RE: Exploring Hallucinations #1; Introduction To Hallucination
Scratches can be caused by many factors and often if it occurs at the same time with sleep paralysis, people who have been more convinced that the creature that has been sitting on them was, in fact, a demon with a long set of claws, hence the scratches. If you are asking me, is it possible that the scratches are caused by sleep paralysis, the answer is no. People are paralysed during REM and it is possible that those scratches occur before that. I'm sure we can find some logical explanations regarding unexplained injuries before jumping into a demonic one. Just imagine, if people woke up with scratches minus the sleep paralysis, no one will give a shit about it but if you experience sleep paralysis, suddenly, those scratches became evidence that could prove you are indeed being sat on by an unidentified monster.