What did my daughter see ??

Question

Please, only seriour answers. Today my daughter walked into the living room and started screaming. She said something was in the living room. Quickly I took her outside. When I asked what it was she saw, she said a "black round thing moving up and down in the air".
I just don't know what to make of this. I don't believe in orbs and things of that nature. However, from my daughter's responce I know she was seeing something.
Anyone have any ideas???

P.S. The room was not very well lighted, but yet she saw something black.

Answer 1

This could be something just as simple as your daughter's eyes adjusting to the relative darkness of the living room. Our eyes can certainly play tricks on us. How old is she, by the way? I don't think this "black round thing" is anything to worry about. Of course, telling your daughter that is a different story. I'd advise to be careful not to reinforce the idea of this scary black ball with your daughter and let her know, in your own way, that it was just an optical illusion or a normal shadow that she saw. The worst thing you can do, in my opinion, is plant the seed of fear of ghosts and so forth. If she reacts well to the idea that she just saw an illusion, see if she's willing to walk into the living room with you again under the same circumstances and see if you can spot what may have been causing this illusion. And even if you can't, it might help to dispel her fears. Best of luck.

Answer 2

She saw a Shadowman. Now what exactly a shadowman is, that is the question. Its often seen as a 3D shadow like man walking down a hall or standing in front of you. They sometimes react to peoples presents. They have been reported in various forms, and can appear as blobs.

What you have to understand is that our brains are equipped with the ability to override our senses with powerful and realistic hallucinations. We do it every night and call it dreaming and dont even think about it.
In cases of narcilepsy and insomnia, often the dream mechinisms turn on while a person is awake and it causes vivid hallucinations.

Before you assume anything paranormal, ask the following questions....
Is there a stressful change in her life? Has she moved recently to a new place? Has she been missing sleep lately?
If the answer to any of these is yes, then its safe to assume it was a hallucination.

Answer 3

Just a reflection in the back of her retina that burned in there for a little longer than usual.

Try this - it is an old optical illusion tricks but it may explain what happened.

Take a large piece of black card (at least 2ft by 2ft) and cut a hole of about 8in (or greater) diameter the middle of it.
Put a white piece of paper to cover the hole and stick it to the wall.
Now stare at the card for about 90seconds, focusing on just the white peice, now look around the room – presto - black shadow floating in the air!

Just tell your daughter not to worry and it is normal for you to have been focusing on something and for that image to stay for a second or two. Speak to your GP about it, or an optometrist. They can explain far better than I. It is similar, in some ways, to the reason why you have a screen saver on you monitor - the image if stays the same gets 'burned' into it.

Her response was just that she did not understand what was happening.

Please don't scare her, you don't mention her age, by feeding any gibberish about orbs or ghostly apparitions. These are just figments of the naive and gullible.

Answer 4

I dont think you need to worry, it was probably your daughters eyes trying to get adjusted to the dark, in that case she might have seen a illusion of something. Or there might have been something casting a shadow which would look like something strange, why don't you try switching off the lights or putting the dimmer to low and try checking out the room yourself, what might seem as a frightening object may be someother object in reality. When i was a kid i once mistook two bags full of my playthings kept on my bed as a stranger sleeping in my bed, due to the low light i could only see the shadows.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Perhaps she saw a shadow of a round moving object. Children have wide imagination. They tend to even bring up horror movies or scary stories in their dreams as well as outdoors. Perhaps you should not always permit kids watch movies specially the horrible ones since sometimes it is not yet beyond their complete understanding.

Answer 7

It's possible your daughter was sensing some unwelcome energy. If you have some sage, you can clear the room by smudging (burning the sage). This is a useful energy clearing technique but a little stinky. Energy doesn't have to mean ghosts, it just means energy which can gather for any reason.

Answer 8

I agree with Michele's answer -- but I wouldn't react right away!

As I mother I know how scary it is to have a child 'freak out' like that. Before jumping to conclusions .... wait. See if your daughter has other reactions you would associate with seeing things of that nature -- avoiding areas of the house, shrinking away from objects you don't see, staying out of areas. Use your 'mommy sense' ..... you'll know if there is something to worry about.

Answer 9

It could be anything from a healthy child's imagination to a small quantum singularity. If it's an isolated incident, then I wouldn't worry about it. In my opinion, we know far too little about consciousness and neural processes in adults, who's structures are reasonably stable, let alone children who are 'rewiring' and developing their brains and minds.

Answer 10

There could be any number of explanations. If she "sees" these things with regularity you might want to take her to a specialist. However, it could be a one-off thing where optical illusion met with the inexperience and imagination of a child.