A Childhood Nightmare… or Something Else? (Looking for Opinions)

A Childhood Experience: Nightmare or Something More? (Seeking Your Views)

Hello, everyone! I wanted to open up about a strange incident from my childhood that I always dismissed as a nightmare—until recently. Over the past couple of years, I’ve delved deeply into UFOs and abduction topics, and now, certain aspects of that night continue to perplex me. I’m curious to hear your opinions, especially if anyone has encountered anything similar.

This happened when I was around five or six years old in Poland. My parents ran a bar and worked late hours, leaving me at home with my older sister, who was about ten, and my younger brother, who was four or five. We all shared a bedroom. One night, I woke up to a bright light streaming into our room. Our old house had an unusual layout, with rooms directly connected instead of hallways, so to get to the living room, I needed to pass through my parents’ bedroom, where the light seemed to originate.

Curiosity got the better of me, so I ventured in—only to find the room empty. The TV was on, but instead of a channel, it displayed static—just white noise, flickering in the otherwise silent house. I hesitated, sensing something was off. The remote was nowhere in sight, and I didn’t know how to turn it off, so I retreated back to bed, pulling my blanket over my head to shield myself from the unsettling light. Eventually, I fell asleep.

The next thing I remember is waking up again, but this time, something was different. I felt completely immobilized, unable to move or speak. I wanted to call out to my siblings, but my voice wouldn’t come out as if an unseen force held me back. Then I noticed them.

Outside the window, a figure stood, but my gaze was drawn to one chilling detail—their eyes. They were enormous, nearly devoid of whites, with deep, black pupils that emitted an electric, fiery blue light, reminiscent of gas flames. Those eyes weren’t just glowing; they had an entrancing quality that pulled me in. I sensed someone was behind the window, but all I could focus on were those haunting eyes.

An odd sensation washed over me; my head felt impossibly heavy, as if it were too big for my body. A vibration echoed in my skull, and I experienced a strange distortion of time, where everything around me sped up while I remained frozen. I learned later that this was an example of tachysensia, though I had no idea at the time. While I’ve experienced this sensation several times since—mostly during my teenage years—it never matched the intensity of that night.

I struggled to move or scream, but my body wouldn’t respond. Suddenly, I felt as if I was being lifted. I was neither fully awake nor asleep, floating away from my bed, weightless but aware. My back arched in an unnatural way, forming a U-shape. And then—nothing.

I don’t recall anything after that.

For a long time, I believed it was simply a nightmare. However, as I’ve researched more about alien encounters and abduction reports, certain details from that night have started to stand out. The mesmerizing blue eyes, the strange paralysis, and the sensation of an external force controlling me—these don’t feel like typical childhood night terrors. I had never seen anything resembling those eyes before, but recently, I discovered a drawing by Barbara Barbatelli depicting a “Tall White” alien, and it sent chills down my spine. While I’m not claiming that’s exactly what I witnessed, it was the closest depiction I’ve encountered.

![\”Tall White\” by Barbara Barbatelli](https://preview.redd.it/q02977r8wnge1.png?width=460&format=png&auto=webp&s=25272e116df65aeb21068b264672585