Oct. 29, 2025
Strangetober Macabre Minisode #7 | True Paranormal Stories for Halloween
All October long, Madame Strangeways celebrates Strangetober and Strangeoween with bonus mini episodes of spooky paranormal stories for Halloween! These macabre minisodes are narrations only, no commentary, but full episodes will still be released every other Wednesday as usual.
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Welcome back stranger.
It's strange Tober Eve eve and
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I'm celebrating with another
mini Strange O Ween episode.
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These macabre minisodes will be
story narrations only, but every
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other Wednesday I still release
a main episode with my usual
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commentary after the story,
including dragging you kicking
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and screaming down endless
rabbit holes.
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Obviously, before we get to our
true strange story.
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Just a quick reminder, if you're
ingesting a whole lot more scary
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content lately and you find
yourself scared and wide awake
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00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,880
at 3:00 AM, remember that you
can feel afraid and not be in
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danger.
Definitely, probably, maybe.
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And a special spectral shout out
to my Patreon patrons who helped
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make the podcast possible.
TJ Hotter of Tapes of
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Trepidation podcast, G Man Music
Ted, Keith and Tori, thank you
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to my Fiendish 5 for supporting
the show.
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Now it sounds like it's about to
rain Hellcats and Hell hounds
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out there, so you know what that
means.
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On to the true Strangel wean
stories here on Madam Strange
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Ways.
Phantom Cat by Jason So about 8
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years ago my older brother and I
were driving to a nearby gas
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station to fill up the car.
My brother was driving and I was
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in the passenger seat.
As we were pulling into the
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station, I saw a black cat that
was running across the road.
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Which is odd in itself because
the station is on a pretty busy
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highway and I've gone to that
station for years and have never
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seen a cat anywhere near there
before or afterwards to this
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day.
Yet as I was watching this cat
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run across the road, it got
about halfway across when
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suddenly it just faded away into
a plume of smoke right before my
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eyes.
I was completely stunned and was
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super confused.
I was watching a cat one second
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and the next it turned into
smoke.
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I remained totally silent and I
didn't say anything to my
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brother next to me because I was
still processing it and I was
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wondering if I was going crazy
or if my eyes were just playing
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tricks on me.
But then out of nowhere my
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brother suddenly spoke up and
said hey did did you just see a
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cat running across the road that
faded away into smoke?
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And I was super relieved and was
like oh good you saw that too.
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I thought I was going crazy.
Turns out both of us saw the
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exact same thing, what was
clearly a black cat running
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across the road and then
suddenly fading into smoke and
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dissipating away.
We still bring this up to each
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other and talk about it once in
a while when we're driving along
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somewhere together.
It was such an odd and strange
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experience, but I'm glad we both
got to experience it together as
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it made for a cool talking
topic.
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Saw something in my grandparents
old trailer by Anonymous.
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All right so this is stuck with
me for years and I still can't
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explain it.
I lived in Oklahoma from about
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2014 to 2017.
Small town, middle of nowhere,
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and at the time there was this
abandoned trailer house on our
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property used to belong to my
grandma.
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She and my grandpa lived in it
back in the day, but by the time
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I was a kid it was long
abandoned and used for storage.
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It was literally falling apart.
One day I was doing yard work
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with my brother and we were
heading back to the main house.
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On impulse, I looked into the
broken back window of that
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trailer, which was the bedroom
window, and I saw a pale, long
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limbed figure standing in the
shadows of the room, just
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silently waving at me.
I turned to my brother and
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asked, Do you see that?
And the second he looked, he
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just started running.
And of course, I also ran for
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the hills with him, Tripped on a
damn water pipe too.
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So yeah, we both saw it.
And a year later, I asked him
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again out of nowhere, remember
what we saw in the window.
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And he described it exactly how
I remembered.
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Same figure, same window, same
feeling of being watched by
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something.
Now the weird part, When I was
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way younger, possibly even
before I was born, I had this
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memory that always stuck with
me.
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My first conscious memory ever.
I was in this shed, brand new,
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looking totally clean and
bright.
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A man I didn't recognize was
talking to me, gently smiling.
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My brother was with me, putting
a necklace around my neck.
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Then the man walked into the
backroom of the shed and that
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was it.
Years later, I realized that
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shed from the memory existed in
real life, but I had no way of
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knowing that at the time.
It was my grandfather's old work
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shed connected to the same
property.
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I never saw it up close as a
kid, yet the memory matched it
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perfectly, literally down the
layout and how it looked when it
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was new.
I eventually told my dad the
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memory years after the fact and
he froze, asked me to describe
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the man.
I did.
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Tall, pale, short hair, kind but
serious face.
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My dad showed me a photo.
It was my grandfather, a man who
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died long before I was born.
I never saw a picture of him
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before then, but I knew that
face.
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So now I'm left with all of
this.
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A memory from before I had any
context where I met my deceased
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grandfather.
A necklace placed on me by my
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brother, almost like a ritual or
marking.
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A silent pale figure waving from
the trailer years later, The
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same trailer my grandparents
shared.
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Could the figure have been him
trying to reach back out or
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something tied to that land and
memory?
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Is it possible to remember
something from before you were
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even born?
I'm open to thoughts.
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Paranormal, spiritual,
ancestral, whatever angle you've
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got.
This still gives me the chills
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to this day.
Thanks.
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Midsummer Festival by Duchess
5788.
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I work in a pharmaceutical
company.
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Our site is big, think multiple
buildings, roughly 800 people
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working in shifts and away from
the general population. 20 plus
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minutes drive to the nearest
residential area.
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Last year we had A Midsummer
festival A2 hour event where
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employees could hang out, play
some games and have some snacks.
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I was volunteering.
It was set outdoors on a lawn
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under a tent.
I was talking to a participant
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and had the urge to look behind
me, away from all the buildings
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and near the woods.
On the asphalt Rd., which is
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only used for delivery trucks,
was a child about four or five
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years old in a Halloween costume
of a black bear and holding a
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pail, the pumpkin shaped one
kids use to collect candies.
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We kept looking at each other.
Then I walked to another
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volunteer and asked them what's
that kid doing here?
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They looked in the general
direction of my sight and said
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what kid?
I asked one more person if they
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could see a kid and they said
no.
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Then I turned around trying to
find someone I knew and when I
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looked back there was no one.
There could be a perfectly
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normal explanation for this, but
I couldn't figure out why no one
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else was able to see the kid.
And even if a delivery driver
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brought a kid with them, we are
not allowed as it's a
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manufacturing site.
Why would they be walking around
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in a bear costume in the
sweltering heat of August?
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Thank you for joining me.
For more true strange stories of
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the unexplained, remember that
you can feel afraid and not be
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in danger.
You're safe here with me,
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probably.
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It would mean the world to me.
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The underworld, obviously.
I mean, come on.
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Was that not?
Was that not clear?
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See you soon, she said
ominously.
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Welcome back stranger.
It's strange Tober Eve eve and
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I'm celebrating with another
mini Strange O Ween episode.
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These macabre minisodes will be
story narrations only, but every
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00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,960
other Wednesday I still release
a main episode with my usual
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00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,520
commentary after the story,
including dragging you kicking
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00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,280
and screaming down endless
rabbit holes.
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00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,120
Obviously, before we get to our
true strange story.
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00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,320
Just a quick reminder, if you're
ingesting a whole lot more scary
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00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,280
content lately and you find
yourself scared and wide awake
10
00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,880
at 3:00 AM, remember that you
can feel afraid and not be in
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00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,480
danger.
Definitely, probably, maybe.
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00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,880
And a special spectral shout out
to my Patreon patrons who helped
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00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,360
make the podcast possible.
TJ Hotter of Tapes of
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00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:55,520
Trepidation podcast, G Man Music
Ted, Keith and Tori, thank you
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00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:57,680
to my Fiendish 5 for supporting
the show.
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Now it sounds like it's about to
rain Hellcats and Hell hounds
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out there, so you know what that
means.
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On to the true Strangel wean
stories here on Madam Strange
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Ways.
Phantom Cat by Jason So about 8
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years ago my older brother and I
were driving to a nearby gas
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station to fill up the car.
My brother was driving and I was
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in the passenger seat.
As we were pulling into the
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station, I saw a black cat that
was running across the road.
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Which is odd in itself because
the station is on a pretty busy
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highway and I've gone to that
station for years and have never
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seen a cat anywhere near there
before or afterwards to this
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day.
Yet as I was watching this cat
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run across the road, it got
about halfway across when
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suddenly it just faded away into
a plume of smoke right before my
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eyes.
I was completely stunned and was
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super confused.
I was watching a cat one second
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and the next it turned into
smoke.
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I remained totally silent and I
didn't say anything to my
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brother next to me because I was
still processing it and I was
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wondering if I was going crazy
or if my eyes were just playing
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tricks on me.
But then out of nowhere my
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brother suddenly spoke up and
said hey did did you just see a
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cat running across the road that
faded away into smoke?
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And I was super relieved and was
like oh good you saw that too.
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I thought I was going crazy.
Turns out both of us saw the
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exact same thing, what was
clearly a black cat running
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across the road and then
suddenly fading into smoke and
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dissipating away.
We still bring this up to each
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other and talk about it once in
a while when we're driving along
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somewhere together.
It was such an odd and strange
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experience, but I'm glad we both
got to experience it together as
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it made for a cool talking
topic.
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Saw something in my grandparents
old trailer by Anonymous.
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All right so this is stuck with
me for years and I still can't
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explain it.
I lived in Oklahoma from about
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2014 to 2017.
Small town, middle of nowhere,
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and at the time there was this
abandoned trailer house on our
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property used to belong to my
grandma.
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She and my grandpa lived in it
back in the day, but by the time
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I was a kid it was long
abandoned and used for storage.
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It was literally falling apart.
One day I was doing yard work
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with my brother and we were
heading back to the main house.
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On impulse, I looked into the
broken back window of that
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trailer, which was the bedroom
window, and I saw a pale, long
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limbed figure standing in the
shadows of the room, just
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silently waving at me.
I turned to my brother and
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asked, Do you see that?
And the second he looked, he
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just started running.
And of course, I also ran for
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the hills with him, Tripped on a
damn water pipe too.
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So yeah, we both saw it.
And a year later, I asked him
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again out of nowhere, remember
what we saw in the window.
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And he described it exactly how
I remembered.
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Same figure, same window, same
feeling of being watched by
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something.
Now the weird part, When I was
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way younger, possibly even
before I was born, I had this
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memory that always stuck with
me.
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My first conscious memory ever.
I was in this shed, brand new,
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looking totally clean and
bright.
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A man I didn't recognize was
talking to me, gently smiling.
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My brother was with me, putting
a necklace around my neck.
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Then the man walked into the
backroom of the shed and that
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was it.
Years later, I realized that
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shed from the memory existed in
real life, but I had no way of
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knowing that at the time.
It was my grandfather's old work
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shed connected to the same
property.
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I never saw it up close as a
kid, yet the memory matched it
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perfectly, literally down the
layout and how it looked when it
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was new.
I eventually told my dad the
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memory years after the fact and
he froze, asked me to describe
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the man.
I did.
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Tall, pale, short hair, kind but
serious face.
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My dad showed me a photo.
It was my grandfather, a man who
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died long before I was born.
I never saw a picture of him
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before then, but I knew that
face.
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So now I'm left with all of
this.
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A memory from before I had any
context where I met my deceased
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grandfather.
A necklace placed on me by my
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brother, almost like a ritual or
marking.
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A silent pale figure waving from
the trailer years later, The
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same trailer my grandparents
shared.
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Could the figure have been him
trying to reach back out or
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something tied to that land and
memory?
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Is it possible to remember
something from before you were
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even born?
I'm open to thoughts.
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Paranormal, spiritual,
ancestral, whatever angle you've
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got.
This still gives me the chills
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to this day.
Thanks.
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Midsummer Festival by Duchess
5788.
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I work in a pharmaceutical
company.
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Our site is big, think multiple
buildings, roughly 800 people
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working in shifts and away from
the general population. 20 plus
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minutes drive to the nearest
residential area.
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Last year we had A Midsummer
festival A2 hour event where
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employees could hang out, play
some games and have some snacks.
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I was volunteering.
It was set outdoors on a lawn
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under a tent.
I was talking to a participant
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and had the urge to look behind
me, away from all the buildings
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and near the woods.
On the asphalt Rd., which is
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only used for delivery trucks,
was a child about four or five
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years old in a Halloween costume
of a black bear and holding a
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pail, the pumpkin shaped one
kids use to collect candies.
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We kept looking at each other.
Then I walked to another
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volunteer and asked them what's
that kid doing here?
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They looked in the general
direction of my sight and said
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what kid?
I asked one more person if they
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could see a kid and they said
no.
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Then I turned around trying to
find someone I knew and when I
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looked back there was no one.
There could be a perfectly
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normal explanation for this, but
I couldn't figure out why no one
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else was able to see the kid.
And even if a delivery driver
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brought a kid with them, we are
not allowed as it's a
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manufacturing site.
Why would they be walking around
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in a bear costume in the
sweltering heat of August?
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See you soon, she said
ominously.