From: judim@wes.on.ca (Judi Mota)
Subject: Not quite a seance but...
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 14:56:06 GMT

I experienced something very strange and very weird just a few weeks ago.
I was wondering if anyone else has had it happen to them or know of someone
who has experienced it.

There were 4 of us sitting around one evening yapping about this and that
when we somehow got onto the topic of strange experiences.  

At some point, my boyfriend relayed a story about something he had 
experienced for the first time when he was about 18 years old.  (He's now
41.)  At 18, he worked the afternoon shift at a factory and came home after
11 p.m. with a pizza and sat down to watch t.v.  Being tired, he started 
to doze off in front of the t.v.  Suddenly he felt like he was in the middle
of an arena and the seats surrounding him were filled with people whose faces
he described as if they were "melting".  Everyone seemed to be looking at him.
Although these people never really said anything, in his mind he could hear
their torment.  He's says they seemed to be asking him where they should go.
He doesn't really know how long he had this "dream" at that time.

He said that over the years since then he can return to this "scene" by 
putting himself into a light "trance".  Although he can do this quite easily,
he had not done it very often because, basically, it frightened him. He feels 
these people are waiting for him to give them some answer and he doesn't 
know what this answer is supposed to be.  When he was describing all of this
I was watching him and my normal, happy-go-lucky boyfriend seemed to be
nervous, frightened and, in my words, almost in dispair.

At this point, I will tell you that I am very much a skeptic.  

I have had a few things happen to me, but feel that there is an explanation
for all of them.  So I, of course, say 'well let's do it now and see what
happens'.  He didn't really want to do it but after a lot of bribing he
finally agreed with the comment "I just wish I could make YOU guys really
see it and be there!"

So the four of us, my boyfriend, his teenage son, his roommate and I sit down
on the floor and hold hands.  My boyfriend closes his eyes and within a 
minute he's doing what I can most closely describe as whimpering.  I am 
watching him very closely and suddenly I can see tears in the corners of
his eyes.  At this point, I become very frightened myself and suddenly, 
although I want to put my arms around him, I'm very afraid to break the 
circle.  I yank my boyfriend's son's hand into my boyfriend's to free my
hands.  As I doing this I look at his son and his eyes are as wide as 
saucers.  I turn back to try to comfort my boyfriend, calling his name and
telling him 'it's okay, it's okay'.  His roommate, also with a frightened
look on his face is saying 'we're here, we're here with you, we're not going
to let you go'.  I've never been so paniced (?sp) in all my life.  Even now,
I can't fully describe what I felt then or even what I feel now.

When my boyfriend finally opened his eyes again (it felt like forever but
in reality was probably at the most 4 minutes) the tears were running down
his face and he was sobbing.  And I can only say that he is the type of 
man that is very caring and giving but to be moved to tears would take a
very strong emotional experience.

After we had a few moments to settle down, my boyfriend asked if anyone else
had seen anything or felt anything.  Neither his roommate or I had felt
anything except for being frightened.  But his son described seeing a vivid
blue colour in his mind.  My boyfriend confirmed that there was a blue in
his "vision".

Although I'm extremely curious about all of this, I have not mentioned the
episode again until I asked him for permission to write this on the net to
see if anyone else has had this type of experience.  Even as I asked him
this, I could hear the change in his voice as he realized what I was talking
about. 

I would love to converse with anyone who has any ideas about this.  You can
e-mail me if you prefer. 

Judi

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