As a teenager I had a LOT of paranormal things happen both with me and all around me and one of those was one of these shadow people.....
We lived in a trailer park on top of a (I guess) a old indian ground. (I know every one says this) but if nothing else we had a grave size capped spot in our yard that no grass would grow and no matter how hard I tried I could not get down to the point to pry it off! And of course we associated all the things that happened inside to it~
The dog and the baby would wave/wag tail at it, bark or babble at it, do the "gimme" tiny hands wanting to be picked up motions, there was voices & scents but not strong enough to make sense of them. But there was also screams. We would call police, neighbors but no one but us could heard them. It also seemed to affect the elders moods? Tempers, fears and other problem areas of each of our personalities seemed to be magnified. Not constantly but enough.
Then one night I was wakened by something and when I opened my eyes there was this dark form right beside my bed! I could not move or scream, It never said anything but the "sense"? it gave off scared the literal daylights out of me.....it truly was evil I would swear it. And I am a horror story addict. I didn't scare easily. my bed times story's were not Goldilocks and 3 bears by a long shot! They were stories like the lost liver one...
I never saw it again but I also could not go into that room for some time. And when I did for some reason I went on a vampire kick. It had to be a vamp so when I was tasked with tending my sisters new baby and having to sleep with said kid THERE all the way on that end of house all alone (dad and sis at work ) I got in my head I had to save the baby!
So, did you know garlic powder added to touch of water to make a paste and rubbed on babies neck can cause a real bad rash? of course when they finally took baby to hospital and they started accusing (questioning) mom, dad & sis I never said a word! (couldn't they smell the garlic?) pthhh
I didn't sleep well for several months for fear of something getting that damn baby. they deserved the scrutiny.
(I even took 1 of dad's guns and stepped out on back landing and shot at the vamp making noises outside my window hoping to scare it away before it could get the screen off..I bet that raccoon never messed with our trash again!)
Anyway I think that was also when I was the most "open". I would take a deck of cards to school and read for the other jr high school kids. etc till I quit school altogether.
Me and my older sister especially did well especially doing it with each other.. She taught me a lot.
We would know when the phone would ring, who was on the other end.. we even once moved a small ash tray telepathically. Of course when we showed dad he put a stop to any more playing around with ANYTHING remotely dealing with things like this.
I have the old "something out of the corner of my eye" here on these 10 acres now but never again one of the dark shadow people. Thank Goodness! (but I still have garlic & garlic powder for JIC)