A sensed presence with a tail and blunted nails during an out-of-body experience
A live caller, introduced by the host as being [quote withheld] says they have been a spiritual person since the age of two. They say an “essence” came around them about twelve years ago when their sister died and has come and gone since. They say the one time this presence turned angry and violent was as they were returning from an out-of-body experience in their bed. It disappeared into “some hole,” leaving a long, heavy, grayish tail in view. They say it still visits and presses long, sharp nails into their back at night. They report feeling only blunted pressure and take that as a sign they are protected.
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The story as told
Speaking live on air, a caller known only by the host’s regional greeting ([quote withheld]) says they have been a spiritual person since they were two years old. They say an “essence” came around them about twelve years earlier, when their sister died, and has come and gone since. They say the one time this presence became angry and violent was during an out-of-body experience. Lying in bed, they say they were lifted to the left out of their body and held under the shoulders and ankles by what they took to be angels. The angels “rippled” the caller’s body so pleasurably that the caller laughed aloud and thanked them. The host remarks that he would not have expected angels to hold someone down. The caller says they were then lowered back into their body, and they were beginning to wake when they sensed the presence come into the room and go to their feet. The caller sensed it meant to join in, but instead it went to move their feet and legs apart. Having been through this with it before, they sensed danger. The caller says they moved their feet at it to send it away, which made it indignant. It seized each of their ankles violently enough to jerk their body. They heard a loud scream inside themself saying “no,” and their legs kicked out so hard that they felt they touched it and knocked it down. The caller says it got up again feeling “horribly rejected” and slumped away. Now fully awake, they jumped to the end of the bed and say they saw the last of it disappearing into “some hole,” with a long, heavy, fat, grayish tail swaying until it was gone. The caller says it still comes around and that at night it presses long, sharp nails into their back. They feel no pain, believe the nails have been “blunted,” and consider themself protected. Asked whether marks are left, they say they have had them on their arms sometimes but cannot see their back and has not asked anyone to look.
Reported events, in order
- 0:11
The caller says they have been a spiritual person since they were two years old.
- 0:23
The caller says an “essence” came around them about twelve years ago, when their sister died, and still comes and goes.
- 0:34
The caller says the presence’s angry and violent episode happened during an out-of-body experience.
- 0:44
Lying in bed, the caller says they were lifted out of their body to the left and held under the shoulders and ankles by what they thought were angels. The angels “rippled” the caller’s body, giving the caller great pleasure, and the caller laughed and thanked them.
- 1:20
The caller says they were lowered back into their body. As they were coming awake, they sensed the presence enter and go to their feet, where it went to move their feet and legs apart.
- 1:37
The caller says they sensed danger from it, having been through this with it before, and moved their feet at it to tell it to go away.
- 2:06
The caller says it became indignant and grabbed each of their ankles, violently and fast, jerking their body. They heard a loud scream inside them saying “no,” and their legs kicked out so hard they felt they touched it and knocked it down.
- 2:35
The caller says they sensed it getting up feeling “horribly rejected” and slumping away.
- 2:49
Now awake, the caller says they jumped to the end of the bed and saw the last of it disappearing into “some hole,” a long, heavy, fat, grayish tail swaying until it was gone.
- 3:14
The caller says it still pops in and out, and that at night it presses long, sharp nails into their back, which they feel only as pressure and no pain.
- 3:43
Asked about physical marks, they say they have had them on their arms sometimes, cannot see their back, and have not asked anyone to look. They say they feel protected because the nails are “blunted.”
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).
- interpretation· 0:23
An “essence” came around them about twelve years earlier when their sister died and still comes and goes.
- observation· 0:44
The caller was lifted out of their body to the left while lying in bed.
- observation· 1:03
What the caller took to be angels held them under the shoulders and ankles and “rippled” their body, giving them great pleasure.
- observation· 1:37
The caller sensed the presence come into the room, go to their feet, and try to move their feet and legs apart.
- interpretation· 1:44
The caller sensed danger from the presence because they had been through this with it before.
- observation· 2:06
The presence seized both their ankles violently and fast, jerking their body, and they heard a loud scream inside them saying “no.”
- observation· 2:22
The caller kicked out, felt they touched it, and knocked it down.
- observation· 2:59
The caller saw the last of the presence disappearing into “some hole,” with a long, heavy, fat, grayish tail swaying.
- observation· 3:22
At night the presence presses long, sharp nails into their back.
- interpretation· 3:43
The caller feels no pain from the nails and believes it is because they have been blunted and the caller is protected.
- interpretation· 3:56
The caller feels the presence is trying hard to hurt them.
- observation· 3:43
The caller has sometimes had marks on their arms, but cannot see their back and has not asked anyone to look.
- host statement· 1:56
The host says this is not a presence they can physically see.
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 clearly firsthand, orderly story with some sensory detail. But it has no name, place, or date beyond [quote withheld] and an ordinary sleep-related explanation fits the opening events readily.
Evidence for and against
- The caller describes their own experience directly, including being lifted out of their body, sensing the presence, and going to the end of the bed.
- The story is in order, and they answer the host’s questions about visibility and marks without contradicting themself.
- The caller separates sensing from seeing and says they can only describe the sensation in their own words.
- No name, place, date, or other checkable outside detail is given. The only time reference is [quote withheld]
- The central episode happens on waking from an out-of-body state, and the repeated pressure on their back at night has an easy sleep-related reading.
- The claimed marks on their arms are mentioned only in passing, and they say they cannot see their back and does not ask anyone to look.
- The caller’s identity, location, and the date of the specific episode are not stated.
- Parts of the transcript are split into single words, and one phrase is labeled as the host mid-sentence, so the wording is uncertain.
- “Heart” appears where “Art” is meant, which points to a transcription error.
- 0:34
- 1:20
- 3:43
What the model inferred (not said on air): Scored by part: closeness to events 20 (firsthand, direct), specific detail 9 (sensory description but nothing checkable), consistency 15 (coherent and responsive to questions), other explanations 6 (a sleep-state reading fits the opening events and is not addressed), calibration 8 (they clearly mark what they sensed versus saw, but treat the presence as fact).
The story rests on the caller’s word alone. The only physical element is a vague, unexamined mention of marks on their arms, and no second witness or documentation is offered.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says they have sometimes had marks on their arms, which is the only claimed physical trace.
- No photograph, recording, document, or measurement is described.
- No second witness is claimed, and no one else speaks to the events on air.
- No name, place, or date is given that could be checked against a record.
- Whether the marks they mention appeared on any specific occasion, and what they blame them on, is not stated.
- The caller says they do not ask anyone to look at their back, so nobody else has ever observed the back.
- 3:43
- 3:22
What the model inferred (not said on air): Their mention of marks would normally push the score toward the 26 to 40 band. But it is too vague and unexamined to count as physical evidence claimed to exist, so I placed the score at the top of the 11 to 25 band.
The story involves a bedroom intrusion, a violent grab at the ankles, a nightly act aimed at the caller’s back that is still going on, and an unresolved ending. The calm telling and the pleasurable “angel” passage lower the score somewhat.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says the presence came into their room at night and went to move their feet and legs apart.
- The caller says it grabbed each of their ankles violently enough to jerk their body.
- The caller reports a continuing pattern of long, sharp nails being pressed into their back at night.
- No resolution is given. The caller says it is still around and has been for a long time.
- The out-of-body sequence is described as giving great pleasure, with the caller laughing and thanking those holding them.
- The caller says they feel no pain from the nails and consider themself protected.
- The caller explicitly denies feeling pain from the nightly pressure, which changes how threatening the story reads.
- 2:06
- 3:56
What the model inferred (not said on air): My score weights the intrusion into the bedroom and the ongoing, unresolved contact upward, and the lack of reported pain and the pleasurable earlier passage downward.
The basic frame (a presence at the bedside, being touched, a figure that returns) is familiar. But the combination of an out-of-body “rippling” by figures they take to be angels, a being with a long grayish tail, and nails that press but do not break the skin is uncommon.
Evidence for and against
- The caller describes being held under the shoulders and ankles and “rippled” while out of her body.
- The caller reports a long, heavy, fat, grayish tail as the presence departs.
- The caller says the nails they have seen are blunted so that they press without going in.
- A presence in the bedroom, a figure at the foot of the bed, and being touched at night are common motifs.
- A presence that returns after a death is a familiar frame.
- Whether “swagging” in the transcript is a separate word or a transcription error for “swaying.”
- The published originality score is computed against the rest of the archive and may differ from this automatic value.
- 0:57
- 2:59
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the automatic score from content alone. The comparison with the rest of the archive is applied afterward.
Scoring confidence 0.70 · analysis confidence 0.72 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand story; Claimed marks on the caller’s arms, mentioned only in passing, not examined or described in detail; No documentation, no second witness on air, no outside record. The originality score blends the model's score (70) 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.
- Images and sensations while falling asleep or waking up, which can include a sense of floating or leaving the body and a sensed presence in the room. · The caller describes lying in bed, being [quote withheld] and then [quote withheld] when she sensed the presence enter.
- A sleep-related mistake of the senses, in which pressure or touch felt while lying in bed is experienced as something outside acting on the body. · The caller reports that at night [quote withheld] yet [quote withheld]
- Ordinary minor marks on the arms from unrelated causes, mentioned only in passing and never inspected or backed up by anyone else. · The caller says [quote withheld] and that she does not ask anybody to look.
What stands out
The story combines an out-of-body experience, in which the caller is “rippled” by figures they take to be angels, with a later bedroom encounter with a presence she describes as having a long, heavy, grayish tail. Another distinctive detail is that the presence’s nails press into their back but produce only blunted pressure, which they read as protection.
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