So I was watching this alien show on the History or Discovery Channel. Pretty silly, but the part that got my attention was a person's account of being abducted...and then the host saying that many people experience very similar "abductions". In his account he said that he was in his bed...he heard the humming of the "ship" nearby and was unable to move, he was paralyzed. He went on to talk about dark shadows moving around in his room and other crap and then only remembered bits and pieces of what happened.

I had no idea that thousands of people every year claim to be abducted by aliens!

But...what if these people that think they are being abducted are really just experiencing sleep paralysis and HI? Example, they wake up in the middle of the night in the vibrational stage....I've done this many times and it causes very loud humming noises and vibrations in my head...and someone might think...omg it's a ship!. And then their imagination sort of takes care of the rest. The dark shadows...the old hag. The aliens. Whatever. I've experienced weird vibrational things and some crazy hypnogogic imagery to the point where I might be able to understand how a really stupid person could mistake this as an alien abduction?

Heh...any thoughts?