'The People That Aren't People'

Published 2023-07-28
A woman from San Diego, California shares a whole host of extraordinary encounters with people who took the appearance of human beings but felt decisively, not-of-this-world.

From a strangely terrifying family in a Walmart car park to a disappearing cowboy, you may well find that these stories strike a chord with some odd encounters of your own.

Perhaps the most intriguing of all, ‘The Hitchhiker’ may lead you to question what is really ‘real’ anymore. Is the Universe communing with our subconscious by way of metaphors and archetypes?

Some of the experiences described may be unsettling for some listeners who are sensitive to creepy content. These stories are not suitable for children.

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🌚 Our guest shares some more personal experiences which took place just outside her home and also more recently, within her home.

Shownotes and Refs:
Wellbeing: Insight Timer App with free meditations

Further reading/listening regarding the Trickster:
Simon Young and Chris Woodyard’s Podcast: Boggart and Banshee www.buzzsprout.com/1859647/13142425-the-immortals-…

Simon Young’s Sourcebook: Meeting an Immortal: Encounters with the Wandering Jew in British Folklore

If you are interested in the Trickster, you need to read The Trickster and The Paranormal by George P. Hansen

On the theme of ‘personhood of landscapes’ etc, I recommend reading Dr Jack Hunter’s Greening the Paranormal which in turn signposts to further reading.

Wonderful Women:
Bethan Briggs-Miller of Eerie Essex and Spectre of the Sea
Icy Sedgwick of Fabulous Folklore with Icy
Kate Ray of Hare in the Hawthorn
Claire Casely of Fairy Whispering

Fae Connection Tea Ceremony Online Workshops with Todd Grube
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Warning: These are not fairytales and the content is unsuitable for children. This episode describes a wonderful experience but some episodes may contain details which some may find unsettling or frightening. The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast is designed for listeners 16 years and older.

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All Comments (21)
  • @chrissydidit811
    I had been unwell for some time (thankfully not seriously)my grand-daughter was stopped in Glasgow ,by two "strangers"who told her that your grand-dad wants you please call him.they said that they were friends of mine called Kate & William ,I had no such friends , then it came to me as a young man I rescued a family of neighbours from a house fire 50 years ago on that weekend sadly two people died in the fire Kate (the mother and her son)William .
  • @thefairyjam
    I was at a busy city bus station in Ireland when I saw a man dressed in a green suit. I remember there was something odd about his height too (20 years ago). He had jet black hair. He was getting off a bus. As I got closer and walked past him I noticed the top of his ears were sticking out of his hair and they were pointed like a elf's ears. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, very strange.
  • @THEORDEROFSTARS
    While hiking in the mountain forrest in France me and my family walked on a trail beside the thick forrest. Suddenly we saw a man running from tree to tree, following us. Everytime we looked he hid behind the tree so we started running to get away from that part of the forrest, because we felt really really unease. When we got back to the car we drove by a busstop and the man stood there. Looking a our car. Strange because he was there faster than us. He was tall and thin. Strange it was.
  • @kernowarty
    I had a job in the Civil Service as an admin assistant. We worked in a building with windows onto a car park and it was pretty depressing. Then we moved to another room with a large picture window onto the street below which was the main entrance into the complex. There were many people walking about outside and I used to look out of the window when I was bored (which was a lot). One day I was staring out of the window and I saw a man walk past and he seemed to have smoke coming off of him. I mentioned that to my work colleague but she could not see anything. I then saw another person with the same thing, like a whispy grey plume of smoke trailing behind his head. Ever since then, if I concentrate but also relax my gaze I can see this shimmering smoky light around people. I would say it is a bit like those Magic Eye books of patterns that used to be popular where you have to relax your gaze and then you see an object appear in the pattern. I never see any colours though, other than grey.
  • @greentorm5467
    Two women stopped me in the city centre once when I was in my 20's and asked me something, can't remember what but one leaned right into me and the feeling of alarm and fear was something I wont forget. Her eyes were intense and I actually experienced terror.
  • @LeifGrahamsson
    This video is reminding me of an experience I had as a kid, wagging school - I saw two people, seemingly in a loop one day.
  • @kernowarty
    These accounts are so interesting. I am glad I found this channel.
  • I was 17 and living in a house that a lot of people passed through. I had nothing to give them but I gave them some of my clothes. They walked around the house. They kept saying thank you. It was normal and not normal. When they left I walked behind them because I was going out anyway. They were a bit away by then. They both turned round and looked right at me. I've never forgotten those women.
  • @davidsadler7047
    I had an encounter on a train, I got up to leave the train and happened to look at this random guy, he didnt look at me but I suddenly got this overwhelming feeling of fear, like there was something about him, I couldnt get away from him fast enough. He was either evil or not human.
  • @erinphilipp423
    Regarding the wild, wind-blown hair of the family of Irish people in the Walmart parking lot: in Scottish folklore, the fair folk are said to travel in whirlwinds. They also abduct people, animals, and items in the same way. I think this is also true in at least some Irish folklore. They may have looked windswept because they had just traveled in that manner. Also, the wide round eye description made me think of those people who have been found in anomalous disappearance (missing 411 cases). Those who go missing in that strange way but are found again often have a very spooky wide-eyed appearance.
  • @Lighthazzles
    The fixed grins aspect of the family reminds me a lot of the 'Indrid Cold' aka the 'Grinning Man' from the Mothman encounters as documented by John A. Keel.
  • I had many more experiences as a child and young adult. But since I had an nde, I sometimes see auras - not always. Immediately after it happened, I could see the energy glowing off plants - like they have an internal light source. I can rarely see it now - just occasionally. I'm much more empathic now.
  • @kernowarty
    I think sometimes you get those feelings when you suddenly see someone or something "out of the ordinary", that you are not expecting. We are so used to people looking and behaving in acceptable and commonplace ways that when this does not happen our senses are on high alert. I can remember years ago walking in a crowded shopping mall and looking to my left and sitting on a bench was an elderly lady but she had a full beard. Something inside me jolted and it was almost like I had left my body for a second, followed by the fight or flight feeling. It was such a shock and I can imagine a similar reaction to seeing a red-haired, wild looking Irish family in a mundane environment like Walmart.
  • @BottleBri
    For anyone thinking little people cannot be ‘real’, think again. When I was young I presumed there was no substance to ‘ufo’ stories, then I saw a craft just 50 feet above my head when it went over my cottage roof in Scotland in 1989. An incredible experience, which gave me the truth of ufos for the past 34 years. Also, I saw a ghost in 2003, an old lady in the apartment I was staying in. No doubt at all about either sighting. And I’m no ‘crank’ by any means, I don’t just believe in anything anyone says. But one thing I do know, there are things about our world that we have no knowledge of. The supernatural. 👍🇬🇧
  • This is one of my favourite episodes! I recommend this channel to everyone, it's on the usual podcast platforms. All the old episodes are fascinating.
  • @thefairyjam
    I think the lady may be a psychic medium. She would be a bright light (like a lighthouse) to spirits. I think she would benefit from learning how to protect herself and some training with a reputable medium if she decided she wanted to pursue it. My daughter used to see spirit and auras some things freaked her that she managed to close it down in her teens. Maybe she could ask the college of psychic studies London for some guidance too. Wish her the very best💗🦋
  • @hArtyTruffle
    Thanks to the both of you. Always interesting chats.
  • @fayeworman9552
    Wow! Thanks you both so much for this captivating interview. Very helpful too. Also interesting to hear how your logo came into being, Jo. Thanks again.