I'm not sure if I'm using my eyes or not... but in this case it sure does appear my eyes are seeing more than they are supposed to be seeing.
I do photography - and until digital came about, I always had a darkroom. Either in a studio somewhere or in my house. Now, many of the processes, including loading film and processing color prints, MUST be carried out in total, absolute darkness. To this end, I'd test a darkroom by leaving a piece of film out for 20 minutes, then process it and check for fogging, a sure sign of a light leak somewhere. I'd work and work to make sure there were no light leaks at all.
After years of working in the darkroom, I noticed I would sometimes see what I was doing. I'd get worried I got a light leak, but I never had a fogging problem. I talked with some pals and found out that many folks who work in total darkness occasionally begin to see in the dark as well.
A girlfriend at the time told me I was using my 3rd eye to see, and this makes sense because the image in my head was odd - not fuzzy or distorted, but like it was illuminated with a faint blue light.
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