Who Is The Shadowman?
Though sceptical on the subject of spirit guides,
I have tried to be open to the subject and have attempted on a number of
occasions to contact mine. I’ve read a few books and learned about
visualisation and relaxation techniques to make contact. It appeared to be
quite an event to those who are successful in their attempts.
One night, while lying in bed in the dark, I decided to give it another go. My wife was lying beside me and we’d just finished chatting about the day, before going to sleep.
I closed my eyes and tried to visualise a scene from the Lake District. As much as I tried to picture mountains and tranquil countryside all I got was a white light and a swirling black mass. It was as though the main light was on in the bedroom and it was shining through my eyelids. I opened my eyes just to check but the room was dark. I closed my eyes again and the white light returned, together with a black swirling mass.
This black and white mass was interesting so I stayed with it to see where it would lead. Then, in the distance I saw a figure. I wondered if this was my spirit guide and it appeared to be walking towards me. It was only a silhouette that looked to be a male figure wearing a trilby style hat and longish, thigh-length coat.
He came closer, step-by-step. I’d read that this is meant to be an exciting time for people who witness their spirit guide but I only felt nervous. It didn’t feel right. This featureless, dark shadow came closer and closer. I asked mentally if he was my spirit guide but it said nothing. The white light and black swirling mass continued to be the backdrop of the scene and the figure was now very close – but still dark, faceless and silent.
I thought he may have lightened up as he got nearer, to reveal a smiling face, but no. I just sensed something was not right and I began to get nervous as he began to fill my field of vision.
By now I was quite nervous. I had not imagined my spirit guide experience to be this dark. It was as though I was watching this on a TV screen for his feet disappeared from view as he got closer, I was tempted to open my eyes but I felt I needed to see this through. All I could see now was his head and torso, then head and chest, then full dark face and eventually he filled my vision completely – blocking out the white light.
Suddenly, his face vanished to reveal an even more disturbing scene of a man also in silhouette, hanged by the neck against the black and white swirling background and as the slightly rocking hanged man slowly turned in my direction, I decided I’d had enough and opened my eyes.
My wife then asked me what I’d done as she said the atmosphere in the room had gone really flat and dead. I told her about the vision and it made her feel creeped out.
Who was this dark figure? Who was the hanged man? What was the white light and swirling black mass about? Whatever it was, I’m sure this was not a spirit guide episode! Can you shed any light on what this could have been?
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This story was published in Paranormal
Magazine, Issue 20.