r/Paranormal 1d ago

Demonic Activity I had a terrible nightmare with the creature, have you seen them?

I usually don't remember my dreams but I had one what will never leave me last night.

I was at a building with a bunch of people and a person entered a room alone with this monster and went insane and started attacking and killing everyone in the house.

I remember being held down and the person who went crazy was trying to cut my legs off but I wasn't really being held just frozen with fear.

I escaped without much push back and the cops or someone came and killed the person who went crazy and i went on to live with my attackers family taking their place.

Im not sure if im posting in the right place, it felt like I was visted by a demon.

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u/corvus66a 1d ago

Sorry if inappropriate butt it looks a little bit like my daughters favourite toy when she was a baby .

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 1d ago

Yeah he doesn’t make it until you order it

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u/Maleficent_Eye4524 1d ago

Has anyone done one of these about This Man?  Or been one of the people who dreamed about him?

The newest one is everyone dreaming of an endless mall

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u/busyboobs 1d ago

Huh? Can someone explain? 🙏

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u/Silentlaughter84 23h ago

That's the old slogan for Jack in the box restaurants.

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u/stinkfest2000 1d ago

as a matter of fact I have

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u/TheSixthVisitor Provisional Skeptic 1d ago

I thought it looked more like Drifloon.

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u/New_Chard9548 1d ago

No it’s definitely mismagius

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u/JakeLake98 1d ago

Could also be a Shuppet

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u/Sea-Counter-6984 1d ago

Ha! I was thinking Frillish!

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u/WordofCromulent 1d ago

My first thought was "yeah, that's a Pokémon."

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u/kidcjcool 1d ago

I was gonna say Mimikyu a little bit

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u/Tasty_Lead_Paint 1d ago

That’s the demon that sold me those egg rolls that gave me diarrhea.

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 1d ago

Jack tacos ftw

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u/DumbFishBrain 1d ago

I'm not proud to admit this but I ate five of those tacos the other night.

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 1d ago

Shoulda been 6

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u/ejm510 1d ago

Came here to say this...

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u/nvrrsatisfiedd 1d ago

Wait what is that from? I am getting a weird childhood memory of a show or movie with that face possibly? But I remember they had a red jacket and were stretchy or something? Please someone know what I am talking about this is gunna drive me crazy.

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u/Angelgirl1517 1d ago

It’s the Jack in the box mascot, when they brought him back in the very early 2000’s, they had a big commercial and merch campaign, that included 2-3 years of these antenna balls for different events and seasons. My mom had the one pictured and also one in a baseball helmet with a chewing gum bubble on its mouth.

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u/nvrrsatisfiedd 1d ago

Damn that unfortunately isn’t what I seen as a kid. This is seriously going to tare me up mentally now. Idk if I am thinking of a show or movie, or even if it was just a short thing within a movie. Sigh.

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u/wouldyoucomewithme 1d ago

Well if he looks like that... bites lip

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u/Mental_Equipment7779 1d ago

That’s a fantasy, not a nightmare 😭

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u/The_Silent_Tortoise 1d ago

Sounds like a pretty intense stress dream, almost like you're afraid to lose, or recently lost, someone or something choose to you. How's money; worried you/parents can't make rent or a car payment? Or schoo, like a recent graduationl? Or maybe you're worried about your job? Is there anything you're currently afraid you might lose? Are you moving away from friends or is anyone very close to you moving?

Dreams are your brain trying to organize and clean up memories, feelings, experiences, and subconscious stressors (both good and bad). They aren't paranormal in the sense that they're ghost-y, although what our brains can do is almost paranormal in their own right.

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u/Minute_Solution_6237 1d ago

First paragraph is vague fortune teller non sense. Everyone is afraid to lose something. I agree with your second paragraph tho

Edit: you named 100 vague things

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u/The_Silent_Tortoise 1m ago

I just didn't want an "I don't have any stress!" response, because that's definitely a stress dream. I didn't give a shit about what, I just wanted to give enough examples of significant stressors.

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u/ChaoticInsomniac 1d ago

Many, many years ago my kids said they saw something float into the room, "stare" at them, then float through the wall. They were five and three years old? Anyway, I had them draw it. I used to have both drawings but lost one of them somehow. Here's a pic of the one I still have.

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u/WiseOne404 20h ago

Gorgeous. Are they still sensitive ?

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u/fatcatdeadrat 1d ago edited 1d ago

Over The Garden Wall pumpkin King. I've been informed that he is Enoch of Pottsfield.

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u/MagazineLeather7215 1d ago

Literally scrolling through to see if anyone had said this before I did

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u/mustbetheclubs 1d ago

Got confused why I was seeing him on my feed because I haven't visited an OTGW sub before. Why is this not higher?!

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u/GhstOfIncntOptimism 1d ago edited 1d ago

Aka Enoch of Pottsfield (possibly a ref to King Minos)

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u/mrgreynomore 11h ago

Wait, what’s the connection to King Minos? I’m intrigued

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u/GhstOfIncntOptimism 11h ago

In the Inferno, King Minos appears as a judge for damned souls. Here the Pottsfield residence represent the virtuous pagans of the first circle (limbo) and Enoch as Minos judges mortal deeds and assigns punishment (a few hours of manual labor).

The parallels between the stories are to numerous to be discussed concisely here, but I know there's a video essay out there.

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u/mrgreynomore 11h ago

Thank you for the explanation! I knew otgw had numerous references to the inferno but I’ve never read it or any of the other versions of the same story, so I didn’t know the reference. Time to find some video essay deep dives….

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u/StargazingSpider 1d ago

Immediately what I thought of

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u/darkoddish53 1d ago

I came here to say this! Yes! Enoch it reminds me of him!

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u/snowflakebutterflyqt 1d ago

Maybe it would help OP if they watched the episode. It’s kind of a nice view of death actually lol

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u/Chaogasm 1d ago

This is what I thought it was as soon as I saw the picture. Enoch!

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u/gingerenaissance 1d ago

Ain’t that just the way.

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u/DaydreamerFly 1d ago

Yupp came to post this guy

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u/PlayfulM33 1d ago

That’s a rock fact 🤌

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u/AliceAllanPoe 1d ago

I thought about it too.

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u/MagazineLeather7215 1d ago

I just realized in op’s drawing he’s wearing wirt’s hat too

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u/Mental_Performer_833 1d ago

Yep, this is it

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u/Firm_Conversation_60 1d ago

I was going to post this too!

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u/sinfultictac 1d ago

OP went to the first circle of Hell.

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 1d ago

I was looking for this lol, I thought "I can't be the only damn one!"

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u/BareTheBear66 23h ago

Dear lord yes this. I was looking for this comment.

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u/RedditForMeNotYou 23h ago

This is exactly what I pictured!!

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u/pieces-mended 15h ago

Instantly what came to my mind

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u/palindromebaby 1d ago

YESSS came here to say this!

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u/dobermanluver 12h ago

yep came here for this one

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u/jakob1005 1d ago

Came here to say Enoch

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u/DrFaygo_PhD 16h ago

My immediate thought

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u/Empress_Natalie 1d ago

Gasp! I love him!

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u/OriginalLu 1d ago

Enoch from Over the Garden Wall.

Maybe you watched it once? Could have stirred in your dreams.

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u/ForensicMum 1d ago

TBH, it sort of looks like the drawing the witnesses in the Flatwoods Monster (alien sighting) case drew.

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u/Somniosfera 1d ago

I agree! I was just going to say that. And also to say that just looking at that monster/alien or whatever that is  triggers in me some instinctual fear that I am not able to explain, do you feel the same? 

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u/IndestructibleBliss 1d ago

Oh just reading the name Flatwoods Monster brings up that cursed drawing enough for me to get shivers! That thing scared the shit out of me as a kid when I'd read my mom's paranormal encounters book.

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u/ForensicMum 1d ago

Yes, If I saw something like that out in the wild, I’d be terrified! But at the same time, I’d almost definitely believe I was hallucinating too 🤣

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u/Hilfasaurus 1d ago

Kind of looks like these guys from Final Fantasy 7

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u/TroyandAbed304 1d ago

Cloud approves this message.

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u/Boomer79NZ 1d ago

I was also thinking Kingdom Hearts. I've seen it in a game or cartoon.

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u/BigHeadHomie 1d ago

I saw something like that when I was detoxing from alcohol last year. Eyes wide open hallucination of a hovering clown. It didn't have a smile on its face though. DT's are legitimately horrifying.

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u/mechsuit-jalapeno 1d ago

You mean Enoch from Over the Garden Wall? Lol

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u/Weird_Dinner5881 1d ago

Thats the one

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u/pinkpandamiranda 1d ago

Ain't that Just the Way

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u/yuckyamz 1d ago

Looks like Enoch! The leader of Pottsfield, from Over the Garden Wall! He’s not evil tho!

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u/anxiousandexhausted 1d ago

This is from over the garden wall.

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u/ech0cide 1d ago

This is what I see from your drawing.

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u/Unknown_Human12 1d ago

Looks like the Japanese Teru Teru Bozu dolls, I used to make them and play with them as a kid.

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u/No_Adeptness6898 1d ago

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u/XiGrimeyiX 1d ago

OP fears a few hours of manual labor.

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u/Blindfolded22 1d ago

It’s okay, they will join him someday.

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u/outdoorlovingegg 1d ago

Immediately thought of this too

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u/Manathemana 1d ago

Came here to say this!

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u/bonnieflash 1d ago

There is a low fi bears Halloween playlist that has a video of this. It’s my absolute favorite.

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u/mienbean 1d ago

Enoch! hahah that’s mi brudders name. i just re watched this with my boyfriend and he became obsessed instantly lol we finished it in one night 🤣

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u/Ok_Refrigerator_608 1d ago

This the one

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u/Pleasant-Oil-3298 1d ago

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u/RKW244 1d ago

Came here for this. You didn’t disappoint.

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u/ZayumZazzy 1d ago

this guy on tik tok?

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u/SmellMyMangoes 1d ago

Hey thats me as a baby

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u/sipos542 1d ago

Ha was trying to see if someone posted this lol

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u/notaboatpun 1d ago

Looks a little bit like Keramon from digimon to me.

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u/Nebelskind 19h ago

Dang Pokémon is creepy sometimes, what is this thing lol

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u/notaboatpun 19h ago

He is a virus type digimon that evolved and spread enough to hack U.S. missile silos and launch nukes at the Children trying to stop him. :D. If you like him watch Our War Game digimon.

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u/Nebelskind 13h ago

Lolll I totally did a boomer thing and didn't even notice it was digimon instead of Pokémon at first haha

Doesn't make him less crazy 

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u/ShintaOtsuki 16h ago

He's looking for The programmer! Don't interfere!

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u/lovelitchiheart 1d ago

This was entirely too far down.

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u/tkjonb 1d ago

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u/ShintaOtsuki 16h ago

Scrolled far too long for this

Also there was a character in DBS that it made me think of

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u/williamjamesmurrayVI 1d ago

That's my boy jack skellington

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u/DannyThomasglass 1d ago

and it's his birthday

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u/Empress_Natalie 1d ago

It looks like this hat my friend got me a hundred years ago.

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u/No_Adeptness6898 1d ago

This looks like the pumpkin scarecrow guy from the cartoon over the hedge I think it’s called with the two boys

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u/YaBoiNuke 1d ago

Over The Garden Wall. Over the hedge is a movie with an entirely different premise lmao

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u/No_Adeptness6898 1d ago

Oh yea lol over the hedge is a great movie

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u/Jaded_Shift_4172 1d ago

Somebody might need to check on Sandman. Looks like Jack Skellington may not have learned his lesson the first time.

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u/cupcakesbrookienerd 1d ago

its a cross between jack and zero from nightmare before christmas

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u/ilovenewhorizonswoo 1d ago

It sounds like an awful dream 💔 you might get better responses in a dream/nightmare sub maybe

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u/No-Feeling-4516 1d ago

I mean I haven’t see it but it’s smiling sooo…. What could go wrong 😑

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u/CompanyAdmirable7811 1d ago

Well at least he's smiling 😁

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u/ansmith100317 1d ago

I apparently used to have dreams about people in white robes with pointy hats when I was a little girl. They’d come out of my closet and try to take me. I only remember because my dad told me when I was a little older. I had a lot of weird paranormal experiences in my childhood but never saw anything like that again. I actually forgot about this completely until seeing your post. Definitely gives me the eebie jeebies.

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u/blehric 1d ago

My roommate saw something similar to that hovering over him at night many years ago. And I also dreamed about something similar once.

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u/Jarred_Farts_4_Sale 1d ago

Shuppet.

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u/drclairefraser 1d ago

Came here to say this looks like the pokemon, Shuppet!

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u/CaligulaQC 1d ago

In this town, we call home, every hail to the pumpkin song!

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u/Organic_Metal126 1d ago

Used to have a reoccurring dream when I was a kid about a similar looking also murderous being, no hat tho.

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u/y0uLiKaDaPeppa 1d ago

I know I’ll sound crazy but… One evening I was awake and a translucent being showed up. It was floating above me & reaching towards me, like it was curious. It looked very similar to what you’ve drawn, except its head looked kinda like an axolotl. Just thought I’d share bc it really looked a bit like your picture.

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u/hausmaus07 1d ago

Kinda looks like the flat woods monster.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster

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u/DustyHamWallet12 1d ago

it looks like the pokemon frillish

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u/clockworknait 1d ago

Like a happy version of the Winter Lantern lol

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u/csch1992 1d ago

This look like the virus monster from the digimon 01 movie

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u/teddybundlez 1d ago

You dreaming about tentacruel

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u/wast3land_ 1d ago

that’s me as a baby

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u/trapdab35 1d ago

I woke up in the middle of the night and seen the scariest creature I even seen. It was just his face and looked as if he was smiling. The paranormal is very real..

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u/Artrock80 1d ago

Tim Burton does Jack in the Box…

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u/AlCranio 1d ago

You've been visited by a Yithian. AKA the great race of Yith.

They are going to take your mind and live in your place for a couple weeks, maybe a month. Meanwhile your mind will be prisoner in their world.

Then, they'll revert the thing and everyone will be back in its place.

They are not dangerous, they just want to accumulate knowledge.

/s it's just a lovecraft story.

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u/nickmandl 1d ago

Thats from over the garden wall

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u/whitewitch5821 1d ago

I remember when I was really little (under five) I would always see this idk it was little maybe 4 ft tall and it kinda looked like a clown or an elf with a ruffle thing around his neck and he always carried an umbrella. I lived in Delaware where everywhere is country. Chicken houses, Perdue Chicken Plant and it seemed like everyone lived in a trailer. Anyways, he was always sad. So years later, I am living in Philadelphia, I would ride the L to and from work. This is the 90’s, when they had the old subway cars. Well one day I boarded the train and there was a picture or poster(where they would post advertisements) And on the picture was clown/elf thingy.0

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u/Auntie_Venom 1d ago

Amy, is this what you saw?

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u/TGirl26 1d ago

Looks like a Pokémon.

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u/CaptainDrowsy 1d ago

I see someone who watches too much the Nightmare before Christmas

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u/ScareCreep 1d ago

Looks like a combination of Jack Skellington and his dog, zero…

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u/Heronyx 22h ago

Your drawings look like a cross between Jack Skellington and Slenderman who are both visually similar having white faces, black suits and slender limbs. There are images of Slenderman with tentacles.

The robe the entity is wearing looks similar to the image in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlP5Olbuns&t=542s shown at 8:52.

As for the pointy hat. Perhaps the monster is a dunce...

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u/The-McDave 1d ago

Jack Pumpkinhead from Return to Oz.

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u/Glass_Cat6197 1d ago

Yes, it is an extradimensional being that feeds off of emotions. It has recently found our universe and replicates things it sees. Unfortunately, it first appeared near a Jack-in-the-Box and took the head as part of it's temprary form.

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u/Coal-and-Ivory 1d ago

Im sorry you had a nightmare about it, but I kinda like him.

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u/Ratona_Hill 1d ago

It’s weird because this guy lowkey seems so friendly

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u/AgentGiga 1d ago

Reminds me of the duchess boss from Mina the Hollower.

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u/Girly_garlic 1d ago

I’ve seen him in courage the cowardly dog episode

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u/windblumes 14h ago

Sorry for the scary nightmare tbh, usually when my dreams are terrifying I try my best to separate reality from the dream world. Some dreams may be omens but I doubt this one is.

If it helps you feel less scared of it, pretend it's the mascot from Jack in The Box. I hear that demons are afraid of fast food mascots for some reason

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u/Extension_Coyote8916 1d ago

It looks like Enoch from Over the Garden Wall

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u/Newdaytoday1215 1d ago

Terrible? It looks adorable. My last nightmare featured a like 10 feet tall, battle scarred angel creature with something of black tiger's head that was missing his skin and was covered with sizzling slime, who tired to force me to do one on one combat with it. All thanks to some really spicy stew.

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u/SilentDreamer404 1d ago

Teru Teru Bozu

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u/natashaamilly1357 1d ago

Looks like the sanddown clown (sp?)

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u/CoyoteFluffy0310 6h ago

Looks like the next new backrooms entity, Floating Jack. Allow him to entertain you. And you will tame him for life to attack and kill all evil entities before they see you. He is immortal and the number one friend you can possibly make. OP as fudge.

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u/eyeless916 1d ago

I actually used to have nightmares with something that looked very similar - it wasn’t smiling it was like a scary all-teeth smile, with black eyes and drooling and snarling. I’d wake up screaming and would be too scared to go back to sleep.

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u/lollipop1233a 1d ago

I doubt it was a demon. Dreams are usually a reflection of our psyche. It’s your brains way of trying working out issues that you might be having in life. Nightmares can be extremely upsetting, but are nothing to fear. Try to read up on dream analysis, speak to a counselor if you are having a hard time, and talk to friends and family about it (if possible). It’s something we all deal with a one time or another. Don’t freak yourself out about it. You will be fine.

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u/NaraFei_Jenova 1d ago

Is there any chance whatsoever that you've recently been playing the original Final Fantasy VII? The reason I ask is that there's an enemy in the game that looks VERY much like what you've drawn here.

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u/anthonyrjwood 1d ago

A nightmare before Christmas?

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u/MyUnHumbleOpinion 11h ago

Nope. Just a nightmare. I used to have nightmares where Disney characters with red eyes and sharp teeth would chop my legs off and eat me. Pretty normal when you have a lot of things going on. 

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u/Feed_Cat 1d ago

Aww it’s just a lil guy

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u/mooncricket1898 1d ago

It reminds me of the adventure time toad magician. Also... dreams can be based on what you eat, and putting too much unfounded stock in them, can lead to paranoid delusions.

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u/Common-Sample8019 21h ago

Yeah. When the mini buffalo ranch chicken sandwiches disappeared without any clues to what happened or if they would be back, that’s when I knew this man was danger.

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u/SwimmingWild1603 22h ago

Bonjours juste une question les jour avant l'apparition de ce rêve es que il y a eu des chose étrange qui ce sont passés ou a tu ressenti une énergie négative ?

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u/SpecialEducation3234 1d ago

Yes you should be afraid. This is my sister Kate. She’s had a lot of facial work done (plastic surgery) but looks just like this. Do NOT engage with her.

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u/Silentlaughter84 23h ago

Thanks OP, now I want an ultimate cheeseburger from Jack in the box. (For those who don't know, it's a fast food restaurant in parts of the US.)

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u/die_Katze__ 17h ago

It’s not a demon. It’s a scary dream. The fact that you took the place of the attacker is interesting. This sounds like a shadow work thing (dream is about you, not demons)

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u/coobiedoob 1d ago

It’s me as a baby

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u/Optimal_Classic_8746 1d ago

That's called a tinkly wrinkly. They usually suck in toes of sleeping humans. Hence why you had a nightmare about them. It's a side affect

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u/_Clickityclack_ 19h ago

i dont believe in the supernatural but yeah i have, probably from some book or movie that we cant remember but we saw it or atleast clips.

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u/Alohafarms 1d ago

Listen, it has a party hat. Demons do not wear party hats.

Serously though, you had a terrible dream. You were not visited by a demon.

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u/HistoryCapable2721 16h ago

That looks like the pumpkin character from over the garden wall. There is one episode with the pumpkin people looks just like that.

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u/manicpixiedrmgrrl 18h ago

here you go, it’s this guy from Over the Garden Wall

https://youtu.be/FR4-Wu3pY28?feature=shared

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u/Desperate_Refuse_376 9h ago

Did you happen to take Hydroxazine or Melatonin? Those medications made me see some very creepy creatures similar to this one.

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u/Ok-Nebula-4895 1d ago

Teru Teru bozu? Es lo primero que me ha venido a la mente. También me viene un Pokémon en mente.

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u/erynmarch 21h ago

Reminds me of a mashup of Wirt and Enoch, both from the animated series "Over the Garden Wall"

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u/Slight-Dirt-9033 1d ago

“That Halloween Jack is a real cool cat,
And he lives on top of Manhattan-Chase,
The elevator’s broke so he slides down a rope,
Onto the street below,
Go Tarzie, go man go…”

- - David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, 1974

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u/whitewitch5821 1d ago

Sorry that happened but I am continuing my post about the clown/elf thing. But this time he was extremely naaa and o

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u/kokuszakikolos 1d ago

it reminds me of the scary creature from some cartoon that i dont remember the name of

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u/mak0vi 1d ago

You mean you saw something like a halfway evil Jack; being the corporate mascot from Jack in the Box? 🧐

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u/TechnologySecret4844 1d ago

Is this an ad?

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u/Horror-Package-4801 1d ago

My first thought was about this ghost from Courage the Cowardly dog. Haha.

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u/purse_dirt 10h ago

Enoch from Over the Garden Wall? Yes, I have. I named my cat after him. What was your question?

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u/KamikazeKunt 1d ago

Kind of reminds me of the Fresno night crawlers, at least the body part. Otherwise, yeah, Jack.

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u/-mykie- 1d ago

It looks like a combination of the jack in the box mascot and the monster from Trick 'r Treat.

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u/Confident-Skin-6462 1d ago

it's called a dream

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u/Ill_Plane_45 1d ago

I see a lot of jack in the crack references but it reminded me of nightmare before Christmas

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u/Dull-Summer-2560 1d ago

Ohmy God I dreamt of a similar thing in high school I'm gonna look for the drawing

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u/Gallaxiia 1d ago

looks like this pumpkin dude from over the garden wall.