Shadow Army

My intentions in sharing these events is to 1: simply share and 2: to find people in Ohio who have also experienced similar if not exact encounters

I always felt that there was more going on in every day life than most thought. These feelings were proven in 2005. I had just graduated high school, and was still living with my parents at the time. I'm the only member of my family that smokes, so when I do I go outside as to not stink up the house. One night I was outside smoking, it was around 11p or so. Out of no where I got this erie feeling, it wasn't fright, but just that something was a miss. I looked around thinking maybe a deer was up by the house or something. I looked around to find anything that could logically explain this feeling, because while I wasn't frightened I wasn't keen to the feeling either. I found what I was looking for, roughly 200 yards away 360 degrees was what appeared to be like a large group of shadow figures. A "shadow army" if you will. I paid exceptional attention to this site as I took my last couple hits off my cigarette then went inside. I tried to make sense of what I had witnessed, but came up with nothing. This happened on and off then more frequent for a month or so.

Then one night I finished smoking then put my cigarettes back in my car. When I turned around to go inside, about 8 feet in front of me stood a single shadow. I stood there as it stared back at me, and I still remember it like it happen moments ago. The figure was about 6'0", slender build, lanky arms, and greasy shoulder length hair that hung in its face with dark red glowing narrow human eyes. I knew to show any fear would be a mistake so I just stood there looking at it, waiting for its movement to dictate mine. Then I heard a voice I had never heard before, and even more strange was it was in my head say " You know what I'm capable of ", then a familiar voice answered back " You have no power here". It then turned and disappeared.

A couple nights later I decided I had to get it off my chest. So I started to tell some friends that were with me, and before I could get very detailed one friend pleaded that I stop. It was evident to all of us that something had happened to her as well. I got her to tell what happened, as she was speaking I noticed some details that were incredibly similar. While she was telling what happened I drew out the one figure, and asked her to do the came. Once she was done, I sat mine on the table which was met with welled eyes and complete fright. She put here picture down and they matched completely. We both continued to have encounters with this mysterious "shadow army" and the figure.

I should mention that I'm not crazy... the whole "voices in my head" deal. I assure you, this paragraph has everything to do with my story. I was raised that the most important relationship you can have is with God. Also that in order to speak to God or for God to speak to you, you don't need to be on your knees with hands folded listening with all your might. All you have to do is speak, audibly or not, and listen of course. Hence me saying "a FAMILIAR voice answered back". Something else I was also taught was that every person in the world has legions of guardian angels. Not just one, but so many its impossible to count, and that if you have accepted Christ, you can command demons in the manner of casting from places/people. Every time I would have one of these encounters I would simply say out loud "In God's name, leave me", and they would immediately disappear.

Near the end of september a handful of us were having a bon fire, and everything was 100% normal. Myself and two other people went back to a friend's house to watch a movie, I was the last to enter the house. I was behind everyone enough that I was outside alone for a moment. There was a tree about 7 foot tall roughly 3 feet from the walk way. I heard a couple small branches move like they were being pushed away, it wasn't the wind because there was no wind. I looked over to see the figure standing the 3 feet away from me, the closest it had ever been to me personally. This startled me to where I was unable to speak, think, or move. I came to a moment later, only to find out that even though I wanted to move...I couldn't, I was completely paralyzed. A split second later my friend's cat ran out from around the house and stood directly in front of me. When the cat did this I heard a shrill scream, and branches of the tree russeled quickly and the figure was gone. I looked down at
the cat, the cat looked up at me then left as quickly as it came. What I feel transpired was that the figure was the reason I was paralyzed and the cat was an angel God sent to protect me. It was the cat because

1: what would cause a cat to act in the behavior with no motivation and

2: if you research angels you'll find out that they purposely do not appear in their form because they are so beautiful and majestic that if a human were to see one, they would be in such awe that they would worship the angel, instead of God.

Since that night I haven't seen neither the figure nor the "shadow army". Even though no harm came to me or my friend, I think it was only a matter of time that something happened considering how close it came that night. I'm perfectly fine with the fact that it hasn't happened since.

submitted by: Nathan Martin idiotheque_4@hotmail.com Mansfield & Plymouth, OH

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