ASTRAL projection, or
out-of-body experiences, are a fascinating concept.
Some people believe
that through meditation and other techniques a person has the ability to
separate their physical and 'astral' body.
Others believe this is,
in fact, a way of allowing our 'soul' to journey away from our physical self
and to travel, in an instant, through time and space to locations even hundreds
or thousands of miles away.
There are many
intriguing stories of wondrous and bizarre cases of OBE (out-of-body
experiences) that are well worth researching, if you are interested in the
paranormal.
Although there are
tales dating back from the beginning of time and from every continent on the
planet this week's story comes from much closer to home - Hill Chorlton, near
Newcastle-under-Lyme, to be exact.
Tim had lived in the
rural area of for many years and enjoyed his smallholding where he had a few
animals - chicken, sheep, cattle and pigs.
He shared the
smallholding with his wife and their border collie "Bo".
Bo was an exceptionally
intelligent dog and showed such control and obedience that it always made Tim
proud.
Every morning Tim would
wake early and tend to the few animals he kept - with Bo by his side.
Tim was in his early
sixties and, although he'd had health issues for a number of years he still
liked to keep active.
This, combined with his
love for the outdoors, made his rural existence perfect.
Tim had recently been
diagnosed with sleep apnoea - a disorder where the narrowing of the airway
causes the sufferer to have paused or laboured breathing during sleep.
This meant that Tim
also snored quite loudly at times. Due to the noise it had been agreed that he
would spend a couple of nights a week in the spare room to allow his poor wife
the chance of a good night's sleep.
They normally slept
apart on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
On June 19 this year,
Tim gave his wife a hug and a kiss and went off to the spare room to try to get
some sleep.
Eventually they both
dropped off in their separate rooms and the house was silent.
Tim's wife awoke at
approximately 6.30am - having heard a noise downstairs.
She climbed out of bed
and peered out of the bedroom window overlooking the rear of the house.
She could see her
husband walking towards the animals.
Bo was with him and all
seemed well.
She claims she watched
him for a few minutes until he disappeared into the distance behind one of the
outbuildings.
Lying back in bed and
unable to get back off to sleep she decided to make use of the beautiful
morning and head downstairs to make breakfast for them both.
On the way past the
spare room she decided to pop in and make the bed.
As she walked in she
stopped dead in her tracks: Lying there, fast asleep was her husband.
So who had she seen
walking outside with Bo? It had looked exactly like Tim.
She shook her husband
to wake him and Tim sat bolt upright.
She explained that she
had witnessed him and Bo leaving the house and watched them for a good few
minutes.
What was just as
astounding was that Tim claimed he had done just that.
'I remember waking up
and leaving the bedroom.
Bo came with me and we
left the door to the rear of the house.
We had just gone around
the back of one of the outbuildings where we housed the chickens.
I had only been there a
few minutes when I felt a sudden thud in my chest and when I looked where I was
I was gobsmacked to find myself back in my bed,' Tim told me.
'I will never
understand how I remember vividly leaving the house and my wife saw me go when
it would seem my body never left the bed,' he said.
This is not the first
and most certainly won't be last account of astral projection or OBE.
It may seem strange but
for Tim and his wife it was all too real.
So, the next time you
see someone who seems out of place, perhaps you should ask yourself: Are they
really there?
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