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In some rural parts of Italy, especially in Abruzzo, people explained sleep paralysis using the figure of the pandafeche. This creature was said to have a scary face, claws, or other frightening features, and it was believed to sit on a person’s chest at night, especially if they had upset a witch or broken a local rule. The stories are different from village to village, but the idea is the same. People didn’t see the paralysis as random or just in the mind. They believed something real and scary was causing it. Even today, some Italians will joke about the pandafeche when someone feels “held down” while half-asleep, and the story is still passed down as part of local tradition.
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