When I was young (about 8 or 9), my cousin and I would actively seek out monsters. This was cool, because I lived in the middle of an old english village, with graveyards and abandoned railway bridges etc. We would sneak out of the house at about 4 in the morning, and wander about 'til dawn, and though we never found any spooks, we had a great time creeping ourselves out. Recently I met up with my cousin and we had a few beers and started reminiscing about our 'ghost hunting' days. I told him about one particular instance when we went to a nearby country park at daybreak and saw, amongst the morning mists, dozens of human shadows wandering in and out of view in the distance. Now, obviously there were plenty of explanations for this (it was still quite dark, misty and there could have been campers out) but we remained freaked out. I distinctly remember it as the one instance of 'ghost hunting' were we didn't go and check it out further, opting instead to run the hell away. When I told my cousin about this, he had absolutely no memory of it- even though he remembered every other instance. I rallied, telling him about the video game we made up (on sheets of A4 paper, again one of our hobbies) about the two brave kids in the deserted camp ground that took on the shadow children. I remember this distinctly, remember drawing a silhouette of a boy and a girl (the girl had a ponytail) who each had pin-point red eyes. We did this several times, just like we did with every one of our 'adventures'. He wouldn't remember it, and was totally adamant that I either did it with someone else (impossible, I had no other friends) or dreamed it up.

Oh, well. Like it was said- everyone has a story. Though perhaps this is why I liked JDaTE so much in the first place. Or perhaps my cousin got bitch-slapped by shadow people.

always the latter

Holy crap! All those times things of mine have simply disappeared off the face of the earth... SURELY shadow guys have gotta have something to do with that... maybe killing someone off, who never brought something to work, never sold a certain thing, but we still remember it etc...

And there are details with certain people that change... Though when said person tells me and someone else, we both remember the original events...

This isn't really a "History Change", but it's more related to the "Shadowmen Created Videogames" plot...

Has anyone played "Call of Duty: World at War"?

There is a mode that you unlock called "Nazi Zombies", basically dead Nazis swarm this house you're in until they overwhelm you. It's just a "survival mode", so I think it doesn't have an "end", buy you just hunker down, and have to fight harder and harder until they overwhelm you wave after wave.

But the thing is, the Zombies are almost completely black, and their eyes are glowing orange pin-points.

Then it occurred to me that this is like a game designed by Shadowmen...

1. The bad guys look like them.

2. There is a never ending stream of them.

3. No matter how hard you fight you'll eventually be overwhelmed.


So what is this game really "teaching" you?

When I started thinking about it, it really creeped me out.

I'll see people I've never met before and get strong feelings I've met them before.

Though, the closest thing that was 'supernatural' I've had was a picture of Jesus, and it glew green. I was little then, so I ran screaming. I still have it. Maybe if I try that opening my mind thing like when Dave was talking to Arnie about the Wigmonster?

Though, I don't keep up with news and pop culture enough to know about any changes like you're talking about.

Looks like they've been at work again, because although I know it's not a word, it feels like it should be.

Now, being in the unhappy position of only very recently having heard about JDatE, I've not read it or any part of it so what I thought of whilst reading this may be mentioned in it. It concerns something Philip K. Dick experienced.
One time he went to the bathroom in his house and reached for the pull-cord for the light in there, and there wasn't one. There was a light-switch. Thing is, he remembered there being a cord to pull, and that it had been there for years. Long story short, this led him to realise that the Roman Empire had never ended and everything we experience is a sort of gloss-reality covering up what's really going on.
Check out the "mental health" section in the wikipedia article and the topic on him by Stumpy Joe.

I remember hearing about this singer, a black woman who went by just one name, dying young back in the late 90s.  These days I hear about Beyonce and I think it's the same person, and I think "shouldn't she be dead?"  But I'm probably wrong.  Does anyone else remember a woman dying of an overdose or something, a singer who went by a single name?

HOLY SHIT, JESUS MOTHER FUCKING CHRIST OH MY GOD!!!!! I JUST SAW ONE! I was walking down my dark hallway to go take a crap when suddenly a black humanoid shadow with red pinpoint eyes just appears in front of me. Like it's face was right in front in front of me like those screamers on this here internet. I actually flinched, stumbled back, covered my eyes, then felt a tingle all over my body as if my body was asleep but my mind wasn't. About 2 seconds after I opened my eyes and my lights were on which were off when I walked down the hall, and  am the only one in the house right now.

I am currently holding a baseball bat in one hand typing with the other, and glancing over my shoulder.

never mind anyone who ever reads this I was ha;f asleep at the time.

I could swear that I remember Steve Irwin dying several years before he did. Actually on several occasions. The first time, I remember him being bit my some snake in Africa. I don't remember much about it so its possible it was just a rumor.
The second time though. I remember him being killed by a crocodile at his zoo. I remember seeing a special about him on tv that was dedicated to him. I remember all my friends being sad because of it. Then next thing I know, turns out, no, he just got his leg bit and had to get surgery. Here comes a new season of crocodile hunter.

On a smaller scale, one of my best friends and I *supposedly* had a very deep and important conversation over AIM. Stuff I wouldn't have forgotten, especially not quickly. Anyway, she asked me about it a week later and I had no idea what she was talking about. She told that we had already had a conversation about everything, and I told her we didn't. We were both saving our chat logs at the time, and I went back and It wasn't in mine, but it was in hers.

As for seeing shadow people, yes I have, and I don't like talking about it. It's probably the most terrifying experience I have ever had in my entire life. Anyone who has ever heard me tell them the story has been thoroughly freaked out by the end.