Shadow hauntings are a very common type of haunting that many of us will have experienced. Perhaps you've woken up suddenly in the night and seen a dark figure standing over the foot of your bed. Those who have experienced this type of haunting call the figures either shadow people or shadow creatures.

These aren't believed to be ghosts or spirits as such. They're more like a feeling that you're being watched or as if someone is in the room with you. It's often a shadowy mass or figure seen in your peripheral vision, in a fleeting glance, or out of the corner of your eye.

These apparitions, which are said to be able to pass through walls, are sometimes described as a hooded figure in black, dark mists, or humanoid forms. They have no facial features and vary in size from that of a child to an adult, but paranormal researchers...