WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:08.720 This episode is brought to you by my newest supporters, Josh, 2 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:15.720 Laura Bridget, Brian, Jason, and Don. Thank you for making 3 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:34.880 the show possible. Welcome back to Paranormal Mysteries and thank 4 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:39.000 you for joining me. I'm your hostess always, Nick Ryan. 5 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:42.840 Our first encounter of the night comes to us from 6 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:47.840 Rachel and Rachel says Hello, Nick. I started listening just 7 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:49.880 over a month ago, and I've been listening to your 8 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.119 podcast on my drive to college and to work, and 9 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:55.799 I really enjoy it. I want to share with you 10 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:00.039 my two experiences, one with the hat Man and one 11 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.840 with a UFO. For a bit of backstory, the house 12 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.120 I grew up in is in southwestern Ontario, about an 13 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.040 hour and a half outside of Toronto. The house was 14 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.239 a new build that my mom and dad had built, 15 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:16.319 and the land was not some old graveyard or burial site. 16 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.760 When I was younger, I used to sleep with my 17 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.799 door ajar because I felt that if the door was closed, 18 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.319 I would be further away from my mom. Additionally, the 19 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.439 way my bedroom was set up is that my bed 20 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.400 was against the wall and facing my door, so I 21 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.159 could see out a bit. One night, when I was 22 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.519 around six or seven, years old. I was having a 23 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.159 hard time getting to sleep. I don't know what time 24 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:40.560 it was, but it was a while after my mom 25 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.359 had finished reading me a story and shut out the lights. 26 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.879 I was tossing and turning, trying to get comfortable when 27 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.840 I turned toward my bedroom door, and that's when I 28 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.920 saw it. I saw a tall black figure with a 29 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.120 top hat and a black suit. I remember trying to 30 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.040 squint my eyes to see if it was one of 31 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.840 my sisters standing in the doorway, but all I could 32 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.439 see was darkness where there should have been a face. 33 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.319 I wanted to get up and shut my door so 34 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.800 that it would go away, but I couldn't move a muscle. 35 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.120 I can't remember how long he stood there, but eventually 36 00:02:12.159 --> 00:02:15.960 I just fell asleep. I don't remember being scared. I 37 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:20.520 just remember being confused. In the morning, I forgot all 38 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:23.280 about it. I remember telling my mom that I was 39 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.840 having a hard time keeping my eyes closed and that 40 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:28.039 there was a man in the doorway, but she just 41 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.520 brushed it off and bought me a sleep mask so 42 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.199 I could sleep better. I have been using a sleep 43 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:37.439 mask since then, and I cannot sleep without one. One 44 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.680 thing to note is that when I started sleeping with 45 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.680 a sleep mask. My sister started experiencing night terrors and 46 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:46.680 she would wake up in the night screaming. I don't 47 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:48.800 know if the hat man had anything to do with that, 48 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.879 but it was all kind of strange. My second experience 49 00:02:53.960 --> 00:03:00.159 is called sunset UFO. When I was around twelve or thirteen, 50 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.479 around seven pm in June, I went outside to take 51 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:06.240 a picture of the sunset. I wanted to have trees 52 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.840 in the background, so I walked a block over from 53 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:11.360 my house to where a small area of forest was. 54 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.120 It should also be noted that I had only walked 55 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.639 down my street and to the right, about four hundred meters. 56 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:20.439 I took a couple of pictures on my iPad and 57 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.159 then I started walking back home. When I was at 58 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:25.319 the corner of my street, I stopped to take a 59 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:27.599 look at the pictures, and that's when I noticed that 60 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.879 there was a black object in the sky. For reference, 61 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.719 I don't live anywhere near an airport, and the closest 62 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.439 one is over an hour away, and no flight path 63 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:40.240 commonly crosses over the town where I live. Trying to 64 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.520 zoom in on the black object in the sky, and 65 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.840 not knowing what it was, I looked up in the 66 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:48.319 sky and I saw the black object. It was circular 67 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.879 and hovering over the trees, not moving. I was old 68 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:54.280 enough to know what a UFO was, so I took 69 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.080 a couple more pictures, and then I started to head home. 70 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.919 Thinking back to this time, I don't remember getting home. 71 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.560 I just remember that I was just sort of there. 72 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:06.560 I still had the picture on my iPad, and I 73 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.039 decided to show it to my sisters. They found it strange, 74 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.240 and they played it off as if it were an 75 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:16.000 airplane and that I was just imagining things. After a 76 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.439 week had gone by, I remember telling my dad this 77 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:20.800 story and I went on my iPad to show him 78 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:24.199 the picture that I had taken. However, the picture was 79 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.600 nowhere to be found. To this day, I still cannot 80 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.560 find the multiple pictures that I took that day, and 81 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.720 I have no idea where they went. Thank you for 82 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:37.399 listening to my experience, and I hope that all of 83 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:45.879 you have a lovely day, Rachel. Our next experience of 84 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:50.879 the night comes to us from Walter, and Walter says, Hello, Nick. 85 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.360 I want to start off by thanking you for including 86 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.839 my previous letter in your recent podcast episode. There was 87 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:59.480 one more experience that I wanted to share that occurred 88 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.279 during the four years that I served in the US Navy, 89 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.040 but I thought the last letter was already long enough. 90 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.040 I'll include it in this letter, plus the other UFO 91 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:12.199 experiences that I've had in my life. My first experience 92 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:17.399 is called flight deck muster. In June of two thousand 93 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:19.439 and seven, I was in my third year of my 94 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.439 enlistment in the United States Navy when the ship was 95 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:27.959 going through planned Incremental availability or PIA in Coronado, California. 96 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:30.800 It's basically when the ship is in port for about 97 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:34.399 six months and going through the much needed maintenance and upgrades. 98 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.839 We usually did our morning musters on the flight deck 99 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:40.879 when in port. On this summer morning, while the first 100 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.959 class Petty Officer was giving us the standard safety brief 101 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.560 and going over the plan of the day, I noticed 102 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:49.399 a tear drop shaped cloud way up in the sky, 103 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.519 miles above the few clouds that were around that morning. 104 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.759 I don't know why something so distant would catch my attention, 105 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.920 but it did. I noticed that this teardrop shaped cloud 106 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.240 was traveling horizontally in relation to my point of view. 107 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:06.240 It continued to follow this path of travel for a 108 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:10.680 minute or two, and then an identical teardrop shaped cloud appeared. 109 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:13.839 The more I looked at these objects, the stranger they 110 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.519 appeared to me. I wasn't the only person who had 111 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.279 noticed them, either. Some of my shipmates were asking if 112 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.360 it was something entering the atmosphere like a meteor or 113 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:26.199 satellites falling out of orbit. Then when we all saw 114 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.959 the second object following the exact same path as the 115 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.519 first object, we figured they couldn't be clouds. What was 116 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.120 also strange about these objects was that they appeared to 117 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:39.519 be traveling very slowly from our perspective. Then the first 118 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:44.279 object did something most unexpected. It executed a perfect ninety 119 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:48.000 degree turn. I do not pretend to be an aerospace engineer, 120 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.560 but even today I doubt that any aircraft in existence 121 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.720 could perform such a sharp turn or crazy maneuver like 122 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:59.199 that without disintegrating. The second object continued the flight path 123 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:03.120 of the first one, including the ninety degree turn. At 124 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.560 the end of the morning muster, we were dismissed to 125 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.920 head out to our cleaning stations. I believe that what 126 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:12.199 my fellow sailors and I saw that day were UFOs 127 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.800 entering the atmosphere in broad daylight. That is the only 128 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:21.879 explanation that I have for this experience. My next experience 129 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:27.959 is called Trumpets in the Sky. In early January twenty eleven, 130 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:31.800 at around seven pm in Brawley, California, I was sitting 131 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.120 on my computer in my bedroom, scrolling through my Facebook feeds, 132 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.920 and this is when I heard loud, grinding, mechanical sounds. 133 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.120 I got up quickly to check my parents washing machine, 134 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:44.879 but it was not being used at that moment. I 135 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.079 went back to my room and I heard the strange 136 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.160 sounds once again. The more these sounds went off, the 137 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.639 more they sounded like someone was learning to use a 138 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.519 trumpet for the first time. But I couldn't isolate the 139 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.519 source of the sounds, and when I stepped outside onto 140 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.959 the back porch, it sound like these blairs were coming 141 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:05.639 from the sky. It was overcast that evening, a thick, 142 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:08.560 low cloud layer that appeared to cover the entire sky 143 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:13.000 way past the horizon. These strange, metallic sounds went on 144 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.759 for twenty to thirty minutes before they finally stopped. I 145 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.639 went back online to check my Facebook feeds and started 146 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:23.160 to see people from nearby community groups and pages posting 147 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:26.240 about the exact same sounds. That I heard scores of 148 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.519 people from Imperial County and cities as far as twenty 149 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.960 five minutes away were hearing the same trumpet like sounds 150 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.879 and inquiring what they were and if anyone had seen 151 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:39.679 what was making the sounds. Apparently everyone was just as 152 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.840 confused as I was. In the days and weeks that followed, 153 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.440 I came across videos from all over the world that 154 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.000 featured this phenomenon. There was one video out of Canada 155 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.519 that stuck out to me where there were tree fellers 156 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:55.320 out in the woods when they captured these similar trumpet 157 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.679 blairs in the sky. I remember another video in the 158 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.039 Los Angeles, California, that not only captured the metallic sounds, 159 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:08.080 but also an unidentified flying object just past the city skyline. 160 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.799 I believe that what I heard that January evening was 161 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.039 related to these events somehow, or was created by a 162 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:22.080 similar phenomenon at least. My next experience is called Giant 163 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:28.279 Triangle above the clouds. One night in October twenty twelve, 164 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.639 after my last evening class ended at nine thirty PM, 165 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.200 I was driving back from the local community college to 166 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.080 my parents' home in Brawley, California. It was partly cloudy 167 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.399 that night, and after I made the right turn to 168 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.799 get on the main highway to my town, I looked 169 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.399 over to my right and I happened to catch something 170 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.120 that if I had blinked, I would have totally missed it. 171 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.840 I was shocked to see three bright white lights go 172 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.679 off simultaneously. From what I could observe, there was one 173 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.840 large circular light on each of the three corners, and 174 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:01.759 the light that reflected from and the clouds below revealed 175 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.200 a massive black triangle that hovered over the eastern side 176 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.720 of my town, Brawley. This object had to be at 177 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.320 least a mile wide, if not slightly more. I was 178 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.000 focused on driving, but it would seem that the giant 179 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.559 flying object disappeared just as quickly as it had appeared, 180 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.200 and it left me wondering what the thing really was. 181 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:25.200 I have read online about theories that if UFOs are 182 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.360 of extraterrestrial origin, and if one or more have crashed 183 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:30.840 on Earth, then it would be highly likely that if 184 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.879 our government recovered one of these alien wreckages, then there 185 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.960 would be a concerted effort to reverse engineer them. I 186 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.080 theorized that this object that I saw that night might 187 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:43.960 have been a product of those efforts, or perhaps this 188 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:50.919 was an actual alien craft. Who knows. My next experience 189 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:56.679 is called New Year's Eve orange orbs. It was New 190 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:00.720 Year's Eve, December thirty first, twenty thirteen, around nine or 191 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.799 ten p m. When I witnessed another weird phenomenon in 192 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.720 the sky over my parents' house in Brawley, California. I 193 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.080 was enjoying the nice, cool December air outside and drinking 194 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:13.559 a beer with my brother in law, Chris, as well 195 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:17.080 as my childhood friend Robert. We were standing on the 196 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.879 interior streets of the mobile home park and I looked 197 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.279 over to the west where there is an adjacent agricultural field, 198 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.600 and I noticed an orange light. This orange light was 199 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.759 heading in our direction at a very slow speed, slower 200 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:33.840 than your typical crop dusting helicopter or drone. Even as 201 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.360 it got closer, it looked more like an orange orb 202 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.600 than anything resembling any type of aircraft. It made no sound, 203 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.679 and it shifted south almost at a ninety degree angle. 204 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:46.879 While making no sound, it just drifted away from our 205 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.399 field of vision. During the brief encounter with whatever this 206 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:53.240 thing was, my brother in law and my friend were 207 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:56.240 commenting on how weird it was. And we all confirmed 208 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.600 that we were not looking at any type of aircraft 209 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.200 that we could identify. After it left, we shrugged it 210 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:07.200 off and we continued drinking our beers. Thank you for 211 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:09.799 taking the time to read this letter, and I'm hopeful 212 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.080 that this will be featured in one of your podcasts. 213 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.159 Whenever I have free time again, I'll sit down and 214 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:19.000 write about my sleep paralysis episodes that plagued me in 215 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:26.039 my twenties. Take Carenick and have a great day. Sincerely, Walter. 216 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:34.519 Our next experience comes to us from Louise, and Louise says, 217 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.960 thank you so much for sharing my story. I've just 218 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:41.200 finished work and listened to your latest episode. It's so 219 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:43.679 lovely to have somewhere to listen to stories from other 220 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:47.039 people who have had these types of experiences. Not only 221 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.000 are they extremely interesting, but they also make me feel 222 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:53.200 like I'm not alone. I've got a few more experiences 223 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:57.080 to share if you're interested. And here's another. This happened 224 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:00.000 when I was eighteen and I had only recently passed 225 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:04.399 my driving task. One evening, I drove myself and two 226 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.320 of my friends to a local gym. As a relatively 227 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.720 new driver, I was still getting used to things like 228 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:13.120 parking and maneuvering in tight spaces, so I remember paying 229 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.519 particular attention when I pulled into the car park. As 230 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:19.440 I drove in, I spotted an empty space, and I 231 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.759 managed to pull straight into it the very first time. 232 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.000 I distinctly remember feeling pleased with myself and thinking, well, 233 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.399 that was easy. What makes the memory so clear is 234 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:31.399 that there was a lamp post directly in front of 235 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:34.759 the parking space. Before getting out, I remember looking just 236 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.399 over the bonnet to judge how much room I had left, 237 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:39.639 and making sure that I didn't get too close to it. 238 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.039 This was before parking sensors were common, so it was 239 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.120 something that I always paid attention to. The three of 240 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.559 us then went into the gym and we completed our workout. 241 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.879 When we came back out, something happened that none of 242 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.919 us could explain. As we walked across the car park, 243 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.519 all three of us stopped at the exact same moment. 244 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:01.360 I was so shocked that I dropped my gym bag. 245 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.120 My car was no longer in the space where we 246 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:07.120 all remembered leaving it. Instead, it was parked in the 247 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.919 space directly next to it. The problem was that this 248 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:12.519 parking space didn't have a lamp post in front of it. 249 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:16.200 All three of us immediately started questioning what we were seeing. 250 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.639 We looked at each other and said the same thing. 251 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.600 That's not where the car was. Now. My keys had 252 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.919 been in my gym bag the entire time, and the 253 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.879 bag had been locked in a locker. Nobody had access 254 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:31.480 to the car. The vehicle was parked perfectly within the lines, 255 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.720 so it certainly hadn't rolled anywhere, and even if it had, 256 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:37.120 it would have been impossible for it to somehow move 257 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.320 sideways and into the adjacent space. The more that we 258 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:44.080 thought about it, the stranger it seemed. So we went 259 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.559 back into the gym and asked whether we could view 260 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.799 the CCTV footage. The staff looked at us as though 261 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:52.840 we were completely mad, and they refused to show us anything. 262 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.639 Still trying to make sense of it, we got back 263 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:58.120 in the car and left the car park. I then 264 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.200 decided to try an experiment. I drove back around the 265 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.480 block and re entered the car park from exactly the 266 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.679 same direction and angle as I did when we first arrived. 267 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.919 What happened next only deep in the mystery. I discovered 268 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:13.159 that there was no realistic way I could have driven 269 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:15.919 directly into the space where the car was now parked. 270 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.919 To get into that particular space, I would have needed 271 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.840 to reverse reposition the car and then make additional maneuvers. 272 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.039 I knew that I hadn't done that. The only space 273 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:28.799 I could have pulled directly into in one smooth movement 274 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.960 was the original space, the one with the lamp post 275 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:36.240 that I remembered checking before getting out. The drive home 276 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:39.200 was understandably tense, and the three of us kept going 277 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:41.759 over the events, trying to work out whether any of 278 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:46.000 us could somehow be mistaken. But then something else happened. 279 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:49.960 While we were talking, the radio suddenly blasted to full 280 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.879 volume without warning. Nobody had touched it. The radio had 281 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:56.600 been on quietly in the background because we were chatting, 282 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:00.000 and this was long before steering wheel controls or modern tips. 283 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:03.679 No one was anywhere near the controls when it happened. 284 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:08.200 The noise made all of us jump. We pulled over immediately, 285 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:12.080 and we turned off the radio. To this day, none 286 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.840 of us have ever come up with a satisfactory explanation 287 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.759 for either incident. Perhaps there is one, but if there is, 288 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.759 we've never been able to find it. What makes it 289 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:24.200 so memorable is that there were three of us there, 290 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:28.000 and every one of us remembers it happening exactly the 291 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:39.799 same way. Thanks again, Louise. Before I continue, please consider 292 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.519 showing your support by subscribing, sharing, and giving the podcast 293 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.679 a positive review. You can also visit me on Patreon, 294 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.559 buy me a coffee, or PayPal, where you can make 295 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:52.159 a donation or become a member. You can even join 296 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:55.240 my Patreon for free and get access to future updates. 297 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.879 And of course, just being a listener is the best 298 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.039 support of all, and I'm grateful to have you here. Now, 299 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:05.359 please stay tuned and I'll be right back. After these 300 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:13.799 brief messages, our next experience comes to us from Maria, 301 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:22.000 and Maria calls her Experiences Between the Trees and the Stars. Hello, Nick, 302 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.119 I'm sharing my experiences with you by request of my 303 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:28.599 loving husband. He originally found your podcast and he shared 304 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.880 it with me. We both listen frequently and appreciate what 305 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:33.839 you do here, and we would love for you to 306 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:38.559 read this. So let's begin. I have had two experiences 307 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.759 in my life that I still cannot explain. They happened 308 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.559 many years apart, but both left me with the same 309 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:48.000 unsettling feeling. That I had witnessed something that didn't fit 310 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:52.119 into my understanding of the world. The first experience happened 311 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:54.720 in the summer of nineteen eighty nine, when I was 312 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.559 nine years old. My older brother was eighteen at this time, 313 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:00.960 and during the summers, we would often camp in the 314 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.720 woods behind our house in Burg Hill, Ohio. We had 315 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.480 seventeen acres of woods, and we spent so much time 316 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.519 out there that it felt like a second home to us. 317 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.960 One evening, we had already set up camp and decided 318 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:16.279 to walk back to the house to grab a few supplies. 319 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:18.920 By the time we were heading back to our campsite, 320 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:22.279 it had gotten completely dark. We also realized that we 321 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.000 had forgotten our flashlight. I remember being worried about walking 322 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:28.400 back through the woods in the dark, but my brother 323 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:31.200 wasn't concerned at all. He told me not to worry 324 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.119 because he knew those woods like the back of his hand. 325 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.279 As we made our way toward the camp site, I 326 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.880 noticed something that was standing beside a tree about thirty 327 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:43.799 feet away from us. At first, I couldn't make out 328 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.759 many details because of the darkness, but I could clearly 329 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.279 tell that something wasn't right about its shape. The head 330 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:53.960 appeared unusually long, and its arms seemed much longer than 331 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.880 they should have been. Even at nine years old. My 332 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:01.039 immediate thought was that it looked like an alien. I 333 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:03.160 pointed it out to my brother and I asked him 334 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:05.519 what it was. He looked at it and he said 335 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.759 he didn't know, but he suggested that we go and 336 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.000 check it out. He said that if it was someone 337 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:12.839 trespassing on our property that he would make them leave. 338 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:17.519 As we got closer, the figure became even stranger. The 339 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:19.759 closer we got, the more it resembled what I can 340 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:23.519 only describe as an alien like being. What made it 341 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:27.440 even more unsettling was how completely motionless it stood. It 342 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.680 didn't move at all. When we were about six feet 343 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.599 away from it, I grabbed my brother's arm. I remember 344 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.200 feeling terrified and telling him that I didn't want to 345 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:38.759 go any closer. However, he told me that it would 346 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:44.160 be okay. Then, without warning, the figure shifted behind the tree. 347 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.680 Now I don't mean that it walked behind the tree. 348 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:50.119 I didn't hear footsteps, I didn't hear leaves crunching. I 349 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:53.279 didn't hear any branches breaking. There was no sound at all. 350 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.680 One moment it was standing there and the next it 351 00:19:56.720 --> 00:20:00.759 had moved behind the tree with an unnatural quickness. My 352 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.839 brother immediately ran toward it and he went around the tree, 353 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.960 but there was nothing there. The area behind the tree 354 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:10.160 was empty. I remember asking my brother what we had 355 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.759 just seen, and I specifically asked him if it was 356 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:16.480 an alien and what happened next always stood out to me. 357 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:21.200 Instead of trying to explain it, my brother became extremely defensive. 358 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:24.039 He insisted that it was nothing, and he refused to 359 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.799 discuss it any further. No matter how many times I 360 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.920 brought it up, he wouldn't admit that he had seen 361 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:34.160 anything strange. We continued on to the camp site, but 362 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:38.559 that night something was different. Normally, my brother always slept 363 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:41.880 outside beside the fire. He loved camping, and he never 364 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.160 seemed afraid of anything. That night, however, he chose to 365 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.240 sleep inside the tent with me. He never admitted that 366 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:50.799 he was scared, but I couldn't shake the feeling that 367 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:53.480 whatever he saw when he ran behind the tree had 368 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:57.960 frightened him too. For years, I treated that experience as 369 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:02.799 a strange childhood memory. But then something happened. On May thirtieth, 370 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:07.319 twenty twenty six, my husband and I are professional truck 371 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:11.160 drivers and we team drive together. On that particular night, 372 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:13.880 I was driving while my husband slept in the bunk. 373 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:18.039 We were traveling eastbound on Interstate twenty in Mississippi, just 374 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:21.200 before Bolton. It was around one forty four in the morning. 375 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:25.519 The road was quiet. I noticed a car and a 376 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:28.519 pickup truck approaching from behind at a much higher speed 377 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:31.440 than mine. I assumed they were simply going to pass me, 378 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:35.759 as vehicles often do, but instead both vehicles suddenly slowed 379 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:38.799 down behind me. I remember thinking that this was odd 380 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:41.240 because there were no other vehicles on the road and 381 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.640 there was no obvious reason for them to slow down. 382 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:47.319 A few moments later, the pickup truck pulled out to pass, 383 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:50.160 and the car followed behind it. As the car was 384 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:53.440 moving alongside my truck, I noticed something ahead of us 385 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:57.119 in the sky. It appeared as a large circular object 386 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:01.599 descending from above. Around the perimeter, there were rotating green lights, 387 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:05.640 and across the middle were three illuminated bands, which also 388 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:10.240 appeared to be rotating. The object descended rapidly and then 389 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:13.599 stopped abruptly in mid air. The pickup truck, which was 390 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:16.319 now in front of me, immediately slammed on its brakes. 391 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:20.440 The car then did the same. I reacted instinctively, and 392 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:23.519 I hit my brakes hard to avoid a collision. As 393 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:25.799 I looked back up at the object, it appeared to 394 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.920 rotate downward into what I can only describe as a 395 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:32.920 classic UFO shape. It then drifted slowly to the right, 396 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.039 and then it shot straight upward at a speed that 397 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:41.359 seemed impossible. It vanished almost instantly. There was no sound, 398 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:47.279 no wind, no visible exhaust, nothing. By that point, both 399 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.240 the pickup truck and the car had pulled onto the 400 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:53.279 shoulder of the highway. I kept driving. Everything had happened 401 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:56.119