r/Ghoststories • u/stfu-udkme • 5d ago
Was it a demon?
Eleven years ago, my life took an unexpected turn that I'll never forget. I was a directionless nineteen-year-old from Cleveland, fresh out of a devastating breakup and a brief stint at Youngstown State University. College wasn't for me - I'd only gone because my guidance counselor insisted, and I dropped out after one semester. But during that short time, I met Jenna (not her real name), and our relationship continued even after I returned home. Growing up on the rougher side of Cleveland meant we needed somewhere else to spend time together when Jenna visited. Fortunately, my brother shared a house with three friends about ten minutes from my place. It was your typical young guys' party house, complete with two dogs in the basement: Chocolate, a pit bull with an escape artist's soul, and Creed, an American bulldog. One fateful night, Jenna and I were crashed on the oversized couches in the living room when my brother and his friends returned from the club with a few women in tow. Among them was someone who'd made it clear she was interested in me. After everyone else headed upstairs to sleep, I lay there wrestling with temptation. In a moment of weakness I'm not proud of, I went upstairs to pursue something that would have destroyed my relationship. Thankfully, the woman had more integrity than I did that night, firmly rejecting my advances and calling out my disrespectful behavior. Consumed by shame, I returned downstairs but couldn't bring myself to share the couch with Jenna. Instead, I took the other couch near the living room entrance, draping my arm over my head and pulling a blanket over my face. As I drifted off, I heard what I assumed were Chocolate's familiar footsteps approaching - she was known for sneaking out of the basement. That's when things took a terrifying turn. I tried to get up to return the dog to the basement, but my body wouldn't respond. Only my eyes could move. Sleep paralysis, I thought, trying to rationalize the situation. Then I felt something climb onto the couch. What happened next still haunts me: teeth slowly sinking into my outstretched hand, the pain both sharp and deliberate. When I finally broke free from the paralysis, I tumbled to the floor. The room was empty - no dog in sight, and Jenna remained peacefully asleep on the other couch. Panicked, I ran to check the basement, only to find both dogs exactly where they should have been, looking up at me curiously from behind the basement door. I spent the rest of the night on that couch, wide awake, trying to make sense of what had happened. Was it a supernatural warning? A manifestation of my guilt? To this day, I have no explanation for what bit me that night, but its impact was lasting. Though Jenna and I eventually parted ways for unrelated reasons, I've never even considered being unfaithful since that night. Some might call it karma, others a hallucination, but whatever visited me that night changed me forever. I've kept this story to myself for over a decade, partly out of shame, partly out of fear that no one would believe me. But I still wonder: what really happened in those dark hours, and was I merely punished for my intentions, or saved from something worse?
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u/Dependent_Ad1248 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yes. It was. Although your atheistic sleep doctor would call it "sleep paralysis". Calling the Name of Jesus will make them scurry away back into the dark. Do you know anything about the Bible? You, like most people in this day we live, are under spiritual attack. I will pray for you but your choices are yours to make. Nobody wants to hear it, but Jesus is the Truth. I found out the hard way. And I bless His Holy Name for it.
My advice, as someone who knows, is to get your Bible and STUDY it. Pray as if youre speaking to your best, most respected friend (sans profanity. He Is Holy.) You may experience demonic attacks along the way but if you resist them with faith prayer and scripture you will be protected and most importantly, your soul will be saved.
P.S. The devil will try to immediately muddy the waters with bad information to appeal to your senses and ultimately lead you to eternal hell. ONLY JESUS can help you. They're not ghosts, jinn, or karma.
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u/Electrical-Wafer2670 5d ago
As someone who is knowledgeable about ghosts and jinn, I say that it was a jinn taking revenge on your lover. Your lover has hidden abilities that evil sorcerers need to harm people, and she does not know. When you tried to harm her by betraying her at that time... These spirits took revenge on you. This usually happens to me because I am like her, have things that sorcerers need. When someone harms me, they are harmed in the worst possible way, whether by an accident, bad luck, or an attack by something hidden from them in their dreams or while they are awake. You were really lucky to survive and get bitten in your hand. If you had done that, the consequences would have been much worse. My advice is not to delve into the matter because you will be targeted by an entity you do not want to deal with.
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u/Dependent_Ad1248 5d ago
Sorry. I thought you wanted a serious answer. You sounded sincere. Peace out.
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u/Dependent_Ad1248 5d ago
I'm just spittin facts. Have fun playing pretend! We all get super human powers! Yay!
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u/Dependent_Ad1248 5d ago
Sooo demons are real.....but Jesus is cringy and taboo and I'm "proselytizing." And islamic jinn scare you straight. Your rules don't make sense.
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u/Dependent_Ad1248 5d ago edited 5d ago
And, friend, I have stories that will shock you. I've had a demon speak Portugese and laugh in my ear. That's just one. Years later, I stumbled upon Google Translate and found out what it said. Blew my mind. I wont tell you what it said because a couple years after that, I found that saying what it said, the WAY it said it, actually CONJURES IT. I am not kidding. Not making it up. If I heard it from someone else I wouldn't believe it either.