These are the common symptoms of Sleep Paralysis

I used to live in an old, two story house in California and I have strong beliefs that it was haunted. There used to be strange happenings, such as doors banging, the stairs creaking in the middle of the night, but nothing there when I went to look. I always felt like I was being watched, especially when I was getting dressed or taking a shower and it was NOT a pleasant experience. I used to try and shake it off, thinking that it was just my nerves. I thought that until the night I had to pack to move. I spent the whole day packing and moving boxes and was more then happy to retire to bed early. It was around 11:30pm when I felt someone's hands moving down my sides. I was having a dream about my boyfriend and thought it was him, until it's hands moved over my chest. I muttered something in protest but I suddenly felt a great weight on my chest. My eyes snapped open, I couldn't move! I couldn't breath! I looked straight into a cloud of black mist... I was terrified!! I wanted to scream, but the force on my chest was crushing me!! The mist was an evil black, with two glowing green eyes. It looked down on me and something slapped my face. My head rolled to the side with the slap as I watched it in terror out of one eye. It grinned, I could see the pearl white teeth when it's lips pulled back. I was freezing cold and trembling terribly. I could hear it, right in my ear... "I want you dead..." it said. I freaked. It repeated that over and over again. Now I was scared senseless. Suddenly some boxes near my bed tumbled off the pile and the weight was lifted. I leapt out of bed and went to stay the night with my boyfriend. Nothing else happened the next day, but I refused to go in there alone until I moved.

Submitted from: Chaelea R, Hawally, Kuwait