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The original was posted on /r/paranormal by /u/nrst8lv on 2024-09-07 14:33:38+00:00.

I work in the medical field and was working up a patient who had come in for a routine exam.

At the beginning of the exam, the mom of the patient let me know that they were there bc the child’s psychiatrist wanted to rule out anything physically wrong before proceeding with a mental evaluation.

This prompted me to ask what was going on with her child and before the mom could respond the child (12) says they see “shadow people.” I asked how long they had been seeing the shadow people and they said “Since I was 5.” I asked where they saw them, such as out of the corner of their eye, etc. & they responded with “everywhere” especially in mirrors. I asked what they looked like and they responded with “black figures.”

Also worth mentioning, when they said they had been seeing them since they were 5, the mom said, “You mean when all that other stuff started happening?”

From a medical stand point, I know this could be schizophrenia, but as a person who’s experienced things myself that I can’t explain, especially when I was a child, I wonder if this could be paranormal.

Lastly, after running some tests, there was nothing physically wrong with her.

What do you guys think?