This happened when I was in 11th grade, and I still don’t know if it was a dream or something more. I’m really curious if anyone out there has ever seen or experienced anything similar.

I woke up in the middle of the night and the whole room was being lit with this bright weird green light. It was similar to a flashlight, it was a directional light. Like someone was pointing it at me. Completely lost, confused and sleepy, I sat up and looked around, just to notice the light was coming from my half-opened door.

When I looked toward the door, I saw something standing there. It didn’t move at first. The door was half-open but you could see it. It was a tall figure. It looked like a very tall woman. Its skin looked like tree bark and its eyes were the cause of the glowing green light. They weren’t reflecting anything, they were actually glowing. It was peeking from the doorway, so I could only see one eye. It was slowly moving its arm inside my room along the wall, like it was trying to get in. It had claws.

Then it noticed me. It screamed

The scream sounded like a woman, but not like a woman if that makes sense. It was unsettling and it had a weirdly deep tone. It showed me its full face, mouth open wide (mouth wasn’t glowing like the eyes, it was just a black void) and it raised both its arms. It had hair and it was floating upwards, like when you’re about to be hit by lightning.

Then… I did the worst thing possible (LOL). I was so terrified I ducked under the covers. Yup. I could still hear it screaming though… The scream kept getting further way until it stopped. When I looked again, the green light was gone. So was the thing. The door was still half-open and everything was back to normal. Like it never happened.

I’ve never seen it since. I have no clue what it was. But it didn’t feel like sleep paralysis since I could move, sit up, react. It felt real. Way too real. Could it be hallucinations? But even then, would that thing react so vividly to my actions if that was all it was?

What I want to know is… has anyone seen something like this before? A creature with bark-like skin, glowing green eyes, and that strange floating hair? It can’t be just me.. right?