Glowing human-shaped figure at the foot of a bed in a Kauai resort
[name withheld], calling from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, tells Art Bell a story they say they first told him briefly a few years earlier. The caller and their wife [name withheld] were staying at the Coco Palms resort on Kauai, before Hurricane Iniki. [name withheld] says they woke in the night to a large, glowing, human-shaped figure at the foot of the bed. The caller was petrified and unable to move, and closed their eyes. Days later, [name withheld] says, the caller’s wife told them she had seen it too. She described a very large Hawaiian figure that floated in through the window and stood at the foot of the bed, and she called it “very pissed off.” [name withheld] guesses it was a Hawaiian ghost reacting to a local woman with a white man. [name withheld] says they both got “chicken skin.”
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The story as told
[name withheld], who gives the location as Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, says they told Art about this briefly a few years earlier. The caller and their wife [name withheld] had gone to Kauai before Hurricane Iniki and stayed at a resort called the Coco Palms. After driving around during the day they returned to the hotel, tired, and went to bed after listening to the small band downstairs. Sometime in the night, [name withheld] says, the caller woke lying on their back, and something fairly large and “kind of glowing” was at the foot of the bed. The caller describes it as human-shaped and says it scared them to the point that they were [quote withheld] Asked by the host to describe it further, the caller says that if it were a person it would have been at least seven feet tall and would have weighed several hundred pounds, [quote withheld] The caller says it glowed [quote withheld] the green kind you crack at night. The caller says all they did was close their eyes and tell themselves whatever it was would go away, and they woke in the morning. Later, driving on Oahu, the caller told their wife there had been something in their room. The caller says she got “chicken skin” and told them, [quote withheld] According to [name withheld], she said she had seen a very large Hawaiian figure float in through the window and stand at the foot of the bed, and that it was “very pissed off.” [name withheld] notes being white while their wife is “almost pure Hawaiian.” [name withheld] wonders aloud whether it was a Hawaiian ghost looking down and seeing a local woman with a white man. [name withheld] says the experience was very perturbing and that they both had chicken skin for quite some time.
Reported events, in order
- 0:13
[name withheld] says the caller and their wife [name withheld] went to Kauai and stayed at a resort called the Coco Palms, before Hurricane Iniki.
- 0:33
After a day of driving they returned to the hotel, tired, and went to bed after listening to the small band downstairs.
- 0:42
Sometime in the night the caller woke on their back to something fairly large and “kind of glowing” at the foot of the bed, which the caller says was human-shaped.
- 0:56
The caller says they were so scared they were [quote withheld]
- 1:18
Asked to say more, the caller says it would have been at least seven feet tall if a person and would have weighed [quote withheld]
- 1:29
The caller says it glowed like the green glow sticks you crack at night.
- 1:39
The caller says they closed their eyes, told themselves whatever it was would go away, and woke in the morning.
- 2:00
Days later, driving on Oahu, the caller told their wife that something had been in their room.
- 2:07
The caller says she reacted with “chicken skin” and told them, [quote withheld]
- 2:41
According to [name withheld], their wife said she saw a very large Hawaiian figure float in through the window and stand at the foot of the bed, and that it was “very pissed off.”
- 3:05
[name withheld] says they are white while their wife is almost pure Hawaiian, and wonders whether it was a Hawaiian ghost seeing a local woman with a white man.
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· 0:42
The caller woke lying on their back and saw something fairly large, kind of glowing, and human-shaped at the foot of the bed.
- observation· 1:01
The caller was so frightened that they were petrified and could not move.
- observation· 1:23
If it were a person, it was at least seven feet tall and would have weighed several hundred pounds, like 250 300 pounds.
- observation· 1:29
It glowed like the green glow sticks you crack at night.
- hearsay· 2:29
The caller’s wife told them she had seen it too.
- hearsay· 2:45
The caller’s wife said she saw a very large Hawaiian figure float in through the window and stand at the foot of the bed.
- hearsay· 2:57
The caller’s wife said the figure was “very pissed off.”
- interpretation· 3:08
The caller wonders whether it was a Hawaiian ghost looking down and seeing a local woman with a white man.
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.
The story is clear, firsthand, and told in order, with concrete detail about size, glow, setting, and timing. But a common sleep-related explanation fits easily, and nothing can be checked or backed up.
Evidence for and against
- Concrete setting and sequence: [quote withheld] and going to bed after the band downstairs.
- Specific physical description: at least seven feet tall, [quote withheld] and a glow compared to “green glow sticks.”
- The caller separates what they perceived from what they concluded and offers their own guess as a question, not a claim.
- The caller's own waking, on their back, unable to move and seeing a figure at the foot of the bed, closely matches sleep-related events.
- No detail can be checked. The only second witness is reported, not present.
- Many of the labels showing who is speaking seem misplaced, so some lines may be the host rather than the caller.
- No date is given for the trip, only “pre-Iniki.”
- 0:42
- 1:29
- 3:08
What the model inferred (not said on air): I treated this as a typical clear firsthand report. I lowered the score mainly because the circumstances (waking at night, being unable to move, a figure at the foot of the bed) fit an ordinary sleep-related explanation, which the caller does not address.
Only the caller's word is available. A second witness is claimed but never speaks on air, and there is no physical or documentary evidence.
Evidence for and against
- Named resort and location: [quote withheld]
- A second witness is claimed: the caller’s wife reportedly said [quote withheld]
- The second witness does not speak on air. Her story reaches the host only through the caller.
- No photograph, recording, document, or physical trace is mentioned.
- The automatic transcript does not say whether any part of the story was verified.
- 2:29
- 2:41
What the model inferred (not said on air): I placed this in the 11 to 25 range because a second witness is claimed but not independently available, and no physical evidence is described.
A large, glowing, human-shaped figure intrudes on a sleeping space, the caller cannot move, and the caller later says their wife described the figure as angry. It is unsettling and has a menacing tone, but no one is hurt and the events do not escalate.
Evidence for and against
- Intrusion into the bed space: the figure is [quote withheld]
- Fear and being unable to move: [quote withheld]
- Reported anger: the caller’s wife said it was “very pissed off.”
- The encounter ends quietly. The caller closes their eyes and wakes in the morning, and no injury, pursuit, or repeat is reported.
- The tone of the story is mostly conversational and includes an amused-sounding guess about a local woman with a white man.
- The figure's appearance is only partly described, so how frightening it would seem is uncertain.
- 1:01
- 2:57
What the model inferred (not said on air): I scored this as moderately unsettling because it involves a bedroom intrusion, fear, and being unable to move, but no harm, threat, or escalation is described.
A figure at the foot of the bed and being unable to move at night are stock elements. But the green glow-stick comparison, the size estimates, and the wife's separate story of an angry Hawaiian figure coming in through the window give it a distinctive frame.
Evidence for and against
- Unusual comparison: [quote withheld]
- Distinctive second-witness detail: a large Hawaiian figure floating in through the window.
- The core event, a figure at the foot of the bed on waking with no ability to move, is a familiar ghost-story element.
- Originality compared with the archive is provisional in the pilot, and the transcript offers limited text for comparing themes.
- 1:29
- 2:45
What the model inferred (not said on air): My score rests on the familiar bed-foot figure combined with the unusual glow comparison and the window-entry detail. The comparison with the rest of the archive carries little weight in the pilot.
Scoring confidence 0.60 · analysis confidence 0.70 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller's firsthand story (live call); Second witness claimed (the caller’s wife) but does not speak on air; No photograph, recording, or document claimed. The originality score blends the model's score (50) 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.
- A sleep-related event could explain the caller's own experience: waking in the night, lying on their back, being unable to move, and seeing a vivid figure at the foot of the bed. · The caller says they woke in the night, were [quote withheld] and saw the figure at the foot of the bed. The caller had gone to bed tired after a day of driving.
- A dream, or dream imagery lingering after waking, could explain the glowing, human-shaped form. · The caller describes only what they saw ([quote withheld]), with no sound, touch, or other sense, and says they simply closed their eyes until morning.
- The couple compared stories only days later, so the wife's description may have been shaped by the conversation in which the caller first told her. · The caller says they told her about it later while driving on Oahu, and only then did she describe what she had seen.
What stands out
The caller compares the glow to a cracked green glow stick and gives unusually specific size estimates (at least seven feet, 250 to 300 pounds). The caller says their wife described the same figure on her own, including its mood (“very pissed off”) and its route in through the window.
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