The Chilling Matter of Extraterrestrials in Bedrooms

[@frankgrin2822]

I had told my girlfriend at the time some weird dreams I was having. So for my birthday she got me the book Communion. It was 1989. The book had been out for a few years but I had never seen it or heard about it yet. When I unwrapped the book I almost dropped it. She said to me , "what's wrong". I said how'd you know this is exactly what they look like. Holy smokes Bob.

[@LimitedInfinity9]

The movie came out in 1989. Reading the comments for the trailer seems the advertisements and cover for the book that came out in 1987 gave quite a few people nightmares when they were younger (myself included!)

[@jannahkillinger]

@@LimitedInfinity9 I didn't sleep for a week after reading that book!

[@squeeeebii-kb9xm]

i think i may have been abducted as a kid but don't remember the actual event. i remember going on vacations with my family as a little kid and getting separated and then running into huge owls surrounding me and staring into me, then feeling strange, losing control of my body, and my memory jumps forward to the end of the trip. also when i see the cover of the book "communion" or very real looking videos of greys like "skinny bob" my body locks up and i can't look away, can't breathe, and start crying. i have to try hard to snap out of it.

[@Thegreatesttoneverlive]

​@@squeeeebii-kb9xm My parents tell me a story of when I was young, about 4-5, that I ran away from home when I was younger. They searched for me for hours. They searched my local park, the woods, and called my friends parents. I faintly remember talking to something in the woods before walking through the front door like nothing happened. Not sure if this relates but I remember quite a bit from my childhood, that memory somehow is lost.

[@Kriswixx]

I was messing with this beofeng radio and found a signal of clicks and pops and much like the movie Signs.. well fast forward a year or so, and Whitley stribers new movie came out, years later type of thing and It was the same frequency as I heard it before, my heart just dropped like no waaay. As a kid I would draw those long arms and pitch black wavyness darkness with fingers and eyes in blobs peeking behind dooorways and under and all around the frame through windows.. your drawings could make sense with as a child we see more than we know. Cheers.

[@VENZUL0]

The fact that a different illustrator drew the exact thing that you "saw" must be very validating... and terrifying.

[@jacobp249]

Especially when the Peter movie was inlaid with the Communion grey, I would definitely not be able to watch that if I'd experienced what Bob did

[@jonathanbethards3689]

@@jacobp249 that was extremely disconcerting

[@currentcommerce4774]

im sure mostly terrifying, after how much time he actively spent trying to invalidate his own instincts

[@missingclover]

Something kind of similar happened to me. I had a night terrors as a kid and used to see this one very specific "monster", as I grew up it became very silly and just another kid thing. Fast forward a decade and I'm listening to a paranormal podcast thats reading user submitted stories and this person starts describing the exact same experience I had. It really fucked me up at the time.

[@curve5746]

​@@missingclover I've had the same thing happen as well. I always assumed it was a demon

[@taunohill6710]

The new art looking good, but definitely will miss the old artist

[@oneoflokis]

❤😟👍

[@BlueDauntless]

He was amazing

[@RUBIZEN]

.....holy crap! Just take a look at some of the images in the Hi intro!

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Love most of the artists he used. This one has a unique style too, I quite dig it.

[@jasonbates2687]

You narrative style is one of the best.

[@jasmijnvenner2403]

I find the idea of the greys discussing which pop culture character to disguise themselves as so they can talk to you without you freaking out, to be darkly funny. Even more so that they chose the king of Narnia.

[@Eristtx]

I was rather thinking that the poor guy must have felt embarrassed. He probably didn’t even bother to get dressed because he was supposed to be the King of Narnia. So he just stayed in his pajamas… and everything was going fine until, all of a sudden, his 'patient' started having a panic attack… and then he realized-the kid could see him… in those pajamas. He had to put him to sleep immediately. The most embarrassing day in the life of a Grey, ever. Bet they still laugh at him to this day in the office… or, well, cabin… or whatever their workplace is. Maybe it cost him a chance at promotion. That missed promotion and all the jokes really hurt him. What stung the most, though, was when they assigned him his next job: visiting a fan of the movie Paul (2011). That was just… rock bottom. And when he found out that Paul only wore a loincloth, he wished he could jump out of the saucer and end it all. One day, he was imagining himself at the operating table, handing the big boss a pair of tweezers. Barely two days later, he’s sitting in a shady room wearing a loincloth. He doesn’t feel safe-especially not in a loincloth… such a disaster. And instead of creating an illusion, they just put makeup on him back on the ship… and laughed at him. Twenty years later, he’d almost forgotten about Bob. But then he got another mission. He was supposed to transform into a baby Bigfoot and go chat with some Bob guy. And then it hit him… that crazy kid from Narnia was now into hairy apes, and they sent him back to deal with him… that was the final straw. He opened the hatch and jumped out of the saucer. Where he landed, no one knows. But they were apparently doing an airshow over New Jersey, so the boss probably won’t be happy. But screw him. He’s had enough. Even a Grey has his pride. Four hours later, CNN reported that the Russians, for an unknown reason, dumped a mannequin into the monkey enclosure where it spooked a family of gorillas. // I guess I need to admit it: I have a problem with procrastination.

[@SilverManedWolf]

Hat's off to you, Sir. It took a lot if balls to share this experience with us. Thank you for trusting us with this.

[@mattbarnes3467]

Time to feel old. My son and I have been listening to you since he was 4. He is now 12 and still does the inhale of excitement when you drop a new video. Thanks for the great content Bob!

[@BobGymlan]

Thank you for including me throughout the years, it’s an honor.

[@hanswurst2189]

What I love about your videos is the honesty that seeps through. You put in a lot of work to make them, and you don't resort to AI voices or art to make them easier. Thanks for doing it your way.

[@BobGymlan]

I appreciate it mate. Thank you.

[@Middenikov]

The flickering alien actually sounds like a pretty reasonable guy.

[@NickMak-m2c]

Right the Mr. Flickers sounds to me like the good guy between the two

[@caucasoidape8838]

He was an asshole. "so you say you're not afraid of my buddies? What do you think about how I'm toying with you right now?"

[@Middenikov]

@@caucasoidape8838 I interpreted it more like “We’ve been getting some noise complaints in this area, see anything?”

[@JcoleMc]

@@Middenikov The flicker guy is most likely in on it to , After all why would aliens just walk and wonder down streets like its normal , if the flicker guy could project himself as a made up cjaracter from a tv show then the long neck aliens could also be projections

[@currentcommerce4774]

he sounds like an FBI agent austral projecting into a child's dream to extract information without leaving a papertrail. dont fall for the fake niceguy act.

[@Dameendmon]

Bob! This scared the crap out of me, I used to see something similar when I was little and I called them geese/goose people. Like, I cannot stress how visceral my reaction is to this right now

[@crazysilly2914]

did you speak with them?

[@chizzelfingers]

😂😂

[@jeremycasper8686]

You are a contactee. Regressive hypnosis?

[@Dameendmon]

@@crazysilly2914 no, they weren’t corporeal. And I didn’t view them as being real, just figments of my imagination when I would feel scared/watched.

[@Dameendmon]

@@jeremycasper8686 I haven’t had any strange occurrences in my life. Relating to this video is the weirdest it’s ever gotten for me. I doubt I was contacted by anything, just saw something that most people didn’t?

[@TachiTekmo]

Yes, I saw these same creatures, after a terrifying night when I was six at our family cabin in northern Wisconsin. And when I saw the _Communion_ cover, I had one of the few, bona-fide, not-able-to-speak meltdowns in my life. I still can't look at that damned book-because that's _exactly_ what They looked like, that night.

[@nullc0ntext]

Bob: Let's talk about my reptilians trauma. Me: Listening!

[@domsugar9160]

Me: your stupid kid

[@richardbeckett25]

KZbin notification comes through and it’s Bob. Life pauses for 20 minutes

[@G00Nzz]

turning on notifications now! I never know when bobs gonna post

[@BrianHathcock]

​@@G00Nzz even Bob doesn't know when Bob will post!

[@noddygirl]

My notifications never work 🤬

[@gmfstudios4111]

Ong all day

[@Astro.249]

That’s a fact

[@pablowentscobar]

They look sad, like where they came from doesn't have jetskis :(

[@spartanninja3159]

No jetskis how bout no water at all 😂

[@mw9297]

The good ones don’t like us. Not till we change

[@thomasvillani5616]

I know a snake..

[@AverageAmerican]

We have jet skis where they live.

[@pkbailz]

Loki reference? 😅

[@bretthodges7732]

I love the work you do! Thank you for taking a risk and sharing something so personal.

[@BobGymlan]

Thank you Brett, it means so much to me. I couldn’t do this without generous people such as yourself.

[@whalehands]

Thank you for covering my greatest fear, waking up, and finding something in your room staring back at you.

[@whalehands]

@JimRoss-g2c they know what they're doing

[@Devilkingliebe]

14:26 never would I imagine I'd see a drawing of Bob so caked up.

[@tootbender6935]

Fr 💀💀💀 like why bro 😭

[@vasiovasio]

Just see the Mothman bassing on the sun from the into! ;) I cannot stop to sing - Shake you moneymaker :D

[@user-kw9hg9o]

It's probing time

[@baritone2.0]

It gave Karate Kid vibes. “Wax on, Wax off Daniel Son”😂

[@chrismcdaniel3367]

Had to be one of my favorite images! I was thinking of dirty thoughts....😂. ...

[@chriswolfe403]

At 15 years old, I had a "dream" in which I awoke standing in my room with either two or three "gnomes" in the room with me. I could see in the dark, like the air was lit up, though there was no specific light source.These were like the gnomes from the old David the Gnome cartoons based on the art book by Rien Poortvliet, lawn gnomes essentially, but these were about 3.5 feet tall, but I didn't ever look at their faces or bodies. I just "knew" they were gnomes, and all I could see were their tall, pointed, red hats at about my eye level. It's all I looked at. They asked me where I wanted to go, told me that I could go anywhere, and I live in Santa Cruz CA and just a few blocks from the Boardwalk amusement park, and I said I wanted to go there, and a two foot round hole or portal opened up about two or three feet off the ground in the center of my room, and on the other side was cement at the edge of the portal, and so like climbing up on a step or wall, I clambered up from my knees through the portal and onto one of the Boardwalk's wide paved entry walkways. And there I was, in the dark, 2-4am, in my underwear and tshirt, and I thought "well this is lame." A gnome was there with me and asked which ride was my favorite and why, and we were suddenly there by the ride and I was talking about it, and then - I was sitting in my bed, absolutely awake, not dreaming for absolutely sure, still able to see in the dark of my room like the air itself was dimly lit. I was staring at where the portal had been, now gone. The gnomes were gone. And I remember thinking "I had better go to sleep" and then laid down and was out.

[@karifaller9284]

Wow, that's an amazing experience. I'm shocked by how many people have something like this to share.

[@xx_d0ra3m0n_xx]

THTS SO COOL id die to have tht tech

[@domsugar9160]

Pray to our lord JESUS CHRIST to protect you bc you are being spiritually attacked

[@mierk9008]

I see Bob Gymlan post another example of youtube storytelling masterclass... I click. Thank you, Bob.

[@MrDuffy81]

The storytelling just leads to nonfactual assertions. This video is completely backwards and he is supporting government, sponsored propaganda, and lies, and the infiltration of the Ufo community. People really need to let go of their ego and do some investigation, but the KZbin algorithm is so difficult to find the truth anymore. People need to have done a decade or more ago or they will never really understand without being told anymore.

[@jas1195]

The posture of the alien in the chair just makes me feel like he needs a beer in one hand gesturing with a cigarette.

[@BobGymlan]

Talking about someone named Tammi.

[@jameslindsay2950]

I used to have dreams of a Goanna (monitor lizard) come into my room and when it’s long fingers touched my hand paralysed body it was torture as it tickled. As I grew older, changed into a little scruffy humanoid. Several dreams included an audible and tactile thrum, green lights and complete paralysis accompanied by utter dread and fear of being taken. Now I’m in my 30s, it has faded, thank goodness.

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

The weird dreams that try to be scary always tickle when you try to wake up for some reason

[@ArjunaKunti]

As a child I always had a dream that a very old witch-like old woman touching my shoulders with her fingers, and I suddenly wake up by shaking my shoulders wanting to get away from her.

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

7:14 HOLY SCHMOLY! I really do believe there is an intergalactic police force. He was just a being keeping the peace and used a familiar character from your mind to get more information on some other beings that were probably not adhering to the general rules of our reality. Really awesome to think about.

[@GumCow]

The question is though. How do I get a job with them?

[@rangerstedfast]

@@GumCow You have to pull the table towards you instead of trying to write while sitting in those weird chairs

[@ZionistJew-oj1bo]

Read the book of Enoch, these are not aliens. The difference is, these "things" ate in Rebellion and are already Judged. Humans have not been Judged

[@christopherlievens8049]

I have a serious question for you : do you believe these aliens from outer space? Right ? So my question is, where do you get this from?

[@brandanvaquerano5809]

Why does this almost makes a little sense

[@nomdeguerre13]

How is possible that there are only 236k subscribers? Best, most sincere channel around in general, let alone about this subject matter. Always a great day when Bob comes knocking.

[@BobGymlan]

That means a lot, thank you.

[@holidayarmadillo8653]

Bob one of my favorite creators of all time.

[@JasonBrinkley-ef4zg]

I love the small details the new artist throws in. The "Turtz" poster, little jackelope figurine on the nightstand and yeti snowglobe are nice little touches

[@NickMak-m2c]

The little signature "Jason Brinkley" off to the bottom right side of the pics is a good touch too! (iitts joooke)

[@MichaelFalkowski]

Dude, congrats on going on Joe Rogan. That’s absolutely massive!

[@kalifee]

I love the idea that benevolent grays are visiting people at night disguised as heroic fictional characters. Like, imagine waking up and Viggo Mortensen's Aragorn is sitting next to your bedside, taking notes about your reptilian encounters.

[@smileydog5941]

Like in South Park with the Alien that takes the form of a talking taco that poops ice cream or Missy Elliot hahaha

[@Sanguivore]

I actually had dreams very similar to that as a kid, only the ‘alien’ was disguised as Crocodile Dundee instead, LOL.

[@elderadult8544]

If Aragorn son of Arathorn showed up next to my bedside he would have my full attention! And I wouldn't shut up about it

[@jack1701e]

Would make for a cool story or comic!!

[@BrianHathcock]

I remember walking out of my room when I was about seven. From the end of the hall, all the way on the living room TV, was the image of a Grey. It was a local news report. I froze in terror. I hadn't seen one before; I didn't even know what it was. But, it put an immediate fear into me like nothing has before or since. That was the late 1980s. When I was 20, I saw Communion. When the alien peaked out in the bedroom, I let out an involuntary, primal scream. My head seemed to move of its own accord behind my girlfriend's shoulder, like I was completely helpless in the face of that thing. The cover of that book stirs a fear deep inside. Why was I so afraid of something that I didn't even recognize at age seven, and yet again as an adult?

[@mattpierre891]

I'm 54 years old and have never had any sort of UFO encounter, but to this dat the image of greys SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME!

[@Phoenix_of_Sun]

Its probably: 1. Certain visual cues can tap into primal fears. For instance, large eyes, distorted faces, or unnatural movements can evoke a fear response because they signal something out of the ordinary and potentially hazardous. 2. When we encounter something unfamiliar, our brains struggle to categorize it, leading to discomfort and anxiety. The "uncanny valley" effect explains how almost-human but not-quite-right appearances (common in depictions of aliens or monsters) can be particularly unsettling. 3. When we see something that defies our understanding of the natural world, it creates a conflict in our minds. This cognitive dissonance can manifest as fear because our brains prefer predictability and coherence.

[@mskatonic2124]

I had the exact same experience upon seeing the Communion cover.

[@MetalGearsOfThought]

I had, let's call it, a 'dream' because I don't want to be branded completely insane, at around age 12 I think. And in it, was a very similar thing to what Bob is describing here, with the blonde guy, as well as the greys, only I was in a small (space)ship, and the questioning went on for a while. Discussions about taking care of the planet. Would we like to go to another one or stay on this one? I think he said we would be cloned and seeded onto another planet because this one was possibly not going to survive and we HAD to look after it, especially the animals. We were its guardians. It felt real, you know, one of those 'dreams' where you can feel everything physically and viscerally that feels more like a memory. Where the dream contains things you couldn't have imagined like gyroscopic stabilizing that I would only understand many years later. But I brushed it off. And then one day I walked into a book shop and saw a display of Communion and my heart stopped, because that is what the grey ones looked like and as Bob says, I'd never seen something like this before in media. I know I hadn't. Not even described in a book. My parents didn't let me watch that kind of content and it just wasn't in the kinds of books I read. I felt sick. I left the book shop the way you would if you'd just seen your childhood abuser. I know that's strong language, but the reaction was that strong. I finally got hold of the book and read it, and got choked up with fear that didn't leave me for decades because someone was describing things I had 'dreamed' about without any shared point of reference. Even as an adult, any time I drove through an uninhabited part of the country at night, or was in an unfamiliar place alone, I would be afraid of waking up and seeing those eyes at my eye level staring at me. No memories of bad things happening per se, no goose-neck beings. The strongest takeaway was to treat the planet as if we were its guardians, and there was a suggestion different kids were being told to take care of different things. I know it sounds like YA fiction, I know that. It was a dream, anyway. But. I have wondered, what if different species have passed through. Further on in their own evolution, realising the risk we're at, and have removed some of us for cloning, the way we might an endangered species. Studied in order to protect. Not realising initially the complexity of our nervous systems, the way we've erroneously assumed some species can't feel pain, then later learned of the cruelty we've inflicted on them. What if they visited, did what they needed to do, then moved on, because you don't want to interfere with the colony too much. I don't know. It makes for good science fiction, doesn't it? But maybe there's a tiny chance that kids in the 80s were visited by something from another place. I like to keep it as an open possibility. While of course, still denying I believe in any of it.

[@russellforsyth8416]

Because they are NOT extraterrestrial they are interdimensional, a demon so to speak!

[@MeBeTheDB]

I am friends with and have done several of Whitley Strieber's Book Covers including 'COMMUNION LETTERS' and 'PAIN' ... and also for 9 years, I did the weekly 'Masthead' original illustrations for Whitley's Internet Radio Show, 'DREAMLAND.' For the record, Whitley and his late wife Anne are great people in my book. Good illustrations, Bob. D.A.

[@MetalGearsOfThought]

Do you believe what he says is true, or do you think he just writes good science fiction?

[@MeBeTheDB]

@@MetalGearsOfThought I do believe it's true ... as when I was age 5 in Renton, WA (1963) I saw two huge cigar-shaped UFO's and then moments later, my best friend next door and I found ourselves chasing what I later called, from a 5-year old point of view, 'The Lucky Charms Leprechaun' (but it was a indeed a small Gray in a black suit) over several backyard fences. Climbing over one of the fences, I tripped, fell and spent a week in the hospital isolated in a neck brace. Then, 25 years ago (September, 1999) in Ashland, OR ... I saw another craft -- but this time it was a 'Triangle UFO' off of Exit 19. Interestingly, these encounters both happened at the moments before sunset. Thanks for asking ... Best-! D.A.

[@joehartman5543]

There's a lot I'd want to talk about with your bunch, but it would seem I'm drawing a blank. Just know that I have been looking at Whitley and his stories with great interest. I just need to figure out what the right questions are.

[@pinkuthaler]

@@MeBeTheDB Hypothetically, if these beings really do exist do you have any personal theories of their intentions or interests in/with mankind?

[@JediMentat]

​@@pinkuthalerthey've been here a long time. Maybe always. I think they look at us as play things. I still think they're what we've always imagined as the supernatural: angels, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, demons etc. No clue what their intentions are though or why they don't make themselves widely known and understandable

[@jamesoliver8204]

I would like to mention the movie, "Dark Skies." Around aged 12 I had a habit of watching movies with my dad at night, most of which we rented from the local redbox(I'm in my 20s now). I came in to our movie/bedroom one night, and my dad was telling me about this movie. He said it was the scariest movie he'd ever seen, not because it was well done but because - and this is what he said - "It could be real." After watching with him, I certainly felt that it was the scariest movie I'd ever seen(partly because dad said halfway through it, "If there really were aliens trying to get us there would be nothing we could do." Thanks dad) but also because I think it is confirmed by the same science that rules out things like ghosts that, if an extra-terrestrial race with technology to cross the cosmos was pursuing you, you could do nothing. I could not sleep well for several nights after. Even now something about the shape of the classic 'grey alien' fills me with uncanny terror. My dad doesn't believe in ghosts, and he finds scary movies: "Hokey" or however you spell that. I think he was right though, despite being a pretty terrible movie, it 'could' be real. I think many people have shared an experience that makes them wonder if the grey alien is more than fiction. I fortunately have not, but seeing videos like this makes me wonder, and I can't sleep right for a few nights again.

[@sergnyc8720]

Dark Skies nailed it.

[@Townes.VanZandt]

Man, Dark Skies was a great movie. I disagree w calling it terrible. And yes, very scary.

[@marginbuu212]

At least BEKs, demons, and vampires wait to be invited in. Aliens have no manners, I swear.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

Those bastards!

[@mw9297]

They think if a doors unlocked it’s meant to be opened

[@jamesknapp64]

BEKs?

[@Lokian_Mermaid]

​@@jamesknapp64 Black eyed kids

[@filthycasual8187]

Unlocked doors and windows will allow in the supernatural threats, too.

[@DestroyedArkana]

I had a dream with a similar creature to that "lanky grey alien" before. I was in some kind of convenience store, just looking how to get a slush. I had some kind of a briefcase with a round hole in it and that's what I was going to fill up. At that time I noticed a big creature sitting on top of one of the table displays. It was tall and long, and definitely had a similar kind of reptilian look with a long neck. It ended up saying something off-handedly and I responded. Then it asked, wait can you hear me? I said yes. Then asks, can you see me? Yes. Then it asks, can you touch me? I hesitantly reach my finger out and it kind of bumps its elbow into my finger, and then gets a bit of a sly unnerving smile. That's when I wake up.

[@LTPottenger]

WOW

[@moragmacgregor6792]

Sly unnerving smile. Whoa!! That's BOB-level creepy.

[@TheBadBunny87]

​@@LTPottengerthat wasn't its elbow. That's where they poop from. You touched an Aliens butt hole.

[@breannathompson9094]

ryuk from death note?

[@christopher7398]

A briefcase full of slushee 😂

[@illusion2946]

The king has uploaded

[@2degucitas]

Screen memory

[@afarewell2arms567]

Perhaps it's the result of being a personal story that this video has one of the darkly funniest narrations. Excellent writing and awesome everything, as always.

[@gtdcov]

Bob, You’ve entertained me for a couple of days and so I feel like I’m taking advantage or getting a deal anyway . It’s obvious how much work you put into your craft. If some see it as just entertainment I could see why,it’s very intriguing, but I have no problem with saying it could be real. Also, the audacity of some to say it isn’t with our history of being wrong doesn’t surprise me really. We ,society,are so far removed from what is that asking someone to see what could be is like trying to talk a tree into falling over. Not to be a bummer , and I’m not sure how money is made on KZbin ,but it appears that channels that put out lots of junk get more recognition than someone that puts out quality content. Also, I’m sorry to hear about your illustrator as you always spoke highly of him. I hope this finds you well and making your mark on the world. Respect, Donnie

[@haddonfieldradio666]

First off, how weird is it that I, for an unknown reason, happened to visualize this exact book cover from COMMUNION, this exact image, this morning while taking my chihuahua out to pee first thing this morning. No idea why I pictured that book cover and then a bit later, I go to KZbin and here is your thumbnail. Wtf. Also, this has to be one of your best videos ever.

[@Scott356-m2u]

On a serious note your description reminds me of a creature I had contact with as a kid. His name was Phillip and in my head I knew he was a strange looking creature that was lanky and crawly. I knew I had seen him more than once but I can't remember it. It's like knowing your parents took you to Disney Land as a kid but not actually remembering any of it. Phillip was honest and told me he was from the sky. It was years and years before he would give me a name. As a young child I assumed he was an angel. My only memories of him are him talking to me in my head and not seeing him. But those drawings are what I know he looked like.

[@karifaller9284]

Just wow...

[@philipcahill4190]

Nothing personal bro, I miss our conversations. Lanky and crawly...not very generous but w.e

[@sadiemichaels6405]

Fuuuuck...

[@Lokian_Mermaid]

Happy World UFO Day! I couldn't click fast enough when I was notified that you posted. You, Bob, are one of my all time favorite YT channels.🖤🛸👽

[@PaulLanier-u3c]

Absolutely! Couldn't have said it better. The only thing close is this old Tony

[@mattsmith3750]

Hi Bob. I've watched your channel for a long time, and this video made me so uncomfortable that it took me a couple of attempts to watch it through to the end. I have seen glimpses and snippets of what you call LGAs since I was a kid - I usually just get a sort of "premonition" of one walking through a doorway or around a corner towards me - always when I am alone. I also remember being visited by stereotypical but also not-stereotypical "Greys" at night as a child. I always wrote it off as a result of my Dad being an X-Files fan, but a few years ago I saw a copy of the book you mentioned "Communion" at a car boot sale (I think in America you call them garage sales) and seeing the cover sent an electric bolt of terror down my spine and caused me to remember a lot of it. I remember the feeling you describe of my heart beating so hard it felt like it was going backwards and forwards in my chest. I remember being so scared it was like, but not quite the same as, being in physical pain. So thanks for all the videos over the years, and for this one in particular, for making me realise I might not be alone!

[@jenniferindigochameleon6680]

That’s why I’ve nearly clicked out, discomfort, and eerily close to my own memories as a child

[@JamesTomblin]

I love how you are exploring so many different areas of research. Give us more of this please!!!

[@lynnkiner9920]

You scared me! With your first sentence I thought that you were going to tell us this was your last video, so glad I was wrong.

[@NickMak-m2c]

I thought the same thing with the second sentence, depending! XD

[@Thisismetman]

Me too.

[@natehoover5266]

This is probably the most interesting thing you've ever done. The cover of communion has terrified so many people when they first see it. There's something to all this for sure. Amazing!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

A lot of people are saying that in this comment section, but I'm having a different experience. That alien looks decent and noble and handsome (for an alien) to me? I don't have a fear response at all. He looks like ancient Cycladean statuary to me, and seems to have a trustworthy face. I can't be the only one seeing him that way?

[@natehoover5266]

@@itzakpoelzig330 have you been taken against your will by them?

[@Tsotha]

@@itzakpoelzig330 Strieber considers the entity on the cover of "Communion" female, and explicitly identifies her with the goddess Ishtar. Meanwhile modern fantasy artists usually draw elves with similar facial features. Here is where the interesting part comes: I myself used to have the same reaction to the "Communion" cover as Nate Hoover until someone pointed out the parallels between modern alien contact stories and older folklore surrounding elves and fairies to me; then afterwards I now have the same reaction as you do.

[@glass1258]

Always love a Bob gymlan upload ! Couple years ago these vids got me through some anxious times and will never forget them ! Thanks Bob 🙏

[@PlunderAndPillage]

Thanks, Mr. Gymlan!

[@Aspectt1991]

THE FUCKING ALIEN SITTING IN THE CHAIR IS FANTASTIC

[@DrKilgoreMan]

I know a lot of people who have had "dreams" similar to yours with the gray masquerading as a familiar person, both on podcasts and in my personal life. My mother told me when she was a child she dreamed that she woke up to see the then president, his vice president, and the governor of her state (this was in the Nixon years) standing around her bed, quietly discussing something before Nixon asked her questions she can't recall. I have another friend who confided that he frequently had dreams of waking up to find a family member sitting at the edge of his bed that seemed to just be watching him sleep and would sometimes ask questions about completely random things. He says that they were never family members that lived with him or would have any reason to be in the house, let alone his room, sometimes family that lived states away, and that he always had the distinct feeling (for obvious reasons) that whatever it was, it wasn't actually what they appeared to be. I'm glad he only told me that when were adults because it would have made staying over at his house as regularly as I did difficult if I'd known at the time. I recall a podcast where a guest wrote to the hosts, telling about how she'd "dream" that the Count from Seasame Street, of all things, would be in her room at night at the end of her bed or by the window, trying to get her to play with her (this is on the Cryptonaut podcast if anyone wants to listen themselves). The point is that such "dreams" like yours are not unheard of. It's a bit unsettling to consider the implications. But one can hope that they're just that - just really weird dreams.

[@lilyw.719]

Guess what? These kinds of "dreams" immediately cease upon invoking the name of Jesus. Every. Single. Time. And that says everything about what they truly are. I know from personal experience, and all the exorcists say the same thing, along with loads and loads of people online. But people would rather believe any other story than that Jesus Christ is Lord and these night terrors submit to Him, because if they acknowledged that, or even had the intellectual integrity to test it out for themselves and invoked the name of Jesus the next time they had a nightmare, then they would have to acknowledge God and change their lives. They would rather be surrounded by demons than surrounded by God's protection if it means living according to God's laws, which don't change from one generation to the next and which are hard to follow in this day and age. And that is exactly how Bob is, doesn't want to know the truth, and doesn't want to change. A year ago he actually posted a very genuine recording of a demon pretending to be that killer Japanese brown bear that Bob did a documentary on. Recognizing what was going on from personal experience, I reached out to Bob numerous ways, even paid for the privilege to send him several superchat & patreon type messages, and offered to hook him up with my exorcist, one of only 130 exorcist priests in the US. Was Bob interested in help, let alone grateful? Heck no. He just ignored the messages and deleted my paid super chat comments. Class act. Glad I didn't spend any more money on him than I already did. I pity the guy now.

[@HecticMolments]

​@@lilyw.719not everything is demons or demonic. Ya some things are, but not all. There's plenty of not-demon life on some of the thousands of other planets in the universe. No doubt.

[@willbass2869]

​@@HecticMolmentsUFOs & aliens probably aren't from other planets.....they are just "our" versions of fairies, trolls, even angels. Carl Jung saw a connection between "archetypes" and these various manifestations through the ages. They simply update their appearance and some of their behaviors but "they" are probably the same things. They've always been with us. Sometimes more involved than other times.

[@neonparadox6967]

@@lilyw.719 Not everyone is a member of your cult

[@caucasoidape8838]

@@lilyw.719 I'd like Yahweh to send me demons then.

[@sonnyraine3445]

I miss Fred, his art design was so unique and colorful even though it was done in black and white. Rest peacefully Fred, you’ve been immortalized via your art.

[@spyrofrost9158]

I know there's a lot of people who have been unable to remember either paranormal encounters or government experiments until decades have passed. Who knows, maybe it wasn't a dream so much as it just took this long for full realization to set in.

[@RMSObigfoot]

It was exciting to see you on Joe Rogan! You looked and sounded great. Good Job!

[@Duane_Blake]

Thanks Bob for what I take to be an honest personal share. It takes courage to open up, and I respect you for that. With all the thought-provoking stories you have posted, I think this one is my favorite.

[@markr394]

Just heard this similar scenario on the Wartime Stories channel. Being visited in your bedroom by aliens or ghosts. Thanks for the content Bob

[@BayouBushcraft]

Okay I got 0:45 into the video and the first drawing looking out the window at gray alien thing with a long neck sparked a primal fear in me. I’ve had this memory of a nightmare when I was in 3rd or 4th grade, I had an extremely vivid nightmare where my bedroom door opened and a monster stuck its head in at the top of the door and it had a long neck and it was looking at me. The long neck allowed the creature to move its head down the door frame inside my bedroom in a weird almost mechanical like motion and I got scared really bad and hid my head in my arms on the ground, hoping it would go away. I’ve always remembered this dream and sometimes I have to remind myself it was a dream because I do remember it seeming so real. I have a somewhat memory of telling myself it wasn’t real and I was just dreaming. Well, when I saw your alien drawing, it reminded me very much of my nightmare. The drawing isn’t a dead ringer but it’s pretty close. The face wasn’t a disturbing face, I thought it was a female smiling. But still it was a monster and I was terrified. Well, you can believe me or not but that’s my story of the nightmare I’ve had as a kid and it’s probably the worst one because it’s the only one that I can remember.

[@KyriosHeptagrammaton]

Sounds a lot like sleep paralysis. There is also the ancient greek idea of Lemures inhabiting doorways. Saw a picture of one of those and reminded me way too much of nightmares.

[@finsterhund]

reading about how you described the monster moving its head down the doorframe very vividly hits a spot in my own childhood memories and scared the shit out of me fuck.

[@masonfaraday9020]

Thank you for sharing your own story for a change Bob, very intriguing.

[@ATFlame]

Oddly 'Communion' is one of the few grey alien depictions that does not elicit fear in my mind. It is the eyes, like a grey that cannot be scary, because it is in perpetual 'cool' mode.

[@Silentanwa661]

fr i wana be that grey one day

[@Silentanwa661]

spark a doobie and ponder the planets

[@grzyruth9205]

​@@Silentanwa661 you can just do that now lol ❤

[@j.c.lawson5679]

Great video! As a bit of a writer myself, I appreciate your intelligence, candor, and willingness to be vulnerable. Thanks for the content!

[@gavroshtheswift9959]

Bob, I had a dream in 2022 where I was visited by a moth-Like entity, golden with those black, depthless eyes. Regal in its mothlike appearance. I won’t go into details but when I woke up I had the same electronical response and a feeling of deep, deep dread and fear, something I’ve never felt so strongly before or since. My heart was also hammering, literally hammering in my chest. This is going to sound really weird and bizarre, but my relationship with moths has never been the same. I’ve never been cruel to moths in the past, mostly indifferent, but now I treat them with uncommon respect, and never EVER harm them or let them come to harm. Weird isn’t it?

[@xx_d0ra3m0n_xx]

that isnt a dream that happened

[@dylanplumley280]

I had a dream a few years ago where I remember getting out of bed and seeing a tall white looking alien at my front doorway. Anyway, it lifted its three fingered hand and everything around us started to shift and warp. I lifted my hand in response and it was like a battle of telekinesis at first then reality was warping and changing and I remember waking up in a sleep paralysis unable to move feeling freezing cold but also like I was burning up and I called out to Jesus and broke out of that experience when I woke up. Freaky as hell. It was like a lucid dream, but I remember walking around the room as if I were astral projecting. Man it was creepy and weird.

[@germaxicus6670]

@@dylanplumley280Jesus Christ is master of all. What creepy episode to go through.

[@williamcorvinus8240]

​@@germaxicus6670Jebus Crust is a little bish.. alluha Akbar, baby..

[@toocooljonny]

Thanks Bob. I'm so glad you told your own personal story, I'm over 50 and I remember having similar experiences as a little boy, possibly between the ages of 7 to 11 or 12, vivid realistic dreams, or maybe real. At that age my older brother who was 7 years older, shared the bedroom with me, and i distinctly remember my brother was always absolutely dead to the world asleep as those visitors were in our bedroom. Questioning me on mundane ordinary things, which i remember at the time thinking "are these guys stupid or something" Questions like, "what do you eat? What do you drink? How long do you sleep? Why are your eyes blue? What is love? What is laughing? " And sometimes they would ask are you ever in fear? And like in your experience, they sometimes appeared as pop icons of what tv movies or music i liked at the time, i distinctly remember when I was very young. I really loved Star Trek , several times i had Spock and James T Kirk . Yeah, funny enough i was never frightened by them because they'd always say "you're just dreaming" and yes like you i did see from time to time the stereotypical grey aliens, but they looked friendly with softer features.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Funny you mention aliens and tripping. The last mushroom trip I ever took ended up being a bad one, but I did “meet” aliens during that trip. Didn’t realize that was even a common thing. While I was lying on the bed waiting for eternity to end, some aliens opened up a portal in the ceiling and looked down at me and told me to “be patient with your loved ones. We’re all just walking each other home.” Not a good trip, but a good message near the end. Thanks for your thought provoking material, Bob. Also, liking the new artist a lot!

[@RuinedTemple]

That's nice, an alien experience from someone who didn't perceive them as malevolent.

[@impulse_xs]

Its a surprisingly common experience with a lot of drugs. I was tripping absolute balls on dph one time with my friends and unfortunately had to get in my car and dip quickly. As I was driving small “Grey” aliens would run out into the road and these vaguely fairy looking creatures that emanated a yellow light would fly out in front of me simultaneously. At first I tried to brake to avoid them, but then I just suddenly realized that I couldn’t “hurt” them and drove calmly and they almost totally went away. As I fought to keep my composure and sort of accepted they weren’t in my way, a disembodied voice started coming from my empty passengers seat. It was a surprisingly calm and soft voice and started giving me words of encouragement. It said something like you can do this you’re doing just fine and you’ll make it home safe. I talked back and forth with the voice a few times but can’t remember what I said. I remember feeling a sense of encouragement though. I wanna say the voice told me don’t worry about the things you’re seeing either because they weren’t real, weren’t actually in the way, or because they weren’t trying to stop me… I can’t remember. I ended up driving home safely. Last thing I remember is pulling in the driveway and putting the car in park. Woke up the next day inside. It was absolutely just the DPH induced delirium, but it was fascinating nonetheless.

[@FrankGUNstein]

With trips you have to have the mental capacity to let your mind take you anywhere… even if it’s terrifying or it feels too painful to focus on etc as long as you embrace the fact that it’s a ride you can’t get off, and that everything you’re experience is happening for a reason… whether it’s our brains helping up deal with things we have been stopping ourselves from subconsciously or it’s some sort of entity idk… it can be difficult to embrace when you have a full loss of ego, which is why you must be well prepared before the trio, and it should always imo be looked at as a spiritual, healing experience and never just to get messed up or trip. If your mind isn’t fully prepared, having an experienced trip sitter that knows what they’re doing and is able to guide you through the experience is fully advisable. I’ve been a trip sitter for multiple friends, always at very very high doses of either psilocybin, LSD or DMT (although most friends who do DMT are very experienced anyway)…

[@nickmorales5226]

Thank you for the content you give us bob. One of my favorite creators on the internet!

[@gabe2472]

This, like all your videos, was incredibly fascinating. Because it's a personal video, though, there's a whole other level to this story. It definitely gives you a lot to think about. Thank you for sharing your own experiences Bob!

[@professorhelsing7305]

Bob, I already loved your content but I respect you so much more for avoiding ai illustrations and paying artists for these visuals. Seriously, major props! Gives me hope! Keep up the great work and loved the video!

[@Stitch-2059]

I occasionally have night terrors that involve aliens invading my home. They're the only kind of night terrors I get.

[@cecileroy557]

They may be much more than might terrors...

[@rafopderand8524]

Try invoking Christ's name and see what happens, it works every single time. It ends the night terror. It's because they're not aliens.

[@cristopherespinoza1791]

I’m 23 now! I’ve had them since I was 8!

[@IndependentArmz]

Those are demons friend. Call on Christ

[@benjohnston2558]

Look up sleep paralysis. It is very scary when you dont know whats happening. Well its scary every time but, once you know what it is you can calm down when its over.

[@AlphaHotel66]

You really ought to have more subscribers. One of the best story tellers I’ve ever listened to.

[@BobGymlan]

@@AlphaHotel66 thank you, I appreciate that.

[@SHARKY22100909]

Thanks for sharing Bob. Something that personal would not have been easy to put into one of your amazing videos.

[@quinbatcheller5805]

This really struck a chord with me. I too "imagined" entities during childhood. They were upstairs in my house usually, and sometimes would invade my dreams. They are different than Bob's Lanky Grey Aliens, mine were more skeletal, like a blue Grey mummified corpse, but not exactly human, and with frizzy white hair atop their heads, and gaping round eye balls set deep into round skeletal sockets. They also could not pass barriers, (except in dreams they could do whatever they wanted) such as open doors or corners in a hallway, but I could always see them creeping out of the dark bedrooms as I booked it around the corner and down the stairs. They used the sound of the flushing toilet to sneak closer and disguise their movement. So I would flush and then run for dear life. I always told myself they weren't real, except I've never experienced this anywhere but upstairs in that house. In adulthood I told my brother about them and he insists he saw them too. We never discussed it as kids so I was pretty floored when he said "yeah I saw those too" This video really reminds me of a lot of aspects of my experience, and to be frank it's a bit terrifying.

[@evrgrn7518]

Bob, Bob, Bobby, Bob Bob!

[@Lokian_Mermaid]

Lol, that's how my daughter sang SpongeBob's theme song when she was 2!😂

[@evrgrn7518]

@@Lokian_Mermaid LoL... Some weird guy called him that in one of his early Sasquatch videos and it's always stuck in my head. I hear it every time I watch one of his videos 😅

[@AussBosss]

No problem, Boblem.

[@pablowentscobar]

You missed Bobert.

[@sidneyadnopoz3427]

​@@pablowentscobarand boberino

[@Ilostmyairpod]

LGA day is great but it’s really a Bob uploaded day which is one of my fav days haha

[@bettyb1313]

Im so sorry about the loss of your friend the artist for the channel he will be missed. I enjoy the new artwork it's great

[@sordidvulpes2439]

Bob, I just came here to say a massive congratulations on your JRE episode. As someone who’s watched you for years, it makes me so happy to see you gain access to that huge platform!

[@dianaandthesupremesmcduff3828]

It was the JRE podcast that brought me to this vid , I haven't listened to the episode of Bob on the jre podcast yet cos I thought I'd check out Bob's content first but I will definitely listen to it now and more of bobs content.

[@dude2273]

Come to think of it, i have been watching you for five years. This is my favorite video you've done, love the more personal side. An interesting thought that there are entities wholly seperate from us in every way, that connect with us like this, benevolent creatures. It makes me think of angels "be not afraid".

[@3mjunky]

Thank you for sharing something personal. Always a pleasure seeing a new upload.

[@The_White_Owl]

Tell me you're an alien abductee without telling me you're an alien abductee.

[@andypanda4756]

Outside the fence, outside the house, outside the room, outside the blankets, suspect as hell...

[@CertifiedZoologist]

Every night, the dreams.. Awoken by nocturnal emissions. Change the underwear and the blankets. Next night again, then again. Why, why the emissions?

[@viciousyeen6644]

@@CertifiedZoologistthat’s a trauma response from your body. Probably due to molestation

[@CertifiedZoologist]

@@viciousyeen6644 are you being serious?

[@viciousyeen6644]

@@CertifiedZoologist from what I understood from your previous comment, yes I’d say it sounds like you are dealing with some serious trauma.

[@mindsofmirth]

Your story - telling abilities are solid. It is the story (after literally thousands of years of development), that truly teaches us our truths. Very few KZbinrs are maintaining this ancient and primal tradition of story - telling. Thank You.

[@TheGoodfellas.]

JRE Podcast brought me to your channel. Just subscribed and i'm looking forward to catching up on your channel's videos!

[@nickes6168]

I remember that episode of Dead Files. As soon as you mentioned it I knew the one. I'd seen it once trying to fall asleep, yet it stuck with me to this day.

[@rebeccalove9169]

What did Amy say that creature was that she had the artist draw that Bob said looks like what he used to see? Do u remember?

[@mercedesmaguire1413]

I was so ecstatic to see you posted. Yes, I said "ecstatic" because I adore your channel. Bob Gymlan, that name means something 😊❤😊 THANK YOU!!

[@kaleanteus]

An idea I’ve recently encountered is the idea of the Nous. It’s the way that some ancient peoples like the Greeks thought of the mind. Rather than thinking of it as something like a computer as we do, they thought of it more like a sensory organ. The mind did not (or maybe didn’t just) produce thoughts/mental images. It picked them up from the outside. Almost like an antenna. Now, I’m not saying that your LGAs are real and that while you are “imagining” them “imagining” itself isn’t entirely what you’ve always thought it was. But I’m also not not saying that.

[@mw9297]

We’re the ones stuck in the imagination. That they made.

[@kimorox813]

I find this idea interesting, the only time I only ever saw a figure clearly was when I was three years old and I ''hallucinated'' a face that looked like the girl from the exorcist but had pointier teeth and looked angry. It only happened once so I always assumed it was just an hallucination. However, I do recall not being scared, so if it wasn't just my imagination then perhaps the reason why I never hallucinated anything again is because of my lack of fear? Of course this is just a guess

[@kaleanteus]

@@kimorox813 it would made sense if, whatever the thing was, it was trying to illicit fear from you. Maybe to feed on it? Hard to say since there’s no hard information here.

[@kimorox813]

@@kaleanteus My guess was that it would feed on fear yeah

[@TH3F4RT1CU5]

Saw you on Joe Rogan and loved how you mentioned the movie Signs. That was my favorite movie of all time growing up as well! Ive watched it probably like 30 times and I'm only 24 years old lol. Seriously underrated movie.

[@Mark_w_oneil]

That's brave of you to share this. Wonderful video

[@BobGymlan]

Thank you so much!

[@slidetek]

Nice Tuesday surprise, and different! Love the fun illustrator too.

[@phylocybe_]

This might be my favorite video you’ve ever posted

[@SUPERFunStick]

This is easily my favorite video you've ever made. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you so much. If you have any other experiences please consider showing us more this is my shit right here

[@BobGymlan]

I plan on it.

[@Paradigm-Shift]

Congrats dude! JRE!!! 🎉

[@jg5004]

Just found your channel today, I’m hooked on your style and voice. Can’t wait to binge your content.

[@roccov1972]

Why did you wait to tell us about these experiences? But glad you did. The long neck element is new to me; never heard that before. Thanks Bob!

[@bigtimmothy7795]

TLDR: I met a Skinwalker and didn't know it. This reminds me of one I had myself that has changed my mind on some things. When I was 15ish around 05 some friends and I were walking trails in our local wood. Suddenly the trees and bushes began to shake and we heard loud stomps. We stood there frozen for a minute paralyzed, Until one friend piped up and shouted, "Whoever is back their I will kick their ___" To which I heard a voice from the bush mimic my friends voice exactly but in a mocking and immature tone repeating back the same line" I was shocked we went and checked it out. And there was No one, nothing not even a squirrel. This was along a small cliff so fleeing would require a serious struggle and would not go unnoticed. Later I mentioned the voice and asked how could the person have gotten away without us seeing them. My friends all agreed they had not heard any voice.. I assumed it was just my imagination and forgot about it. Many years later I began listening to Creepy pasta and what not when I stumbled upon the urban legends of the Skinwalkers and Wendigos. I heard a near exact same story as my own. How it was common for them to mimic voices and what not. It really changed my perspective.

[@GoronCityOfficialBoneyard]

I always chocked up my own grey alien experiences to those deep evolved traits we have that fear the slightly different human, the not quite human but human enough, lacking all the cues we look for that mirror back emotion. The large black almond almost bug like eyes, the pale sickly skin, the strange long limbs, there is certainly something to this phenomena.

[@caucasoidape8838]

Not it's totally aliens/fey/time travelers/demons!

[@Bigjuicydumbdumb]

Demons from hell

[@QuarterRican04]

Thanks for sharing this story bob. I'm sure it took a while to feel comfortable getting this personal with a vid. Very spooky apparitions and dream man. The little grey was doing a standard police interview of you

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

Every day is good when Bobby G shows up! Thank you sir..

[@33thos15]

When I was a kid I could levitate. Just a couple of inches off the ground, but I could levitate. Not a dream, I just needed to focus my attention on it. At some point I convinced myself it wasn't real.

[@KyriosHeptagrammaton]

Same man. I'm pretty sure these days it was some kind of day dream, but it felt so real for those first ~10 years I was convinced.

[@JcoleMc]

I also experienced this its just werid hazy memories of it but not like I was there I could remeber doing it but it didnt feel like I did it you know ? until one day I started acctually ponder how it was possible and came to the conclusion it wasnt and It stopped

[@thomaswaters4963]

Same as well.I often dreamed this right into adulthood and a few weeks ago I dreamt about being able to do that levitating just above the ground very easily.I also sometimes dreamed that I could run like the Flash with super speed.In real life I was timed with a sub 4.3 forty yard dash speed in high school and I was always the fastest kid in school in every grade.Maybe the levitation thing is a possibility in an alternate reality.

[@AZdude]

I distinctly remember as a kid one day in the pool during a swim lesson, and it was my final test, which was I had to dive into the pool from the diving board and swim all the way back to the shallow end to the wall. For some resson, and I'm only realizing this now, I thought I has to swim underwater the whole way back, when my instructor probably meant for me to come back up to the surface of the water after I dove in and then swim to the wall. So anyways, I dive off the diving board, and swim underwater towards the shallow end, and right when I get within about a foot or two from the wall I feel like my lungs are burning from holding my breath so long, and I just remember desperately wanting to reach the wall or else I would fail the test, but I stayed underwater for some reason, and right when I felt like my lungs would burst lack of oxygen, all of a sudden I took in a huge gulping breath and I just remember being stunned and amazed that I was breathing underwater 😮 like the painful urge to breathe just randomly disappeared and I very distinctly remember feeling myself taken in a huge breath underwater. A couple seconds later I touched the wall and swam up to the surface 😅 fucking weird

[@huskergator9479]

My brother vividly remembers being in the backyard and suddenly floating up and away. He was at tree branch height when dad grabbed his leg and pulled him back to the ground. Nothing was ever said of this within the family till my brother recounted that ‘dream’ to me. I later asked dad about it, and he confirmed it, adding a few details as an adult experiencing it would. Crazy. Makes me very aware of why adult humans do not speak of strange happenings (like so many of the subjects of Bob’s videos), but just keep it in. Dad also had a floating thing as a kid but it was more ‘out of body’ when he was very sick and bed ridden.

[@noahodum6646]

14:27 The illustrator didn't have to do you like that Bob😂😂😂😂

[@ob3ythee.t.128]

ikr why'd they give him all that rump for!??

[@karifaller9284]

Oh Bob, you have given me permanent goose bumps and a belly ache. The flickering. They represented themselves as cirus animals but I could kind of see through the "masks" and mine flickered too. I didn't remember that part until you told your story. And that electrical feeling down your spine... And the way you can almost feel your entire heart pounding in what feels like a 3D perception when you wake up or when you are under your blanket hiding. Damn Bob. Great job.Do you get the feeling they misrepresent themselves for their own convenience? I remember thinking this while being carried on one of their backs down my stairs and THROUGH our back door- "They think I'm a stupid human and that I can't see them." My memory stops there...I was between 4-5 during this memory because we moved from this house when I was 5. Ugh, I need a tums. Always a great day when you post, man. Keep that shit coming.

[@SniffHeinkel]

Some people have encountered them as toddlers, and they disguised themselves as (I am not kidding) characters from Sesame Street. A KZbin channel called Beyond Creepy features videos about this type of encounter. I believe they have the ability to alter your perception of them in order to make the experience more advantageous for them.

[@ultragroove1]

Omgosh this is weird synchronicity. Yes they do appear to many as muppets or characters and Belief Hole podcast also does a couple episodes on exactly this phenomenon. I too was visited by these awful things at 5-6 years old. I just wrote out my own account last night after 48 years of not ever telling anyone about it. I didn’t realize Bob was an experiencer. Much more common happenstance than I ever imagined I suppose.

[@Louzahsol]

@@SniffHeinkelkinda sounds like that missing 411 case of the little kid who got taken by his “other grandma” in the woods and it kept wanting to take stool samples

[@sergeantsonso3490]

It seems to me that the human mind would rather create a reality that is familiar, rather than confront an uncomfortable reality that it doesn't even really understand, less so the visitor's doing and moreso yours, not to say that it doesn't take full advantage of your minds willingness to believe a falsehood.

[@karifaller9284]

I agree, I wasnt scared of them but I think they thought I might be. Its my first vivid childhood memory. Thanks!

[@thomaswaters4963]

Excellent storytelling.I was all in right from the beginning.Great job!

[@JesseGallego-pb2bk]

Right on Bob new video! Love all your videos big fan keep up the good work buddy.

[@JesusChristOrBust]

So true. "They get close but can't touch us". When i was 7, one was under my bed. It touched my hair and i held my breath until i passed out. Looking back, It could have been the cat but it was probably an alien.

[@simonbrownhunterbrow]

😂

[@iwaswrongabouteveryhthing]

😂😂

[@williamcorvinus8240]

I mean... you HAVE to think it was the cat... right?

[@JesusChristOrBust]

@@williamcorvinus8240 that's what I told myself. 😭

[@tarkwestron2722]

Might I recommend "Spaceman" by the Killers?! It's the perfect inspirational song for abductees...The first time I heard it I was in another room when it came on the radio, I understood every lyric immediately and burst into tears! Of course, not unlike Bigfoot experiencers, nobody believes you, and you quickly learn to keep your weird "dreams" to yourself! Glad you're able to share this experience with a broader audience! For my part, It's clear that my interest in Cryptids stems from my childhood experiences with the grey, bulbous-headed, night visitors

[@rebeccalove9169]

Cryptids are my favorite when it comes to the paranormal and supernatural.

[@sbeaber]

My dad told me about the book Communion when i was like like 11. Why to the public library and checked out. The cover itself scared me not to mention the story

[@mashek331]

Bob, I love your way of telling stories - very apt descriptions! I also can relate to the electrical feeling you had. I had a legit spiritual haunting back in summer 2006. It was like being engulfed in water, all the walls creaked, and an ear piercing frequency and dropping numbing cold. And I recall electricity running from my toes all the way up my legs. It was utterly bizarre yet extremely palpable. All the while, I lay nestled beneath my blankets on a summer's night, too afraid to budge lol. I remember being so excited that I told my parents in the morning only for mum to say "it was just the wind", and then a friend, "you're lying". Sigh.

[@That_0ne_guy_FL]

2 uploads in the same month, this is a treat Bob!!

[@Endymion766]

Weird. When I was about 8 I once saw a black helicopter flying very low over the city with its propellers spinning slowly and making no sound. No one else seemed to take notice of it but I didn't consider they weren't seeing it, just thought it was normal so they were ignoring it. So I ignored it too. Then many years later I saw a documentary about MIB's Men in Black and they often appears with silent black helicopters that flew low with slow propeller speeds. What are the chances that complete strangers describe the exact same thing I saw that we collectively imagined, apparently?

[@willbass2869]

160th SOAR

[@JcoleMc]

Some helicopters are made to do that

[@Endymion766]

@@JcoleMc really? which ones?

[@Endymion766]

@@willbass2869 no, killer eggs make sound and have fast propellers, and arent as black as what I saw

[@dustinshadle732]

I can say without a doubt that you're not crazy. And I'm always willing to listen to you, no matter the subject. Thanks for letting us see the personal side.

[@helenjones4550]

It’s a grey dull day here, but a Bob video makes it bright and wonderful! Thanks Bob 😊