I've read a couple experiences on here and just here to get some info to try to understand these shadow people. Research I've done turns out to be a waste of time but I may not be looking the right places. I've been interested in the shadow people and all things wierd pretty much my whole life. Anyways, I've always had bad dreams and those that I know I'm in danger but can't move or speak so I'm lying there and can see all around me although my eyes are closed but I can't see the danger I just know that evil lurks and I'm trying to get outta there. So I try my hardest to scream and move to wake myself up. Last night, I had one of these "dreams" and eventually screamed in our physical world for my husband to wake me up, when I first opened my eyes and looked up at the ceiling I saw a black figurethane what looked like a head of a person and some sort of mask. I blinked a few times thinking maybe it was just my eyes but then it was still there for a couple seconds then just like that, it disappeared into the shadows. That creeped me out so much that I slept with my bathroom light on for the rest of the night. That was the first time I was really scared. I've experienced a lot of  things in my life but this one really was creepy. Do these shadow people have a negative influence on people's dreams?