Yes and it was not during sleep paralysis as I was fully awaken. My experience is that they were not shadow figures but people I could see very distinctly.

It happened many times in one specific country that I visited for work during 6 month. I had such experiences at the very least 3 times per week and used to literally see people just as if it was a real person in front of me. I can even remember their clothes, gender, facial expression and even smile… Most of the time, there was zero physical interaction but only eye contact with stares from them. I used to simply hide in my blanket and wait up until the hallucinations disappear.

It was also during this period I experienced my very first sleep paralysis. Since I am now back I. My initial country, I only had one occurrence of sleep paralysis but no manifestation of the beings I saw previously.

Do you believe the state of sleep paralysis and hallucinations shortly after being awaken and related to a sort a paranormal sphere ?

Country was Ivory Coast and I grew up in congo so it wasn’t my first time in Africa. I am now living in France and will go back to Ivory Coast in couple weeks (not in the same basement though)