Paranormal Activity: Sex with Ghosts

Movies like Paranormal Activity and Blair Witch Project have caused box-office fervor in recent years. These ultra-low-budget films detail the experiences of  regular folks encountering…(cue Twilight Zone music)…ghosts!

There’s nothing X-rated going on between the ghosts and mortals in these flicks. But wouldn’t that be a unique twist? According to paranormal experts, it’s been known to happen.

Stacey G, northern Virginia paranomal investigator with over 20 years experience in dealing with all things going bump in the night, says, “Many of my clients will tell me about dreams where they believe they’ve been visited by ghosts, some resulting in sexual encounters.”

Since these encounters take place during dreams, however, with no one else present (or a partner soundly asleep beside the visited person) they’re hard to prove.

Celebrity Ghost Sex
The most publicized case of presumed ghost sex took place several years ago, when Anna Nicole Smith had “amazing sex” with an entity she believed to be her boyfriend, alive and well in bed next to her, and then discovered it was actually a ghost having its way with her. At first, Smith revealed, she was scared but then concluded that the ghost had never hurt her, only given her amazing pleasure.

Smith’s reaction mirrors that of many people who have had the experience. “Some find it pleasurable to connect with a loved one who has passed over,” Stacey G says. “One woman told me she had an encounter with her boyfriend who had died in a motorcycle accident six months before. She felt it was their ‘goodbye.’”

Other people, Stacey G reveals, are confused and frightened by the encounter.

Not Sex, Just an “Old Hag”
Whether a night time encounter is actually ghost sex or something else is hard to say. “It’s hard to prove a dream state,” Stacey G says.

Even if physical marks, such as bruising or scratches, are present, there’s no way of knowing if the marks were there previously, caused by a real-life lover, or even by the victim herself. (Most victims of ghost sex are women.) “You have to trust the person relating the tale,” Stacey G says.

In most cases, ghost sex is actually “Old Hag syndrome,” or Sleep Paralysis. Sleep Paralysis is a medical condition afflicting 25 to 30 percent of the population. It occurs during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, when our voluntary motor functions shut down so we don’t hurt ourselves by acting out our dreams.

If we awaken partially during REM sleep, we find our bodies “paralyzed,” and may experience heavy pressure on our chests. SP may also cause hallucinations. All these factors, including the feeling of someone being on top of us, can trick the brain into thinking someone, or something, is having sex with us.

Perhaps that’s not as provocative as Anna Nicole Smith’s proclamations of “amazing sex with a ghost!” or as romantic as re-connecting with a deceased lover by means of a passion-filled, dream-like encounter. And who knows? Maybe ghost sex does exist for a handful of individuals. I’d rather focus on making sex with real-life lovers as amazing as possible.

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