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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed

February 25, 2024

Do you have a supernatural encounter that you’d like to share? Well, hopefully this list will help break the stigma surrounding the paranormal, and get it off your chest! If you’re in Brazil, you might literally need to get the incredibly creepy Pisadeira off your chest each morning, too.

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Shaquille O'Neal saw a UFO in Madera, California, way back in 1997. Не was with friends, and says he could swear there was a flying saucer coming to the ground with its lights on, then taking off again. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1969, Jimmy Carter saw a UFO while waiting for a Lion's Club meeting. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen, and he filed a full report about it to the International UFO Bureau years later in 1973. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kurt Russell says he saw the Phoenix Lights in Phoenix, AZ, in 1997. Не saw them while flying his plane, and reported them to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport - he might be the first ever person who did so. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Miley Cyrus saw a UFO while out driving - and even an alien, apparently. The UFO chased her and a friend in her car, and even saw a being sitting in front of it. They made eye contact, and it shook her, she says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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John Lennon says a UFO flew not far from his window in New York. It happened in 1974, when he was looking out the window-and, not 100 feet away, there was a UFO hovering over a nearby building. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Nora В. tells us, I was nodding off one night and startled awake seeing my granddad's face in front of me, just briefly. I hadn't really thought of my granddad in quite a while so it struck me as odd. Next day I was told that he had passed. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Randy В. says, Went into the basement at an old, soon-to-be torn down hospital and entered a room that turned out to be the morgue. It was 20 Celsius out, go inside and you can see your breath. As I entered, something flew out past me and hit the wall behind me. It was a rock. Turned the flashlight on, and no one was in the room. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Becky В. says, The house I grew up in was built in 1860s. During the 80s when I was a young child, I swore I could hear babies crying and what sounded like a woman screaming at night. Learned in my teen years that the house was used as a birthing house in the 1880s. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Trevor W. says, My mom, myself, and my girlfriend were sitting in the living room of our house. We were playing a game when my mom said 'knock on wood' and knocked on the coffee table. Right after that, someone slammed a fist against the wall between our living room and kitchen three times (enough to make the picture move). Checked the kitchen and, as expected, no one there. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Gavin F. says, Lived in a house that I would often wake up at night to the smell of cigarette smoke. My wife couldn't smell it, thought I was nuts. Until our three-year-old said, 'Maybe it's the old man,' who he said he would see in the hallway. We didn't live there long. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Laura В. shares, I was a projectionist for a seven house theatre. I was threading up #5 and felt a definite tap on my shoulder. I figured it was my boss messing with me (everyone loves to sneak up on the projectionist) Turned around, no one there. No one else was even in the booth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Rebecca N. shares, Growing up, l I would see a dark figure reflected in the TV. I hated having to get up after everyone went to bed. It was always there. Always watching. When I got older, it moved to the corner of my bedroom. When my friend saw it too, I knew I wasn't imagining it all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE BROWN LADY OF RAYNHAM HALL In 1936 while taking photos of Raynham Hall for Country Life Magazine, Captain Hubart C. Provand and his assistant noticed a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman coming down the stairs towards them and snapped what's widely regarded today as one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. — Source

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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed — Source

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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed — Source

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Is this the ghost of a little girl? The photo was taken this month by a couple on a Baltimore ghost tour. The tour owner said she suspected it might be photoshopped, until she was told that the couple showed the picture to their guide RIGHT AFTER TAKING IT. CRACKED.COM — Source

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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed — Source

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33 Brushes With The Paranormal That Have Us More Than A Little Wide-Eyed — Source

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Aaron Rodgers saw an orange UFO at night in New Jersey, back in 2005. Two other people saw it, too - it was behind the clouds, he says, so they couldn't fully make it out, but it was large and moving from left to right. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nick Jonas saw 3 UFOs while in his backyard in LA when he was 15. О A friend of his was there too, so Jonas turned to him and proceeded to ask him Are you seeing this or am I losing my mind? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Robbie Williams was so UFO-obsessed, he thought about becoming a ufologist. RW He's had plenty of what he claims are UFO experiences, including a particularly weird one when he played a song about alien contact. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Post Malone saw a UFO at 16, when he was staying with his aunt and uncle. MF onationa P It was in upstate NY, and he and his cousin looked out the window-and saw a light that just hung there before suddenly leaving. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Shirley Maclaine claims she saw a UFO back in 1952, in Arlington, VA. It sounds pretty epic, too. These are her words: I was there in Arlington, Virginia in 1952 when a whole UFO squadron buzzed the White House and the Capitol. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar didn't just see UFOs-he got abducted. That's what he claims, anyway - and he also says aliens were wirelessly plugged into him. It was a download situation, way before wireless, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock saw a UFO while on a plane. It was 1997, and it turns out what he saw were the Phoenix Lights - a V-shaped object in the sky with lights scattered all over it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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New Jersey Nets player Deron Williams saw a UFO during Hurricane Sandy. When the power went out, he was looking outside the window, and he saw a green flash crossing the sky - it looked like a UFO, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The United States Government has confirmed the existence of UFOs. A report released in 2021 confirms the sighting of 144 instances- but doesn't confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rio Grande

CRACKED A UFO OR A GHOST IN RIO GRANDE. In the 1950 movie, a strange light moves erratically behind John Wayne's head. Some fans say UFO (if it was shot on location), and some say ghost (if it was shot on a soundstage), because either way, no one can explain what moves like that. — Source

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CRACKED RUSSELL CROWE'S UFO FOOTAGE. In Sydney, Australia's Royal Botanical Gardens, Crowe captured a series of pictures that he claims is a UFO moving quickly across the sky. His very X-Files-esque tweet became worldwide news. — Source

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CRACKED A GHOST IN THE FUGITIVE. When Harrison Ford climbs from a fiery wreckage, a man's face is seen staring into the camera. The editor found it 8 years later and was asked to remove it. The scene was filmed on the site of the 1882 Cowee Tunnel disaster. THE FUGITIVE — Source

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CRACKED TWO UFOS FLOATING IN THE BACKGROUND. In this 2000 straight-to-TV thriller, after Traci drives a car into the water, the camera pulls back for a wide shot, and two glowing white orbs are seen floating in the sky. No one has been able to explain these UFOs. POISON — Source

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