Reported by Watch World Media
PORTUGAL — What began as curiosity about an abandoned property eventually turned into a series of unsettling experiences that one man says he still struggles to explain.
In an interview with Watch World Media, a man living in Portugal recounted multiple nights spent inside an old abandoned house — experiences he describes as increasingly frightening, emotional, and difficult to rationalize.
The man, who asked not to be publicly identified, said the encounters occurred over several months while traveling to a nearby state. According to him, he became strangely fascinated with the abandoned building despite a series of disturbing incidents that unfolded there at night.
“I Woke Up on the Floor”
The first experience happened during an overnight stay inside the empty home.
According to the witness, he fell asleep normally but later dreamed that an unseen figure was dragging him out of bed.
“In the dream, I saw a hand pulling me out of the bed,” he told Watch World Media. “I didn’t wake up immediately. But by morning, I realized I was actually on the floor.”
He also claimed the room appeared disturbed when he woke up, with clothing torn after the night’s events.
Despite the unsettling experience, he initially dismissed it as a nightmare caused by stress or sleeping in an unfamiliar environment.
The Second Encounter
Months later, he returned to the same abandoned house.
That night, he says the experience became more intense.
“I was flogged mercilessly in the dream,” he recalled. “I woke up sweating and shouting in fear.”
Again, he tried to explain it away as another nightmare.
But the pattern continued.
“Every Time I Closed My Eyes, the Fight Started Again”
The third visit changed everything for him.
Curious and still drawn to the mysterious property, he returned during another trip and attempted to spend the night once more.
This time, he says he experienced what felt like a violent struggle with an unseen presence.
“Each time I closed my eyes to sleep, the fight would begin again,” he said. “I had to stay awake until morning because I was too afraid to sleep.”
The experience left him shaken, though he remained skeptical of paranormal explanations.
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” he explained. “But after that night, I told myself I would come back with a Bible and a cross because I couldn’t just run away from something I didn’t understand.”
Returning One Final Time
Despite the fear, the man admitted he continued feeling emotionally attached to the abandoned house, describing it as a place he strangely admired.
During a fourth visit over a holiday period, he returned once more.
While he declined to reveal exactly what happened that night, he hinted that the experience was the most disturbing of all.
“I don’t really want to share what I saw,” he said with nervous laughter. “Maybe it’s time we start writing a book about spirits living in abandoned houses.”
Psychological or Paranormal?
Experts often point to several possible explanations for experiences like these, including:
- Sleep paralysis
- Lucid dreaming
- Stress-related night terrors
- Environmental factors in abandoned buildings
- Psychological suggestion and fear responses
Paranormal believers, however, argue that repeated experiences in the same location may suggest something beyond ordinary explanation.
Without physical evidence, the story remains entirely anecdotal — a personal account that cannot be independently verified.
Still, stories involving abandoned houses, vivid dreams, and unexplained nighttime experiences continue to fascinate audiences around the world, blending fear, psychology, folklore, and mystery.
Whether supernatural or psychological, the man says one thing is certain:
“That house changed the way I think about fear.”
Reporting from Portugal, this is Watch World Media.
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