October 16, 2009
The Crawling Shadow
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Tracy Seymour - Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan - August 1995
About 10 years ago when I was stationed in Japan, I had an experience that
still makes the hairs on my arms stand on end. I was sleeping one weekend
night about midnight. I lived in a dormitory with other military members and
this particular night I woke up from my sleep to see a dark figure standing
in my room. At first it didn't bother me because my friends would frequently
come into my room at all hours of the day without knocking and I thought it
was one of them just messing with me. So I called out to them to let them
know that I saw them and the joke was over. However, at that time the figure
laid down on its belly and started to crawl toward my bed. Still, I thought
it was a friend playing a joke on me, so I let them know the joke wasn't
funny. However, each time I would call out to the figure it would stop and
stay very still and then start crawling toward me when I stopped speaking. I
quickly became frightened and got up out of the bed and turned on the
lights, and when I did the figure disappeared and was never seen again
