On today's show, we'll be talking about strange beings, past loved ones, spirits caught

on camera, and much more, all coming up on this episode of Paranormal Mysteries.

Thank you for joining me and welcome. I'm your host, Nick Ryan. I hope everyone had a great weekend, and before we start, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for the well wishes and kind thoughts over the last week. It's helped immensely.

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And of course, with that in mind, our first story comes to us from James, and James's story is called Little Person.

James says, Hello Nick, I've been listening to the podcast for about two weeks, and I'm almost all caught up. I wanted to share this story as I have not heard anything like it so far on here. This happened in 2011 in my hometown in Oklahoma.

I had woken up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, and this is nothing out of the ordinary as it happens a lot. As I was in the bathroom, I felt as though I was being watched from the window next to the toilet.

I scare pretty easily, so I thought nothing of it, and I ignored the feeling. A short time passed, and I was growing more uneasy. I then found the courage to look out of the window, only to see a small figure with its hands pressed on the outside window sill, looking at me.

Upon me seeing it, it dropped and began to run around the side of my house to the front. I quickly ran out of the bathroom to the front window in my house to see if I could see it.

I looked and saw a small figure about the size of a toddler sprinting across the highway into a field, and it then disappeared.

Just a little background, I have three close neighbors who all have kids around my age, but no children. After seeing this and not believing what I had just seen, I checked the time to see what it was, and it was 3.40, much too early for anyone to be awake.

I think I was in shock, but I went to bed anyway.

The next morning I woke up and thought about what had happened. It sounded crazy even now, so I just thought it had been a weird dream. I went to the bathroom to the same window and looked out. To my surprise I saw a five gallon bucket right at the base of the window, as if something had used it as a step stool to peer into the window.

I then realized that what I had seen had actually happened, and I just had a weird feeling after that.

There is no folklore or any crazy stories in my town, so I have no clue what I might have seen, and I have not seen it since.

If any other listeners have had a similar experience, please feel free to reach out to me and share your story.

I'm sorry for the length, but I really wanted to share. Thank you for taking the time to read my story and keep up the great work. I look forward to future episodes.

I reached out to James and asked for additional details regarding the creature that he witnessed, and James had this to say.

I could not make out anything that the creature was wearing, but it had human features like the eyes and mouth, and moved with agility like a human, but it was no more than two and a half feet tall.

I'm sorry that I can't recall more. Even to this day I thought it was just a fever dream until I got some validation from my siblings who remember it too.

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