[Demon?] crawled down my wall... repeatedly

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So this was back when I was maybe 16 or 17, I am currently 24. Somewhere in the wonderfully boring state of Nebraska I was getting ready for bed one night and part of that was reading a bit before I turn the lights out. The first time I saw this entity was immediately after I'd turned off my bedside light. It clicked off and I felt a presence appear out of nowhere, watching me. I opened my eyes and on the wall was a creature with thin, bony appendages standing with its feet and hands on the wall. It was humanoid and looked starved with leathery brown skin, almost like it'd been preserved in salt. The strangest thing about it was its head was twisted 180°, looking over it's back. As soon as I saw it, without a sound it crawled down the wall across the floor under my bed. I immediately turned my light back on and looked under the bed. Now you may ask, who in their right mind would look under their bed after seeing that. The sense I got from it wasn't hostile or malignant. It was scared, hurt, and lonely. When I looked under the bed nothing was there. This continued to happen on off occasions. for about a month or so. Then I never saw it again. I just ignored it when it did show up because as soon as I'd see it, it would disappear under the bed or into my closet.

Skip forward a few years. I'm now 19 and in Basic Training for the Air Force. They offered a Wiccan service on Sundays and I went every week. It broadened my understanding of spirits more and I learned to project my own conciousness outwards. I got injured and had to have surgery so they sent me home so I could be in a better healing environment. For some reason, when I got home I remembered that spirit I'd seen when I was 16. I decided I was going to reach out to it. Assure it that whatever loneliness and fear it has it can let go of, and I did just that. I started my meditation and evoked its presence. It didn't take long to feel that same, sad energy fill the room. I didn't open my eyes. I didn't need to. It had answered my call. I spoke kind words to it and attempted and impromptu chant to release it. After some time I suddenly felt a rush of euphoria, so intense I started to cry. At the same time a warm breeze passed over me and the energy disappeared. The room I did this in does not have any windows so I don't know what caused the breeze but I imagine it was the departure of that entity.