This is my first post ever. I have told very few people about this experience.
When I was 14 I lived in the country about 20 miles outside of a small town. I loved it. One night I was in bed on the verge of sleep (You know, when you are about there but you know you are still somewhat awake). I don't know what time it was, late enough for my family to all be asleep. Well I was almost asleep when out of nowhere I hear this man's voice say 1. It was loud and deep. It didn't stop at one, it started counting.
I was startled completely awake and I was looking around to find the source of the counting. The layout of my room I should point out, my bed was next to the wall by the window and at the foot of my bed was my walk-in closet. At the far wall of my closet was my dresser.
When I looked down my body and into the closet I saw a small black shape sitting on my dresser with red eyes. I could clearly see the shape and arms and legs, which they were swinging back and forth like a child would do sitting on a chair too big for them. When I saw the 'thing' I froze in absolute terror. I couldn't move, couldn't even scream. Believe me, I tried many times. The third time the 'thing' reached the end of his counting, it put its hands on the edge of the dresser and pushed off and landed on the floor. I prayed the hardest I have ever prayed in my life and was able to finally move and ran like there was no tomorrow out of my room into my sister's. I climbed into bed with her and cried my eyes out.
To this day I have no idea what that thing was or what it wanted. I have never been able to sleep with the closet door open since then. It's been almost 20 years and I'm still scarred by it. That was the first experience and the worst but since that day I have had many many more. Some in that house which we built and then in every place I have lived.
Has anyone else had an experience like this? Or an idea of what it could of been?
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It may be a bit late to reply, but to me this seems like it could be a normal hypnagogic experience, like sleep paralysis, or a hypnagogic hallucination.
Or the thing you saw and the thing you heard may have come from two different sources. You could have seen a reflection (did your dresser have a mirror?) with noise from another source. Not sure if this is possible from your room layout up but it could have been the reflection of a bird outside your window. Some birds have red eyes. Or there could have been a bat on your dresser? They are much more common than you would think, and are scary-looking when they crawl around.
Were you anywhere near a military base? Maybe you were getting radio frequency interference on some device (like that scene in the film This is Spinal Tap where the gear picks up radio transmissions). Only in the middle of the night for a teenager it would not have been funny, it would have been terrifying. If there were aircraft flying over, there could have also been a rumble, that caused your dresser to shake slightly, heightening the perception of something moving. Aircraft can also make low frequency noises, that can cause people to have a heightened sense of fear.
Just a couple of thoughts to consider. Whatever it was, I don't get the sense it meant you any harm.
Best to you,
MysteryResearch