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PR-0100

Black Figure in the Room with a Child on Its Shoulders

Second-hand accountDomovoiTranslated from Russian

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The account

There are a couple of stories. Here's the first one.
My father told it to me when I was already a teenager, and when I retold it to my mom, she said something like, "so he did tell you after all."
We lived with my parents in a [devushka], I was about 2-3 years old. It was late, my mom and I were sleeping in the room. My old man worked on a marshrutka I think and sometimes came home late, and so as not to wake us, my mother and me, he'd go to sleep in the other room. And so one time he came home late just like that, lay down and turned on the TV, zoned out in front of it for a bit and went to sleep. And at some point he decided to open his eyes, and someone was standing in the middle of the room, he freaked the fuck out at that and dove under the blanket. Thought maybe he imagined it, crawled back out, and this black figure is still standing there just the same, only this time little me was sitting on its shoulders. My old man freaked the fuck out at that, jumped out of bed and turned on the light. He went into the room where my mom and I were and everything was fine, I was sleeping in my crib, and mom on her bed. After that incident grandma came over, who had lived there before, and said some words, something like, domovoi domovoi, come with me to the new house.

Read the original (Russian)

Есть пара историй. Вот первая. Её мне рассказал мой отец когда я уже был подросток, а когда я это пересказал маме, она ответила что типа, "всё-таки он тебе это рассказал". Жили с родителями в девушке, мне она было года 2-3. Было поздно, мы с мамой спали в комнате. Батя работал на маршрутке вроде и приходил иногда поздно домой, и чтоб не будить нас с матерью, ложился спать в другой комнате. И вот он так же как то поздно пришёл, лёг и включил телек, позалипал в него немного и лёг спать. И в какой то момент он решил открыть глаза, а посреди комнаты кто то стоял, он с такого ахуел и нырнул под одеяло. Подумал может показалось, вылез обрытно, а эта чёрная фигура все так же стоит, только в этот раз у него на пелчах сидел уже мелкий я. Батек с такого ахуел, вскачил с кровати и включил свет. Зашёл к нам с мамой в комнату и все было нормально, я спал в кроватке, а мама на своей койке. После этого случая приехала бабушка, которая там жила до этого и проговорила какие то слова, по типу, домовой домовой, поехали со мной в новый дом.

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Topic
Apparitions
Setting
Home
Region
Not stated
Approx. date
Not stated
Witnesses
2
Account
Second-hand
Who was there
Domovoi
Witness's own word
«чёрная фигура»

Possible ordinary explanations

Suggested by the editor, not the witness. Not a verdict.

  • Sleep paralysis or hypnagogic hallucination after a late shift and TV.
  • A shadow cast by objects in the dark room, misperceived on waking.
  • A dream that felt real, later retold and remembered as an event.

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