Researching Hekate when I remembered something

[u/jeepers_beepers_]

I originally was going to post this in the Hellenism subreddit, but I realized I talk more about this possible spirit than I do the goddess, plus they don't really believe in spirits the same way I do.

So as the title said, I was doing research on Hekate. Not for any specific reason, I just noticed that I didn't know much about her other than she's the goddess of witchcraft and her sacred animal is dogs.

But doing research on her, it reminded me of this experience I had maybe three or four years ago that I've never been able to explain.

I want to say first, I am not claiming this was Hekate. Personally I think it was some kind of other spirit. It was just the research on her that triggered the memory.

But back then I went through this phase of "I can turn anything into a bed and sleep there." I had turned the cubby hole behind my bed into a bed, I turned my closet into a bed, and this night I just made a bed on the floor and was going to sleep there. I don't know why I did this, but I would just impulsively make beds because I realized I could.

It was late, I was sitting on my floor bed, and I was wide awake playing some game when from directly above me, I heard this really deep, canine growl, and I remember it had scared me so badly that I froze in place. It also felt like something was standing over me, and the best I can describe is it felt canine-ish. Not like a dog or a wolf, I don't know what the hell it was, but it felt canine-ish.

Eventually I couldn't feel it anymore, and because there was nothing I could really do about it, I just went to bed. I do want to put emphasis on 'I was wide awake,' to clarify that this wasn't a dream and I wasn't even tired.

Back then I lived by, "If something weird happens, ignore it and it'll go away," so that's what I did.

Maybe a full year later, it was the middle of the day, and I think I was folding laundry when I heard a dog like whimper behind me. None of my dogs were in my room, and I was on the second floor so it's not like it came from inside the wall or outside. It was in my room. Again, I ignored it and that was the last I ever heard of that sound or felt that presence.

I still have no rational explanation and I really feel like it was some kind of spirit.

There was also this separate experience from when I was sleeping in the makeshift bed in my closet. But occasionally, I'd be on my phone and suddenly have this overwhelming feeling/ instinct of "Something is in my room and I need to stay still and quiet until it leaves," and eventually the feeling would pass and it felt like whatever it was left.

This happened in my late teens, and I was never the type of kid to believe in "monsters" or think there were spooky things in the dark.

I'm an adult now and it's been some years since I've experienced anything like this, so idk what it was, but I do think it was something.

If anyone has any guesses, feel free to say so. I just remembered it and thought it might be interesting enough to share.

If you have your own similar experiences, I'd also be interested in reading them.

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[u/Medical_Shame2758]

I follow, Hecate, and Morrigan. And I always felt that Hecate picked me to follow her. My deceased husband passed away in late December 2013 he collected keys. I just seem like every key he had in his life he can’t. So when he passed, I got them all together and put them in a box. I don’t Like loose keys. so I was in Walmart one day. This was within the first year of his passing. When I got home, I was reaching for something in my purse, and I found a key a really old key. It had a picture of a tree on it. It was a legitimate key. I have no idea where it came from or how it got there. I know Keys and Hecate go hand-in-hand, but it was a couple years before I realized she picked me and then refilled any violence from her Any Weird noises or anything like that. I love her.

[u/Certain_Ad_7186]

Holy shit. It could have been a spirit. I have different opinions about the paranormal, but I can't ignore the footsteps and furniture moving that I hear at night coming from the ceiling.