The following is a story that a friend of mine sent me about his experience with the Shadow Beings - he has requested that his identify not be released and I will honor his request. Here is his story in his words...............

I didn't want to leave a comment in your blog because I wish to remain anonymous about this topic. Your friend that caught the evp saying "turn it off" is not the only investigator who has had that happen to. I have talked to others about this and the UV light does affect them.I have heard quite a few evps with these beings wanting the light off.
I've also had quite a few run ins with them in my life. There is always a feeling of dread when they are around. My very first encounter with them may give you some clue as to why the feeling is there.
I fell asleep one night watching TV. I woke around 2 in the morning. When I started to look around I noticed that the lights had been turned off, and the TV was off as well. I started to sense that something was in the room with me and I looked around in the darkness. I could see the sihlouette of a figure crouched behind the loveseat across from me. My eyes were having trouble adjusting. At first I thought it was my mom's boyfriend, but as I looked at it more I started to realize it was not human at all. I sat up quickly and pointed at it and said, " I see you". That's when all hell broke loose.
As quick as I had said it, 2 of them were on top of me holding me down. and the one I initially saw appeared behind me. They are extremely fast, or they hav a better understanding of time and how it works. Anyhow, I was suddenly aware of the fact that I could not breathe. It was frightening and new to me. I have heard stories about out of body experiences and near death experiences and that was exactly what was happening to me. I was hovering on the ceiling, looking down at them looking up at me, crouched over my body. What happened next is hard to explain and pretty unbelievable to most, that's why I don't talk about it much...but anyhow this is when they started communicating with me. The conversation went a little like this.
"You can go now", one said.
"I don't want to go", I thought
"If you go you will learn what you have been wanting to learn", one said
"Where will I go?", I thought back to them.
"To a Library", they said.
"I do not want to go there", I thought.
The next thing I saw was an image of a vast city, the people there were at peace with each other. There was music, and in the center of the city was a beautiful building, extremely tall. I sensed immediately it was the Library they were talking about.
I suddenly thought about my family and how it would affect them if I stayed and the image of the city dissapeared.
I was on the ceiling again looking back down at them and my body.
"I don't want to go", I thought
"But think of all you will learn", one said. "Every mystery, everything that you have thought about is explained there, and there is more than just that city."
There was a new image in my head,well not really my head. It felt as though I was actually at these places in some sort of different form. It was a peculiar feeling. I looked around and what I saw was bright orange sand everywhere and a royal blue sky. There were beings there that lived in harmony with each other. They weren't human. Their houses were small pueblo style buildings. One of the beings came up to me and without moving it's lips said it will guide me. I had a strange sensation of floating while I was beside the being. It took me inside one of the pueblos and pointed to a box. I hovered over the box and looked in. It was very strange what I was looking at. It appeared to be one of the beings inside the box, only it was flattened and somewhat folded. The being told me that would be my new suit. I told the being I want to go home, I miss my mom, I miss my dog. It looked somewhat dissapointed but said ok.
I was on the ceiling again looking down on them and my body.
"He is not ready", said one.
"He will not forget", said another.
"He shouldn't stay" said another.
I was overwhelmed with emotions that I cannot possibly describe in written words.
"I want to stay. I don't want to go" I said.
I got the sense that they were getting angry with me for hanging around.
Suddenly I was back in my body. My lungs filled with a shocking blast of cool air and all my senses tingled back to life. I was freezing cold. I looked around quickly to see if the shadows were still there.One of them was still in the room at the center, blocking out the surrounding dimly lit ambient light."Don't forget", it said. That is when it moved to show me what else it could do. The couch I was on lifted about 2 inches off the ground and tossed me off. It then crashed back on the floor.I looked up quickly in terror, and the shadow had gone. My mom came running down the stairs and turned on the light. She thought I had just fell off the couch and that was what made the sound. But I knew better.

Since then I have had a few other encounters wih them. I can see them out of the corner of my eye from time to time. I've caught photos, videos, evps, etc. They have mass, but are similar to what you describe in appearance, and do behave like some form of inteligent black hole. I have pointed lasers at them and the laser simply dissapears. They do not want to be seen. That much is clear. Full spectrum cameras can catch them moving around much better than any other type of device I have seen.

I have had 2 other "close encounters" with these beings when I became extremely ill. High fever, coughing fits, gasping for air, etc. That is when they start getting closer and make an appearance. When they move in on me like that, I always tell them firmly "I am not ready, my work here is not finished".

The reason people fear them is quite simple. Think along the lines of "Grim Reapers". They tend to gather at places where much tragedy occurred to communicate with each other. The reason behind that is also simple. Not many people go to those places because it scares them to try. A lot of people believe they feed on fear, but I don't believe that is the case anymore. I think people associate their genuine fear of death and the unknown with these beings because that is all they are. To fear death and the unknown is a common human state. I have learned not to fear these things. I know now of the other places I will go after I pass into the next life.

So that's my thoughts about them. I don't typically tell many people this because it sounds completely unbelievable.
I gain nothing from telling you this, and the only thing I can hope to pass on to you is more awareness and understanding. The only thing you can take away from this story is some insight from somebody that has a different perspective and has had several encounters with these beings.

I don't care if you believe in what I say. All I can do is tell my story to the few people that seem to be genuinely researching the phenomena and hope that it gives them the comfort in understanding that they are not the only people who have had encounters with them.

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