I'm not sure about the translucent entities. I do have comments about paralysis. I admit sometimes I get (privately) irritated when people think it's abnormal or weird.
As we explore the levels of consciousness, subconsciousness, unconsciousness (lucid dreaming), the body still moves through its natural rhythms and paralysis @ REM is normal. It takes a few minutes to come back online.
"However after this gradual phase of constructing dreams, the last stage (5) is the REM phase where EMG methods show our muscles are paralysed. But heart rate changes too and breathing becomes shallower, and the eyes move rapidly -indicating the Brain’s high activity after the activation synthesis whilst the person would be dreaming. The EEG Methods for sleep record brain activity and eye movements to analyse the brain waves, which the findings are used to support the dream activities. Anyways... So even though Muscle paralysis occurs in the deepest form of sleep (last few ours of sleep) other body functions still occur. So 343 Guilty Spark, I would guess that when you woke up, you just passed the fine boarder over the REM stage of sleep and were still under the physiological affects of muscle paralysis.. It happens to everyone, but it is quite rare, to wake up just after the brink of REM sleep.. usually before waking up you gradually pass out of that stage and regain full control over your muscles..."
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com...hp/t47247.html
No offense intended. Hopefully it's relevant
