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May 2008 - Page 10
Strange Encounters
by Patricia
I have had many paranormal experiences of various types throughout my life, with some being quite frightening. However, I wish to relate two incidents of a very different sort.
In 1973 in Zimbabwe, aged 26 years, though not sure of the month when this incident occurred, I was suffering with severe toothache for some time, to such a degree I couldn't concentrate on my work at the office and spent many sleepless nights as no amount of pain killers offered relief. With the shortage of dentists, I was finally able to see one within three days. On this particular night, I was unable to sleep as the toothache was so severe. My ear ached and my head throbbed to a point where I decided I would see the dentist in the morning (two days earlier) as an emergency patient.
As I lay awake in bed in the early hours of the morning awaiting daybreak, I heard footsteps of a passer-by outside the building and wondered why anyone would be walking about at that ungodly hour (probably 2.30 a.m.), and to my utter shock and confusion, the footsteps continued from outside and through the wall and into the bedroom on my right. They were, without doubt, that of a man. He walked around my roommate's bed -- who was fast asleep and stopped by my bedside. I didn't see him. Being afraid, I didn't want to see this person and had shut my eyes so tightly. Within seconds, I felt a strange but comfortable heat concentrated around my head only. I was holding my breath and wondering what he was doing to me.
That was the last I remember until the morning when I was brushing my teeth and realized I didn't have a toothache, and then remembered what had happened hours earlier. For the next three days, unbelievably, until my visit to the dentist I experienced no toothache at all. Once at the dentist, a pus filled pocket along with the affected tooth were extracted and he said, "You must have been in agony with this abscess." I said, "Yes, but not for the last three days." He was visibly taken aback, but I declined to relate my experience lest he thought I was loony.
The second extraordinary incident occurred in my flat at approximately 2.30 a.m. on 3rd January 2008 in Warnham, England. Having retired to bed after 12.30 a.m. after watching a late film on TV, I soon fell asleep, but was awakened by a dragging sound outside of the building (block of flats). As I listened trying to decipher the sound, I turned onto my back to free my right ear so I could hear better, but still couldn't make head or tail of the sound.
I thought I'd climb out of bed and take a peep out of the window to my left, so I opened my eyes and -- lo and behold! -- at the foot of the bed, on the left-hand corner, was the most awesome sight of a glowing young lady wearing a shiny white gown. She stood looking at me with what I can only describe as pure and clear eyes. A bright white silvery glow radiated from her very essence and extended to a few inches around her, and yet it was confined to her being and didn't light up the bedroom. This was quite unexpected and surprised me. It was quite weird for me as we eyed each other up. No words were exchanged by either of us, not verbally or telepathically, so I wondered what this was all about. As we eyed each other up, I could still hear the sound outside which had awakened me and thought the two must be connected. This strange vision lasted for between 30 - 60 seconds, then just vanished.
I lay in bed for a couple of minutes trying to make sense of what had just happened, then decided to see what was causing the sound outside. I climbed out of bed and looked outside through the bedroom window. A Coca Cola can was being blown about on the tarred drive by a fairly strong wind, causing the sound; the noise ceased when the can hit a curb. I went back to sleep and was awakened once again by this sound as the wind carried the can to the other side of the curb, but this time there was no shiny lady.
At 5.30 a.m., before my husband went to work, I related to him what had happened. That evening when he returned from work, he told me he had picked up the said can and threw it in the rubbish bin. In closing, I wish to say I am not a religious person although I do believe in life after death.
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