I was about 8 or 9 yrs old when it started. I lived in a small coal mining town in SW VA I remember waking up but could not move, i could open my eyes, I could open my mouth but nothing would come out and I kept saying to myself wake up!!! wake up!! but I knew I wasn't asleep. I remember the feeling of floating but still unable to move. This happened over a period of years the same feeling over and over. Then at the age of 13 I was sitting in the kitchen and was scatching my shoulder and felt what I thought was a pimple so I squeezed it and out popped a metal round ball? I said maybe i had gotten a BB or something stuck in my shoulder but it didn't look like BB it was kinda square with smooth edges. I went to show my mother and dropped it on the floor and you could hear it bounce but I could never find it. After that the episodes stopped, I never had the feeling of leaving the house again i am now 41 and still to this day when i go back home i get a strange feeling everytime I go into my old bedroom. I do not talk to people about this I am married and have never talked to my wife or kids. I don't remember anyone around me or being in any type of examining room or being hurt in anyway. I remember the light and the feeling of foating and leaving the room and time lose? I'm not sure about the abduction theory or maybe it is just a dream that happens to everyone?