Green gaseous presence over the bed in a Sedona home
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], calling from Sedona, Arizona, tells one brief story. Lying in bed in the dark one night, they say, they opened their eyes and saw a green, gaseous, blob-like form that felt like a presence and seemed to be watching them. They say it appeared far larger and higher than the room allowed. They felt calm while it was there and were frightened only after it vanished. Their parents, sleeping on the floor above, later told them they had felt something. Asked what they thought it was, they say it was something else studying them.
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The story as told
Calling from Sedona, Arizona, and giving their name as [name withheld], the caller first remarks on the previous caller and then begins their own story. The caller says that one night they were lying in bed in the dark. They opened their eyes and saw [quote withheld] which they describe as a gaseous cloud that gave the feel of a presence. The caller says it seemed to be watching them even though it had no eyes. [quote withheld] they say, was that it appeared to be floating about 30 feet high although their ceiling was roughly 12 feet. The caller states that despite how it sounds, they felt a strong calm while it was there. They became scared only after it left, when [quote withheld] and it was gone. Asked by the host whether they had any sense it wanted something, they say there are no words for it but that the feeling was that it was observing them. The host asks whether they could have been dreaming, drunk, or on drugs. The caller says they are “very sure” and stay away from all that, and that they could not have been asleep. They add that their parents slept on the floor above at the time and told them they had felt something, though they saw nothing. They said it was “rather strange.” Asked what they think it was, they answer that just as humans study small creatures and other life, they think it was something else studying them. The host thanks the caller, and the call ends.
Reported events, in order
- 0:47
The caller says they were lying in bed one night in the dark and opened their eyes.
- 0:55
They say they saw a green blob-like form.
- 1:01
They describe it as a gaseous cloud that gave the feel of a presence.
- 1:08
They say it seemed to be watching them despite having no eyes.
- 1:24
They say it appeared to float about 30 feet high although the ceiling was about 12 feet.
- 1:34
They report a strong feeling of calm while it was present.
- 1:50
They say the ceiling “came back” and the thing was gone. They became frightened only afterward.
- 2:32
They report that their parents, sleeping on the floor above, said they had felt something strange though they saw nothing.
- 2:58
In answer to the host, they offer their own conclusion that it was something else studying them.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:47
The caller says they were lying in bed one night in the dark when they opened their eyes.
- observation· 0:55
The caller says they saw a green blob-like form in the dark bedroom.
- observation· 1:01
The caller says the thing resembled a gaseous cloud and gave them the impression of a presence.
- observation· 1:08
The caller says it seemed to be watching them although it had no eyes.
- observation· 1:24
The caller says it appeared to float about 30 feet high even though their ceiling was roughly 12 feet.
- observation· 1:34
The caller says they felt a strong calm while it was present and became frightened only after it left.
- observation· 1:44
The caller says the fear came after the thing departed.
- observation· 1:50
The caller says the ceiling seemed to come back and the thing was gone.
- hearsay· 2:32
The caller says their parents, sleeping on the floor above, told them they had felt something strange, though they saw nothing.
- interpretation· 3:08
The caller's own conclusion is that the thing was some other life form studying them, the way humans study small creatures.
- host statement· 0:08
The host describes Sedona as mysterious in response to the caller's stated location.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
A clear, consistent firsthand story with some specific detail and a good separation of what they perceived from what they conclude. But it is a single brief episode with no date or other detail that can be checked, and an ordinary misperception from sleep or low light is not ruled out. This lands just above the [quote withheld] level.
Evidence for and against
- A firsthand, direct-witness account: [quote withheld]
- Concrete detail: “green blob,” “gaseous cloud,” and the apparent height compared with the ceiling height.
- Their answers to the host's questions stay consistent with their story (it observed them and gave no sense of wanting anything).
- The caller separates impression from fact ([quote withheld] [quote withheld]) and rejects intoxication and sleep when asked.
- No date, year, address, or other record that can be checked is given, only a first name and a town.
- A misperception from sleep or low light fits the setting easily (in bed, dark, eyes just opened, a featureless form, a size that cannot be judged).
- The claimed experience of their parents is a vague “felt something” that does not match what the caller reports seeing.
- The labels showing who is speaking are unreliable in this transcript (several of the caller's sentences are tagged as the host), so who said each sentence rests on content.
- The caller's age and the year of the event are not stated. “My parents slept” above implies they were living at home but does not establish when or at what age.
- 0:47
- 1:24
- 2:30
- 2:41
What the model inferred (not said on air): The split among components (proximity 16, specificity 10, consistency 16, alternative explanations 8, calibration 10) is my judgment, not something the caller said. Their denial of being asleep is treated as a claim, not as evidence about the event.
This is essentially the caller's word, plus a claimed secondhand sensation by family members who do not appear on air. Nothing can be checked or examined. That places it at the bottom of the [quote withheld] range.
Evidence for and against
- The caller's own firsthand word about what they saw and felt.
- Two claimed additional witnesses (their parents) who report a “felt something” at the same time but nothing seen. They are claimed witnesses only, with no on-air confirmation.
- No physical evidence of any kind is claimed.
- No documentation, photograph, recording, or named third party is offered.
- The claimed family experience was felt, not seen, and the family members do not speak on air.
- Whether the parents' felt sensation happened at the same time as the reported sighting is not stated.
- 0:55
- 2:41
- 2:45
What the model inferred (not said on air): Under the scoring guide, a claimed witness is not backing. Only another witness speaking on air, or documentation that is examined, would raise this score. No outside check was done.
An unknown, watching presence in the bedroom is a moderately unsettling image. But the calm they report during the event, and the lack of any threat, contact, or escalation, keep it in the mildly eerie range.
Evidence for and against
- The setting is the bedroom at night, in the dark, at the moment of waking.
- A featureless green form that appears to be watching the caller with no eyes.
- An impossible-seeming size: [quote withheld] under a roughly 12-foot ceiling.
- Fear arrives after it leaves, which leaves the encounter with an unsettled edge.
- No threat, harm, or malevolence is reported. The caller says they felt [quote withheld]
- No physical contact and no return visit, and the event ends at once.
- The caller's own view is curious, not horrified: a being “studying me.”
- Only one incident is described, so there is no sense of escalation or repeat visits to judge.
- 1:08
- 1:34
- 1:44
What the model inferred (not said on air): My rating reflects the images and setting as a listener would take them in, not any judgment about whether anything was there.
A familiar presence-in-the-bedroom setup with several distinctive details: a green gaseous form, a size that exceeds the room, feelings that come in the reverse order, and a “something studying me” explanation. The score is provisional and based on the automatic estimate. The part that compares it with the rest of the archive will be worked out separately.
Evidence for and against
- The thing is a featureless green gaseous cloud, not a person, shadow figure, or light.
- It is said to appear impossibly high and far away within a small room.
- The caller reports calm during and fear only afterward, the reverse of the usual reaction.
- The explanation they offer is a kind of comparative biology, another life form watching a human, not a spirit.
- A presence in the bedroom at night, seen on waking, is a common ghost-story shape.
- The caller adds no embellishment, repeat visits, or backstory.
- The published originality will be a weighted blend that includes how new it is compared with the rest of the archive. With a small pilot archive, that part carries little weight.
- 1:01
- 1:27
- 3:08
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score is an estimate from the story alone. I have not compared it against the wider archive.
Scoring confidence 0.60 · analysis confidence 0.70 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller's firsthand spoken story (a single brief episode); A claimed same-time sensation by two family members (their parents) who do not speak on air and who report only a feeling, not a sighting; No photograph, recording, document, or physical trace is claimed or examined. The originality score blends the model's score (62) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- Dreamlike images of a featureless form at the moment of waking, which would fit the setting of bed, darkness, and just-opened eyes. · The caller reports lying in bed in the dark and opening their eyes, and then seeing a formless green shape. When the host asks, they reject being asleep, which is a claim, not a demonstration.
- A misperception in a dark room: seeing a shape where there is none, or a misjudged light or afterimage whose apparent size and distance could not be reliably estimated. · The caller describes something with no eyes, no clear edges, and an apparent distance of about 30 feet inside a roughly 12-foot-high room. That is an object whose size and distance they could not actually judge.
What stands out
The reported event is a featureless green gaseous form that was calming while present. It is said to have appeared about 30 feet high inside a roughly 12-foot room, a size that could not fit the space. The caller's conclusion is not a ghost but another life form studying the caller, the way humans study small creatures.
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