3. It’s All A Simulation
My boyfriend and I were taking a walk through a long park trail on the outskirts of Seattle, and we just happened to go down the “life is simulation” and “Mandela effect” rabbit hole. We had an ongoing joke about it since we have so many strange experiences. We’ll casually be like, “Well, the simulation is messed up today.” We do this semi-regularly.
We just happened to be talking about everything, and how life has been so strange ever since we started paying attention to it like that. The park wasn’t very crowded at all that day, so we were walking behind a single family with two women and a few kids running around probably more than 50 yards ahead of us. My boyfriend jokingly pointed to the birds and said, “Yup, it’s all fake.”
So, I jokingly pointed to the family ahead and said, “That family is fake too, someone is probably watching us watch them.” That was the exact moment it happened. The two women completely freeze in their tracks and stop talking. They then turn around and stare in our direction, completely in sync. I thought maybe they heard me, but I repeated to him that even with strong, that’s it’s impossible because I pretty much whispered and they were so far ahead.
They continued to stare, without moving a muscle. We both looked behind us like, “Are they looking at us?” but no one was in sight. They just froze, no movement. The kids were just standing around silently too. It lasted for such a long time that even though we were far away, we ended up having to walk right by where they were standing.
As we passed by, they continued to stare into nothing. It was so uncomfortable, but it didn’t feel right to say anything. We truly just didn’t understand. It took us the rest of the walk to try to digest what happened, and we weren’t even in a joking mood anymore, just weirded out. They didn’t talk, no emotion, they weren’t looking for anyone, they just froze.
As soon as we were about 20 feet past them, they just resumed walking and talking like nothing had happened and the kids were playing again. It still gives me chills.