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Originally posted by gchappel
This is actually where the word haggard comes from- from hag ridden. Around the time of the salem dunkings when sleep paralysis, nightmares happened they blamed it on witches- which woke their victims and sat on them- which prevented them from moving. So they were hag ridden, looked like ***** the next day- haggard. So we know the phenomenon has been discussed since the 1500's and is described in almost every culture.
Another useless fact- but I'm good on Jeopardy
Ga;ry
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Yes, in reading up on it I've read a lot of references to "the hag" or "the old hag". Many feel that there is a weight on their chest, and because of the semi-sleep state, many dream/imagine/sense that there is an entity sitting on them ,or there in the room... "the hag".
I was describing this to a friend of mine, who exclaimed "Oh
the hag visits you too!"
As someone else mentioned, many believe that sleep paralysis is the root of imagined alien abductions and assorted paranormal phenomenon too.