I know the following sounds daft. Some will think I have escaped from a lunatic asylum but I give you my word it really happened.

I moved into a house in the country near Dundee, Scotland. I had 2 rooms and a bathroom as my part of a large modern house. My landlord was a complete sceptic, hard headed, unbelieving. My landlady was a spiritualist and although the house was modern there was a fair bit of history in the land surrounding the house.

First of all it was built close to what she called a crossroads and on a ley line. A suicide had taken place yards from where my bedroom now was. The Romans had a camp close by, probably the furthest north they ventured into Scotland.

There was the ruins of an old abbey within half a mile and hill forts abounded in the area. For someone like me, who loves to feel atmosphere, this was heaven. I have a disability but this didn't stop me climbing hills to sit and think of many centuries before and the folks who lived there. I had some fantastic warm experiences in lonely places like that and shall never forget them.

I also loved to wander through the old woods close to the house. I'd sit there for hours watching and listening in silence, to the birds and the wildlife that kept me entertained. There was always a feeling of peace and being a lover of history I steeped myself in the surrounding area and fell in love with it big time.

Then came my strange experience. I was asleep in bed. Here we go. I can hear you all saying it. He's had a hypnopompic dream (is that spelling correct?), and thought it was reality. No way, I just know I wasn't dreaming. I awoke in the middle of the night, sat up in bed, looked to my left and there, standing upright on two feet, was a wolf. I know, it sounds too much like a Goldilocks story, but I swear it was true. If it wasn't an actual wolf, it was someone with a wolf's head covering their own. But I thought at the time it was a real wolf, though couldn't understand how it could be standing upright.

You would expect my first reaction to be sheer terror and panic. Strangely enough, this didn't happen. In fact, I remember feeling perfectly calm. The wolf was staring at me, but made no movement, just stood there observing.

Suddenly, I felt an overpowering sense of love and silly though it might sound now, my first reaction was to laugh at this strange meeting in my bedroom. Then, though I know this sounds way out, far fetched, crazy, I felt I wanted to touch my visitor. And so I reached out with my left hand and tried to just touch him underneath the muzzle. No sooner had I done so than the wolf disappeared leaving me grasping fresh air.

I should add I was only able to see the wolf in semi light. Anyone who has lived in the country knows that unlike in the town, there are no street lights, night time is pretty black and dark. But for a light further down the hall that shone through the frosted glass of my bedroom door I would not have been able to see my visitor.

But he was there, I kid you not. I've wondered many, many times since this experience (I never saw him again), just who my visitor was. Did my engrossing myself with the atmosphere and history of the area bring interest to myself from other creatures in other dimensions or is that just completely too freaky to envisage.

I've wondered whether the folks who lived in the hill fort might have worn wolf clothing. There were wolves in Scotland until the 16th Century. The Romans apparently saw the wolf as a venerated creature. And if it was a real wolf why was it standing on hind legs? Never been able to fathom this experience.

I don't tell too many friends, if I did I think I'd be given a wide berth.

Any suggestions as to what this meant. Was it a real visitor or a hologram? I can't say. It did disappear as soon as I tried to touch it. I've had a great respect for wolves since that episode. I moved from the country back to the town. I was a townie and missed the trivial, everyday nonsenses like fish and chip shops and pubs. Embarrassed to say I left this wonderland and returned to the rat race.

That does bring fairytale images...... but it's not the first time I have heard about something like that. In a book by Chris Woodyard called "Haunted Ohio" which is where I live.... it included an experience quite like that....upright walking wolf. I can't remember all the details, it was years ago when I read it. I'm not sure which volume of "Haunted Ohio" it's in either, I have six of them.....but I'll try to skim through them later this evening and see what I find and report it back to you. Very interesting....

If you were Native American as I am I would say that your Spirit Guide showed it's self to you. Mine showed it's self to me in much the same way. It will come to you in your times of need if you allow it to. The wolf here is a noble animal.

Here's a bit of the story quoted from Haunted Ohio 2.



"I ran into Mom and Dads room and got between them. The wolf walked down the hall and stood in Mom and Dads doorway, staring at me. I just froze. I stayed there until morning. I've never forgotten it...I can see it still. It was standing up like a person, but it was definitely a wolf, with the long nose and big ears."

It just so happens that the family that experienced this lived about 20 minutes from me. There are quite a few burial mounds in this area of Ohio which the story also points out.

I was also wondering if the wolf appeared as translucent or very solid looking....

Thank you, Amity, that's most interesting. Apart from his wolf walking this does sound very similar to what I experienced. No, the wolf did not appear translucent, it looked solid and "real" to me. Of course, the fact that it disappeared when I reached towards it seems to make it non-physical.

I felt no threat or danger during this experience, I just knew this creature, whatever it really was, meant me no harm and was merely observing. In other words, he/she seemed as curious about me as I was about the wolf.

In your story you don't say whether the wolf in that story disappeared. I would say my wolf remained in my room for no more than 15/20 seconds. Though whether it was there while I was asleep I can't say, obviously.

To the other poster, thanks also for the view on Native Americans. I can't say why, I live in Scotland, no Native Americans here, I've never met one, yet have always felt an empathy with them. Read all the usual books like "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" and found myself feeling a strong connection with Indian traditions and religious beliefs.

What exactly would a Native American say about the wolf? What do they believe? I will try and find out online myself but I'm open to any comments anyone may have. Even if you think I'm crackers, feel free to tell me what you think my experience was about. I'm as baffled today as I was then. It took place about 6/7 years ago when I was in my 40's.

actually the story doesn't say if the wolf disappeared or not..... I'm assuming that at some point it must have or it would still be there...?!

Hallo nacho1560 -

You have described a very intriguing experience &, to be honest, I've never heard of anything similar.

It is interesting that you felt calm & a sense of love for the entity, rather than the proportionate & expected fright. This suggests to me that, whatever it was, had appeared to you intentionally & for your benefit.

I see three possibilities:

The entity was some kind of spirit manifestation, showing itself in wolf/human form in order to give you some type of message. Symbolism is very specific & relative, so only you can know what characteristics you attribute to wolves (think of dream symbolism - each person has very idiosyncratic meanings for different symbols).

Or...

The entity was a type of 'old hag' phenomenon - appearing to a person while they are in bed and just waking, however the fact that you were unafraid & could move very much counters this theory according to the standard phenomenon behaviour.

Or...

The entity was some kind of alien 'grey' figure. Abductees have described, when first encountering the 'greys' prior to abductions, that they often appear to them as conventional animals - owls or deer, for example. That the figure was wolflike & standing on two legs would suggest a humanoid figure disguised partly in wolf form.


Have you ever experienced anything since that encounter?

It probably was your spirit guide but they usually only show up to native americans and therianthropes.

Thanks Loonboy for your attempts to interpret my experience.

I certainly did feel an affinity for the wolf, a kind of deep respect. And yes, love I suppose.

Before my experience I can honestly say I hadn't really been interested in wolves as such, though a dog lover definitely. What symbolism might have been involved I don't know. If it had been a dog, I might have understood, but a wolf, no explanation that I can think of.

I didn't feel at any time there was anything ET about my experience. Just thought that something or someone closer to home had taken an interest in my feelings for the local area and it's history. What I don't know.

I have had no experiences of anything wolf like since that encounter, nothing at all. Long before this experience I have had others though not as vivid as this one. I once saw a smiling face in a darkened room. Once saw what I'm sure was a UFO. Psychic experiences have never been far from me and my late mother was very sensitive to such things.

As for young Werewolf that's a beautiful wolf in your avatar. Very noble and majestic. Much better than mines. You may be right, it might just be my guardian.

Now then, that's more intriguing than before...

I'm not going to try to explain it as well as others on this forum might be able to, but paranormal phenomena tends to group into clusters or bursts of activity (the mothman experiences of Point Pleasant, where events are concentrated geographically or chronologically), or an individual might experience many types of phenomena over the course of their lives (events are concentrated personally).

If things present themselves to you and have done to members of your immediate family, then it sounds more like the latter.

In my family, for example, it runs down my mother's side of the family in alternate generations - my grandmother had eyes for things not normally seen, her gran was the same, and I've had experiences.

You didn't state how long ago the wolf apparition was, but I'm wondering if this could be some kind of elemental entity that sensed you were sensitive and wanted to show itself to you, or indeed if might well be one of your own spirit guides. Hmmm.

Have you ever tried meditation? In states like that, it is possible to communicate with your guides. Might be worth a try.

Thanks, Loonboy. I'm not saying I'm much of a psychic or that, the ghost face and a UFO and the wolf perhaps the most convincing experiences. But I often sense a presence without seeing anything and can pick up atmosphere in a room. I often hear voices saying my name, not like physical voices, more like in my head. That makes me sound even more insane I know. Sort of clairaudient voices. But they don't go much farther than calling my name.

I think my mum's side of the family were the psychic link. My late dad was a complete sceptic who would laugh at any suggestions there might be an after life. Until he had a Near Death Experience when his heart stopped during surgery and he wasn't so cocky after that. I hope he's happy wherever he is now.

The wolf experience was about 6 years ago and I haven't heard or seen anything similar since that time. I've never been one to enjoy meditation, I know this sounds daft but I find it hard work to sit quietly and try to empty my mind.

Well now, if you're sensitive in a clairaudient way, then you might consider responding to them, when they call your name. This is one of the ways that mediums are brought to their professions.

Back onto topic though, I can only reiterate my previous post about the 3 possibilities to explain your experience. Other than that, I don't know what it could have been.

I have seen a creature just like that. And I too have many theories about what it may have been and challenges to things that have been said earlier.


Theory 1
Perhaps the creature was a spirit guide but as you said you are likely not native american at all so that is a difficult complication. Though I don't suppose it's impossible for you to be a "Lycanthrope" in some form of ancestery.

Theory 2
As i said earlier you could be a "werewolf" and that could be in a way your ancestors spirit. Your maybe you're just a "lycan" Decendant

Challenge
The ET idea isn't ludacris by any means but such a thing does not eminate feelings of love.

Thanks for your comments Brother Werewolf. I'd be interested to hear of your experience.

As for your theories: -

1. I don't understand why so many say spirit guides only appear to native americans. Or am I interpreting what is said wrongly.

2. I'm pretty sure I'm not a werewolf at present. As you say, though, there could be something in the blood line I know nothing about.

3. I don't have any memories or evidence of any abduction. I do believe there are spirits who share this Earth with us. Some call them Nature Spirits. I also believe they are often identified as ET when they're really much closer to home.

My experience?! Well thank you no one ever wants to know about it after i tell them. Well Here it is.

I was sleeping in the grass outdoors and i just suddenly woke and could not go back to sleep. After awhile of trying to go to sleep I heard a noise like a mix of wind and a wolfs bark. I woke at that noise and saw a wolfish creature with beautiful fur (sorta silverish mostly white) I felt a sence of happiness and it pointed to its chest (or to itself either way it tried to tell me something) and gave me what looked like a smile then I smiled back and It drifted away like every part of it was being taken away by the wind. I too have never seen the creature but I still think about what it may have been trying to say.