The surprisingly common sleep state is like a waking nightmare that taps into our paranormal and supernatural ... all major muscles are paralyzed. The paralysis is often accompanied by the sensed ...

So, brace yourselves, as MailOnline explores five possible scientific explanations behind experiences of paranormal activity. 1. Sleep paralysis In 2015, a woman shared a chilling experience ...

Various cultures believe that the condition is caused by black magic, paranormal forces, or mythical monsters. Although much remains unknown about sleep paralysis, a basic scientific understanding ...

I thought I was awake. This is when it hits me: no, I'm not going to die — it's just another terrifying episode of sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is "a temporary inability to move or speak ...

Witches. Ghosts. Shadows. It wasn’t that long ago that dark paranormal forces seemed like the most plausible explanation for the strange phenomenon of sleep paralysis. After all, sufferers are ...

Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It happens when you pass between stages of wakefulness and sleep. During these transitions, you may be unable to move or speak ...

Dr Matt Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, has spent years studying ...

"It appears that the more people fear sleep paralysis, the more they experience it, and the stronger its effects are," he said. Accompanied by a belief in the paranormal, sleep paralysis can ...

People with insomnia and sleep paralysis more often believe in ghosts. Any thought of paranormal activities or anything supernatural sends a chill down the spine of anyone who is scared of these ...

However, even during sleep paralysis, when humans are at the mercy ... of sightings make up only a small minority of perceived paranormal reports. Johannes Dillinger, a professor of early modern ...