Some of these experiences have sent me chills.
I think I used to have something ‘good’ look out for me (so opposite experience). I know I was in dangerous situations many a time and each time I was incredibly lucky and always felt this ‘good’ presence. I can’t even articulate it. Perhaps the same sort of feeling of safety I felt with my mum as a toddler or young child when I was scared and she used to cuddle me and tell me everything is okay.
Anyway, one particular time, I was driving down a single track country lane which was a one way track, lined with tall wheat either side, with my baby and toddler in the back asleep. It was a 60 mph lane and I was doing around 50/55. Out of nowhere this voice said slow down. My children were 1 month old and 13 months old so it wasn’t them and I thought why would I slow down? I’m not speeding and there’ll be no oncoming traffic. It wasn’t the radio voice as I had a CD playing. I ignored the voice for a brief second before getting this overwhelming urge to brake. The voice was not my voice. I remember it as clear as anything despite this happening 18 years ago. It was an older woman’s voice. Again I ignored it. Suddenly the CD ejected from the CD player (this was before the time of steering wheel radio controls and I definitely didn’t push eject on the radio). It flew out with such force that it frightened me enough to slam on my brakes where I was head on with a white van with about a cm between our two vehicles. Had I not slammed on my brakes at that very second I know I’d be dead.
Also, when I thought about things I wanted, like small goals or whatever, I always felt this presence when thinking on those things and I truly believe the presence has guided me through life.
The presence disappeared when my grandad passed away six years ago. I look back now and wonder if it was my grandmother? Who then left to rest with my grandad? I sound bonkers even just writing that.
As for evil. I’ve felt that too. 3 years ago. I’m a star lover and enjoy photographing stars. I was travelling in the outback with my family camping (well in a caravan) and one night I was just laying on the roof of the car all alone while my husband and kids were asleep. Just looking at the stars and feeling all insignificant in this world. I was thinking about how we were just miles and miles from anything and there wasn’t a single soul other than ours here. Then I smelt fresh cigarette smoke. None of my family smoke and plus they were asleep. I looked all around me, it was just open nothingness, there was definitely nobody there as there was nowhere to hide, you couldn’t get there without a vehicle and there hadn’t been any vehicles for a couple of days, but the smoke smell lingered. I felt ice cold despite it being 40+ degrees and the air felt thick and heavy. I slid down the car roof and ran to the caravan and inside, turned to shut the door and as I did this green/white almond shaped light lit up the sky before blackness. I didn’t sleep and the next day was normal. We travelled on as I didn’t want another day there and got to the next local township (haha local, it was an 8 hour drive!) and I was speaking to one of the indigenous people about where we had travelled and when I said where we were the night before he told me to never go there again, the land has eyes and that land is evil. He was genuinely very frightened for us and allowed us to attend a special smoking ceremony (aboriginal tradition) to cleanse us and their town of any evil that may have stuck to us. I also wanted to say, the indigenous people in this town would look scary to so many people, including us as they were very traditional, however the overwhelming feeling of good energy and kindness from them towards us was like nothing I’ve ever felt before. I truly do believe that we have a core and primal ability to pick up on certain cues about places and objects and people, and we should listen to them.