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Sleep paralysis

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For the discussion of sleep paralysis aka night terrors or the old/night hag and many other names across a range of cultures.

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Fact:

  • The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions by David Hufford - looks at sleep paralysis folklore and the wide range of people's experiences, with a New Foundland focus but generally applicable too.
  • Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens by Susan Clancy - examines at sleep paralysis' role in alien abduction cases (as well as other explanations)

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