Chest pressure and a scream saying “save me” in bed after moving to Washington State
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], calling from west of the Rockies, says they had recently moved to Washington State when they had two similar experiences while lying in bed. Each time, they say, they felt someone approach and something lean on their chest, followed by a scream in their right ear. The second scream said “save me.” The caller says they were not greatly frightened and tried to sleep. The caller offers no settled explanation, but mentions their boyfriend’s idea that a tree falling near the house might have been connected.
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The story as told
The caller says [quote withheld] The caller tells the host they have had several ghost experiences, but the host asks them to give only one. The caller says they [quote withheld] and then describes [quote withheld] while lying in bed. In the first, they felt as though someone was walking toward them. They looked up and saw nothing (“nothing was there”), lay back down, and felt something approach again. The caller says nobody else was in the room. They then felt something lean on their chest and immediately heard a scream in their right ear. In the second, similar event, they felt the same kind of pressure and heard a second scream in their right ear, this time saying “save me.” Asked what they did, the caller says they were not really that scared because of earlier experiences. After the first, they jumped out of bed and went to shower. After the second, which came right before they went to sleep, they covered their head and went back to bed because they had work the next day. The caller says they first thought their boyfriend was sitting next to them and wondered whether it was his “psychic energy” telling them something. The caller says he suggested that a tree that fell behind the house around that time might have been trying to say “save me.” The caller also says the first event felt like a message to get out of bed and start the day.
Reported events, in order
- 0:18
The caller says they recently moved to Washington State and had two similar experiences.
- 0:25
Lying in bed, they feel as though someone is walking toward them. They look up and see nothing.
- 0:31
They lie back down and feel something approach again. They note nobody else was in the room.
- 0:37
They feel something lean on their chest and then hear a scream in their right ear.
- 0:45
In a second, similar event, they feel the same pressure and hear a scream in their right ear saying “save me.”
- 1:06
After the first event they jump out of bed and go to shower. After the second they cover their head and go back to sleep.
- 1:40
They say they first thought their boyfriend was sitting next to them and wondered about his psychic energy.
- 1:51
They report their boyfriend’s suggestion that a tree falling behind the house around that time might have been saying “save me.”
- 2:08
They say the first event felt like a message telling them to get out of bed and start the day.
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· 0:25
While lying in bed, they felt as though someone was walking toward them.
- observation· 0:29
They looked up and saw nothing there.
- observation· 0:34
They say nobody was in the room except them.
- observation· 0:37
They felt something lean on their chest.
- observation· 0:41
Something screamed into their right ear.
- observation· 0:45
In a second event, the scream in their right ear said “save me.”
- interpretation· 1:40
They first thought their boyfriend was sitting right next to them.
- interpretation· 1:46
They wondered whether it was their boyfriend’s psychic energy trying to tell them something.
- hearsay· 1:51
Their boyfriend suggested a tree that fell behind the house around that time might have been trying to say “save me.”
- interpretation· 2:08
They took the first event as a message to get out of bed and start the day.
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 firsthand account in the caller’s own voice, but it is brief and not specific. An ordinary sleep-related explanation fits the reported details well, and nothing backs it up. The sequence is mostly consistent, though what they say about who was in the room is not.
Evidence for and against
- The caller reports the events as their own direct experience ([quote withheld]).
- The story gives a sequence and sensory detail: pressure on the chest and a voice in the right ear ([quote withheld]).
- The caller separates their first assumption from the event itself ([quote withheld]).
- No date, address, or other checkable detail is given beyond a first name and the state.
- The caller says [quote withheld] while also saying they thought their boyfriend was sitting right next to them.
- The events happened in bed around sleep, where chest pressure and a loud voice near the ear while falling asleep are a close fit.
- The labels showing who is speaking appear swapped for the exchange of names at the start of the call, so who said some short lines is uncertain.
- The phrase “behind her house” may be a transcription error, since the caller is speaking about their own home.
- 0:25
- 0:37
- 0:34
What the model inferred (not said on air): The closeness of the experience to sleep, the chest pressure, and the loud voice at the ear are why a sleep-related explanation is treated as a close fit. The judgments about consistency and care in their claims come from the sequence and hedged language in the transcript.
The story rests entirely on the caller’s word. No documentation, recording, photograph, or examined physical trace is claimed, no second witness speaks on air, and the only checkable details are a first name and a state.
Evidence for and against
- A live first-person account is given ([quote withheld]).
- The caller names a state ([quote withheld]) and a first name ([quote withheld]).
- No photograph, recording, document, or physical mark is claimed.
- The only other person mentioned, the boyfriend, does not speak on air.
- Nothing in the story is presented as verified or checkable on air.
- It is unknown whether any other detail was given off the air. Only what was broadcast is assessed.
- 0:18
- 1:40
What the model inferred (not said on air): This uses the scoring guide’s range for the caller’s word alone (0 to 10). The boyfriend is mentioned but does not speak, so he does not raise the score into the “other witnesses claimed” range in any meaningful way.
The details are unsettling: an unseen presence in a bedroom, weight on the chest, and a scream into one ear with the words “save me.” But the caller reports little fear, no threat, injury, or escalation is described, and the story ends with the caller going back to sleep.
Evidence for and against
- Something intrudes on the bedroom while they are in bed ([quote withheld]).
- The caller feels physical pressure on their body ([quote withheld]).
- A scream at close range carries a plea ([quote withheld]).
- There is no resolution. The caller says they tried to ignore it and go back to sleep.
- The caller says they were not greatly frightened ([quote withheld]).
- No harm, threat, or ill will is reported.
- The story is short and ends with an ordinary action: covering their head and sleeping.
- It is not clearly stated whether the first event happened on waking or on going to bed, which affects how the scene is pictured.
- 0:37
- 0:45
- 0:58
What the model inferred (not said on air): Rated toward the middle of the scale. The closeness of a bedroom and a shout at close range raise it, while the lack of threat, harm, or lasting dread lowers it.
An unseen presence in the bedroom and pressure on the chest around sleep are a familiar setup. But the scream into one ear that says “save me,” together with the boyfriend’s fallen-tree idea, gives it a distinctive turn.
Evidence for and against
- The voice is in one ear only ([quote withheld]).
- The shout is a short plea ([quote withheld]).
- An unusual explanation is offered for the plea, involving a tree that fell near the house.
- An unseen presence approaching the bed and pressure on the chest are common motifs.
- The story is brief and has no unusual setting or sequence of stages.
- The published originality figure is compared with the rest of the archive and is provisional while the archive is small. The score here is the model’s estimate from content.
- 0:45
- 1:51
What the model inferred (not said on air): A familiar setup plus one distinctive detail puts it at roughly the midpoint of the originality scale (50).
Scoring confidence 0.60 · analysis confidence 0.65 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand story, given live on air.; No photograph, recording, document, or physical trace is claimed.; A suggested explanation attributed to the boyfriend, who does not speak on air.. 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 experience while falling asleep or waking up, possibly with sleep paralysis, in which chest pressure and a loud voice in one ear are commonly reported. · The caller describes lying in bed and being [quote withheld] The caller felt pressure on their chest and heard a loud voice close to their ear. After one event they got up to shower, and after the other they went back to sleep.
- A real person’s presence in or near the room was mistaken for something unseen. · They say they first thought their boyfriend was sitting right next to them, and separately say [quote withheld]
- A loud noise and a phrase were linked by coincidence, as the boyfriend’s own idea about a tree falling near the house at about that time suggests. · The caller says: [quote withheld]
What stands out
The most distinctive element is the sound: a scream delivered into one ear that, the second time, carries the words “save me.” The caller and their boyfriend then try to link it to a fallen tree rather than a person.
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