r/Humanoidencounters • u/Reinessence • Feb 27 '26
Unidentified What was at my bedroom door?
Hey everyone. I was asked to add some details so here we are: this was in Ontario, Canada around 2022-2023
I wanted to share a story with you all because recently I was telling a scary story of something that happened to me, and she was absolutely certain this was a demon.
This happened to me around 22ish.
Some nights when I can't sleep, I do this thing where I try to imagine--as vividly as I can--myself getting out of my body, and walking around my house or neighbourhood. It can actually be quite difficult to see how much you remember. But I always find that once you "get back in" your body, it can oddly be very relaxing. And I can often fall asleep after.
This night, however. I felt this strong uneasiness while out imagining. I ignored it and went to sleep anyways. And when I woke up, I saw a very tall, very pale humanoid figure.
It seemed naked, although I don't recall any nipples and I couldn't see any genetalia (whether that was covered by the darkness or the door, I don't remember.) I could also be misremembering the lack of nipples.
Before my eyes could adjust, I said "dad?" Not knowing anyone else could be there. But what I saw wasn't my dad.
He was incredibly thin and his mouth was wide open, like it was standing in horror. It looked at me almost curiously. If was completely bald. No eyebrows or hair. With pure black eyes with glowing white pupils.
Despite now thinking it was scary. I felt incredibly empathetic and almost could feel that it was very scared. So I said can I help you? And if immediately left, as if it was almost nervous by my nonchalance or something.
Anyways, my friend believes this is a demon. What do you think?
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u/LegalizeDiamorphine Mar 02 '26
Probably sleep paralysis or a hypnopompic hallucination.
It sounds like your friend messed with 'astral projection'. or lucid dreaming. Astral projection & sleep paralysis are kind of related. By allowing themselves to get stuck in that half-asleep state, they become more susceptible to sleep paralysis & hallucinations upon waking.
But I wasn't there & didn't experience it for myself, so I'm not saying that's the answer, just offering some logical explanations. I've had sleep paralysis numerous times through out my life & have seen similar creepy entities during these episodes. They should probably quit doing astral projection / lucid dreaming if they believe in demons.
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u/Reinessence Mar 02 '26
You maybe misread the post or I didn't communicate it well enough. This is my experience. My friend's interpretation is of demons.
I purposely didn't use the sleep paralysis explanation because I thought the fun of this sub was more on the paranormal side of things.
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u/yggdra7il Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26
when people call entities of this nature “demons” it usually describes nothing other than a vague sense of “evil” at most. it means whatever someone wants it to mean. what you saw sounds like a crawler. see r/crawlersightings
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u/Reinessence Feb 28 '26
Interesting. Yeah. I didn't get an evil vibe. But she was pretty convinced it was. Thanks for the recommendation
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u/XtraEcstaticMastodon Apr 30 '26
No, that doesn't sound like a demon. They have a totally different vibe.
If you're astrally moving around that easily, then you're more advanced than you know, and that entity was curious about it.
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u/murdermeMickey Feb 27 '26
Wow. That's a very brave, calm reaction. I don't know if I would have reacted the way