Most people will remember Art
Bell from his long running hit paranormal radio show Coast to Coast AM that he
cofounded. Bell semi-retired from this show in 2003.
Bell is returning with a new
show on July 20,2015. It will be broadcast on the Dark Matter
Digital Network and is called Midnight in
the Desert. It will air live from 9 PM. to midnight Pacific Standard Time
and midnight to 3 AM. Eastern Standard Time for free Monday through Friday.
Fans will be happy to hear
this show will be about all things paranormal.
Midnight
in the Desert can be heard via his website Artbell.com, or by downloading the Tunein app from the app store on
smartphones or tablets.
Listeners can communicate
with Bell during the show by hashtag #DMTalk on Twitter, and also through the
website Artbell.com. Bell will also have computers set up for Skype for
listeners who prefer to video chat. For those who can’t listen
live every night, there will be a subscription fee of $5.00 a month to start
via Artbell.com, which gives access to all archived shows.
Have you ever seen a shadow
of a human figure out of the corner of your eye that once you turn your head
just disappears? If so, you might just have seen a form of an entity that is
labeled a “Shadow Person”. This phenomenon, which has been around a long time,
has gained more attention in recent years. I first heard this term while
listening to an Art Bell’s Coast-to-Coast
radio show. This topic was discussed on several of his shows.
Shadow People are considered
spirits or entities that often appear at night. They have a human form and are
most often seen flickering on walls or ceilings of structures. They are often
described as being evil or malevolent in nature. It is said they inhabit places
where evil things have taken place. Others though describe them differently.
They state these entities are actually neutral in nature and some even believe
they are extra dimensional inhabitants of another universe.
One encounter with Shadow
People happened to a family who were visiting Florida. The father had just
finished taking group pictures of the family in a park when a storm hit. He
stated the thunder claps quickly got louder and there were flashes of lightning
so the family took shelter in a three-walled enclosure. As it started to rain
the father continued to snap photos.
To his surprise a human
shadow figure appeared in his camera lens moving across the eastern wall of the
structure. He pointed it out to his family and they all watched as this figure
climbed up the tall wall. The father was baffled considering the sun was hidden
behind storm clouds. In the next moment as there was another flash of lightning
and a loud boom of thunder the whole family saw a second and then a third human
shadow on the same wall. Needless to say, rain or not the family left the park
in haste.
Another family witnessed a
similar phenomenon. A father leaving his wife to take a nap took his dog and
toddler son for a walk. He carefully set the families’ home alarm since their
had been burglaries in their neighborhood recently. When they returned home and entered the father noticed the afternoon sun cast their living room in odd shadows. But
immediately he spotted a dark shadow figure sitting in one of the chairs in the
room. His dog started to bark at this figure and his son frightened grabbed his
leg and pointed to the chair. He immediately yelled out, the figure that was
faceless seemed to be surprised by their presence. It got up and went through
the dinning room and into a back bedroom moving along the walls.
The father went quickly to
awaken his wife and then searched the house but found nothing. He told his wife
that the figure was a shadow as opposed to a black mist. She told him that it
was strange because she had not had a peaceful nap. She stated she had woken up
several times to see a black figure on the wall in their bedroom. The house
alarm had not gone off. The father stated afterwards that he didn’t know
whether this figure was evil or just a ghost but the memory of it still
disturbed him.
Researchers have attributed
sightings of Shadow People to hallucinations, sleep deprivation, sleep
paralysis, or a side effect to medication. In some cases one of these very well
might be the cause. But in the two witness accounts above they don’t seem to
have been factors. One interesting note in many Shadow People sightings people
report seeing these entities in their peripheral vision but in the two cases
above the witnesses saw these figures right in front of them.
Heidi Hollis’ appearances on Coast to Coast helped make the phenomena
of Shadow People popular. She describes them “as dark silhouettes with human
shapes and profiles that flicker in and out of peripheral vision.” Hollis
shared stories from witnesses that had contacted her that stated that
these dark figures even jumped out at them, attempting to choke them.
Here is Hollis’ advise to people who
may encounter one of these Shadow People--her point of view is religious and she feels these entities are evil in nature. She state, "let go of your
fear, stand your ground, deny them access to your person, focus on positive
thoughts, use the name of Jesus to repel them, envision a light surrounding
yourself, and bless the room with spring bottled water."
If you want to do more
research into shadow figures I suggest you get a subscription to the radio show
Coast-to-Coast archives--there are
several witness accounts on this site.
The following link is to an hour plus video that presents a variety of people talking about "Shadow People" including Art Bell, George Noory and Stephen Hawking etc. Shadow People, Hat People...