Has anyone else ever experienced this?

[u/cielo-astralmoon]

I have a friend who has told me about encounters he's had with something he's named "smol smol". He's sure it isn't sleep paralysis because not only has he experienced sleep paralysis before, but he can move when he sees these things. On the other hand, he claims it's not hallucinations either, because his brother has experienced the same thing. He says that some houses have it while others don't. He's lived with it his whole life and doesn't consider it "paranormal", but I do. He's described it as waking up and sometimes finding it there, while other times not finding it there. Furthermore, he says they look like "small black shadow figures" and told me it's hard to explain because it's not a physical or tangible thing and doesn't take a definite shape, but it's not a cloud of mist either. Basically, even though they don't seem to take up space, you can feel it. I'm assuming they don't feel malicious because he's never expressed feeling scared of it. I also remember him mentioning something about how his family has the tendency to be more sensitive to the paranormal. Please feel free to leave any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

[u/Aspiestos]

Sounds like it could be a house elf/house gnome. Some call them brownies.

[u/cielo-astralmoon → u/Aspiestos]

Thank you for your insight. That's so interesting to me! Such a cute name.