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I post this because i am seeking advice and help if possible, I have had what seems like strange out of body experiences that don't always correlate to the accounts of others who experience astral projection.  I have read several forums and accounts of similar incidents that seem to point to sleep paralysis but from what i understand of the nature of sleep paralysis this answer seems unlikely.  I have sometimes experienced normal out of body experiences and astral projections, wandering through places that i have never been usually at great distances from myself, but i have had three experiences, out of a great many, that are haunting.  The first began some time ago, i went to sleep and was immediately outside of my body, fully aware, and filled with a sense of urgency that i had never experienced on the astral plane.  I flew at a speed unfathomable to the mid west, i am not sure where, to a motel which i entered.  In the room was a woman i had never met before, but i got the sense that she was an old friend who needed help, and she was not herself.  When i say not herself i would like to say possessed, but that may be a poor movie like description that fails to imply the horror of whatever was attacking her.  Without thought i commanded the "creature" to release her, ordered it back to wherever it came from.  This in hindsight was a serious error because it immediately turned on me, there was no fear, no pain, just an overwhelming sense of despair.  Everything i was slowly faded away and i was surrounded by darkness, i could feel whatever it was replacing me, or rather displacing me.  Just when i was almost gone, and i mean no longer present in the astral plane or the physical world i saw the strangest thing appear before me.  A stain glass image of the Virgin Marry in the shape or form of a portrait and i reached out and hugged it to my chest, with this I awoke in my room, which was for lack of a better term trashed.  I would like to say that i am not religious, i believe in God yes, but i cant remember the last time i went to church or did something charitable.  I would have chalked this up to a nightmare if not for two reasons, the creature whatever it was stalked me for days afterwards.  It waited outside my window, just waiting.  The feeling it projected was beyond anything i can describe, perhaps someone inside a shark cage is acquainted with this emotion.  It eventually left, and i let it all go went on with my life.  Some years later it happened again, only this time i was on a bus, in a city i sometimes go when projecting, just riding the bus, and there was a creature within the older woman sitting in the seat behind me.  She didn't know i was there, but it did and it began to manifest, i didn't wait this time but immediately aborted and woke up.  Some time passed then it happened again last night, similar incident i encountered a powerful dark presence hiding in an old house, this time it was in an inanimate object.  It became aware of me, or rather I it, so again i woke myself up.  If anyone has a similar experience or advice that would be helpful, please keep in mind this is not a regular occurrence when i project, but it has happened enough now that i would like some input.