Apparition (January 2008, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)

L. Davis (a witness involved in other encounters) reported seeing a dull, darkish grey creature of medium height glide from the lounge to the bathroom in her mother's house. She said that it was not a 'friendly' being and that it became aggressive when it had been spotted, and then continually made its presence known in the house for about 3 days before disappearing. The witness says that she was 5 months pregnant at the time, but the foetus disappeared - bizarrely. She remembers having a strange dream where she gave birth in an open paddock on a medical table during the day. Apparently there were many bizarre humanoids standing around her. They took the newly-born baby girl away for some time, before letting the witness nurse her for a while, and then took her away again. She didn't realise that something was wrong until a few days after the dream. This encounter was originally found on this website http://www.iwasabducted.com/ufoboard but the site has since been taken down. I found the case itself through Albert Rosales’ website http://iraap.org/rosales/2008.htm.

Merbeing (January 10th, 2008, Suurbraak, Western Cape, South Africa)

While enjoying a 'braai' (barbeque) on the banks of the local Buffelsjags River, a group of friends reported spotting a mermaid-like creature previously believed to be legendary. This entity is known as the Kaaiman in local folklore. A local resident by the name of Daniel Cupido said that he was relaxing next to the river with a group of friends when he heard something that sounded like someone 'bashing on a wall'. When he walked towards the sound, he saw a figure that he described as 'like that of a white woman with long black hair' at a nearby low water bridge. She was allegedly 'thrashing about in the water' and so Cupido thought to try and save her, walking towards her but stopping in his tracks after noticing a reddish shine in her eyes. This sight 'sent shivers down his spine', yet he was pulled forwards towards her as if hypnotised. He called out for his child, who was called Deidrian and was 13 at the time, and his nephew, Werner Plaatjies, 11. When they came to help him, they broke him out of the trance, and he then yelled for his friends to take a look at the supposed mermaid as well.
Later, Martin Olckers said that he saw a female figure swimming on one side of the low water bridge, and then on the other, before standing on the bridge and diving back into the water. He said that the figure made a sound like a woman crying, and his mother, Dina, said that the sound was so sorrowful that her 'heart could take it no more'. Dina's husband Martinus said that their parents had warned them about the Kaaiman, but they had never believed that it existed. Some people allege that the Kaaiman is responsible for recent drownings.

Source: “Sighting of legendary river mermaid in Western Cape,” Herald, West Cape News by Aldo Pekeur

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Apparition (January 3rd, 2008, Warnham, England)

After watching a late-night film on the TV, the witness (who was supposedly involved in other cases) retired to bed after 12:30 am. She soon fell asleep but was then woken up by a strange dragging sound outside of her block of flats. She listened, trying to decipher the sound, and eventually turned on her side to free her right ear in an attempt to hear better. This didn't work, and she decided to climb out of bed to observe the source of the sound through the window on her left. As she opened her  eyes, however, she saw a strange apparition on the left-hand corner of the foot of her bed. It resembled a glowing young lady wearing a bright white shiny gown. The apparition stood there - looking at the witness with what she could only describe as 'pure and clear' eyes. A silvery glow emanated from its very essence and extended to a few inches around it, but was confined to its body and didn't light up the room. No communication took place between the entity and the witness, neither telepathic nor verbal, and so the witness expressed that she was confused as to what was happening. As they looked at each other, the witness could still hear the strange sound that had woken her up, and thought that the two must be connected. This event lasted for about 30-60 seconds, and then the being simply vanished. The witness lay in bed for a couple of minutes after this, trying to comprehend what had just happened. She decided to finally see what was happening outside, and so sheleft her bed to see that a can of Coca Cola had been blown about on the tarred road outside, and the noise ceased when the can hit a curb. After this, the witness went back to sleep. This case could have been an apparitional entity of some kind, but it seems more likely that it was a hypnagogic hallucination.
Source: ‘Your True Tales’ May 2008