Out of Body, into Danger

[Bill Walker]

Out of Body, into Danger

 

I don’t know exactly how long I had been asleep that winter night, but I suddenly became aware of my own racing heart as well as a release of heavy perspiration. I tried desperately to grasp at some kind of conscious reality, but this dark void had over taken my sleep and I could not escape. The only real feeling my mind could absorb was that a part of me was, for some reason, terrified.

     Then, just as suddenly as this had begun, it ended. I became aware of an incredible lightness to my whole body. I traveled toward my closed bedroom door. As I reached out instinctively for the doorknob, I had the strangest sensation of passing right through the door. A great sense of urgency overcame me, preventing me from even trying to reason what was taking place.

     I was now heading down the hallway past the bathroom toward my combination front room, dining room, and kitchen. As I moved forward, I noticed the smoke detector with its little red light ahead of me. What was unusual about this was my ability to see it without having to look up. This was when it first occurred to me that I might be having an out-of-body experience.

     As I entered the front room the reason for my intense fear became strikingly apparent. Looking down I saw two older teenage males moving toward me. What happened next is difficult to put into words. I had the feeling that someone, or something, from outside of me wanted me to will myself visible to these two intruders. I must have done this because their faces took on the appearance of disbelief and horror. Only a moment passed before they bolted for the door of my apartment-with me still in pursuit.

     I saw them go out the door just before I had the sensation, once again, of passing right through it as it was closing. I caught my last glimpse of them leaving the building. Then there was an intense flash, like a camera bulb going off in an otherwise dark room. Again, all that I was aware of for several moments, I really have no idea how long, was my heart beating faster than I could ever remember it beating before, and that my body and bed were soaked in sweat.

     After what seemed like an incredible amount of time, I was able to calm my heartbeat down and open my eyes. When I finally felt that I was in control, I checked the clock at my bedside. It was four A.M. I had gone to bed at about midnight.

    At this point I was still feeling very disoriented, to say the least. I decided to get up, which was not an easy chore, and check my apartment.
     I might have been able to convince myself that I had had a nightmare of some kind, except for one thing. When I got to the front door of my apartment, it was standing open several inches, caught on a fold in the carpet. That couldn’t have happened unless someone was in an awfully big hurry to leave through a door that I know was closed when I went to bed.

By,

Bill Walker

This was first published in Fate Magazine in November 1996. Volume 49 No. 11 Issue 560

[Rosey Cross]

What an experience!!!

[MARGARIDA MARIA MADRUGA]

Hi Bill
Amazing story.
I'm subscribed to several horror story channels.
Your story would be a hit.
Hugs.

[Bill Walker]

Maybe one of these days a producer will read something of mine and want to enlarge the story into a show? That would be awesome! My experiences in upstate New York in Lake George would be fitting for a pod cast.