Sleep Tight

Many of you have probably experienced at one time or heard of the phenomenon known as sleep paralysis. This sensation is so terrifying because the victim cannot move and normally cannot speak but still has all the other senses vividly aware of their surroundings. While such an ordeal is shocking on its own, the many wives tales that were born from this is by far more frightening..

Commonly known as the 'Old Hag':

Victims of the old hag are said to wake up unable to move, or speak. Instead they complain of having a giant weight upon their chest almost as if there was an apparition squatting upon them. This sensation often makes it hard to breathe but yet not impossible. Along with that horrible symptom its also said that they will here creepy noises about them while awful smells penetrate the room. 

I myself have experienced this once and saw no hag but instead a black mass gathering in the corner of the ceiling above me. It only grew thicker and darker as it seeped along the wall like some poisonous smog. The smell in the room was only comparable to rotting meat. Unable to move I could only watch it until I could gather my motor skills again. When talking to others about the strange happenings the reasonable answer was always a simple hallucination from the paranoia.  However it seemed a bit too real to be just a case of paranoia in my opinon....