The Alien Mantis

Jim Harold's Campfire

In this episode of Jim Harold's Campfire, several callers share deeply personal paranormal encounters ranging from extraterrestrial visitation

Key takeaways

• Suzanne describes a telepathic encounter with a blonde entity that revealed itself to be a praying mantis via a window reflection.
• Suzanne's daughter, Elise, provided independent validation of the event by drawing the blue beings and the mantis.
• Julie recounts seeing a mint-green man from the 1920s era appearing in a doorway in Burbank, California.
• Lindsay experienced a profound synchronicity involving a hearse arriving at her home shortly after she meditated on a local tragedy.
• Sherry shares a rare 'shared vision' where three different people in a room simultaneously witnessed a mysterious man.

Main topics

• UFO and extraterrestrial encounters
• Ghostly visitations and hauntings
• Spiritual synchronicity and signs

Notable quotes

Where I come from, marriage is the most sacred part of our existence.

Conclusion

The episode highlights how paranormal events often serve as profound m

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:00) Did our caller encounter strange beings and get validation from her own child? It sure seems like it, and that's up next on Jim Harreld's Campfire. Speaker 8 (0:18) Sit back, relax, and warm yourself by Jim Harreld's Speaker 2 (0:22) Campfire. Next up on the campfire is Suzanne. Now, you know, we've been getting a lot more UFO stories lately, which I really appreciate. I think it's so important because this definitely is a thing. And there's definitely, in my mind at least, something going on. And we love to hear these firsthand accounts. And Suzanne has a pretty powerful one for us today. Suzanne, I know you've been listening for years. Thank you. And tell us what happened. Speaker 3 (0:49) Thank you. Hi, Jim. Thank you so much for having me. As you said, I have been listening for quite a long time and I really appreciate everything that you talk about. And the fact that you are looking for more UFO stories really piqued my ears a little bit because I have been seeing these things my entire life. And I always thought that I was just a strange person and I always thought that maybe I just had very elaborate dreams. But until I read... Whitley Strieber's Communion, which I'm sure you probably have heard of and have heard other people say as well, that he really seemed to open the door for more experiencers to come forward with their stories, myself included. But it wasn't until then that I realized I was not the only one having these experiences. And it really made me think about all these crazy dreams that I had had. And I still kept it to myself because I thought, okay, I am a crazy person for having these experiences and I can't tell anybody about it because they're going to, I don't know, just think I'm insane. So I kept it to myself for many, many years until... Speaker 3 (2:02) 1989, I was living in California at the time. I was living in a town called Camarillo, which is about 40 minutes north of Los Angeles. And at the time, I had a three-year-old daughter, and I was engaged to be married. And one night, or actually, let me preface this. My ex-husband didn't know anything about my experiences, but I figured that Since we were getting married, I was going to be completely honest with him about everything that I experienced. And so I told him, I said, you know, I've been having these things happen to me my entire life, and I can't guarantee that they're not going to stop. And I also cannot guarantee that you won't be involved. Speaker 3 (2:51) And there's nothing I can do about it. And if you have a problem with that, then don't marry me. Speaker 2 (2:56) Because, you know, Speaker 3 (2:57) full disclosure, I don't, you know, and it was hard because, you know, I didn't want to not marry him. And he said, oh, that's all right. And I thought, okay, great. So we kept the engagement. And so one night I'm laying in bed and I couldn't fall asleep. And I'm looking at the ceiling and all of a sudden I see all of these swirling different shapes, like prismic shapes of different colors. Like, for example, there were triangles and circles and squares of like, if you were holding a crystal up through the window and the light was refracting through it. Right. And it was shining on the ceiling. That's what it looked like. And since our bedroom was on the second story, I figured, well, maybe there's a car driving down the street and it's just shining its headlights and, but the blinds were shut. So I thought, okay, that's not happening. And so the more I looked at it, I couldn't understand. Then all of a sudden, this gold disc blew in from the right-hand side of the bed over my body and manifested into a woman. Speaker 2 (4:05) Wow. Speaker 3 (4:06) Now, I knew she was standing there, and I couldn't move my body. I realized that the... At that point, I was paralyzed, except for my eyes. I could move my eyes. And so in my periphery, I could see her standing there, and she was very tall. She had long blonde hair. And I'm thinking in my head, since I couldn't speak, I'm so glad you don't look like what you look like. Because if you did, I think I would lose my mind. Huh. And she says back to me telepathically, where I come from, marriage is the most sacred part of our existence. And I'm giving you the chance to experience this if you wish. And I'm thinking, what? But I could not even think about what she was saying. I was so, you know, just full of what was going on in the moment. And then she says, telepathically again, if you want to know what I look like, then look at the window. And I thought, okay, great. Did I want to look at the window? But I did. But I couldn't move my head. So again, I moved my eyes and I shifted them to the right. And I could see an enormous praying mantis being hanging from the windowsill of my bedroom window. Now, which is interesting because the blinds, they weren't shut all the way so I could see its head. Speaker 3 (5:28) And at that moment, I'm screaming internally and I'm like trying to scream. My fiance is sleeping. And at that moment, my doorknob starts to wiggle. And she looks at the doorknob and she runs across the room and vanishes through the wall. And at that very moment, the door flies open and in walk these three blue beings, which I have drawn a picture and I'll share them on the virtual campfire site. Wow. And they looked like little blue Michelin men. They were kind of chunky. They had round heads. They had little black eyes, but they were self-illuminating, almost like a cobalt blue. And they're standing at the foot of my bed. They're about three and a half, four feet tall. And they're speaking to me again telepathically saying, it's Elise. We can't get her to stop throwing up. Elise was my three-year-old daughter. And I'm thinking, oh my gosh, what? And then I got this fight or flight feeling inside of me where I just broke out of my paralysis and I ran down the hall. And as I did, I heard her crying in her bedroom. So I go into her bedroom and she says, mommy, mommy, I'm gonna, and she. proceeds to projectile vomit all over the bed. At that moment, my fiance comes in the room. He says, what's going on? I said, run the bathtub. So he runs to the bathtub. I pick her up, bring her in the bathtub. He puts it in there. I change her bed sheets. We dry her all off. I put her in bed and I lay with her until she falls asleep. Well, everything was fine after that. And then the morning we woke up, like nothing happened. Speaker 5 (7:10) Now, Speaker 3 (7:10) my fiancé and I had this inside joke because he knew of my experiences and he would say, did the visitors come last night because I slept like crap? And so this morning, we're in the kitchen. He started to say, did the visitor? And I went like this. I said, don't say anything. My daughter had come downstairs and she was sitting at the kitchen table and she was drawing a picture. And I got her cereal and some juice and I brought it over to the table. And I'm looking at this picture and I'm thinking, well, honey, what is that? That's really cute. And she says, oh, it's the animal from my dream last night. Speaker 2 (7:51) And I Speaker 3 (7:53) said, okay. Now, mind you, I'm freaking out inside because it looks very similar to something that happened last night. Speaker 3 (8:05) And, but I didn't want her to know that I was alarmed. So I smiled and I said, oh, that's very pretty, honey. So tell me about the animal. I said, it doesn't really look like an animal. And she says, well, they're not really animals, but they're not really people either. And I said, well, they? And she says, oh, yes, mommy. There were three of them. Speaker 4 (8:26) Whoa. Speaker 3 (8:27) And I said, what? Okay, so what were they doing, honey? And she said, oh, well, they were smelling me and they were telling me that they loved me. And I said, well, what did they look like? And she said, they were blue. And I said, well, what? She drew this picture. And I said, well, what's that little squiggly line over its head? Speaker 3 (8:57) And she said, oh, it's a cloud, mommy. They come from the clouds. Whoa. Right? Now, I've had some experiences in my lifetime, but I'd never had an experience that involves someone else. This was the very first time. that I had someone especially close to me even experience this. And I knew that it was a reality. And it was almost like my confirmation event, I call it. Because I felt like it was validation that the things that had been happening to me were real. Because she drew this picture and she saw what I saw. And I know that we've heard things about shared dream experiences or just... Oh, I don't know, a time slip or, you know, so I tried to rack my brain thinking what else it could be other than what really happened. Speaker 3 (9:55) Now, that was in 1989. And I made a point from that point on to never watch another science fiction movie, take down all my UFO or books relating to extraterrestrials, put them in a box. Because I knew from my own experience, I was so afraid of, you know, what might be happening to her that I had no control over number one, which I was very angry about, mind you. Speaker 3 (10:25) Sorry. And yeah, that was really hard for me because I knew I had no control over what was happening and I couldn't control it not happening again. And when she was an adult, I didn't talk about it ever. And when she was an adult, it was about the same time that I decided I was going to start a blog and start a podcast. And I... said, okay, honey, I'm doing this. And I know that this happened to you. And I would really like to share this. And she said, you know what, mommy, I don't remember anything about it. I don't believe in it. And I don't want to talk about it, which I have respected to this day. She will be 40 next month. Speaker 3 (11:09) So we still never talked about it. And I totally respect her privacy for that. But she said, if you would like to share my story and you can use my name, I don't have a problem with it. Other than that, I'm on my own. Speaker 2 (11:21) That's amazing. Now, Speaker 3 (11:22) let Speaker 2 (11:22) me ask you this. And it's amazing the validation you got there. That is incredible from your daughter. And the fact that you had not prompted her in any way. And she came back basically retelling the same story from her point of view. With an artist's representation. Now, let me ask you this. So the original lady that came to see you, did you feel that she was presenting herself like this blonde-haired kind of stereotypical human? A lot like what George Adamski explained with the blonde hair, blue eye kind of thing. But she was just putting that up as kind of a front to make you feel comfortable. She really looked like a mantis. Is that essentially what you're thinking? That's what I think. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because it would be, you know, it's one thing if you see something that looks very human and it's like, whoa, what am I seeing here? But you're not like maybe as afraid. Whereas if you see a full body praying mantis in front of you, it's really going to freak you out. Freak out city. Yeah, exactly. Well, Suzanne, thank you. By all means, please put those pictures up in the virtual campfire group. We appreciate it. And I'll tell you, there is something going on with this. You talked about Whitley Strieber. I've had the opportunity to interview him in the past. And there are people who have experienced this. And it's kind of a, and you've probably heard me say this, it's kind of unfortunate, you know, if somebody sees a craft or something that looks like a craft, people might say, oh, well, you saw something in the sky. But then when you start talking about an experience with a being, they might be a little more skeptical or raise an eyebrow. And that's unfortunate. And I think it's important that people like you who have experienced these things do come forward and say, hey, I've seen it. I've seen it. Wasn't looking for it, but there it was, a full-bodied praying mantis in my bedroom. Suzanne, thank you for a great campfire story. Stay spooky. Speaker 3 (13:16) Thank you so much, Jim. Stay spooky. Thanks for having me. Speaker 2 (13:21) Welcome to the Campfire. I'm Jim Herold. So glad to be with you once again, and we've got some great stories. Jeez, we started off with that first one. That was a humdinger, as they say. Wow, how terrifying. And that validation, just amazing. If you're new here, we cover everything from UFOs to strange creatures to ghosts to cryptic creatures, head scratchers, and much more. And it is Jim Harreld's Campfire. I'm Jim, and so glad to be with you once again. And my goodness, we've got a great show in store for you this week. But first, I want to tell you about a couple of our other free shows you can find wherever you're watching or listening to this show. There is the Paranormal Podcast, which I have done for many years since 2005. Recent guests include Jeff Belanger, World's Most Haunted Places, Carrie Ward talking about her book that she says will make you psychic, and so much more. And we hope, we hope that you will tune in to the Paranormal Podcast again wherever you find the campfire. And new episodes are absolutely free. And then also, The Paranormal Report. That is the weekly show I do with my bride, Dar Harold. And we talk about strange paranormal news. Could be UFOs, could be cryptic creatures, could be ghosts. But if it's in the news, it's paranormal. We talk about it and we give some of our opinions too. And Dar, she's very outspoken. And sometimes we even disagree. We might even... come on the cusp of arguing a little bit on the show. So got to get that juicy argument. So don't miss it. Tune in. The Paranormal Report, wherever you find the campfire. So let's get to it. More great campfire stories. And here they are. Well, we have a loyal listener. Julie is on the line from Los Angeles. We're so glad to talk with her. She's been listening for years and she grew up in a haunted house and she's going to tell us all about it. Julie, welcome to the show. Thank you for doing this and tell us what happened. Speaker 5 (15:29) So I grew up in Burbank, California. It was a corner house. And my grandmother would always tell me that it was a haunted house. In fact, we shared a room for a while and she would love to tell me her stories. And if I didn't have my own experiences, I probably wouldn't believe her. But I'm going to start out with kind of her experiences. She would hear clothes in her... closet, the hangers being moved all to one side with the door closed. And she would get up and investigate and the clothes would be completely fine, completely normal. She would hear my mom calling her when she wasn't home. Yeah, it was pretty crazy. It gets a little crazier. One time she woke up to a lady standing at the edge of her bed. not facing her and she kind of had a headpiece or a veil around her head. And as my grandmother sat up to investigate and kind of see who's standing at her bed, the lady kind of just turned and she wouldn't let her see her face. And she turned and she kind of disappeared. Yeah. The one that really stuck with me is our dog, Teddy. He was alive at the time. He's a chunky lasso-opso and he would always sleep with granny. I think this was at the time that I got my own room, so I wasn't sharing a room. But she said she woke up, had to go to the restroom, saw the dog, closed the door behind her, did her business, came back, and the dog wasn't on the bed. So she's looking around her room. He's too chunky to fit under the bed. And she's like, okay, well, maybe somebody heard him scratching and he, should they let him out? So she went ahead, laid back down. Speaker 5 (17:15) As she laid down, the dog jumped up on the bed and kind of surprised her because she was like, where were you? So she padded next to her and she's like, come lay next to me. And he just stood there at the edge of the bed, just staring at her. And she kept padding, like, you know, trying to get him, coax him over. And he just wouldn't budge. He just stood there staring at her until he finally jumped down. And my grandmother sat up and she's like, what are you doing, you stupid dog? And he's just staring at her. And then finally he turns around and he just walks completely through the closed door, just completely through it. And he was alive. It's not like it was a ghost. Speaker 2 (17:54) So he walked like through it, like like it was it wasn't there almost. But he walked right through it while it was closed. Wow. Speaker 5 (18:03) Yeah. Yes. So that happened. Growing up, I would always see shadows in the doorways, kind of like if somebody was peeking in on you and then they didn't want you to see. Like when you notice, they don't want you to see. So they moved right away. That's what I would always see. I would always see black shadows like that. I would always be creeped out, probably because my grandmother would tell me scary stories. But when I was 16, I was a young mom. And I'm going to tell you a little bit about the layout of the house because it kind of ties into the story. So I was sitting in my family room with my then boyfriend, future husband, future ex-husband. We're sitting in the family room and we're watching TV and the TV. So we're facing it's the family room and then a den and then a living room. And there's where I'm sitting. I can see these two doors that kind of corner up to each other. One door you can see straight through to the living room and you can see a wall. And then another door goes to the hallway where there's two bedrooms and a bathroom. And so it's completely dark and I'm sitting in the family room and the TV, like I said, was situated where I can see every, so every now and again, a car would go by. It's a corner house, like I said. So the headlights would hit the wall in the living room. So it