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I was seven, living in Colorado, early 2000s. One night—I can’t tell if I was awake or caught in some half-sleep haze—this thing appeared. I opened my eyes, and there it was: a black triangle, about two feet wide, hovering over my bed. It had this thin, twitchy tail flicking back and forth, like it was its own living thing. I couldn’t move—my whole body was pinned to the mattress, this cold, heavy weight smashing down on me. Then the sound started: a low hum, steady at first, like a frayed wire buzzing through the house, but it grew, rattling my chest, my teeth. I tried to scream—nothing came out. That’s when it turned uglier—it started grunting, deep and rough, like something choking or a motor grinding itself apart. It didn’t sound human, didn’t sound like anything normal—just wrong. My heart was hammering, and somehow I broke free—don’t know how. I stumbled out of bed, down the hall, out the front door—barefoot, in my boxers, tearing into the dark. I didn’t stop to think; I just ran. A few houses down, I looked back—it was there, clawing at the doorway, tail whipping, grunting louder, like it was mad I got away. It didn’t follow; it stayed stuck, like the house wouldn’t let it out. I wandered the neighborhood, half-naked, too scared to go back till the sky turned gray. That hum stuck with me, like it’d burned into my head. I told my grandma’s friend’s son about it—he lived nearby, a few years older than me. He went quiet, said he’d seen it too, wouldn’t go into it. We never talked about it again till now. Sleep paralysis? A nightmare? I’ve looked into that stuff, but this didn’t feel like just a dream—the pressure, the noises, the way it chased me were too real. Anyone else run into this—a black triangle with a tail, humming, grunting, pinning you down? It’s been years, and I still don’t have answers.