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31 People Who Have Seen Truly Creepy, Unexplained Things

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31 People Who Have Seen Truly Creepy, Unexplained Things

September 05, 2023

While we tend to think of weird stories coming from the crackpots of the world, they can also frequently come from “respectable” places you'd never expect. Not just the friends and neighbors you interact with every day, but also celebrities, public figures and even a president or two. Have you ever experienced anything weird while going about your normal day? Actually, maybe don’t tell us about it right now, we’re still a little creeped out by the examples below.

31

If Jimmy says it, we believe it.

In 1969, Jimmy Carter saw a UFO while waiting for a Lion's Club meeting. Не called it the darndest thing I've ever seen, and he filed a full report about it to the International UFO Bureau years later in 1973. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

30

Shaquille O'Neal would be fine in a "Space Jam" situation.

Shaquille O'Neal saw a UFO in Madera, California, way back in 1997. Не was with friends, and says he could swear there was a flying saucer coming to the ground with its lights on, then taking off again. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

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This is the actual worst.

... TELL US NOW. Rebecca N. shares, Growing up, l I would see a dark figure reflected in the TV. I hated having to get up after everyone went to bed. It was always there. Always watching. When I got older, it moved to the corner of my bedroom. When my friend saw it too, I knew I wasn't imagining it all. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

28

It's nice that your dog wanted to pay a visit, at least!

... TELL US NOW. Alexander T. says, Saw my dog walk up the stairs and lie down in her favourite spot in the middle of the staircase early one morning, but then I remembered she'd been dead for about two years. I wasn't freaked out because she was my nanny dog and protected me as a kid so if she stuck around it'd only be to look after me. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

27

An old radio is creepy enough as it is.

... TELL US NOW. Jonathan S. says, I was in the kitchen making a grocery list, and an older style radio beside me turns on by itself. I had to turn the volume knob down for it to switch off. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

26

A ghost dog would at least make a great pet.

... TELL US NOW. Lucy G. says, There was a ghost dog in the old Georgian era house I lived in during uni. It used to run to the front door and bark once, then vanish, and repeat the action precisely the next day. It paid no attention to anyone else or anything else, it was almost like a video playing. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

25

This one at least seems calming?

... TELL US NOW. Bryan В. says, My 15-year-old cousin died when I was six. The night after we went to the viewing (the first time I'd ever seen a dead body) a bright funnel stood all night in the doorway of my bedroom. I immediately thought it was my cousin watching over me. Nobody would believe me because I was an imaginative child and there was a commercial on TV about a white tornado, which is what I called it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

24

Stories of weird premonitions always creep us out.

... TELL US NOW. Nora В. tells us, I was nodding off one night and startled awake seeing my granddad's face in front of me, just briefly. I hadn't really thought of my granddad in quite a while so it struck me as odd. Next day I was told that he had passed. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

23

Spooky groan? Leave immediately!

... TELL US NOW. Dru G. shares, I was living with a friend who lived in an older house that had always felt a little off to me. One night, around 3 am, I randomly took my headphones out and heard the sound of a woman groan, then heard the sound of one of the chairs in the dining room move downstairs. My roommate, the only other person in the house, was upstairs in her room asleep. I moved out two weeks later. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

22

Oh, we hate this.

... TELL US NOW. Sophie M. works in senior care, saying, Lights flickering at the moment someone passes, new residents claiming to see people who aren't there, and describing to a T the resident that passed away in the room before the new person moved in. One bloke would make a particular noise repeatedly, loudest when the breakfast tray was coming, and we could hear that noise at breakfast time every so often after he passed - even new staff who never worked with him. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

21

This story is chock-full of "Absolutely Not."

... TELL US NOW. Bretlee G. tells us, Used to live in a house that was originally built pre-Civil War .After living there a while, we started hearing thumps. Would try to have people visiting hear the thumps, but they would just stop. Searched everywhere for the noises, found nothing. One night we're going to bed and just as I'm about to fall asleep I hear a DISTINCT growl from my daughter's baby monitor. Not wanting to scare my wife, I ignored it. That is, until my wife asked, 'Did you hear that?' I get the kid, and we don't — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

20

A stinky ghost sounds like the worst.

... TELL US NOW. Gavin F. says, Lived in a house that I would often wake up at night to the smell of cigarette smoke. My wife couldn't smell it, thought I was nuts. Until our three-year-old said, 'Maybe it's the old man,' who he said he would see in the hallway. We didn't live there long. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

19

Isaac Brock

Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock saw a UFO while on a plane. It was 1997, and it turns out what he saw were the Phoenix Lights - a V-shaped object in the sky with lights scattered all over it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

18

Deron Williams

New Jersey Nets player Deron Williams saw a UFO during Hurricane Sandy. When the power went out, he was looking outside the window, and he saw a green flash crossing the sky - it looked like a UFO, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

17

Sammy Hagar has to one up everyone, of course.

Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar didn't just see UFOs-he got abducted. That's what he claims, anyway - and he also says aliens were wirelessly plugged into him. It was a download situation, way before wireless, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

16

Haunting Paranormal Encounters

Shirley Maclaine claims she saw a UFO back in 1952, in Arlington, VA. It sounds pretty epic, too. These are her words: I was there in Arlington, Virginia in 1952 when a whole UFO squadron buzzed the White House and the Capitol. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

15

Aliens took an interest in Nick Jonas' backyard.

Nick Jonas saw 3 UFOs while in his backyard in LA when he was 15. О A friend of his was there too, so Jonas turned to him and proceeded to ask him Are you seeing this or am I losing my mind? CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

14

Aaron Rogers saw something strange in New Jersey.

Aaron Rodgers saw an orange UFO at night in New Jersey, back in 2005. Two other people saw it, too - it was behind the clouds, he says, so they couldn't fully make it out, but it was large and moving from left to right. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

13

Post Malone saw something strange.

Post Malone saw a UFO at 16, when he was staying with his aunt and uncle. MF onationa P It was in upstate NY, and he and his cousin looked out the window-and saw a light that just hung there before suddenly leaving. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

12

Maybe the ghost wanted a different movie.

... TELL US NOW. Laura В. shares, I was a projectionist for a seven house theatre. I was threading up #5 and felt a definite tap on my shoulder. I figured it was my boss messing with me (everyone loves to sneak up on the projectionist) Turned around, no one there. No one else was even in the booth. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

11

What do you expect from an old morgue?

... TELL US NOW. Randy В. says, Went into the basement at an old, soon-to-be torn down hospital and entered a room that turned out to be the morgue. It was 20 Celsius out, go inside and you can see your breath. As I entered, something flew out past me and hit the wall behind me. It was a rock. Turned the flashlight on, and no one was in the room. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

10

EMTs always see the strangest stuff.

... TELL US NOW. Jöse Е. tells us, Working as an EMT you'd hear stories and rumors in the hospital. There was one time I was going through a few rough weeks. After transferring the patient over there to the triage nurse, I went to the cafeteria to fill out some paperwork. There was an older paramedic sitting there. Не saw I was a bit frustrated and sat next to me, and chatted. Не gave me wise words that helped. I got up and left. After that, I felt really good and positive. A few weeks later, my boss calls — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

9

No thanks! No thanks! No thanks!

... TELL US NOW. Trevor W. says, My mom, myself, and my girlfriend were sitting in the living room of our house. We were playing a game when my mom said 'knock on wood' and knocked on the coffee table. Right after that, someone slammed a fist against the wall between our living room and kitchen three times (enough to make the picture move). Checked the kitchen and, as expected, no one there. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

8

Babies are definitely scary.

... TELL US NOW. Becky В. says, The house I grew up in was built in 1860s. During the 80s when I was a young child, I swore I could hear babies crying and what sounded like a woman screaming at night. Learned in my teen years that the house was used as a birthing house in the 1880s. CRACKED.COM — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

7

This is way too spooky.

... TELL US NOW. Peter G. shares, I had a dream where I had a different face, and I spoke 'my' name in the dream, saying 'You are , and you will remember the ship and the fire.' Thinking that was kind of ominous, I googled the name when I woke up and found an obituary for a guy of that name, with a similar yet slightly older face, and who became a fireman after retiring from the Navy. A man whom I had never met and lived in the USA (where I never have). His funeral was that — Source: Tell Us Now: 16 Supernatural Stories From Cracked Readers

6

Do "Ufologists" exist and how do we become one?

Robbie Williams was so UFO-obsessed, he thought about becoming a ufologist. RW He's had plenty of what he claims are UFO experiences, including a particularly weird one when he played a song about alien contact. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

5

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus saw a UFO while out driving - and even an alien, apparently. The UFO chased her and a friend in her car, and even saw a being sitting in front of it. They made eye contact, and it shook her, she says. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

4

Haunting Paranormal Encounters

John Lennon says a UFO flew not far from his window in New York. It happened in 1974, when he was looking out the window-and, not 100 feet away, there was a UFO hovering over a nearby building. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

3

Russell Crow got a photo.

Russell Crowe got a shot of a UFO above Woolloomooloo, Australia. Не set up a camera near his office to take photos of fruit bats, but he then caught a flash across the sky - which he claims was a UFO. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

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UFOs

Kurt Russell says he saw the Phoenix Lights in Phoenix, AZ, in 1997. Не saw them while flying his plane, and reported them to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport - he might be the first ever person who did so. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

1

Demi Lovato made actual contact.

On their 28th birthday, Demi Lovato says they made contact with aliens. They were stargazing with friends, and did a protocol where you make contact, and it worked - lights appeared suddenly in the sky. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Swear They Saw UFOs And/Or Aliens

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