I'm not sure if this is true for everyone, but in experiences I have shared with friends, there appears to be at least one pattern observed in paranormal phenomenon. I'm mainly writing this to get an experience that happened tonight off my chest and onto the discussion table. I don't really feel like going into it much, but here goes:

Aside from abrupt confrontation with ghosts and the like, I have noticed that the "Presence" that some feel at first has particular characteristics and stages.

First, you feel a presence in the room. It almost feels like an animal. You are aware of it and it is aware of you. It doesn't feel like a human presence, just a presence, very simple, like a creature or animal that has simply caught sight of you in the woods. The major difference between the feeling this presence has, and the feeling, say, a deer has on you upon sighting, is hostility. You feel slightly threatened. Perhaps it does too.

At this point, you leave or you stay, but the second thing happens,

The "Presence" escalates. It becomes a stronger feeling, and you become more alert. It almost feels as if some invisible force is moving about. You get uneasy, and perhaps you assure yourself that, "it's just paranoia." This is a little more than being scared of creepy tales and dark evil forces. It feels, to you, like an actual danger. A threat. You react to it as you would a wolf approaching you, or a bear. And it feels as if it is an animal like presence itself.

The later stage is HEAVY escalation. The air almost becomes like a thick fog of presence, looming, constant, moving. Every fiber of you feels uneasy.

The final stage is manifestation. You actually see something, if but for an insant, physically observable. If you are with more than one person, it will be shared by that witness. Other times, something physical will be interacted with. (For example, in my case tonight, a 'figure' moving quickly past my cars door. Both my friend and I turned, watched it walk past, and turned to look at each other. Another instance would be in the basement where my friend witnessed a shadow rush by the stairs, then I look up and observe my motion detector go off at a distance we could not interfere with.)

So,

Minimal awareness of presence
Learning of presence (Distinguishing features of how it feels)
Escalation of Presence
HEAVY presence,
Manifestation.


I'm going to admit that I never stayed much past a manifestation or two. I shared two manifestations and felt the presence in unison with my friend. Is this merely shared paranoia that follows a general escalating pattern (As seems, aftering putting it down like this, a good possibility), or is something odd really going on?

What of the distinguishing features of this presence? The random instances it occurs? I can count the number of times this has happened to this strong level of physical manifestation; it has been very far and few. But every time, it seems to follow this pattern. Some say that there are things about this universe we do not yet understand. I'm willing to agree with them here. It seems that we don't understand all who walk on, or perhaps walk through our world. We've only touched the surface and for the most part that's where we stay. But what if there's depth beneath the waters? What if this is not just paranoia, but has distinguishing characteristics of something more? Nothing glorious, grand and intriguing for the happy ghost hunter, but something that just is. Just as an encounter with a wolf in the woods is as natural as an encounter with a deer, perhaps an encounter with a non-physical presence is just as natural. Indeed, our ancestors spoke of spirits as they were a natural part of the environment, as if they were weaved into the cosmos just as rightly as we are. Maybe so. I do not rule out the possibility, and I feel that maybe there is a thing to be learned from animistic culture. With new understanding today, I'm sure quite alot could be debunked, de-mystified, but there are always going to be certain things that defy the rules and reset standards. That being said, I ended up saying quite alot. These events really stir up unrest in one's mind. But it's off to bed now, I hope this is a decent topic, worthy of a reply or two. I've always found the matter of the paranormal to be one of the most intriguing things about being here, living and being a human being. The unexplained is less of a thrill ride than of a curiousity, a passion ot discover. At any rate. Good night all.