January 28, 2008
The Tall Man Gatekeeper
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Cheryl, San Rafael, California, Early 2006
Similar to other experiences I've read on this site, I had a "tall man"
encounter. I was lying in bed one night when I started to feel a "buzzing."
The best way to explain it is as if an entire hive of bees is flying toward
you, the buzzing starts out in the distance and then gets closer. When it
gets to me, it wraps itself around me and does that
pinning-you-to-the-bed-shaking-you thing that is decidedly not pleasant.
This has happened to me a few times, and I have started to get the
impression this is an overzealous way to get my attention. So when this
happens I have started asking that it stop pinning me down, which seems to
work.
After the shaking stopped, I looked over toward the door to my bedroom and
there was a very tall man standing in the hallway, rapping on the door to
get my attention. He was dressed in blue jeans and a flannel shirt and had
dark hair and a beard, he reminded me of a lumberjack. I tried to get up to
go to him, but he put his hand out as if to say "stop" and I physically was
unable to get out of bed.
The next thing I knew, there was a gentleman standing next to my bed. He was
wearing blue jeans and a blue button-down shirt, and had a very distinctive
scar running from the left side of his mouth, arched down and stopping at
the bottom of his chin. He was sort of rubbing his neck with his chin up in
the air, and I knew he was communicating to me that he died by choking. He
non-verbally communicated that I should tell "Nancy" that he loved her.
After he went away and I was able to move, I realized that I had been in the
lucid dreaming state, where you're dreaming but conscious. Lucid dreaming is
really neat to experience.
As I write this, the names Ann and Paul keep popping into my head. To my
knowledge, I had never met this person before that night, nor do I know if
he is Paul (although I get the feeling that he is), and I don't know who
Nancy or Ann are. I figure one day I'll tell the story and someone will tell
Nancy or Ann (who knows, maybe the name is Nancy-Ann) that he loves her. (I
do see the "I see dead people" Sixth Sense parallel, maybe M. Night is on to
something.)
I had originally thought that the tall man and "Paul" were the same person,
but after reading the other tall man stories, I know that he was the
gatekeeper, so to speak. Had I freaked out about the buzzing or his
presence, he would not have let Paul in my room. I also know that he was
blocking to door to my little girl's room, which is right next to ours, so
that Paul could not go in there. Sort of freaky, but quite nifty at the same
time.
