Sleep Paralysis or Something Darker? The Presence That Crept Out of the Shadows | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC!

Some hauntings don’t begin in an abandoned house — they begin in childhood.

This chilling true ghost story traces back to a single unforgettable night when the storyteller was just five years old. Their mother often used a Ouija board, though they didn’t understand at the time why it felt wrong. One day an older neighbor advised the mother to perform a Mexican folk cleansing ritual by placing an egg in a clear bowl beneath the bed.

That same week, the family’s beloved cat, Spike, was tragically hit by a car. That night, while sleeping in the mother’s bed, the child woke to see Spike hobbling toward them — bloodied but alive — before slipping beneath the bed. When they leaned down to look, the cat was gone. All that remained was the egg in the bowl.

For them, that was the start of everything.

From ages 6 to 10 came nights of what they now recognize as sleep paralysis: waking in bed yet unable to move, a buzzing rush of dread in their ears, and the terrifying sense that something unseen was slowly approaching from the dark.

Decades later, the lights are still left on at night, the shadows never fully trusted. That first night with the egg and the ghostly cat seemed to open a door that has never truly closed.

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