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Alien Abduction Experience, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Importance of Sleep Paralysis

Sleep paralysis is a non pathological phenomenon that occurs because of a temporary discordance in rapid eye movement sleep. It causes sensory input to be blocked and motor output to be inhibited. 30% of the population has had at least one instance of this in their life. The Japanese actually have a term for this called kanishi bari, which means devil stepping on sleeper's chest. And then there's the incubus sleep paralysis, which leads back to you mentioned, we've we've talked about it before.

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