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[[File:Shadow-people zpsaa95af9a.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Untitled''' by '''[[Anonymous]]''' - An accurate representation of the experience of shadow people.]]

'''Shadow people''' are defined as the experience of perceiving patches of shadow in one's peripheral or direct line of sight that appear and behave as living, autonomous beings.<ref name="BurkeYaari2012">{{cite journal|last1=Burke|first1=Anna D.|last2=Yaari|first2=Roy|last3=Tariot|first3=Pierre N.|last4=Dougherty|first4=Jan|last5=Fleisher|first5=Adam S.|last6=Brand|first6=Helle|title=The Shadow People|journal=The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders|year=2012|issn=2155-7780|doi=10.4088/PCC.12alz01398}}</ref><ref name="ObreshkovaKandilarov2017">Obreshkova, D., Kandilarov, I., Angelova, V. T., Iliev, Y., Atanasov, P., & Fotev, P. S. (2017). PHARMACO-TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS OF PHENYLALKYLAMINE AND INDOLYLALKYLAMINE HALLUCINOGENS (REVIEW). PHARMACIA, 64(1), 41-42. http://bsphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Angelova.pdf</ref><ref name="Vila-RodriguezMacEwan2011">{{cite journal|last1=Vila-Rodriguez|first1=Fidel|last2=MacEwan|first2=Gordon W.|last3=Honer|first3=William G.|title=Methamphetamine, Perceptual Disturbances, and the Peripheral Drift Illusion|journal=The American Journal on Addictions|volume=20|issue=5|year=2011|pages=490–490|issn=10550496|doi=10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00161.x}}</ref> Due to the unique behavior of these [[external hallucinations|hallucinations]] they can be considered as a distinct sub-type of [[autonomous entities|autonomous entity]].

'''Shadow people''' are defined as the experience of perceiving patches of shadow in one's peripheral or direct line of sight that appear and behave as living, autonomous beings.<ref name="ObreshkovaKandilarov2017">Obreshkova, D., Kandilarov, I., Angelova, V. T., Iliev, Y., Atanasov, P., & Fotev, P. S. (2017). PHARMACO-TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS OF PHENYLALKYLAMINE AND INDOLYLALKYLAMINE HALLUCINOGENS (REVIEW). PHARMACIA, 64(1), 41-42. http://bsphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Angelova.pdf</ref><ref name="BurkeYaari2012">{{cite journal|last1=Burke|first1=Anna D.|last2=Yaari|first2=Roy|last3=Tariot|first3=Pierre N.|last4=Dougherty|first4=Jan|last5=Fleisher|first5=Adam S.|last6=Brand|first6=Helle|title=The Shadow People|journal=The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders|year=2012|issn=2155-7780|doi=10.4088/PCC.12alz01398}}</ref><ref name="Vila-RodriguezMacEwan2011">{{cite journal|last1=Vila-Rodriguez|first1=Fidel|last2=MacEwan|first2=Gordon W.|last3=Honer|first3=William G.|title=Methamphetamine, Perceptual Disturbances, and the Peripheral Drift Illusion|journal=The American Journal on Addictions|volume=20|issue=5|year=2011|pages=490–490|issn=10550496|doi=10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00161.x}}</ref> Due to the unique behavior of these [[external hallucinations|hallucinations]] they can be considered as a distinct sub-type of [[autonomous entities|autonomous entity]].

Shadow people usually, but not always, begin to appear initially as fleeting images in a person's peripheral vision. However, at higher levels of intensity shadow people may begin to appear in full view in a manner which allows them to be directly looked at. At advanced mental states, it is even possible to look away from and look back at the shadow person without a change in the presence or appearance of the hallucination.

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 [[File:Shadow-people zpsaa95af9a.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Untitled''' by '''[[Anonymous]]''' - An accurate representation of the experience of shadow people.]]
-'''Shadow people''' are defined as the experience of perceiving patches of shadow in one's peripheral or direct line of sight that appear and behave as living, autonomous beings.<ref name="BurkeYaari2012">{{cite journal|last1=Burke|first1=Anna D.|last2=Yaari|first2=Roy|last3=Tariot|first3=Pierre N.|last4=Dougherty|first4=Jan|last5=Fleisher|first5=Adam S.|last6=Brand|first6=Helle|title=The Shadow People|journal=The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders|year=2012|issn=2155-7780|doi=10.4088/PCC.12alz01398}}</ref><ref name="ObreshkovaKandilarov2017">Obreshkova, D., Kandilarov, I., Angelova, V. T., Iliev, Y., Atanasov, P., & Fotev, P. S. (2017). PHARMACO-TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS OF PHENYLALKYLAMINE AND INDOLYLALKYLAMINE HALLUCINOGENS (REVIEW). PHARMACIA, 64(1), 41-42. http://bsphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Angelova.pdf</ref><ref name="Vila-RodriguezMacEwan2011">{{cite journal|last1=Vila-Rodriguez|first1=Fidel|last2=MacEwan|first2=Gordon W.|last3=Honer|first3=William G.|title=Methamphetamine, Perceptual Disturbances, and the Peripheral Drift Illusion|journal=The American Journal on Addictions|volume=20|issue=5|year=2011|pages=490–490|issn=10550496|doi=10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00161.x}}</ref> Due to the unique behavior of these [[external hallucinations|hallucinations]] they can be considered as a distinct sub-type of [[autonomous entities|autonomous entity]].
+'''Shadow people''' are defined as the experience of perceiving patches of shadow in one's peripheral or direct line of sight that appear and behave as living, autonomous beings.<ref name="ObreshkovaKandilarov2017">Obreshkova, D., Kandilarov, I., Angelova, V. T., Iliev, Y., Atanasov, P., & Fotev, P. S. (2017). PHARMACO-TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND ANALYSIS OF PHENYLALKYLAMINE AND INDOLYLALKYLAMINE HALLUCINOGENS (REVIEW). PHARMACIA, 64(1), 41-42. http://bsphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Angelova.pdf</ref><ref name="BurkeYaari2012">{{cite journal|last1=Burke|first1=Anna D.|last2=Yaari|first2=Roy|last3=Tariot|first3=Pierre N.|last4=Dougherty|first4=Jan|last5=Fleisher|first5=Adam S.|last6=Brand|first6=Helle|title=The Shadow People|journal=The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders|year=2012|issn=2155-7780|doi=10.4088/PCC.12alz01398}}</ref><ref name="Vila-RodriguezMacEwan2011">{{cite journal|last1=Vila-Rodriguez|first1=Fidel|last2=MacEwan|first2=Gordon W.|last3=Honer|first3=William G.|title=Methamphetamine, Perceptual Disturbances, and the Peripheral Drift Illusion|journal=The American Journal on Addictions|volume=20|issue=5|year=2011|pages=490–490|issn=10550496|doi=10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00161.x}}</ref> Due to the unique behavior of these [[external hallucinations|hallucinations]] they can be considered as a distinct sub-type of [[autonomous entities|autonomous entity]].
 Shadow people usually, but not always, begin to appear initially as fleeting images in a person's peripheral vision. However, at higher levels of intensity shadow people may begin to appear in full view in a manner which allows them to be directly looked at. At advanced mental states, it is even possible to look away from and look back at the shadow person without a change in the presence or appearance of the hallucination.