Ramblingpirate

I gilded you simply for how beautifully your username fits into an actual letter format. V. Noir is the most beautiful mystery name of all time.

AC-130's will stop just about anything on the planet. My moneys on humans and AC-130s. And also Warthogs.

Common among people who suffer sleep paralysis. I only ever started getting them after I particularly rough patrol. Mine are always a dark shadowy creature crouch on my chest to where I can't move because it's impossibly heavy and someone is screaming. You never stop being scared when it happens, are at least I haven't, bit you learn that if you concentrate enough on moving your finger you can eventually move again and the dark shadowy shit disappears.

Marine, can confirm. Actually, the show generation kill is pretty close to the daily shit that goes on.

I'd love to hear more of this croation folklore. And yes, that's exactly how mine it. It takes literally every ounce of concentration I have to get some eye movement, then right right index finger, and then it starts getting easier from there. I've never thought of holding my breath either. That's a bit genius, scientifically speaking. The body has a very specific neural pathway to wake you up from even the deepest sleep when it senses you aren't breathing.

Source: my little sister had sleep apnea as a kid and would constantly wake up in terror because her body thought she was choking. Interesting thing, the brain.