First-hand encounters are the basis for every paranormal experience.

They are the reason that investigators are drawn to mysterious locations,

and why storytellers have a tale to tell in the first place.

The witnesses that share their experiences should not only be heard, but also respected.

After all, it is they who have the courage to speak out and remind the rest of us that the world we perceive may not be the world as it truly is.

The first time it happened I was sleeping and woke up because I felt a hand on my leg and I realized that I couldn't move.

And he come across this object on the ground which was the shape of a flying saucer.

So he jumped out of his pickup and went down there and there was four beings

laying on the ground.

When I raised my head back up, I was turning my head and out of my peripheral vision I seen something

hopped to a tree and it was tall about 7 8 foot tall and it was black real hairy

like a gorilla. Welcome to the show. I'm your host Nick Ryan and this is episode 29.

Our first story comes from Lucy in London. Lucy writes in and says,

Hi, so my story may seem a bit odd, but let's face it, it's about the

paranormal, so I guess that's kind of what you signed up for, right?

My name's Lucy, and I live in Wandsworth, London, with my mom and dad.

I have a brother, but he's now a high flyer up town somewhere, so I never really get to see him. I digress. My dad has always been

interested in ghosts and hauntings and used to tell me spooky stories when I was

young. Now I'm older and I leave the storytelling to the professionals, podcasts such as yours.

I felt you might be interested in this one because it's not like a lot of the others that you

hear. It's not set in a big creepy mansion or an old asylum. It's set in a nice terrace house on a fairly affluent street, not far from Central London.

It all started with a knocking door.

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