Dream or Reality? Bedroom Visitors
by Malcolm Robinson


The following case is in connection with a phone call SPI received in
which
a distressed woman claimed that her young daughter aged (4) was being
"visited" in her room at night by a strange small 'creature'. Knowing
her
daughter, and convinced it wasn't abad dream, the mother contacted SPI
for
help. The following, is information gleamed from our visit to the
family
home. Investigators on the day, were Garry Wood, Stan Brown, and
Malcolm
Robinson.

The family live in the town of Grangemouth Central Scotland which is
roughly
12 miles or so away from the town of Bonnybridge, scene of many UFO
sightings over the past few years. Readers may recall from our last
issue,
of a UFO photograph taken near Polmont Reservoir, this location is
also very
near Grangemouth. The mother Amanda (pseudonym) is aged 25, and the
father
George (pseudonym) is aged 28. They have two young daughters aged 4
and 2,
in which Sarah (pseudonym) the oldest, is the one who has been seeing
this
strange 'creature'. The family live in a block of flats of which they
occupy
the top flat. This flat gives them a commanding view of parts of the
forth
valley.

During our Interview with the family, we ascertained that they had
been
observing 'strange lights in the sky' near their home over several
weeks,
lights which they claim do not conform to conventional aircraft
lights.
Witnessing these lights didn't really bother them that much; what did
bother
them however, was for a period of several nights, their 4 year old
daughter
Sarah, began screaming in her room claiming that there were 'monsters'
in
her room. The mother initially felt that this was due to bad dreams,
as most
of these screaming episodes over several nights that was to change her
opinion on the matter. Indeed on one particular night, not  only did
Sarah
claim to have seen 'monsters', but she also said that a 'blue light'
came
into her room!

More Strange Lights in Room

Amanda, as any mother would do, started taking Sarah into her own
bedroom to
sleep, and for a couple of nights, Sarah enjoyed a relaxed sleep.
Indeed
during this time, the parents took steps to decorate Sarah's bedroom,
perhaps a change of decor might help, they surmised. Sadly however,
this did
not work, and upon Sarah returning to sleep once more in her own
bedroom,
she began to see her 'monsters' again. One night, as the mother again
entered her daughter's bedroom due to the screams coming from the
room, she
happened to glance out of the bedroom window, and saw, at a distance,
a
bright white light hovering above some fields. She quickly took her
daughter
through to her own room and was astounded to see bright lights coming
into
her room through the window. Amanda couldn't account for these lights,
and
she does remember, live on the top floor of a block of flats. Even car
headlights, she told SPI, could not have come into her bedroom like
this.
She had never experienced lights like this before during her tenancy
of this
house.

That morning, the mother asked her daughter to try and draw what she
had
seen. (This drawing is not reproduced here due to being basically all
squiggles), however the mother tried to draw from what Sarah had said
to
her, roughly what this monster looked like. Upon seeing the drawing
the
daughter said, "Mummy, you forgot the slanting eyes"! What was also
learned
during our Interview with the mother, was that Sarah had not only seen
one
'monster' [as she described them], but several in her room all at
once!

Touched by 'Monsters'

During SPI's Interview with the mother and father, I asked the
question, has
 Sarah been subjected to anything visual which resembles these
'monsters'
either through television or newspapers? to which the mother replied
"no".
They were quite sure that Sarah has never seen anything like this
before. I
then asked, "Is it possible that Sarah has overheard you talking about
the
UFO sightings over at Bonnybridge"? Again the reply was a firm "no",
they
had never spoken about the UFO sightings over at Bonnybridge in front
of
Sarah. Indeed for the sake of the child, they had started staying in
the
family home only until 9:00pm, whereafter they went round to her
mother's
where they stayed the night there. Nothing strange occurred at her
mother's
and Sarah 'appeared' to be sleeping fine.

SPI also learned that during our interview, that not only had young
Sarah
witnessed what she described as 'monsters' in her room, but they also
"touched" her as well. Amanda, the mother, informed SPI that one of
these
'monsters' touched Sarah on the shoulder. She had asked her daughter,
"Why
did they touch you on the shoulder"? to which young Sarah replied, "To
wake
me up mum". Sadly we also learned that Sarah's sister Clare
(pseudonym) aged
(2) was now herself starting to have nightmares, in which she would
wake up
kicking and screaming. On one occasion the mother noticed a large deep
scratch on Clare's nose as she put her to bed one evening. Upon waking
Clare
up the following morning, nothing visible could be seen, not even a
tiny
scar, it was completely gone! Amanda accepts that her daughter Clare
may
have scratched it herself before she went to bed, but surely there
would
have been evidence of it the following morning, incredibly there was
none.

Blood On Night-dress

SPI also learned from Amanda, that at a later date, her daughter Clare
had
blood seeping out of her belly button which was all over her night-
dress.
She believes however, that Clare somehow did this herself and had been
picking at skin surrounding her belly button. For the  record, Amanda
also
mentioned to SPI that on one occasion when she had Sarah sleeping
beside
her, she (the mother) woke up with the sensation of someone/thing
grabbing
her ankles. She looked down to the foot of the bed bur couldn't see
anything. She did state to SPI that she was unsure if she was sleeping
or
just waking up, but whatever, she did remember it as a strong vivid
experience. Amanda, incidentally, works at the nearby British
Petroleum
(B.P.) Plant in Grangemouth, (where the UFO was photographed. See last
issue
of ENIGMAS). SPI's ASSESSMENT OF THIS CASE. In assessing this case one
can
so easily say that all these episodes are the sole result of childish
imagination and bad dreams, we've all had them. Kids imagination,
especially
at this young age, are quite prolific, so it is more than easy to
surmise
that this case really has all the hallmarks of just this, i.e.,
'childish
imagination'.

But let us remember and consider the mother's testimony, she "knows"
her
daughter well and she went to the embarrassing trouble to contact a
society,
and inform that society, (i.e., SPI) about what her daughter was
seeing.
Then there is the strange lights in the sky, and also the strange
lights
that the mother saw come into her bedroom. The mother, as we have
learned
felt someone/thing grab at her ankles, but this may be a fugue state,
(between sleeping and waking in which dreams come through to the
waking
state for seconds which appear real!) To others, this case might have
the
hallmarks as a potential abduction case, I don't know, I wouldn't go
that
far and I'm not too convinced that this is so. At the moment things
are
quiet, and I have not heard any more from this family. So was this
case the
result of pure childish imagination? or was it something else!! Report
by
Malcolm Robinson, thanks to Stan Brown and Garry Wood for their help.

(SPI) Strange Phenomena Investigations. Malcolm Robinson (Editor
ENIGMAS)

41 The Braes, Tullibody,
Clackmannanshire,
Scotland FK10 2TT.