I was pretty tired last month and ended up napping on the couch quite a bit... Unfortunately the living room is the second most active room in the house, our bedroom being the most.
Most activity happens in the early evening and during the night so I figured an afternoon nap would be fine... I was very wrong!
Being a bit tired in the afternoon isn't unusual for me, however this particular afternoon was unlike any other, I was overwhelmingly tired to the point I literally could not keep my eyes open, so I laid back on the couch hoping that I would feel better after a nap.
Almost as soon as I closed my eyes I felt like the room was spinning and I was overcome by the scent of flowers (I was alone in the house and not wearing any perfume), then suddenly it seemed as though I was in a dream or a trance, everything was quiet and calm and everything was clear.
That is when I heard a voice that gave me chills, loudly and authoritarian it said "Give Me those!"
My initial reaction was to say no and I did just that. I said NO, not in my head but out loud like I was speaking to someone in the room with me.
The calm and quiet immediately became chaotic, it sounded like I was surrounded by white noise, the room was spinning so fast I grabbed hold of the couch and there were colors of light swirling around me like the inside of a rave.
Whatever the voice was clearly was not pleased and it started speaking in a language I have never heard before, rhythmic almost as if it were chanting the same words over and over again.
This went on for what felt like forever before I audibly yelled "Whatever it is you want you are not getting it" then just as suddenly as it started everything stopped, like time had stood still for a second before everything was back to normal and I sat up from the couch gasping for air.
Unlike every other time I have heard something speak to me, I was not afraid, I was unnaturally calm despite feeling like the air had been sucked from my lungs. The scent of flowers lingered in the air for quite a long time afterwards and if not for that scent I would have questioned if it had actually happened or if it was all a dream.
My dog, who never leaves my side was laying on the floor sleeping during this event, right up until I yelled, then she woke up growling, fur standing up and a very confused look on her face. She looked around the room then did a quick round about the house checking everything before she came back whimpering as she climbed up into my lap.
I no longer felt tired in the same way I had felt earlier, I was still a bit sleepy but the kind of sleepy that you have when you first wake up. I spent the rest of my day questioning what the hell had happened, what the voice meant by "those" and how I was going to explain what happened to my husband, if I even could explain it.
About an hour after the event I decided that I had to do something to stop this from happening again, so I did the only thing I could think of. I poured salt and vinegar into a large cup, placed it in the middle of the room and prayed my ass off that whatever was in my house would leave.
I cannot tell if it was the glass of salt and vinegar or my praying that helped but I haven't smelt the flowers since. I left the cup of salt and vinegar out for weeks, partly because I wanted it to work and partly because it made me laugh when I told my husband what it was, the look on his face was priceless.
