Go for it. I've never had a problem with sleep paralysis. My wife did.
As far as hats. I've read that on the internet and from other people, but none that I've ever encountered or that anyone I ever spoke to had hats.
They basically were one of the following:
- humanoid shape much like you described... dark silouhette, black outline with indistinct look.
- Animal... small to medium dog sized like a cat... sometimes hovering slightly off the ground.
- Or my type... not a distinct shape just a big shadow that slides up and moves and you can FEEL it... it stuns you with its presence. Though the one I saw seemed to be just passing by and was not focused on me... just this massive thing that went by and I was babbling for a few minutes while I tried to get my wits about me. That was before I learned any form of control.
Some people have mentioned red eyes. I've only met one person that claimed a large house cat sized one that was hovering down the street had red eyes. She was babbling but that was what finally came out.
Everyone else I know just describes shadows with no discernible eyes.
Yes i meant for your wife i should have worded that better my bad. O hell yea i felt it that is what woke me up straight into an heart pounding moment that is how i knew i was not asleep anymore! no red eyes or anything discernible just a shadow i think the only reason i saw it in my room was because there was a little bit of light shining though the doorway otherwise my room would be pitch black.
(random thought do you think these are extradimensional beings that phased into existence or were they there all along and that was like a glitch in the matrix moment where the barrier between worlds were lowered?)
Gnostic writings contain descriptions of alien predators called Archons, Arkontai in Greek. The texts from Nag Hammadi describe them as heavy, elusive, shadowy creatures. The most common name for them is “beings of the likeness, shadow-creatures.” Could the Archons be compared to the “mud shadows” described by don Juan? This question raises the general issue of parallels between don Juan’s Central American Toltec shamanism and the shamanism of the Mystery Schools of ancient Europe.