Old Hag Syndrome and Sleep Paralysis

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths

When you wake up, frozen in bed and unable to move and you feel a dark presence nearby slowly choking you and constricting your body, is it the Old Hag or simply an experience of Sleep Paralysis?

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