Have you ever had an encounter that you felt was paranormal or involved something not of this Earth? If so, what happened? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have a bit of a mundane superpower. I have a higher than average propensity for streetlights to go out when I walk under them. Maybe it's something that happens often and other people simply don't notice it, but I've had several people say that it does seem to happen at an abnormally high rate with me when I've asked them about it.

[-] rustyricotta@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

I have also felt like this my entire life. Rather than a superpower, I've always imagined that I'm haunted by some low-level evil spirit that only has power over street lamps.

[-] mars296@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I think its common depending on the city. In university when I did a lot of walking at night with my friends, a streetlight would turn off at least every weekend. Now years later I'm living somewhere else I'm not walking around at night nearly as much but I do still notice it occasionally.

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Well, a streetlight never went out as I walked under it...

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I used to see streetlights go out when driving under them pretty frequently

[-] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

My mother interferes with radio signals.

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

I used to think the same thing until I other people who also thought that.

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