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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 1097249" data-attributes="member: 5468">Playing FairSince I was posting on this thread, I thought it only fair to have one post on the original topic.1)&nbsp; Hypnogogic paralysis&nbsp; I have had one instance of waking up before my brain released control of my sleeping body back to me.&nbsp; I was in my teens, and my family was renting a cabin in the Rickett's Glen (sp?) State Park near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania.&nbsp; Since the night was *completely* black, I didn't have any visual input, so I don't know if my brain would have constructed any gray men.&nbsp; I was quite alarmed at not being able to do anything, but eventually I got my body back.2) A UFO story&nbsp; I was driving back to the college I got my Master's degree at in Melbourne, Florida, and I had driven all night.&nbsp; As I approached the coast (if you are unfamiliar with the Atlantic coast side of Florida, civilation ends abruptly at I-95, a couple miles from the coast), I saw strange glowing objects ahead of me.&nbsp; (It was about 6 A.M.)&nbsp; They were reasonably large in angular size, glowed orange, and appeared to be two glowing pyramids.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Since I had had my BS in Astronomy for a couple years at this point, and helped to explain UFO's, I was a bit peeved at myself for not working out whatever this was.&nbsp; Still, I could not explain what I was seeing.&nbsp; &nbsp; I actually parked the car, and waited, staring at the object for several minutes until some clouds (invisible in the weak pre-dawn twilight) moved, allowing me to see the rest of the rising crescent Moon.&nbsp; The cloud had blocked the lower, center portion, leaving only the cusps visible.&nbsp; It is VERY easy to mistake celestial phenomena.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Harry, post: 1097249, member: 5468"] [b]Playing Fair[/b] Since I was posting on this thread, I thought it only fair to have one post on the original topic. 1) Hypnogogic paralysis I have had one instance of waking up before my brain released control of my sleeping body back to me. I was in my teens, and my family was renting a cabin in the Rickett's Glen (sp?) State Park near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Since the night was *completely* black, I didn't have any visual input, so I don't know if my brain would have constructed any gray men. I was quite alarmed at not being able to do anything, but eventually I got my body back. 2) A UFO story I was driving back to the college I got my Master's degree at in Melbourne, Florida, and I had driven all night. As I approached the coast (if you are unfamiliar with the Atlantic coast side of Florida, civilation ends abruptly at I-95, a couple miles from the coast), I saw strange glowing objects ahead of me. (It was about 6 A.M.) They were reasonably large in angular size, glowed orange, and appeared to be two glowing pyramids. Since I had had my BS in Astronomy for a couple years at this point, and helped to explain UFO's, I was a bit peeved at myself for not working out whatever this was. Still, I could not explain what I was seeing. I actually parked the car, and waited, staring at the object for several minutes until some clouds (invisible in the weak pre-dawn twilight) moved, allowing me to see the rest of the rising crescent Moon. The cloud had blocked the lower, center portion, leaving only the cusps visible. It is VERY easy to mistake celestial phenomena. [/QUOTE]

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