gently.  They did not want to awaken him if he was sleeping, but if he was already awake they wanted to see him.  Even dreaming he heard these knocks and it produced a nightmare of some shadowy entities trying to find him.  Knock, knock…we know where you live!  Then the knocks awakened him and he instantly recalled his dream.  I suggested he ask around the people he knew and find out if anyone was trying to see him that night.  Someone must have wanted to contact him.

When I ran into Willy again, I asked if he ever found out who was knocking on his door.  He said did ask around…but nobody he knew was knocked on his door at 3 AM.