Shadows

Lewis Maddison

Looking at a Childs fear of the dark, based around a first

hand account from a Family Member.

Before this experience I was never afraid of the dark. That was something my
brother was coping with at the time, constantly waking me up, terrified of things
moving around the room which I always knew were just shadows from the lamp post
outside.
This event took place when I was around 7 years old. After being put to bed and
falling asleep, I woke up to what I heard to be really faint laughter. Looking around
the room I noticed all of the shadows in our room had begun to smile or grin, staring
at me as they moved with the light around the shelves and wardrobe. The laughter
began to get louder and louder, somehow to waking my brother who was an
incredibly light sleeper at the time.
Shadows got louder and louder, moving around the room until I couldnt handle it
anymore and burst into tears and began screaming at them to go away, causing my
parents to come running into the room, trying to calm me down. I didnt sleep for the
rest of the night, or a few nights after that. Since that day I have always had a slight
fear of shadows and the dark, even when my brother grew out of his fear. Although I
can safely say I have never encountered the shadows since this event. Lewis has
seen things since this time but none where ever as bad as that night.