Shadow People, An analysis Options

I encountered what I presume to be "Shadow People" as a child, though as a scientist I'm inclined to believe I was hallucinating.

Has anyone here GENUINELY run into a full-fledged shadow person before? I'm looking for some answers regarding their motivations, origins and scope.

I think everyone's life has surreal moments, but chalking that up to some sort of magical ability is too grandiose for my liking.

I... don't feel emotions the same way normal people seem to.
I think it comes as no surprise that I am lying about my age. I wanted to remove my age entirely but the website restricts that. I find that presumed assumptions about age (and therefore life experience) affects interaction with others, especially in this sort of setting.

I agree... surreal moments in life count as endorphins maybe but probably not magic. What do you mean you don't feel emotions the same way other people do? Do you feel them much less than other people seem to? Or do you feel them stronger? Or do you have reactions that seem out of place, such as laughing at something scary or running from something funny?\

Also, what do you mean you are a scientist?

This post has been edited by ☞Tomber☜: Feb 21 2012, 09:03 PM

I agree... surreal moments in life count as endorphins maybe but probably not magic. What do you mean you don't feel emotions the same way other people do? Do you feel them much less than other people seem to? Or do you feel them stronger? Or do you have reactions that seem out of place, such as laughing at something scary or running from something funny?\

Also, what do you mean you are a scientist?

I have GAD and comorbid depression, I feel emotion MUCH less than others seem to, especially at the upper end of the spectrum.


I'm a microbiologist.

Why dose magic have to be so grandiose? you have to admit that once you realize it's existence seeing it as anything more than an ordinary biological function for humans (an probably other life) is quite foolish,
evolution would seize that advantage an take it much further as soon as it had opportune to do so, magic is just a name, your functioning mind will be using it's principles right now, it just gets weirder under certain conditions.
Its the extremes that teach us the quality's of the medians.

This is a common misconception about evolution. Evolution isn't the survival of the fittest, it's the survival of the "fit enough". Magic isn't necessary for the dissemination of genes, and so it is not an evolutionary trait any more than innate carpentry skill would be.

i'm going to assume your not even in your late teens yet,
i didn't start to get emotional about lots of stuff until my mid twenties, now i cry my eyes out watching silly films, i think it's a boy thing, from ages 8-17 i didn't feel them in the same way either.
Your not the first person to say that, you won't be the last.
That must really piss you off, i can see why you would lie

Nice try with the age guess, but you're way off. This sort of discussion is the reason I choose to hide my age online as much as possible. One of the benefits of anonymous online discussion is that it strips away assumptions regarding age, gender, SES, race etc.

Going back to actual shadow people. I only experienced one interaction with them.
Is there any legitimate canon on them or is a disparate collection of sources from cryptozoological websites and the like?