Dawn Robinson

Dawn Robinson of Clayton (right) recently released a book about her grandson Mason's (left) ability to see spirits.

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It's said that children are more sensitive to the paranormal than most adults.

But why?

Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society Founder and CEO Doug Hogate Jr. has said the reason children can see and sense the spirit world is because they haven't yet learned not to believe in unexplainable experiences.

As adults, we have been taught to question the other side and doubt what we may see and hear.

Some children relate to the paranormal as "imaginary friends" or "monsters in the closet."

But for one young boy, the nightmare was much more than a fleeting spirit.

Dawn Robinson of Clayton first noticed that her grandson Mason may be experiencing something unusual when he was 2 years old.

Just after his second birthday, Mason began seeing "the man" in her house.

After years of watching her grandson being tortured by his gift, Robinson decided she needed to put these events into print.

"I knew I could help other people who may be going through it," she said.

Once she felt the need to share her and Mason's story, the book, "Spirits Through a Child's Eyes," took about six months to write.

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"I knew I had to write this story in a book," she said. "I felt very strongly about it."

The book tells the story of Mason's journey dealing with the paranormal and why spirits seem to show themselves to the young boy.

"Mason has an incredible light and these spirits are attracted to his light," Robinson said.

After the first incident with "the man," Mason continued to see additional spirits in Robinson's home, and elsewhere, including shadow people, and spirits he now calls friends but refers to as numbers.

In the book, Robinson describes a conversation she had with her grandson about an adult male ghost who Mason calls "Four."

"I responded in confusion. 'Did you say four, like the number four?'" she wrote.

Mason responded that yes, indeed the spirit's name is Four.

Another time, at Robinson's parents' house, Mason appeared to take an invisible hand and lead an invisible friend to his pile of toys.

This friend was a little boy named "five."

Finally, after this introduction, Robinson realized Mason was counting the spirits as he encountered them.

But that only made her wonder, where were one, two and three?

Mason is now 7, and is still sensitive to the spirit world.

"Mason is doing good now," Robinson said. "He's still afraid of the dark and sleeps with a nightlight, or he'll crawl into bed with his mom at night."

But as Mason gets older, his sensitivity is weakening a bit.

"He says he can't see Four and Five anymore," Robinson said. "He can hear them and feel that they're here, but he can't see them and he said that makes him sad because they have become his friends."

You can read more of Mason's incredible story in Robinson's book, "Spirits Through a Child's Eyes," available at Victoria Garden Craft Boutique in Pitman and online at amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

Kelly Roncace is senior investigator with Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society, a professional paranormal investigation team based in Salem County. Do you know of a haunted location that JUMPS could research and investigate? Contact Kelly at kroncace@njadvancemedia.com and follow her on Twitter @KellyRoncace with your suggestions.