My flatmate asked me to research something that happened to her the other night, and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what it might be or if they had heard of anything similar.
She was going to sleep when she started to feel as though she was hurtling downwards at a tremendous speed. She then felt something "shoot through her chest" and found herself unable to move (but not in a panic-oh-god-I'm-paralysed way, more of a I-can't-move-but-it-doesn't-matter-coz-I-wasn't-planning-on-moving-just-yet-anyway-oh-well kinda way). She lay there awake for what she felt to be about a minute before she was able to move again and discovered that several hours had past.
I tentatively suggested that she might have fallen asleep (either before or afterthe shock to her chest) but she is absolutely certain that she was awake for the whole time.
I'm not sure if I think this was a paranormal experience or not. A little wierd but it DOES sound like a strange half dream type thing. On the other hand she's so certain it was unnatural (or y'know, supernatural) and that she was awake the whole time (ie, she never actually woke up from it), and to be fair there's quite a few random spirits, particularly vampyric ones, floating around the student accomodation. (Party town - everyone's high and happy, but no-one blinks if someone is lazy, sleeping too much or slightly depressed, coz we're students. Plus sleeping people are easier targets, and there's always someone asleep 24hrs a day.) Any thoughts, anyone?