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What is the " night crusher" syndrome?

For many years there have been stories of some kind of entity that comes in the night and terrorizes people. Some call it "The Old Hag" syndrome but I do not think that quite covers it. This experience tends to vary from person to person. Some people do claim to see an old hag sitting on their chest. Others claim it is a black form, and others see nothing but feel as if something or someone climbs onto the bed and holds them down , and they can't move, scream or sometimes even breathe during this experience. It usually lasts for a few seconds that seem like forever and leaves the person very shaken up or cold when it is over.It seems to happen at times in the daytime also, so perhaps it is not just a "nighttime" experience at all. Now I have heard stories from folks who say they were asleep and were woken up by it, others who say they were awake and still others who say they were in the in between stages of sleep and wake-fullness. Some of these events are brought on by sleep paralysis, a condition that is normal and that the body causes, to keep us from getting up and acting out our dreams. For more on this common natural event with sleep paralysis go to: http://www.livescience.com/49457-sleep-paralysis-hallucinations.html Recently sleep paralysis has also been linked to genetics: http://www.livescience.com/49818-sleep-paralysis-genetic-basis.html

Not all of these events that have taken place in bed can be attributed to sleep paralysis however.

Everyone who has told me of their experience with this, agrees on one thing...something climbed onto the bed and accosted them. Strangely enough the majority of what I call "night Crusher" incidents have occurred in a home where there was already a certain amount of paranormal activity of other kinds, that would point to the possibility of a ghost being in the home. Scientists attribute this experience to a waking dream and /or sleep paralysis, which makes the person unable to move or scream. Almost all of the people who have had this experience say they were laying on their backs. I find this curious as on one's back is also the same position in which a person is most likely to trance out, meditate or attempt to astral travel. Is it possible ,that these folks went down to some altered state that allowed contact with this entity? This is often a hypnogogic state which often settles in right before we fall asleep or when we first start to awaken. How many people claim they were almost asleep when they heard someone call their name? Is this also a coincidence? Now I have never experienced this night crushing phenomenon, thank goodness and do not hope to. I sleep on my side not my back.

I have heard night crusher stories from all kinds of people from all walks of life over the years. And in one of my cases, four different people were night crushed in the home, some of them guests who knew nothing about the experiences of the residents there. Now can this case be chalked up to sleep paralysis? Mass hallucination? I find it difficult to accept that in cases like the one I just mentioned that this strange experience can be dismissed as coincidence. One of the crusher victims in this particular home was a 235 pound man who was wide awake lying in the bed when it happened. It would take a lot of power to hold down that man, wouldn't you think? We later discovered that the ghost in the home was a relative who lived there for a long time and she just wanted to be close to her family members again, scaring the living daylights out of them in the process. So now what? What does this tell us about the night crusher events? Maybe not all are intentionally malevolent or predatory after all.

There was another case of a teenage boy who was accosted by a similar crushing entity in the early morning in a new home that his family had just moved into. He managed to fight it off before it could really get a grip and said it never happened again.

People with bad hearts are the ones who suffer the worst with a night crusher experience. I had one case where the victim of this repeated attack had a bad heart and actually went to stay somewhere else until the activity was reduced in the home. Anyone with a heart condition should not live in a haunted location. The same applies for people with mental or emotional handicaps. Spirit activity can have a detrimental affect on anyone who is in bad health physically or mentally.

Just for FYI: 85 percent of all "night crusher" episodes are in reality related to sleep paralysis and not to any actual spirit activity.

We are interested in hearing about night crusher experiences that have a different aspect from any of the usual ones listed above, so if you have experienced something of this nature with some different elements please send us an email and tell us about it.

What is the dogman and is it a real Cryptid? While there haven't been as many sightings as there are of Bigfoot, this creature is being seen by people in different places all over the world and in the USA. Wisconsin has it's very own beast known as the "Wisconsin Werewolf", which Linda Godfrey has written a few books on, which you can find at Amazon. The "beast of Bray Road" is another book about the same creature. The sightings do vary though as far as description of this beast. Some say it walks on two legs some say it was on all fours. Some say it stands upright and has ears and a tail. Others say it has no tail but has ears. Some say it has a man's body with long arms, clawed hands,and wolf hind legs. All agree it has a muzzle and large teeth. Some bigfoot have been said to have a muzzle like face also, is that perhaps what people are seeing? from what I have been able to find in my research, many of these sightings have described this creature on four legs or squatting down eating or whatever. Is is possible that this is a large wolf or dog/ wolf hybrid of large size? When a domestic dog mixes with a wild wolf, you may have what they call "Hybrid vigor" which produces a much larger size animal as it's offspring. That might account for so called dire wolf sightings also.

The dogman seems to very popular in some states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Arkansas,Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, Idaho and Ohio. There have been scattered sightings in other states and even here in Florida. This creature is even seen in cities and suburban areas, as well as rural areas. Louisiana has it's Rougaroo, which is said to be a wolf like creature also that is of tremendous proportions and very dangerous. Louisiana's Rougaroo is steeped in spiritual lore of the area and is said to be a spirit animal rather than just a flesh creature. Many cultures have their werewolf legends and the dogman certainly fits in with those as well. So what does the dogman look like?

Until a specimen is caught and cataloged we may never know what the dogman is or even if it truly exists. It does not seem to be as common as Bigfoot and does not seem to leave as many tracks or other kinds of evidence. I have always been of the mind that since Bigfoot is purported to be part human that he also has the intelligence and the know how to camouflage, as well as disguises that aid him in hunting and staying off our radar. I feel this may also explain things like the supposed "Goat squatch", possibly just a bigfoot with a horned headdress from a kill. In examining kill sites I have noticed that skulls of large animals are often missing from the carcass dumps. Why?

Does the Dogman exist and if so is he in Florida too? Well, I am in the process of seeking reports and so far I have one: A woman I know, says she saw one. Says she heard like a human-sounding howl and saw an extremely huge looking dog standing on its hind legs, by a tree ,out in the woods. This happened by Lake Tiger, just out side lake Wales. This article is not finished and I will add sightings in Florida as they come in per my request.

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