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The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. It is a phenomenon in which the sleeper feels the presence of a supernatural, malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on their chest or the foot of their bed.
According to the mythology, Pori comes to a man at night in his dreams and seduces him. Gradually, the victim's health deteriorates, and in some cases, he develops suicidal tendencies. In Turkish culture, the incubus is known as Karabasan. It is an evil being that descends upon some sleepers at night. These beings are thought to be spirits or ...
In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. Definitions vary, and include the hour immediately after midnight and the time between 3:00 am and 4:00 am.
Some scientists have proposed sleep paralysis as an explanation for reports of paranormal and spiritual phenomena such as ghosts, [34] [35] alien visits, [36] demons or demonic possession, [9] [37] alien abduction experiences, [38] [39] the night hag and shadow people haunting. [10] [13]
The offender reportedly began to attack his victim while he was asleep on a United Airlines flight. The FBI said that Everett Chad Nelson, who was seated in 35F, walked to the lavatory about two ...
In the later medieval prayers, Elves appear to be threatening, even demonic, force. Evidence includes Latin prayers found inscribed in lead amulets from southern Scandinavia and Schleswig. [8] The most famous is the fourteenth-century Münchener Nachtsegen, a prayer to be said at night, which includes the lines: [9]
Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, [1] which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba.In 1995, it was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African ...
A demonic California dad has been arrested for allegedly beheading his 1-year-old son Friday in an early-morning frenzy of violence that also injured his wife and her mother, according to police.