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The Ghost In My Machine

Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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Artist's depiction of Sam the Sandown Clown

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Sam The Sandown Clown

May 30, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: The St. Louis Ghost Train. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown; however, documentation of subject occurred in May of 1973 near Lake Common in the Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Sam The Sandown Clown

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: aliens, clowns, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, PE, UFOs

Abandoned bunk beds

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Bunk Shaker

March 7, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: Charley The Doll. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown — possibly mid- to late-20th century, circa 1960 (see: Additional notes), although this date Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Bunk Shaker

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: bunk beds, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Nigeria, PE, urban legends

A human shadow at the end of a long, dark tunnel

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Harlequin Entity

January 10, 2022 by Lucia

Previously: The Woman Of The Rain Painting. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown. Subject, known as the "Harlequin" entity, was notably documented in 1981 in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Harlequin Entity

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Harlequin, PE

A vintage illustration of Saint Nicolas/Pere Noel and Pere Fouettard

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Père Fouettard, Or “Father Whipper”

December 13, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Jólakötturinn, The Yule Cat.   Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Debatable. According to some reports, subject, known as Père Fouettard in French (in Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Père Fouettard, Or “Father Whipper”

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Christmas, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, holidays, PE, winter

A black and white illustration of a shadowy, humanoid figure in a dark room

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Crooked Man

August 11, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Red QR Codes. (CW: Suicide.) Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: In his earliest form: Early- to mid-19th century, England. In his current form: Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Crooked Man

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, nursery rhymes, PE, The Crooked Man

Illustration of the Pied Piper

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

February 10, 2021 by Lucia

Previously: Madam Koi Koi. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: The 13th century C.E., Hamelin, Germany. Appearance: Subject appears to be a male-presenting human Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, European history, fairy tales, Germany, Hamelin, history, music, PE, Pied Piper

An old, weathered, wooden sandbox sitting in a larger desert of sand.

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Sandbox Woman

September 23, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Crybaby Bridge. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: 1980s or early 1990s, the northern areas of the island of Kyushu, Japan. Appearance: Subject, known by Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Sandbox Woman

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: 2ch, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Japan, Japanese urban legends, PE, sand, sandbox, Sandbox Woman, Sandpit Woman, Woman in the Sandbox

A woman and her reflection, blurry in a mirror

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Koito-san

February 12, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Dark Watchers. Type: PE (Preternatural Entity). Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. Appearance: Subject does not have one set appearance, but remains quite simple to Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: Koito-san

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: death, death omen, doppelganger, doubles, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Japan, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, Koito-san, omen, PE, urban legends

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