Sleep Paralysis

So what you read might sound like a llama arts animation vid. You don't HAVE to believe this story but I think it would be an interesting story to share.
.When I was 8 or 9 years old my mom said that we will be sleeping at our old friends house. I was excited because I have never seen them for a while now. Once we got there we petted their cat and 2 hamsters. The thing that got me excited the most was the crazy accounters that happend in their house. They were superstitious and had a very strong connection to ghosts. I wasn't but I loved scary stuff. a few hours passed and we went to pet her hamsters after the JAWS movie marathon. I got bit by one which i believed now was a reason for the encounter.
We patched up the wound and went to sleep. About around midnight I woke up. I was still tired and decided to get comfortable to go back to sleep. I couldn't move my body. The only part of me that could move was my eyes. I looked at the door to the room. There I saw it. Standing. Looking at me. It was wearing a black cloak. The only other color on the figure was where its face should have been. it was like looking at the center of a flashlight.
I was more weirded out and confused then scared at that moment. After a while I blinked and it was gone. I soon fell asleep. I woke up and told my friend and said she saw it 3 times before. A few months later we visited again. I almost forgot about my encounter. until my friend said one of her hamsters died only a few days after i left. I know what i experienced was. But now i'm more confused. I feel like i have seen the grim reaper checking on us a few days before it took the hamsters life or if it was just a mere coincidence.