From “Star Trek” to Marvel and everywhere in between, science fiction loves itself a
good ol’ fashioned, interweaving tale of parallel universes. But, for some - for increasing numbers,
in fact - the idea that this reality isn’t all there is… is really starting to catch
on. Other dimensions and apparent glitches between here and there continually crop up
in actual real life… so here are some of the most compelling examples of all.
This is Unveiled, and today we’re taking a closer look at two more
parallel universe stories that will make you question reality.
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Today’s episode is also a follow-up to a past video, in which we focussed on bizarre
instances like the story of the Man from Taured, the mystery of the Markawasi Stone Forest in Peru,
and an apparently invisible six-lane highway to nowhere, in Spain. It’s not as though those
cases stand alone, however, and there are in fact plenty more claims of proof of parallel
worlds out there. Some are recollections of blink-and-you’ll-miss-them type visions,
but there are some others that stay with their claimants for an entire lifetime.
First today, the incredible story of Lerina Garcia from Spain. In 2008, when Garcia was 41 years old,
she posted onto a Spanish online forum asking for help as she’d come to believe that she may have
jumped into a parallel universe. According to Garcia, the world around her had changed
in subtle but definite ways… leading her to think that one morning she had simply
woken up in a different version of the reality she had lived in up until the night before.
The first change was her bedsheets, which she literally didn’t recognise as belonging
to her. At this point confused (but still not suspecting what was to come) she got up,
went through her usual daily routine, and went to work. But, when she got there,
she found unknown people in her building, and then that her name had been replaced on her office
door. After a little searching, she found that while she did still work for the same company,
she was apparently employed in a totally different position. The day before,
everything had been as it normally was… but today, everything was different.
By now, Lerina was beginning to get seriously worried, and so she visited her doctor, to check
for any physical abnormalities - including the possible presence of drugs or alcohol in
her system - but she was given a clean bill of health, no substances were present, and was sent
on her way. Things quickly got even stranger, however, when her own boyfriend was nowhere to
be found… and when she then came to learn that she was, in fact, still with her ex-boyfriend,
who she’d broken up with a few months beforehand. Her entire life had seemingly rewritten itself.
Other members of Garcia’s family were at least the same people, but more inconsistencies kept coming
up - including that her sister had apparently no longer had shoulder surgery (despite Garcia
distinctly remembering that she just recently had been to the hospital for the procedure) and also
that many of Garcia’s messages and emails had apparently disappeared, too. For the most part,
the rest of the world hadn’t drastically changed… but this one person’s personal life had
dramatically altered. And, while it’s difficult to verify the story, some believe that Garcia had
fallen victim to a reality slip - leaving her just a few timelines removed from her original life.
Next, the story of an anonymous blogger who goes by the name James Richards, and who also claims
to have experienced a parallel world where the Beatles never broke up. His story - again posted
online, and which he claims happened on September 9th 2009 - is certainly attention grabbing. First
he says that he cannot reveal his true name due to safety concerns, and then he reveals all about how
he came to own an apparently genuine Beatles album that was never actually released in this reality.
According to his account, Richards (with his dog) had been driving through Del Puerto Canyon,
California, when he pulled over for a rest and to let his dog out for a
walk. When the dog started chasing down a rabbit, though, Richards ran in pursuit,
literally fell (or tripped) down a rabbit hole, and wound up unconscious. When he came to, he was
in a strange room in a strange house, his head had been bandaged, and judging by outside noise he was
no longer in a rural location like the one he’d just left. Soon, another man entered his room.
The man introduced himself as Jonas, and Richards thanked him for his help before asking a load of
questions. Where was he? How did he get here? And was his dog OK? Thankfully, the dog was there,
too, and was totally fine… but the other questions had far less straightforward answers. Richards
says that Jonas then revealed to him that he was actually just a few feet away from where he
had fallen. The house (and apparent town) outside hadn’t been there before, however, because Jonas
had also taken Richards to a parallel world. To an alternate dimension that he (Jonas) called home.
Jonas then went on to explain that in his world, Parallel Travel Machines were all the rage. Yes,
they could be dangerous, but they were also a wholly accepted technology. Richards
suggests that parallel travel may even have superseded space travel, in this other place.
The pair then spent the next few hours together,
including for a meal that Richards says was basically normal except for purple
ketchup. The really interesting hook, though, came when they started talking about music.
Richards discovered that in Jonas’ world the Beatles were still touring. The iconic Liverpool
group were still together, with all four members still very much alive. Jonas had a collection of
albums, too, mostly on tape - as Richards says that CDs had never really caught on in the
other dimension. There was a version of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on the side,
although Richards recalls that the famous cover looked slightly different in some
ways. Better still, there were later albums (post Beatles break-up in our
timeline) that Richards had never seen or heard before. He and Jonas apparently
wiled away some of their time together listening to all of that later material.
Finally, and just before Jonas transported Richards back to his own reality, Richards says
that he managed to steal one of the later tapes which, according to his blog post, has the title
“Everyday Chemistry”. Upon returning to this plane of reality, then, Richards uploaded “Everyday
Chemistry” for all to hear - an apparently never-before-seen Beatles album, because it
really doesn’t exist for us. It was soon pointed out that the “new tracks” sounded very much
like variously mashed up versions of some of the Beatles’ solo material… but one counter argument
says that that isn’t so unexpected. After all, in a just slightly altered version of reality, John,
Paul, George and Ringo might well have had many of the same ideas again, mightn’t they?
What do you think? About the bizarre Beatles story and the unnerving tale of Lerina Garcia?
Both have their own unique space in the modern history of the strange and unknown,
but could they really serve as proof of parallel universes?
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