Estimates vary by, like, a lot, but I’ve seen numbers from between 5% and 80% given for perfectly “normal” not-insane people with no history of neurological or mental illness having auditory hallucinations at least once.
So, yeah, probably that.
But do check the closet, just in case.
Actually, ghosts usually live under the bed.
Of course, you can easily verify that there isn’t a pale white, hideous, terrifying visitor from the other side just waiting to collect your soul under your bed, right now, simply by taking a look to check.
No, go ahead, look.
I discovered the phenomenon when I was 8. One night as I lay in bed, still quite awake, I heard a choir singing the Agnus Dei exactly the same as in the church I went to. It was around Easter, so I guess I had been in church a lot. You know how a song gets stuck in your head but it’s obviously only in your head? An everyday occurrence. That’s how it started. But gradually I began to hear it coming from outside. My bedroom was on the third floor. The audio source of the song seemed to be suspended in air right outside my window. I listened to it for a good long while. It seemed so realistic that I had to keep reminding myself it wasn’t real.
The other time I experienced it I was 22 and had almost entirely drifted off into a nap. I heard a low mutter from just in front of me. It sounded like a demon voice. It spoke so indistinctly I couldn’t understand the words, which is no doubt just as well!
Any electronics nearby; iPods, cell phones, etc? They can and will do weird things sometimes.
I had something similar when I was falling asleep and imagined what I would pretty much describe as a demon voice too. It was whispering in my ear telling me to fall asleep. Of course there was no way I was taking that advice.
Important question, Mississippienne: did it sound like one voice, or several? If it was several in close harmony, you might have an infestation of barbershop quartets. They can be a real nuisance to get rid of, and a serious hazard to your collection of boater hats. A flamethrower may be your best option.
I get this sometimes, usually when I’m on the edge of sleep. It doesn’t seem loud, just sharp, as you said–not angry, but firm. It isn’t any voice I recognize, just some woman saying my name.
They reside in Linen Closets. 
No-no…Linen Closets; do try to pay attention.
Only the ones who are reluctant to reveal their fabric preferences. I hear there’s still a bit of a stigma attached to ghosts who prefer satin sheets.
saw a show on sensory deprivation once, people were locked in a dark building for a long time. one began to hallucinate that a row of cars were driving along his bedroom floor.
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Sorta related-early in the morning, a large mirror hanging on our bedroom wall starts vibrating. It actually makes a tapping/buzzing sound-as if the wall is resonating and getting the mirror to vibrate.
It seems to happen at odd times, and hasn’t anything to do with traffic (we live on a dead end street, on a hill).
Strange.
I think you had what they call a wet dream.
Ducking and weaving…
Acoustics can be strange and unpredictable. Maybe your building directs and amplifies some sounds/frequencies.
I heard something similar a few nights ago. In what could be an evolutionary leap, the guy pictured in below story may have tried singing the Manfred Mann tune as a way to get babes.
Listen: Could ugly fish be cause of West Seattle hum?
Do you live near water?
Obviously the OP’s bedroom is haunted by an a cappella group from Philadelphia, doomed to eternally wander until it can make an appearance on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour and vault to stardom.
If you hear a voice say “I wanna Sunday kind of love”, RUN.
Merely trying to be complete (it’s gonna be fairly far down the list in terms of likelihood), maybe a dental-work radio?
It happened to me once. Bit down on something hard and got a few seconds of a radio broadcast in one ear.
Did you bite something? Have something move wrong with your mouth?
The voice might have been a fragment of a radio broadcast you just happened to pick up.
It probably is related to the exploding head syndrome as linked above. That happens to me too.
Although, one other possibility: Is there a computer in or near that room? “Doo Wah” is a good rendition of the noise a computer makes when it’s detecting a USB device, and sometimes glitches cause that to happen at unexpected times.
You wouldn’t happen to know the statistics for “normal” people to have them once every few weeks? I live alone, and my house has some strange noises (music/things crashing) that I can’t for the life of me figure out.
Wooden bed frames often make that sound. You’ll hear a similar noise when you sit up on the edge of the bed and the mattress flexes the bed frame.
Hijack: What’s that old song by some crooner where he sings a verse, rests for a quarter, and signs “Do wah do wah do wah do wah do wah” in an even cadence? It’s not Ooby Dooby or Do Wah Diddy.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
