Bedroom attack by a creature “astride” the caller, later called a succubus
A live caller who identifies themself as [name withheld] from Santa Rosa tells Art Bell they were attacked in bed by a creature they describe as a mixture of animals sitting astride them. The caller says it briefly paralyzed them and came back once in the same night. The caller says they fought it off and drove it away by covering their navel and genitals, something they say they had learned from friends. Asked what they encountered, the caller says it was a “succubus”/“incubi” that feeds on sexual energy. The host calls such stories “pretty common” and says such things [quote withheld]
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The story as told
Speaking live during the broadcast, the caller gives their name as [name withheld], says they are calling from Santa Rosa, and says they are listening on KSRO 1350. The caller tells the host they want to describe being attacked by beings with, as the caller puts it, sexual purposes in mind. The caller says they were sleeping one night and woke with the feeling of a pressure lying over them. The caller woke up and saw [quote withheld] them, which briefly paralyzed them. The caller says they began thrashing at it with their arms. When the host asks what the caller saw, the caller describes what [quote withheld] with a long, toothy beak and dark fur claws, and eyes that had [quote withheld] The caller says they swung at it and jerked up into a sitting position (they had been lying on their back), and that it moved off. Although the room was dark, the caller could still see it because, as it moved away, it was [quote withheld] The caller says it stopped, they stopped, and they were in shock looking at it. Then it moved back at them and attacked them again. The caller says they had learned from friends to cover their navel and their genitals, that they did so, and that it moved away. The caller says they could not sleep that night, and begins to mention the very next night, but the sentence is cut off when the host speaks. Asked what they think they encountered, the caller says they know what it was: a “succubus” or “succubi” for a male and an “incubi” for a woman. The caller says it uses a person’s sexual energy or kundalini force as food. The host remarks that such stories are “pretty common” and that such things [quote withheld] and may be becoming more frequent. The broadcast then moves to the next caller.
Reported events, in order
- 0:22
The caller says they were sleeping one night and woke with the feeling of a pressure lying over them.
- 0:34
The caller says they woke and saw [quote withheld] them and that it paralyzed them for a second.
- 0:44
The caller says they started thrashing at it with their arms.
- 0:58
Asked by the host what the caller saw, the caller describes a mixture of different types of animals with a long, toothy beak, dark fur claws, and oddly moving eyes.
- 1:20
The caller says they swung at it, jerked up into a sitting position, and it moved off. The caller could still see it because it was darker than the surrounding darkness.
- 1:38
The caller says it stopped and they stopped, and they sat in shock looking at it.
- 1:42
The caller says it moved back at them and attacked them again.
- 1:42
The caller says they covered their navel and their genitals, as friends had taught them, and it moved away.
- 1:56
The caller says they could not sleep that night and begins to mention the next night before the sentence is cut off.
- 2:09
The caller tells the host they know what it was: a succubus or incubi that feeds on sexual energy or kundalini force.
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· 0:22
The caller woke from sleep with the feeling of a pressure lying over them.
- observation· 0:34
The caller saw a “hideous creature” sitting astride them.
- observation· 0:41
The experience briefly paralyzed the caller.
- observation· 0:44
The caller thrashed at the creature with their arms.
- observation· 0:58
The creature looked like a mixture of animals, with a long toothy beak and dark fur claws.
- observation· 1:15
The creature’s eyes had [quote withheld]
- observation· 1:36
After the caller swung at it and sat up, it moved off but remained visible because it was darker than the surrounding darkness.
- observation· 1:42
It moved back at the caller and attacked a second time.
- hearsay· 1:42
Friends had told the caller to cover their navel and genitals. Doing so coincided with the creature moving away.
- observation· 1:56
The caller could not sleep that night, and mentions the following night.
- interpretation· 2:09
The caller says the being was a succubus (for a male) or incubus (for a woman).
- interpretation· 2:25
The caller says such beings use a person’s sexual energy or kundalini force as food.
- host statement· 2:40
The host says the caller is describing the being feeding on their energy.
- host statement· 2:46
The host says such stories are “pretty common.”
- host statement· 3:01
The host says such things really are happening around us and may be becoming more frequent.
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.
This is a coherent firsthand story with a described sequence and sensory detail. But it has no checkable specifics beyond the town and radio station, it fits almost exactly with sleep paralysis and images seen while waking up, and the caller states their certainty from books rather than separating what they perceived from what they concluded.
Evidence for and against
- Firsthand story: the caller says they were the one sleeping and waking in the event and that they thrashed at the creature themselves.
- Concrete sensory description and sequence: a composite animal with a beak and claws, oddly moving eyes, swinging and sitting up, it moving off, and a second approach.
- The caller answers the host’s questions directly (what the caller saw, what they think it was) with no apparent contradiction.
- No date, specific address, or documentation. The only place detail is the caller’s town.
- The reported features (waking from sleep, pressure on the body, brief paralysis, a figure in a dark bedroom) match sleep paralysis and waking hallucination closely.
- The caller says [quote withheld] and adopts a specific occult system of beings rather than admitting uncertainty.
- The caller’s sentence about [quote withheld] is cut off, so the extent of the events is unclear.
- Several short lines are labeled as the host inside the caller’s description, so the exact wording of parts of the story is uncertain.
- 0:22
- 0:41
- 2:09
- 1:42
What the model inferred (not said on air): Component estimate (not transcript statements): closeness to the source 20, specificity 12, consistency 16, ordinary explanations 2, calibration of claims 4. The low score for ordinary explanations reflects the close fit with sleep-related events. The low calibration score reflects the caller’s stated certainty and their adoption of a specific system of beings.
The story rests on the caller’s word alone. Some checkable specifics are given (a name, a town, a radio station), but none are examined or verified, and there is no physical evidence or second witness on air.
Evidence for and against
- Specifics that could be checked in principle are stated: a caller name and town and the station the caller is listening to.
- The caller gives a consistent story on air.
- No photograph, recording, mark, or document is claimed.
- No second witness is described, and none speaks on air. The friends mentioned are only a source of advice.
- The host does not independently examine anything in the transcript.
- No outside check was performed, so the evidence score is capped well below the ceiling of 50.
- The cut-off mention of a second night leaves the full scope of the claim unknown.
- 0:02
- 1:42
What the model inferred (not said on air): Placed in the range of 11 to 25 because identifying details are given but nothing is checked. It is not merely a bare claim, but there is no physical or on-air backing.
The setting and content are strongly unsettling: a figure on top of the sleeper in a dark bedroom, brief paralysis, an animal-like face with a beak and claws, and a second attack after a standoff.
Evidence for and against
- The creature is said to be sitting astride the sleeping caller.
- The caller reports paralysis and a second attack after it had moved off.
- The description of a hideous composite animal with a long toothy beak and dark fur claws is vivid and threatening.
- The events are set in the bedroom at night.
- The story is short and the encounter is confined to part of one night, with no escalating physical harm reported.
- No injury or lasting consequence is described.
- The story ends abruptly with the caller’s sentence cut off, so the aftermath is unknown.
- 0:34
- 0:58
- 0:41
What the model inferred (not said on air): Rated between the “genuinely unsettling” (50) and “frightening” (70) levels. It is weighted toward 70 by the bedroom intrusion, the paralysis, and the second attack, and toward 50 by the brevity and the absence of reported harm.
The bedroom paralysis setup and the intruder-on-the-sleeper motif are familiar. But the composite animal description and the protective act of covering the navel and genitals are distinctive details.
Evidence for and against
- Unusual descriptive detail: a creature described as a mixture of animals with a long toothy beak and dark fur claws.
- A specific defensive practice, covering the navel and genitals, that the caller attributes to friends’ advice.
- The caller frames it in terms of a succubus or incubi feeding on sexual energy.
- Waking with pressure, paralysis, and a figure in a dark bedroom are recurring motifs in stories of this kind.
- A dark shape described as darker than the surrounding darkness is a familiar trope.
- With a small archive, how new the story is compared with the rest of the archive is provisional. The score here is the model’s estimate from the content.
- Problems with the labels showing who is speaking may have altered some descriptive wording.
- 0:58
- 1:42
What the model inferred (not said on air): Placed just above the [quote withheld] level (50) because two details, the animal composite and the navel and genital defense, go beyond the stock paralysis-intruder story.
Scoring confidence 0.65 · analysis confidence 0.70 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand story.; No documentation, recording, photograph, or physical evidence claimed.; No second witness on air. Friends are mentioned only as a source of advice.. The originality score blends the model's score (58) 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.
- Sleep paralysis with a hallucination while waking up. Waking with a sense of pressure on the body, a brief inability to move, and a vividly seen figure in a dark bedroom are all features commonly linked to this state. · The caller says they were sleeping and woke with [quote withheld] that [quote withheld] and that the room was dark.
- Dream images carrying over into waking perception. The figure reportedly lingered after the caller sat up and “attacked” again, which fits images lasting across the change from sleep to waking rather than a physical attacker. · The caller reports swinging at it, sitting up, seeing it [quote withheld] and then being attacked again.
- Earlier exposure to similar lore shaping how the caller read the event. The caller says friends had instructed them on covering their navel and genitals, which suggests the caller had met similar stories before. That could affect how a frightening night-time experience was later labeled. · The caller says, [quote withheld] and later uses the terms “succubus”/“incubi.”
What stands out
The story combines a classic bedroom paralysis scene with an unusual composite-animal description (a beak and fur claws) and a defensive measure, covering the navel and genitals, that the caller says they had been taught by friends rather than read or invented. The caller presents the identification of the experience as a succubus or incubus as a conclusion drawn afterward from books rather than during the event.
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