Inexplicable Phenomena? Anyone?
So ... how many people here have had some kind of creepy experience that sort of lacked an explanation?
I know there's skeptics out there, and, as cliched as this will sound, I was a skeptic until about an hour ago. Now I'm just not sure. Bear with me, as this is a long post. Please read the whole thing before you decide to respond.
I'll start the ball rolling with a brief summary of events leading up to this morning (7:30 AM, eastern standard time).
My grilfriend (at the time of incident, we hadn't met yet) and several of her friends encountered what they all agreed was some sort of malevolent spirit. Regardless of what it actually was, there was something in the room - a presence - that made them all very nervous, uncomfortable, and more than a little scared. They each proceeded to recite some prayers, though none of them are too religious, and my girlfriend claims that there was some sort of protective circle drawn around them, and the presence of this protection somehow allowed all present to have peeks into previous lifetimes.
Now, it may have been a group hallucination, but the long lasting effects suggest that this is unlikely. Many of the people present seemed to develop a minor case of multiple personality disorder. It was common belief among them that these were personalities of past lifetimes manifesting themselves. Two of the boys present had to be put on medication, and one of them became very depressed and nearly suicidal.
Now, hear me out. I love my girlfriend, and didn't believe she'd make something like that up. At the same time, I didn't think any of it was true.
It seems now that whatever that force was has followed my girlfriend from our hometown and to our campus. And I think I had an enoucter with it this morning around 6:30 (EST).
I went to bed around 2:30, as many college students do, and fell asleep with little incident.
I woke up at six thirty, completely awake and aware with no real reason to be. I hadn't been having any nightmares that I could remember, I wasn't sweating or breathing funny. So I passed it off as weird.
Despite it being winter in New England (notoriously cold, if you didn't already know), my room was kept well heated, and I needed little more than a sheet to keep my feet (prone to coldness) warm. When I woke, I felt fine ... but soon I felt a chill on my legs. No big deal, my roommate probably cracked a window. I ignored it.
I suddenly felt very vulnerable. I sleep on my stomach, head facing out to the room, and feel fine on most occassions. But this morning ... nope. Not safe at all.
I soon grew colder than I should have been. Not like, the room is 70 degrees and I was feeling 20 degrees (I'm working in Fahrenheit), but like there was a cold breeze blowing over me minus the breeze part. It's hard to describe ... picture being out on a brisk day, and you feel a wind that makes you cold. Now, pretend that the wind wasn't there, but you got cold anyway ... I dunno. That's the best way I can think of to describe it.
So anyway, I figure "That's enough of that," and I flip onto my back, pull the sheets up to my chin, and close my eyes.
Sleep hasn't come back to me.
I was ready to pass off the whole thing as me getting nervous about my girlfriend, who had an experience with the "ghost" in my room the night before. But then, I realized I didn't remember breathing for a few minutes. I mean, sure, you never think about it, but you know you're aware that you're doing it, right? And I was like, "Okay, I've been creeped out, no need to worry." But then when I started to breathe normally, I didn't feel my chest moving like it should, even though I was taking in breath.
I don't know what it was. Something about that sensation set me off. I was out of my bed and down to the lounge in my building within a minute.
The sun wasn't quite up yet, and I decided that anywhere but my room would be safe until it was bright enough out.
So I came up here about ten minutes ago and had to keep awake (or at the very least, out of my bed). I checked to forums, and decided to share my experience.
It is my hope that either:
Someone will convince me that none of what happened has anything to do with ghosts or any past lives I may have lived, or
Hear that other people have had similar creepy experiences.
I want to be convinced either way. So share your stories and advice here.
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if I get electrocuted, flooded or my compy blows up I'll let you know. 
