A lot of groups talk about shadow people what do you think they are, paranormal entity or just your eyes playing tricks on you? And is there a difference between shadow people and full body apparitions?
Dave: Just the term "Shadow People" suggest that this type of phenomena has its own genre in the paranormal world. There are those who believe that "shadow people" actually exist in a parallel universe and have found our world through a portal into their world. Others feel that these occurrences are entities unable to fully materialize, yet are able to block out light in a human-like form.
I have witnessed what I believe to be movement caused by something with enough density to block out available light. I also have been temporarily stunned by witnessing a moving shadow that turned out to be a very non-moving door frame. Any investigator worth their salt will debunk their experiences as intensely, or more intensely than they do the clients claims.
The difference between a full body apparition and a "shadow person" is that the full body apparition will have well defined features that are unmistakably human. The shadow type apparition may, or may not even exhibit extremities and are a more two dimensional apparition that simply blocks out background light of is devoid of coloration.
Jake: The term “shadow people” freaks me out a little bit. It evokes ideas of little shadow people colonies, kind of like the movie Willow, but with shadow people.
I think the phenomenon is most likely a combination of one’s eyes playing tricks on him/her, and a legitimate haunting. The idea I have is that an entity is trying to show itself but can only muster enough energy to show its shadow without features. (Incidentally, these may be the entities that can only lift 10 pounds) Maybe certain people die and are just banished to an afterlife as a shadow person, never to be able to claim their earthly identity. Strange theories I know, but it’s not like I’m using dowsing rods!
One must consider, however, that some reports of shadow people could very possibly be related to our eyes playing tricks on us. I truly do not think that we fully consider how our eyes work, and when something as simple as a slight ripple works across your eyes, it could trick you into seeing movement, and if there is already a shadow anywhere near, of course it could be misconstrued as a shadow person.
Rex: I think when shadow people are concerned, it has to be taken on case-by-case basis. When somebody sees something out of the corner of their eye, most if not all the time this is just your eyes playing tricks on you. However if its something standing right in front of you or blocking out a known light source then we can look into the possibility of a "shadow person". There are a lot of theories as to what they are from ghost to inter-dimensional being its hard to verify since they won't stay around long enough to talk to you... Wait do shadows even have mouths?
Dave: Just the term "Shadow People" suggest that this type of phenomena has its own genre in the paranormal world. There are those who believe that "shadow people" actually exist in a parallel universe and have found our world through a portal into their world. Others feel that these occurrences are entities unable to fully materialize, yet are able to block out light in a human-like form.
I have witnessed what I believe to be movement caused by something with enough density to block out available light. I also have been temporarily stunned by witnessing a moving shadow that turned out to be a very non-moving door frame. Any investigator worth their salt will debunk their experiences as intensely, or more intensely than they do the clients claims.
The difference between a full body apparition and a "shadow person" is that the full body apparition will have well defined features that are unmistakably human. The shadow type apparition may, or may not even exhibit extremities and are a more two dimensional apparition that simply blocks out background light of is devoid of coloration.
Jake: The term “shadow people” freaks me out a little bit. It evokes ideas of little shadow people colonies, kind of like the movie Willow, but with shadow people.
I think the phenomenon is most likely a combination of one’s eyes playing tricks on him/her, and a legitimate haunting. The idea I have is that an entity is trying to show itself but can only muster enough energy to show its shadow without features. (Incidentally, these may be the entities that can only lift 10 pounds) Maybe certain people die and are just banished to an afterlife as a shadow person, never to be able to claim their earthly identity. Strange theories I know, but it’s not like I’m using dowsing rods!
One must consider, however, that some reports of shadow people could very possibly be related to our eyes playing tricks on us. I truly do not think that we fully consider how our eyes work, and when something as simple as a slight ripple works across your eyes, it could trick you into seeing movement, and if there is already a shadow anywhere near, of course it could be misconstrued as a shadow person.
Rex: I think when shadow people are concerned, it has to be taken on case-by-case basis. When somebody sees something out of the corner of their eye, most if not all the time this is just your eyes playing tricks on you. However if its something standing right in front of you or blocking out a known light source then we can look into the possibility of a "shadow person". There are a lot of theories as to what they are from ghost to inter-dimensional being its hard to verify since they won't stay around long enough to talk to you... Wait do shadows even have mouths?
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