Listener Stories: Vol. 119 (featuring Guest Host Xandy Schiefer)

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Twining. Twining. Episode 429, the question of how quantum physicists might explain chronological inconsistencies when in a space inhabited by a ghost was brought up. As a woman who is months away from getting her PhD in quantum physics, I feel like I might be able to provide some ideas for you. Firstly, and in my opinion, the most boring option, so I'm getting it out of the way, is the theory of parallel timelines. Not only do I think this one is a little played out, but it doesn't work so well if you can point to a specific person who has passed and claim they're the spirit altering time in that space. So it would be more for a case of stumbling into a situation where time is altered and assuming the cause of supernatural in nature. In this case, you might suppose a ghost is a resonance, something that made the jump from their timeline to yours from a parallel timeline where their situation is still playing out. So like, they were still alive or so, like in a scenario where they were dead in this one, but we're alive in this one, I assume. Sorry, I feel like I've lost everybody. Wow, somewhere M is out of wedding or something also lost, just feeling the energy of what I'm reading out loud. Okay, this would produce an interference effect. Think of it as a ripple or an echo, not the moment itself, but a direct byproduct which skews our perception in that location. My second slightly more favorite thought is that of localized anomalies. Quantum theory allows us to consider vacuum fluctuations and is even pranking me. Vacuum fluctuations and violations of energy from their classically accepted perception in small scales. If a ghost is considered to be a localized field disturbance, it wouldn't be a unheard of for it to interact with space and time in abnormal ways. This could cause distortions of time perception to a person experiencing one of those pockets. Is that where my cognitive distortions come from? Totally, it's a ghost. It's a ghost. Oh my God, it explains so much. Yeah. General relativity suggests that gravity affects time, i.e. time travel could absolutely be happening currently, but the person experiencing it wouldn't be able to make it back to their present for thousands of years because of the difference in the gravitational pull in going versus coming. So don't despair just because you haven't had your future self tell you they've figured it out. So this field disturbance, that was all at parentheses. So this field disturbance would be able to cause distortions in time perception, now on to theories I find more appealing. OK, I need a pause. Remember when you were going to have me read this? Like, I'm sorry. I can't believe this is what is number one. I'm so happy. I don't know clue what I asked or what the fuck this question was. I'm like, I'm ready. Whatever's coming next, I'm excited for it. There's not even that much left. So this must be concise. And then I think, I mean, the way Eva pitched this entire series of stories was classic ghost stories. So I think after this, maybe we'll get into the ghost. But man, this is exciting. We are getting into the ghost. I guess we're getting really into the ghost. We're getting into the ghost. Whoa. Carlo Revelli is a physicist who proposes time is not fundamental, but emerges from the relationship between quantum events. Hey, yeah, I say that. You say that all the time. Wait, do you think he took that from you? Probably. What the fuck? In this thought, the ghost could interfere with these processes, particularly in locations which have experienced high-emotioner energy thus disrupting the flow of time. This could be portrayed in perceived time slips, repeating events, or strange chronology in haunting places, like the haunting of Hill House, or scattered, like the rest is confetti speech. I don't remember that very well, but-- Yes. Great. Series. There is also the theory of quantum entanglements suggesting that time and space are more flexible at the quantum level than we perceive. Think of it as a tapestry woven together where particles can instantly influence each other across space, right? That's exactly. If we were to imagine a ghost as a residual entanglement, they could still be part of that connected particle. In that case, if the entanglement were unusually strong, again, high-emotioner energy, it might have the ability to drag localized time perception. I swear, I tried to keep this tight, but it's all too interesting to be cut and dry. Keep asking the questions, and keep your mind expanded for the space answers need. There are more than enough possibilities to fill it. Whoa. Did we just now enter another-- Alexander and I were just talking-- Be honest, I hope not. I'm kind of-- well, I've been saying that for years, and it keeps happening. It's like, when does it stop? Wow, that was just so-- Lenore, I'm honored to know you, and I'm honored that you took the time to write that out, truly. Thank you. It's nicer than she's-- nicer thing than she's ever said to me before. That's a nicer thing than I've ever said to anyone, honestly. That was crazy. You're just a-- I just-- I would love to talk to you about this forever. So if you're looking for your applications-- Yeah. Applications for what? Yeah, I don't know the app at me. The app at someone. Well, best of luck with your defense and whatnot. I know. Congratulations in advance. Very exciting. And thanks for making the world a cooler place. I've said it before. I hate to cook, but you know what Alson hates? Alson hates to shop, which is-- by the way, such a sin to me. But I get it. Sometimes people just don't have the time. Sometimes people don't want to walk around forever and just hope that you find the right thing. 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It's probably about us. One time I was with a group and like just said, a friend's house and my one of our clips from Beach, Shusani popped up is like a recommendation. So someone clicked on it and they played it. And I laughed at my, something I said, so cringed. No one else is really laughing. It's always funny when you're like, oh, like, he's like, oh, like, oh, well, you find it funny. It's literally what I really do. It's more affirming to me when I laugh at our own rules than when anyone around me does. Because I'm like, I literally don't care if you guys find it funny. Like, I was so freeing to the final. It is. Anyway, I do, I very much laugh at myself all the time. I'm so fucking funny. I hope that's not what this is about. Anyway, I say, Andy, how did they know? No, I'm just kidding. I don't say that for some reason. It says, hello, M seen, and Eva. I've listened to every episode and honestly can't get through the week without listening to an episode. So on that note, let's crack into it. Back in 2012, my family and I moved into a house in Carmichael, California, about 20 minutes from Sacramento. When we first walked in, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, except the eerie feeling of being watched, especially in the back of the house where the bedrooms were located. Every time I walked down that hallway, it felt like I was entering someone else's territory like I wasn't welcome. Now, this is the part of the story you've probably heard a million times. Enters. The woman in white is like, what the story I've heard a million times. I don't remember this one. Oh, boy. Alexander, get me some. Let me get Lenora on the phone. What time line am I in? Someone's pulling the gravitational local. Yeah. Okay. There's a localized disturbance. There's a disturbance in the localized energy. Okay. The woman in white or person in white, since we can't assume their pronouns. Oh, beautiful. It's multiple unexplained incidents in the house, drapes wishing up as if a gust of wind swept through despite all windows and doors being closed. The sound of footsteps in the back rooms when I was home alone and doors closing on their own. It wasn't until I saw her that everything made sense. No. In 2022, I injured my leg and needed surgery, ACL repair, meniscus tear. I got my knee kicked in at a crewella concert, but that's a story for another time. I was basically confined to my bed for three weeks. My room is at the end of the hall. The left wall shared with my mom's room and the front wall where the door is shared with my sister's room. One day during recovery, I was propped up in bed, home alone, talking to my mom on the phone. I was probably rambling to get her off the line so I could resume my show when I suddenly got the feeling I was being watched. That's when I saw her. I'm not going to downplay this. This wasn't a. Hmm. Did I see something moment? This was a straight out of a horror movie situation. You know the kind. The main character looks toward a doorway and sees half a body when I peeking around the corner and an old pale hand gripping the door frame, but for slowly slipping out of view, that kind of situation. I was in a mix of shock in this of Hill House. We just discussed it. That's true. Oh, creepy. Creepy. I was in a mix of shock and disbelief for several reasons. One, I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. Two, if it was real and someone was in the house, I was alone, unable to run and had no idea what their intentions were. Three, right? You're literally, yeah, you're covering in bed. It's not even sleep paralysis. It's, oh my God, you're right. You can't even like move your pinky and get out of it. Your whole leg is just, you're just like, you're screwed. You're trapped. Three, I could finally put a face to the activity happening in the house. The woman was old frail with long hair down to her midsection and wore white silk night gown. No. The creepiest part, she was smiling. No. Not a kind smile, but a sinister one. I interrupted my mom mid sentence is someone is I would argue this lady interrupted. You interrupted you midlife and mid like trying to recover from its horrific injury, but okay, sure. Yeah, you interrupted. Is someone there? Oh my no reply. My mom got worried. Who are you talking to? I told her I thought I saw someone in my doorway. I listened closely for a movement. Nothing. Silence. Even though I knew what I saw, I pretended like it didn't bother me. About a month later, I found out I was the only one who had seen her late one night. I woke up with a jolt and realized I was halfway down my bed. My legs hanging off the end. Someone or something had yanked me down. No. I scurried back up and sat there trying to piece together what had just happened. Not wanting to scare myself further. I eventually went back to sleep. The next morning, I asked my sister how she slept. She sometimes deals with sleep paralysis and she told me about her experience the night before. She's like, I sleep last night and I dreamt that I yanked someone's legs off. This is the sister saying this now. I woke up and couldn't move or call out. And there was this old woman standing next to my bed staring at me, smiling. No. Then she slowly walked through the wall into your room. The hair is on the back of my neck stood up horrified. I told her what had happened to me. Even though I encountered the entity twice, that was the last time anything physical happened in the house. I don't know if the smiling went. She was a trickster who had her fun and left or if she's playing the long game. Oh my God. I hope you enjoyed my story or stories. I plan on sending more soon, especially about our in-home ghost hunting experience with the spirit box murder buried fireplace. But that's for another time. Sincerely a dedicated fan, Jacob. Now that was meant to be read by you. Oh, good. That Microsoft's Sam impression at the end of this hot tier fireplace. I've never heard anything like it except from the actual Microsoft Sam himself. May he rest in peace. I can only assume. I, wow. I'm really, what was the, the, the guerrilla's name? Rambe? No, the one on the, the computer that's saying, daisy, daisy that the like, the little helper guerrilla that would pop up and was like a fucking, probably a fucking virus. I have no clue what you're talking. I think this is a, this is a man, this is when Mandela effects really shine. I, isn't it? It's never believed. It's name is a man. Stop it. I've never believed in Mandela effects, as you know, but I feel like I'm starting to understand it finally, because I'm like, what the fuck are you even talking about? We grew up in the same house with the same computer, and I have no clue. You're an idiot. I know. It's like a purple. Okay, wait, now I'm starting to okay. Okay. No, it's the daisy thing, but I can't stop. That's right. Show me that. I think I'm, I talk, I email, I browse, I sing, I laugh. Yeah. What the fuck kind of, that does more than my Siri does. Yeah, I know. What the fuck is, I mean, how is it 2026? And we have not surpassed that level of help with our devices. This is really irritating to me. Okay, so thank you, Jacob, for that horrible story. I'm terrified. And I don't know why that lady like, oh, she's a trickster. That's it. Let's just go with that. Oh, yeah, but I just know. You just know. I know. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, let's not, let's hope she never shows up. This is from Sylvan, she, they, and it's called Appalachian, they be and the entity that is still following me. I know, man. Whoa. All of the titles, I guess, in here are like follow-up, boy lyrics, basically, or follow-boys song titles, I should say. Now this one, Alexander says, hey, Eva, I'm Christine, at all. So that's I'm in there. I am Sylvan, like, windowsill, van. What? That's it. I know, that's a name. I know. Okay, I mean, maybe people mess it up. I mean, yeah, but like, I guess that's how you would say sale because what else would. Yeah, but I like, I love this too, parentheses Aquarius. Oh, also makes sense. All of it makes sense. Yes. And I started listening in October 2025. And as of now, June, 2026, oh my gosh, wow, I'm up to episode 327. I'm a rural male carrier. And I have your podcast on for four to eight plus hours six days a week. Jeez, no, I am. You good? No, there's no way. It says no, I am not tired of you all and absolutely love your presence. That's so kind. I very, very recently wrote in this story, but I was cuddling my four-year-old born 20 days after Lyona and feel like I didn't portray the story with as much justice as I could have. I finally worked up the courage and motivation to write in about one of the most influential and creepy entities in my life. I've experienced many paranormal events, but this one by far has had the biggest impact. This is a bit longer, but I promise it's worth a read to preface most of the events surrounding this entity happened over many years. And it wasn't until the last couple years that I've recognized all of the synchronicity. So let's knuckle buckle and crack into it. This whole story begins with the nightmare I had when I was about 15. I'm standing in the kitchen of my then apartment, looking out the window to the back parking lot. My mom was in her car about to leave and shouted, "Find Elizabeth." In normal dream fashion, I knew exactly what that meant, and immediately went to leave the kitchen to find Elizabeth. Instead of exiting to what should have been the hallway, I was met with a long dark staircase leading down to a door surrounded by a red illuminating light. Even in my nightmare, I was like, "Apps are fucking lootly not." But when I went to go back into the kitchen, everything was gone. Nothingness and black. I was forced to go down the staircase. I begrudgingly made my way down to the door, and when I opened it, there was the living room of the apartment. There was no furniture and only a vent on the floor. In real life, the only vent present in that room was one on the wall connected to my actual bedroom. All around me was a loud breathing, a red aura, and a small voice progressively getting louder, saying, "Help me." As the voice echoed around, I knew I had to check the vent. No, you didn't. But if she doesn't, everything turns black. I don't know. It feels like there's no choice. But you're right. Sometimes blackness is better than whatever's in the fucking vent saying, somebody put that on. What's that quotes website? Where people like Ms. Quote are. Quote A to Z. Yeah, rhymezone.com. I love rhymezone. Give it to the gorilla. He'll know what to do. He'll know how to email it to someone. That thing never, you're right. It was totally a virus. Okay, so I knew I had to go to the vent. Oh my god. I remember my heart being faster as I made my way to the vent. And with each step, the voice became louder and more intense. When I finally reached the vent, I looked down, saw two beautiful blue eyes, which quickly faded to an ash in black as everything went silent. Then suddenly, the most demonic voice you could imagine, loudly boomed. Help me. That's when I woke up. I was obviously shaken. But vivid dreams and nightmares weren't new to me. If you had a nightmare like this, would you freak out or would you be like just just another day? I depends on the phase of my life. No, I probably freak out because I don't think I've had a one like that. I think I've had a dream like that in a very long time. But like a month ago, because I had just, I'm working on a short film. It's in post-production right now. It's a horror film. And I had a dream while like we were doing pre-production stuff. I had a dream that the director of the film, who's a friend of mine, was like at my place and I was hiding from him under my bed. And like he was coming after me for some reason. That's your next horror movie. It's gone. It's gone right. It's right in the brain already. And in the dream, he like walking and I see his feet and like walking like the other very normal, whatever horror trope. And then I realized, oh no, I got to get the jump on him. Like I can't just let him find me. Like I got to get the advantage. And on the other hand, I'm like, good job dream me. I feel like that's pretty good. Pretty good move. Yeah, I'm Carl younging you right here. You're like fucking nailing it. Thank you. And then I, so I go and leap out from under the bed and I wake up and I'm literally throwing myself off of my bed in real life. Did you have to pee because sometimes I I always have to pee when I wake up no matter when I wonder if those kind of dreams where they're like push They're like trying to get you up Up to pee not till like totally diminish your crazy dream But like yeah, I mean maybe but that's pretty wild Because he did used to sleepwalk and it really did used to scare me a lot But that was like I usually only have those when I'm like taking a nap Like sometimes I'll have something like that where I'm like I'd like like sleep paralysis Happens the most to me but that was like a little I don't think that was a nap But anyway that one was weird. Did you go back to sleep after that? No, I went over to the director's house and I dealt with him first before he could get me You're like I grabbed his ankles didn't I tell you anyway, so I'm the director now that's more of the story If we've never heard from that guy again, it's a weird thing Don't check under my bed. Oh my god. I'll jump out first before you get there Yeah, you are the horror story, I guess is the In the movie I do play the villain. Yeah, maybe that was what this was all about Do I maybe you should watch it when it comes out of end of October maybe we should okay, so Yeah, I guess you're allowed your guest. You're a lot of promise. Oh, yeah. No, I know. I know. Oh, I'm taking I'm crossing that off my list right now We also never let our guests do that. So, you know, you might as well insert it while you can I've special privileges I'm like I've Probably I've been listening longer than 99% of the longer but not but what do you mean longer like as in I'd listen before them Yeah And then stopped And now you don't know what you're like what's a lady in white. So like yeah, you're you're yeah, okay Oh, you mean you mean that little broad I got it home. Alexander my lady in white. Wait, she won't stop smiling I tried to charge her that hag Let's stop it now. I sound like a hag. Listen. 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Cool Like your retainer Hi, Eva Christine M and the rest of the ATWD crew I've been listening since 2020 and finally have a story that might be interesting enough Back in April, I went, you know, I will say they said might be interesting enough with three question marks So they're kind of like she's doubting herself here. Yeah, but also is saying like But like you should maybe pay attention. Yeah, because three question marks tells me like All right, I'll keep scanning. Yeah. I realize though that like I didn't Make it clear there were three questions. Oh, I see so yeah, so it's like doubting but like clearly Eva The things that made the cuts made it here. I might cut it after I'm done The final cut I feel that's been approved. Okay back in April I went to the Renfair and bought a good luck bracelet that you tie on your wrist until it falls off And then it's supposed to bring you the good luck classic. And then you're like, please Like is it still stuck on you? Mine was mine has been on there since like 2008 I think That's all your life sucks. I know that was the joke. Yeah, I know I'm actually saying that's funny. Thanks. I've had it tied on my ankle since then up until this week Sorry Like what a big mistake she what why she bought a good luck bracelet that you tie on your wrist I had it on my ankle. Hello. Oh my god. You're breaking the rules here. Oh my god. Oh my god. You're messing with something. Yeah, you're like Amelia Bedelia but a Like but a witch, you know, like a cure a witch. Yeah, yeah, you topsy turvy the whole spell You know, Amelia Bedelia the whole house spell holy shit, so I'm worried Wait, what if Hannah walks on her hands? That's what I was gonna say. I was thinking that it's Amelia Bedelia thing to do. It sure is Anyway, so have you drawn the curtains yet? Let me know. I'm nervous to read the rest after hearing about the ankle. Okay Okay, I have had it tied on my ankle since then up until this week After work one day on a Tuesday, I was sitting in my car talking to a friend and I had my leg propped up on the seat and I was playing with it But not on this thing wasn't the tightest so I remember kind of pulling it to be a little bit tighter Once I got home that night I realized the bracelet was no longer on my ankle. I thought cool. I finally get some good luck and didn't think much of it I didn't work again until Saturday so about four days had passed since my bracelet had fallen off I was going about my business opening the restaurant when something caught my eye There on the floor next to a table was my bracelet the same braid same bead same color and everything At first I thought it was kind of amusing and then I realized I hadn't been to work in four days and definitely had it after work The last time I worked the part that creeped me out more was that it was still tied Oh I started thinking maybe it had gotten caught in my pant leg when it fell off But that didn't make sense because to get off my ankle It would have had to slip completely off of my foot and not at all in my pant leg Then I thought maybe it's the same socks as last time don't worry I did laundry in between those days and maybe it was caught in my sock. I definitely would have felt it Other people thought maybe my work shoes picked them up but I always changed my work shoes as I get into my car So it wasn't even wearing them when it fell off Then when I got home that day I tried to put it back on my ankle to see if it could even fall off while it was still tied And smart and then not had to be loosened to get on Lenore would be so proud of this science experience Yes, yes For the life of me I can't understand how this happened and truly believe it was some sort of glitch in the matrix Or the disappearing object phenomenon and had reappeared at my work Like it truly freaked me out Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this email I appreciate the stories and humor you guys bring to my commutes Okay, did you take the did you take it? Do you pick it up? Did you put it back on? Yeah, what's next? Did you get have good luck? Oh, was it like 90 to put it back on? Yeah, like if it on your wrist this time I think that's what it's telling you I think that's what it's telling you you were supposed to put it on your wrist Yeah, or at least like call it an ankle it if you're gonna have it on your ankle right? I right You know right not but that does feel very trickster like be nitpicky I just when you're dealing with this like luck and the universe things are kind of a wonky with it when it's like charms and mischief and Anything mischief fair, you know, I just know there's mischief involved. There is mischief. I've never been to a ren fair And it's because I fear I fear the mischief the fairies would mess with you for sure Yeah, and so I think it was trying to get to me It sounds like something in that of that vein So it doesn't sound dangerous, but it is I do fully believe that I mean my retainer Had literally appeared. It was We would walk back into the woods there with flashlights and look everywhere for it That's how lost it was and put stakes in the ground. We did a whole grid System people were walking arm and arm. We called the Rangers Um, and they put out an APV and all points bulletin and oh, thank you. Yeah for those who don't know Yeah, thanks so much for this you don't listen to my podcast. Thank you would never have known that and Yeah, wow. Okay, so let's get into this This next one is called sleep paralysis or haunted house Rebecca Sounds sound like a very fun game Fuck Mary kill sleep paralysis or haunted house Rebecca who uses any pronouns primarily she heard Hello, everyone. I started listening to and that's where we drink in 2023 after my friend. Yeah See he's already proving his worth here His value after my friend showed me one of your episodes since then I've been trying to catch up And I've made it to the 2023 episodes I've been wanting to write in for a while and always told myself I would wait However my dog Arley Quinn 11 years old winning for urgent dental surgery Oh, no, and it was the first time I had put had her put under anesthesia and to be honest I was an anxious mess. I was considering submitting my story as a distraction when I got a message from you all saying I was one of the winners for the giveaway of Amy bruney's book that you did What see this is what I'm saying these synchronicities Finding that out help make my day easier. I love Amy bruney I like chat with her now and stuff online. She's like such a delight. I brag much No, it's like she's just like such she chats with like everyone, but it's like oh she's on kindred spirits and she's like very She was on our show and it was very like I was very stressed star struck, you know, she's like one of my ghost icons. Um, and my neighbor Troy, he was like so beside. Oh, I thought your neighbor Troy was another one of your ghost icons. Oh no, he's just, he also obsessed with Amy Boone. Amy Troy and Zach Bates. No, um, chip coffee also. Oh, well, how could I forget? That's insane that you forgot. My bad, my bad, my bad. Okay. Uh, uh, I was considering submitting my story. Wow, that's crazy. Finding that out helped make my day easier and considering I never went giveaways, I took it as a sign that everything would be okay. And it was time to submit my story. I'm gonna cry to start us off. I have narcolepsy and occasionally I've sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations due to this. The very first sleep paralysis episode I had occurred at a dog sitting house. The house I was staying at was in the middle of nowhere and hidden from the road. I was dog sitting a 15 year old miniature poodle for an elderly couple that only used a small portion of their home due to this. I almost never went into the basement, used the rest of the main floor or went upstairs unless I absolutely had to. I had already dogs sat at their house a couple of times and never had any bad feelings there. It always felt very calm until my third or fourth time staying there. I brushed it off thinking that I was freaking myself out after consuming too much spooky content while being alone. It was New Year's Eve 2018 or 2019 and I had left the house late to go to a party with my partner that was about 45 minutes away. After the party, I knew I was too tired to safely drive so I took a quick power nap and return back to the house, took care of the dog and went straight to sleep. Normally I would close a bedroom door but the dog wanted to stay in the living room so I left it open. I woke up unable to move, staring out the windows that looked out onto their front lawn. From behind me, I could hear the rustling of a plastic bag and remember thinking that was odd because I wasn't expecting my partner to come by the house that morning. That's when I heard a deep chuckle coming from behind me and a deep voice that said, I'm glad the door was open. Especially when somewhere subconsciously deep down, like you knew you wanted the door closed and now you're hearing like the I'm glad the door was open, like you're worst, like oh my god. At that point I was somehow simultaneously viewing myself from bird's eye view and still staring out the window. I saw/felt my body get lifted by my legs and thrashed around by an invisible force. I woke up shortly after that. It sounded like that lady pulling the leg. Following the minister, the trickster men is pulling my leg. She was just pulling your leg. We figured it out. Finally, now she can go to the light. I just felt her go to the light. That's so beautiful. You finally got the punch line. Following that, I was terrified to step foot into the bedroom, let alone sleep in there. So the next night I decided I would try to sleep in the living room with the TV on. In the living room, they had two recliner chairs, so I got as comfy as I could and after many hours of being too scared to close my eyes, I eventually fell asleep. Oh boy. When I woke up, I hallucinated an old man sitting in the recliner chair sitting next to me staring at me. You would think that after that, I would have decided not to return to that house, but you would be wrong. The job was easy. They paid me well and sometimes they would have me dogs sit for two to three months straight. One of those times, I woke up staring out the same windows as before and unable to move while there was a massive battle/attack happening in the front yard. This is a time slip thing like seeing a battle, a quantum, a little more. You know, I even knew what was up putting one more first. Yes, she did. Another time I woke up to my mom's voice repeatedly telling me to come upstairs, just like the other story. Remember, like go get Elizabeth and like going downstairs and like that and all that. When I realized there was no way that was my mom talking to me, the voice went back to a deep chuckle like from the first sleep paralysis. Yeah, there's like an entity there that's fucking around and said there has to be it. What? Yeah, and said that said something along the lines of, "I almost got you." What the fuck? Then there was the time I had a life-like vivid dream that I was transported back in time and I was trying to help solve the murder that happened there. I know nothing about the actual history of this house, Lenore seriously, because you're talking about high energy places and stuff. I know nothing about the actual history and have it in back in years. Down the road from the nuclear reactor? Oh, the one in Chernobyl. Yeah. Yeah, it is actually. There's like a Google Maps address here. I know that stress case, she dogs it's there. I know that stress can be a trigger for sleep paralysis, but I've never had as many episodes that I did while staying there. Yes, there's either some sort of, yes, no doubt. Talk to Lenore. It has been in debate with my friends and whether or not this was actually a haunting. I mean, it's something. Thank you so much for all your episodes. You have kept me entertained on a multiple long drive, stay spooky friends. Wow. That was really upsetting. Thank you. What a trip, though. I mean, multiple trips, I guess. Multiple trips. Yeah. I wonder how many more times she's going to end up going back. I was going to say I wonder what it takes to because honestly, I think it was a lot because I think for me, it would be after the recliner, man, because then I'm like, oh, anywhere I am, if someone's just going to be there when I wake up, I don't think I'd like the battle is like, I think I could be like, whoa, that was a crazy experience. You kind of like remove yourself from the better. Yeah. Yeah. The guy looking at you, anybody looking at me is not going to happen. I know in the past, I have already talked about this with you guys when talking about how much we love OSEA, especially in our household. I recently went through a bit of a downsizing situation. I made Allison join in on that. And when it came to clearing things off of our nightstands and things like that, she was like, finally, I'll get rid of everything, but I'm not taking away the OSEA. That is staying on the nightstand because she loves to do it right before she goes to bed. There's a lot of skincare products out there that claim that they're clean and simple and all this stuff and OSEA actually is. It is an award-winning bestseller for a reason. Your skin will feel different. After just one use, it deeply moisturizes. It instantly improves. It does all the things. And the look of your skin's elasticity is very important to people that may be losing their elasticity. Me. It's very wonderful. It comes in this clean little bottle. It looks so sleek. And OSEA has been delivering results that you can see and feel for 30 years at a state consistent with clean, clinically tested skincare from the sea. They call it the holy grail for your skin. It's clean, it's seaweed powered. That's why it's called OSEA. Please try it for yourself. Go to OSEA-Malibu.com and get 10% off your first order with code drink. That's OSEA-Malibu.com-code-drink. All right, we have one more story. Sandy, I'm going to give you the honor of reading this last one. Yeah, it has been an honor. I would like to say that. Thank you for having me. And if you want more of this nonsense, you can always check out Beach to Sandy where we read one star Yelp reviews from the internet that are honestly sometimes just as dark as some of this content. Oh, yeah. Sometimes darkers. Sometimes the humanity of darkness of humanity really comes through in this. But if that's what you're looking for, please don't listen to our show. No, no, no. No, no, we have a lot of fun over there. And we are again, kind of have a very similar brain. So for better or worse, just let that let you decide. You do that information where you will. And by the way, you can follow me @zandishiefer. There you go. You can plug your stuff. And that's what she's up. Updates coming on that film because it's going to be great. And I can't wait to share it with people. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, here's the last story. I love this subject already. The rolling fog. Oh, okay. It sounds very Edwardian. And this was sent in by Aaron. Aaron says of this. Hello, all and especially baby geo and juniper. I'm currently only on listener stories volume 25. I have long. I have a long way to go and I'm so enjoying it. So they probably just listen to your episode. Maybe because that was like halfway through the first year. That was really early. Oh, hello again. I have a long way to go and I'm so wondering what a time. The difference between that and now that's creepy. I do think about that sometimes. It's hitting me very hard in this moment, especially because of just how much we've talked about change within the last like couple of years. Life changed just this year and summer has been huge seasons. It's like and then we let alone from what living at Westchester. Jesus Christ. The good old days. Am I right folks? Oh, man. Different times. I swear to God. Back to the rolling fog. Anyway, I hope you like my story, which takes place on the state line of Indiana and Ohio which I've crossed many a time. That's like I was my commute when I went to the record label in Indianapolis. That's right. Only two hours one way. I will drive two hours one way. Work for four hours. Get to pick a record from the storage room as payment as payment and then drive two hours back. No, four hours of driving four hours of work. No gas money. No salary. It was so worth it. And that's so much fun. That's how I started in music. And that's how I learned about Kishie Bosch. True. So my life was changed too. Yeah. Oh, good times. Okay. Growing up in the Midwest, there isn't much to do. So we make our own fun. My group like to drive around in the country and try to find scary spots. Yes. The majority of the time was spent singing loudly and driving way too fast and generally creeping ourselves out. One night, however, was different. One night, a big group of us had gone out to a railroad track that was supposed to be haunted. This track was near a tiny bridge that went over a creek. After waiting quite a while for the ghost train to pass without incident, we began to wander. It was a clear night with a bright moon. I walked onto the bridge to look out on the creek when I felt something was off. The road leading to the bridge comes down from a hill to a long stretch of flat, straight road. I felt drawn to the hill, but did not leave the bridge. As I watched, a fog rolled in. Now fog is not something uncommon in Indiana, especially when the area you are in has fields all around. The strange thing about this fog is that it stayed on the road. It crested the hill and flowed down the road toward the bridge. I called to my friends and they walked onto the bridge, amazed as I was. The fog moved steadily forward, staying to the road. I felt calm and mesmerized watching it. A feeling my friends did not share. They were trying to get me to move off the bridge, but I felt like I was in a trance. I had no desire to move off the bridge. I wanted to watch the fog. The fog came directly up to the bridge and stopped where the bridge began. Well, I just realized I was literally entranced. I was like, I was like, where am I? I just got totally out of body. Okay, I'm back. Sorry, holy shit. Things getting foggy up here. Yeah, I feel like I was like meta in the fog too. The fog stretched up before me, flowing upward, but not moving forward, was as if it had hit a glass wall. What the? Something wanted me to walk off the bridge. It was climbing from the old loony tunes. You know, we're like when fog gets hands. What? Like Casper the Ghost vibe, kind of like animation. Yeah, when it's like that's unsettling and like, why would animators do that? Yeah, they made like things, inanimate things, suddenly I'm hands, very phantasia vibes. I don't know. But the miming fog just, yeah, it's freaky. That's freaky than the story. Yeah, no, not really. I wanted to walk off the bridge and into the fog. As I started forward, my friends grabbed me and forced me back into the car. I don't remember the drive to the field where we had planned to have a bonfire. My friends that I kept repeating, I want to go back, take me back. Who are you, Zach Bacon? This feels like a clip where their errands like, come on, bro. He's like, no, I got this. He's like, yeah, let me add him. Let me add him. Let me add him. Let me add him. It's crappy, dude. I love scrap we do. Anyway, my friends that I kept repeating, I want to go back, take me back. They did not. When we got to the field for the bonfire, I started to come around. I helped gather wood and felt more myself. The weather had changed though. We weren't more than five miles away from the bridge where the weather was calm. Now the wind was strongly blowing from the east. With the help of lighter fluid, we soon had a nice big fire going. The wind was blowing so strong that we had to stay away from one side of the fire. As we warmed up, no one talked about the bridge. It was as if all my friends had discussed it and decided the subject was not to be broached. When the fire had started to burn down, I volunteered to go find more wood. As soon as I stepped out of the circle of trees, the wind stopped. I laughed and turned to see what my friends' reactions were to the wind suddenly stopping. To my surprise, in the circle of trees, the wind was still blowing. I called out and one of my friends came over. She stopped as soon as she felt the wind stopped and she saw my face. The fog hadn't scared me at all. This unnerved me quite a bit. She turned slowly and saw that the wind was still blowing strong in the circle. We went back to our friends and told them what was happening. Of course, they didn't believe us and all had to come see. Everyone was shaken. A few of the guys went back in and tore the fire down to put it out. We then quickly left. I've been back to the bridge again since then, but I haven't seen the fog. I've since learned that where the bridge crosses the creek, two ley lines cross as well. Was the fog an elemental manifestation? What would have happened had I been allowed to walk into the fog? I'll always wonder. Sorry for the long story. I hope it makes you think twice. The next time you see a fog roll in, I'm definitely team milkshake, Aaron. Oh, Jesus. Aaron, you're the best. That was amazing. What a story. That got me. I wasn't in it. The fog wanted me to walk off the bridge. That old Casper cartoon was fucking dark and it feels like that is some shit that would have been in there. Follow me. You know, like, just as sinister by. Like, like, like, like, the steam coming off of a pie, having a hand and backing. That's what I mean. Like an elemental. Like, what they said, like, something suddenly having, like, something that is supposed to be nature or whatever, like, suddenly having, like, and that's creepy because, like, you can argue that there is, okay, here we go with me. You can argue that, like, trees and stuff do have an element of consciousness or whatever. So then it's like, when suddenly the fog or the steam is like communicating, you're like, wait a minute. That's way creepier than just like, no, that's freaky. Yeah. Yeah. No. And it's weird because we are not that far from the Ohio, Indiana border. We could get there right now. We could get another unpaid internship. True. Just like the good old days. Yeah. But this time at the ghost railway. We're doing an unpaid internship already called beach she's saying. Just kidding. Okay. Go listen to our show. Love you guys so much. And thank you, Jack, for editing this last minute. And and thanks. Oh, I was going to say the little things. Yeah, you say thanks. Okay. 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