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38 Paranormal Encounters to Fill Your Trousers Just a Little

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38 Paranormal Encounters to Fill Your Trousers Just a Little

June 11, 2024

Today we’re exploring two meanings of the phrase, “you’re not alone.” The first is as you’d hear it in a support group. You’ll be reading several incidents where people encountered the paranormal, so if you have too, it’s nice to know that “you’re not alone.” The second is more literal, because as you read this, “you’re not alone.”

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Post Malone saw a UFO at 16, when he was staying with his aunt and uncle. MF sonational 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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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. O 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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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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Haunting Paranormal Encounters

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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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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... TELL US NOW. Bryan В. says, My 15-year-old cousin died when I was six. The night after we went to the viewing (the first time I'd ever seen a dead body) a bright funnel stood all night in the doorway of my bedroom. I immediately thought it was my cousin watching over me. Nobody would believe me because I was an imaginative child and there was a commercial on TV about a white tornado, which is what I called it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Lucy G. says, There was a ghost dog in the old Georgian era house I lived in during uni. It used to run to the front door and bark once, then vanish, and repeat the action precisely the next day. It paid no attention to anyone else or anything else, it was almost like a video playing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Jonathan S. says, I was in the kitchen making a grocery list, and an older style radio beside me turns on by itself. I had to turn the volume knob down for it to switch off. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Alexander T. says, Saw my dog walk up the stairs and lie down in her favourite spot in the middle of the staircase early one morning, but then I remembered she'd been dead for about two years. I wasn't freaked out because she was my nanny dog and protected me as a kid so if she stuck around it'd only be to look after me. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Rebecca N. shares, Growing up, 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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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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CRACKED GUILLERMO DEL TORO Guillermo del Toro said he had an encounter with a UFO while he was hanging out with a friend in Mexico. It was a flying saucer, so clichéd, with lights . It's so sad: I wish - - could reveal they're not what you think they are, he said. OU while Instructional Andress 20 INGMAR BER TURKISH DELIGHT HOUR TO Going Places the possijo 21 The Seren alamy adidas DAY . SAMUR WE DAY FOR NIGHT — Source

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CRACKED LITTLE RICHARD Little Richard saw a fireball in the sky on tour in Australia in 1957 and thought it was a sign from God telling him to change his life. So he became a preacher in 1958, but then went back to secular music in 1962. Anyway, it was a Soviet satellite. — Source

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CRACKED GEORGE V Prince George V, then serving as a midshipman on the H.M.S. Bacchante, saw the legendary ghost ship the Flying Dutchman in Australian waters back in 1881. The Dutchman is a harbinger of doom but, as it happens, the prince survived. — Source

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CRACKED WINSTON CHURCHILL It's said that during World War II, Winston Churchill had a strange experience in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House - apparently, he saw the ghost of President Abraham Lincoln. Abe sure does get around in the afterlife. — Source

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CRACKED KURT RUSSELL Kurt Russell was the first person to tell the world about the Phoenix Lights UFO sighting in 1997--he saw the lights while he was flying his plane, and reported the sighting. It's now one of the most famous UFO stories ever. — Source

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That literally happened, metaphorically

CRACKED DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Daniel Day-Lewis said he literally saw his father's ghost when he was performing in Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 - though he later denied it in an interview with Time Magazine, and explained he meant it metaphorically. — Source

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CRACKED CARLOS SANTANA Santana has said he's been talking to an angel called Metatron since 1994 and has gotten spiritual messages from him. Не believes these messages have helped him make changes in his life that have led to his success. — Source

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CRACKED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said she could sense Abraham Lincoln's spirit when she stayed up late working in his bedroom, which she had turned into her office. — Source

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CRACKED JIMMY CARTER In 1976, Jimmy Carter, who would soon become President, said he saw a UFO in Leary, Georgia. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen and said it was very bright changing colors and about the size of the moon. — Source

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CRACKED CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS In 1493, Christopher Columbus, who was exploring near what is now the Dominican Republic, spotted three manatees which he thought were mermaids. Не said they weren't as pretty as they were made out to be. ACTEST NISAND COLVMBRANTIPODY M.PRI N ORBEM. ATECONT PENE TRAVIL IN — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (that hang out in houses) A ghost whisperer checked out Hull, UK's most haunted house, and caught some creepy, unexplained noises on camera. Не also felt a presence and heard voices, bangs, and scratching, plus a hiss when he lay in a coffin. CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Aliens (romantic ones) Fran Drescher and her husband Peter Marc Jacobson both say aliens abducted them and put a chip in their hands. They think it made them meet, and Drescher insists the chip caused the scar on her hand (although Jacobson doesn't believe that part). CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (the canine kind) Robbie Williams (yes, that Robbie Williams) sold his house because it was too haunted for his tastes. His daughter said she didn't like living there, and Williams himself says he saw his dog Trixie's ghost there. CRACKED — Source

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Myths with real-life consequences Ghosts (that check up on you from the afterlife) According to someoone close to him, David Bowie said his dad's ghost called him every day for a week after he died. It was always at the same time, so he was sure it was his dad WX from beyond. CRACKED — Source

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THE MAN WHO PHONED HIS FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH НЕ WAS ALREADY DEAD. In 2008, a Metrolink train crashed in the northern San Fernando Valley, killing 25 people, including Charles Peck who died instantly. His family, however, started getting calls throughout the night from his phone. The calls kept coming for about 12 hours, and when they answered, there was only silence on the other end. His phone probably went haywire from the crash. Probably. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There's a phantom backseat passenger in this 1959 photograph. The photo first started getting analyzed decades ago, so it's unlikely that it had been tampered with, since only professionals could accomplish that before PCs showed up. It's not double exposure, either, because that would duplicate the whole photo, not just one part. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Grieving mum Jennifer Hodge, who lost her son in 2016, received a notification on her phone alerting her of an intruder as she was watching TV. Her security camera captured an image of the 'intruder', which she claimed to look a lot like her deceased son. Addio I AR ICE CRACKED.COM Save — Source

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This 1968 picture apparently shows Robert Ferguson's brother (who had died in WWII) next to him. Double exposure? Well, as this is a Polaroid, that's almost impossible. And a (rare) double-exposure Polaroid would have less contrast. Also, notice the differences in lighting and in the two men's ears. They don't look like the same person. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A picture taken by Sharon Boo, a firefighter in New York, shows what she claims to be a guardian angel at the scene of a car wreck. The driver, Rose Benvenuto, didn't suffer any major injuries despite the damage to her car. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This picture, taken in Hungary in 1942, has a girl in the background without arms or a face. There are no obvious signs of 1942-ега retouching, and the physical photo has the size and outer trim style that were popular at the time, making it very likely to be from that era. CRACKED.COM — 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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