[pohsche]

Dan,
What you experienced has happened to me, but years ago. It is reffered to as a " choking ghost" or Sucubus. Although the details were a little different, I can attest to how scared one can be when this happens. From what I have read, it is a phenomonom that has occurred around the world and is not that uncommon. You might be interested in doing a search on the subject and comparing your experience.
We presently have a "friendly guest" in our house. Although there have not been instances in the last 5 months we have all experienced some sort of prankish behavior. Our lights in our bedroom will turn on in the middle of the night, the back door has opened and shut numerous times, I have been awoke from sleeping by someone touching me twice(and no it wasn't my wife, we have been married too long for that to happen!) and the cats just will stop in their tracts and stare at the same blank space. We call her Thelma as we feel it was the former owner who passed away. Lot more wierd stuff, but I am always uneasy about too much info because I am one step away from the looney bin as it is. Great thread though. It beats arguing about crap that we have no control over either.

Alan Poh
'77 Carrera 3.0