Shadow person
A recurring topic on Coast-to-Coast AM, so-called "shadow people" (or "shadow creatures") are beings (or "entities") that have been seen by several people. Their description varies, some say they are completely nebulous and ethereal, while others have said they appear concrete with a definite shape. They usually have a human form, although "shadow animals" have been seen as well. (One caller on Coast-to-Coast reported seeing a shadow person that was a twin of himself.)
Direct visual contact is rarely made with shadow people, they usually disappear before they can be seen clearly, and are seen "in the corner of one's eye."
Coast-to-Coast host George Noory once remarked on a series of lines from Paul Simon's Sounds of Silence, that, when though of in the context of shadow people, becomes interesting:
- Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
Explanations
Many explanations have been proposed for the origins of shadow people. Some hypothesize that they are time travelers, aliens, or ghosts, but a more popular idea is that they are some sort of other-dimensional beings whose dimension of origin occasionally overlaps with ours. That explains their ethereal appearance and fleeting nature.