Black robed figures have been reported many times, but I found a story about what he did with the author, warning her against dangers and telling death of people. Who are they?

http://hometown.aol.com/jadehazelstorm/page32.html

Just sounds like the Grim Reaper to me...

Or maybe he appears this way because of what she believes. It may be her spirit guardian with a sense of humor. We have a ghost at work here, that seems to like to play pranks, and more if there is a person here that can hear or see him and is spooked by it. I chuckle and tell him to stop and he usually does for the most part.

It sounds like the reaper. I don't necessarily believe in him...but don't fear him.....

I wonder, if you saw a robed figure, would you think reaper or ghost? Surely there can't be that a high population of monks return to haunt the earth?

Also, that very famous robed figure photo, what I don't understand about this is why is he wearing a white mask?

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Naah..thats a mental projection of a psychic into past , while watching Scary movie!!

Years ago in our old house I went into the spare room to grab a towel. The room faced the road with a street light opposite. I hadn't shut the blinds and happened to glance out the window something caught my attention.

I moved closer and saw a black robed figure floating above the ground moving up the road, it was facing straight ahead and I moved in fear as I felt if it was to look at me it would have meant evil. It's too long ago to remember if anyone had died around that time all I know is I always made sure I kept those blinds shut before dark and I still would not look towards the window at night.

oooo, that would have scared the living cucumber out of me I tell you.

I would like to witness something - though not necessarily this, was it your first paranormal experience, how old were you?

My brother and I had a weird experience when we were both younger; I was 14 and he was almost 11. We were talking in his room one night about our dad; he was in the hospital and was in bad shape. He had a heart attack and also diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. Anyhow, as we were talking, the room became cold as ice which was unusual b/c it was the middle of Sept. and unusually warm. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned around to see a tall, black hooded figure in the doorway. It didn't have a face which for some reason scared me even more. After a couple of seconds, my brother and I both bolted off the bed and ran through the doorway. We raced each other down the stairs and told our mom what we had just seen. She calmly told us that the figure was a sign of death in her family and that she had seen it, too. Needless to say, my dad passed away a week later. I can't explain what it was to this day, I simply don't know.

Her website is pretty cool. A lot of interesting stories. I have no explanation for the figure she saw but it started me thinking about why? Why does this happen to some and not others? Why her? She can be in a crowded hallway and see a figure like that and everyone else is oblivious to it. It is the age old question - do we all have the ability to communicate with the spirtual realm or just a chosen few. It would be a very different world we live in if everyone could communicate with the spirit realm. I think it would be a more more peaceful world.

Wow - I really like the painting in this link. This grim reaper looks friendly, comforting and helpful.

Forgot to add earlier: the "link" story was really neat, reminds me somewhat of my mom. She's always been able to "see" things that others around her cannot see.

Regency, I'm one of the ancient ones....38 . All my life I've been able to pick up things others can't. I don't try to keep open anymore along with the good if you're open the bad can come.

you call that ancient?

what made you stop? (being open )....b




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHy5tFI05js

Ha, my friend, I am equally as ancient as you are!

I was unwilling to relate my own experience with thes hooded things. It was only a week ago I stumbled frist time on hooded ghost stories, and I found i am likely among those people who have met the same beings.

It happened in May this year, on someday between 10-15th. I was strolling in the street and trying to date some stranger girls that never met before. Who cares since I was travelling on my own, and got bored being alone all the way. One girl seemed interested but she told me to wait a few day as she had to finish some important project for graduation. at the point I could do nothing but agreed. After a few hour I went to hotel and felt asleep as I slumped into bed without taking off cloths and shoes. First of all, I had a dream, it was very wierd dream: I found myself lying with cops staring down on me being kind of victim of murder. I had a sensation that I was burnt to death, and the wall and furniture around in the room were seared. The cops and paramedics kept photographing over me I did not even want to know what happened in my dream as if it was a point of a sequence of events which I have just experienced in real life. In fact everything in the dream was strange and never been seen in my life even my own identity was someone else. Amids the time when peoples was searching on my body, a group of people entered the room and they were all stranger too, these people gave me a feeling that they were dead, and come to receive me. cops did not see them. at this moment I yelled out and pointed my finger to a person who was interrogated by police all the time:" please dont let him go, dont let go!" But nobody gave any attention or they did not heard me. That person said he was first to discover the crime scene, and police allowed him go, I felt very very COLD and SAD with this and I cried in my dream. But strangly I did not feel hatred, just peaceful and sad. All This ended well like a drama and I WOKE up to find a dark figure standing beside my bed next to my pillow!! that figure was short, like a 9 year old boy.He had a hood covering his head, I could not any facial feature and eyes but only a complete darkness that seemed to absorb all the lighter darkness of night in my room. I had never experience such fear, I am a 23 year old boy or man as you like, that thing paralized me and used his dark hand press on my chest. A mix strong sensation of icy coldness and asphyxiation almost overcome me, but I resisted, and stared at this figure. God, I thought I am goin to died and kept swearing in mind NASTIEST words all language can offer. but It seemed coming closer, when I almost feel my brain is getting numb I started suddenly think of GOD, and I prayed: " Oh my beloved God please help me!" and then I created a vision of CROSS in my mind which was giving off a white glow in darkness. It was the first time I know how much vulberable a man can be without help. The dark figure evaporated as soon as the cross was envisioned. The coldness and pressure on my chest left with the figure. The light outside window became perveating trhough curtains, as if the figure had a hue opaque hue that kept the light out all time. I no more felt fear then and ver quickly I felt aleep in a sweet dream. But since then I started to become a bit uncertain when I sleep alone, ridiculous for a guy isnt it? when ever I feel that uncertainty in a dark room I will start think of God, friends, and worldly matters. It have not appeared again since then. I know I do not want, to meet it again!

I do not know what that figure was, even if it was ghost or ET? maybe the dream told me of my own past life? That experience feels kind of telling me that sometime you have to watch your back, I am upset with this feeling. I am very interested in paranormal topics, but ghost or spirit are not my favorite, I always believe in UFO and ETs but not in ghost or even have thought about it untill this experience. My only spiritual life is about God, reading bible and listening to classical music, if we have to deal with host or phantoms, i will still keep an open mind, listen to what people say.

I'm even more ancient than both of you...by 2 yrs.

I am not sure about that, when we even find difficult to get along with people, These shadowy people are not necessarily kind to us.

She just told some kids that it was a sign of death?
And she thought this would make you calm? -- With you're father is hospital in a critical condition I don't see how that would have helped :l

My mom has always been honest with us, even as children. When we asked if she had seen it as well, she said yes. We also asked her if she knew what it was and she told us. Looking back, I guess it might have not been the best thing to do, but she's not one to lie when asked a question.

And she was probably worried about you being so freaked out by the figure. Stress and grief can do weird things to us, so I don't think that your mom did anything bad at all. My mom was up front about stuff like that, too and I didn't grow up freaking at every shadow because of it, actually it was the opposite.