![]() While these things can seem mysterious, there may be perfectly rational explanations: breezes can slam doors, vibrations or soft drywall can send hung pictures crashing to the floor, electrical problems can turn lights on and off, and so on. He was completely unaware of this, and when awoken by his leg spasm, he interpreted the jerk as a ghost kicking his bed. My investigation revealed that the “kicking” he experienced was actually his leg twitching as his body entered the first stages of sleep. He had no other explanation, and firmly believed he had been attacked by a ghost. They are harmless and common (especially as we drift to sleep), but can impair our perceptions and create experiences that never happened.įor example, during one haunted house investigation I conducted in Buffalo, N.Y., a man told me that a ghost had kicked his bed as he fell asleep. Medications, and even simple fatigue, can create mild hallucinations, what psychologists call waking dreams and hypnagogic experiences. There’s a psychological reason why these experiences often happen at night: We are more likely to be tired, drowsy, and sleeping. Ghosts, abducting aliens, and other mysterious entities are often experienced at home at night and in bed - not during your lunch hour while buying cat food and ground beef at the supermarket. ![]() The film’s tag line, “What happens when you sleep?” is especially appropriate. ![]() “Real” ghosts aside, the film is realistic in some ways.
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