This seems to be part of the natural progression in the development of the human mind --- both individually (child to mature adult) and collectively as a society (e.g., religion).

It takes time for the mind to realize that there is always an explanation for all that happens. The explanation may not be pleasant (e.g. death)... but, ultimately --- with education, maturation --- we come to acknowledge and insist upon all events/happenings being preceded by specific causes. The actual explanation for a particular event may remain temporarily elusive... but the educated mind insists that one must exist... at least for all macroscopic events that our unaided brains can perceive.

A child (quite naturally) can easily believe in things that happen for no apparent reason: ghosts, telepathy (not empathy), evil spirits, teleportation (your example, above). Some unfounded beliefs extend even into adulthood (e.g., homeopathy, acupuncture --- both being very likely the product of an acknowledged placebo effect).

Also... it should be acknowledged that many people (usually not mature adults) take a certain pride if they can announce that they have been the privileged recipient of an inexplicable event --- it makes one "special" (particularly, if the "magical" event cannot be independently verified).

This is the most likely explanation for your friend's story... or, it could be nothing more than mistaken memory...

You have trouble with anxiety before bed and you want to possibly make it worse with ghost stories? Well, I've never honestly had a supernatural experience. I have a funny story regarding an old graveyard my cousin and I used to visit in a deeply wooded section of New Hampshire. We scared the shit out of my sister and another cousin.
However, if you like 'creepy', check out this song by Peter Gabriel titled 'Intruder'. It's about a burglar who relishes breaking into homes.
The original version is the most creepy, so i would suggest getting a copy or download it. You can find it on Youtube, but those versions aren't as good as the original recording. The guitar effects make it really creepy and the gated drum beat is kind of spooky too.

Brittany's dad, who is very religious, was sleeping alone in his bedroom when he heard what sounded like a child running down the hall towards his room. Once the running stopped, he felt a sudden pressure on his chest, as if someone had jumped on it. He is a very strict and sensible man who had formerly laughed off anything pertaining to the supernatural. The running and the sudden pressure were repeated until he leaped out of bed and grabbed his bible.

Then, when Brittany was home alone with her aunt, she was in her room when she heard someone yell her name. She thought it was her aunt, so she went out into her living room and met her aunt, who asked her if Brittany had yelled her name. Their names are very similar. Neither of them had yelled anything. So they ran into Brittany's room and freaked out for a bit.

Also, when Brittany was very little, she was sitting on the floor in her old house and suddenly DVDs from the shelves beneath the TV started flying in her direction. Her parents told her this when she was older. They wouldn't lie about something like that. It really freaked them out.

Brittany's family has had more run-ins with some creepy shit, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. I know these are all true. Brittany would never lie and just talking about the things she's experienced really shook her up.

AND my friend Haylee gets her feet and face tickled in the middle of the night when she falls asleep on her couch. Her mom's always asleep when this happened and it's just them living in the house. My other friend Judd has a Ouija board and one night soon I'm gonna spend the night at his house and try it out.

There's no reason for any of these people to make up this stuff. I guess people will always remain unconvinced unless it happens to them. It's nearly impossible to gather any solid proof and there are so many flukes trying to promote the existence of spirits that the whole subject has become a laughingstock. When you have ridiculous shows like Ghost Hunters and hilariously photoshopped pictures and really weird "psychics" it's hard to take the subject seriously. But, I'm convinced that spirits exist.