Quotei don't believe in the supernatural. i'm atheist.
That's nice, unless something comes along that believes in you.
Believe you me, the first time you see something move or even bump into you in the dark, or you watch your pet go berserk and run away from nothing, or you and your sister are in a room with something both of you hear but cannot see, you will change your bloody mind real quick.
There are things in this world that cannot be explained as normal phenomena. Our ancestors recognized this fact, even if some of what they experienced could be explained away today.
There still remains a certain smaller percentage of things that we either have to ignore or accept even though it cannot be explained. And out of that small percentage, there are some things that are pretty damn scary if you experience them firsthand.
My sister attracted this stuff, and if the two of us were together, it was magnified ten times.
We lived in a neighborhood of criminals, rapists, drug addicts, and prostitutes, so being out of doors after dark was dangerous. But we often did just that, because we felt safer outside with pedatory humans, than we did in our own home.
Needless to say, I was terrified a goodly portion of my childhood. It was as real to me as the abuse ~ perhaps just another form. When we went our seperate ways, it seemed to diminish for both of us. Something I am grateful for. I don't often talk about it, and I will stop here.