Doppelgängers and Eerie Encounters At The Best Western in Fresno, California

[00:00:08] Welcome to Tell Me A Ghost Story.

[00:00:14] The late night call in podcast where we delve into the world of the supernatural and explore

[00:00:20] the eerie and unexplained.

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[00:00:44] I was on a road trip with my high school boyfriend.

[00:00:48] We'd stopped at a best western in Fresno, California.

[00:00:51] It's still there by the way.

[00:00:53] That night when I was drifting off to sleep, I was laying on my back and I opened my

[00:00:58] eyes just a little bit.

[00:01:00] And right in front of my face, nose to nose, I saw a man hovering over me.

[00:01:06] And then in a split second, he was gone.

[00:01:10] I jumped in the bed.

[00:01:12] You know when you fall in a dream and you shake the whole bed?

[00:01:16] My high school boyfriend was like, are you okay?

[00:01:19] And I was like, oh yeah.

[00:01:21] I thought I just saw a person hovering over me and just laughed it off.

[00:01:25] I mean, it must have been a dream.

[00:01:26] It was just weirdly intense.

[00:01:29] Then he said, I thought I just saw a person hovering over me.

[00:01:34] And then we both just sat there in silence for a few minutes.

[00:01:38] And then I got up and turned on the bathroom light and we slept with that

[00:01:42] light on the rest of the night.

[00:01:47] Hi, Michelle.

[00:01:48] It's me again, Yvonne from The Philippines.

[00:01:51] And I'm back to show you one of my early memories of the paranormal.

[00:01:57] You know, come to think of it, the situation itself could actually also be

[00:02:02] possible glitch in the matrix, but I'll let you decide.

[00:02:06] So I just want to set the scene.

[00:02:09] It was late 2000, around 2002, because that was the year that my brother

[00:02:14] was born, my brother, Gio.

[00:02:16] And he was just a few months old.

[00:02:19] We were left home at home because my parents had to do their side hustle.

[00:02:27] So I was left to watch over him.

[00:02:30] Anyway, the apartment is two bedroom apartment located on the second floor.

[00:02:35] Both of the rooms are adjacent to each other.

[00:02:38] And in front of the room would be our living room slash dining room.

[00:02:46] And then just a few steps away from the living room slash dining room would be

[00:02:50] the kitchen and then right next to that to the right will be the bathroom.

[00:02:54] So it's a small two bedroom apartment, perfect for four people.

[00:02:58] I'm on my dad and me and my brother.

[00:03:03] And I was sleeping the second nap.

[00:03:05] I woke up possibly around five p.m., six p.m.

[00:03:09] to the sound of my mom's voice.

[00:03:12] And then he's opened my eyes.

[00:03:14] It was a bit blurry because I just woke up and I could actually see her.

[00:03:18] You can also hear my dad's voice.

[00:03:21] I couldn't see him.

[00:03:23] I only heard his voice.

[00:03:25] I heard him asking for change from my mom.

[00:03:27] So what I could see from when I woke up, from when I heard her,

[00:03:31] she wasn't facing me.

[00:03:32] She was facing out the door talking to my dad.

[00:03:35] She had her hair and a braid.

[00:03:38] I think she was wearing a gray shirt or a white shirt,

[00:03:42] floral short shorts.

[00:03:44] I know it was her because that was exactly what she wore when she left that day.

[00:03:49] It was a weekend.

[00:03:51] Anyway, she was grabbing her purse from back at the cabinet

[00:03:58] and then like talk to my dad.

[00:04:00] So I was so waking myself up.

[00:04:02] I was waiting for them to stop talking or stop having a conversation.

[00:04:06] And then I just heard my dad walk out the front door.

[00:04:11] I could still hear the car engine in the background when this was happening.

[00:04:17] So I was like, mom, I was whispering to her to get her attention.

[00:04:22] But I couldn't speak out loud because we're louder than that.

[00:04:27] And then I kissed my baby where there was sleeping right next to me.

[00:04:29] I didn't want to wake him up.

[00:04:31] So what is that was to just get out of bed and then I talked to her.

[00:04:36] She was just a few steps away from me, just a few inches away.

[00:04:41] And I was about to actually tap her on her shoulder.

[00:04:47] But she was walking too fast.

[00:04:50] So as we were walking out of my parents' room

[00:04:55] and then by the time she got into my room, my bedroom door was closed.

[00:05:03] So instinctively I just opened it.

[00:05:06] By the time I opened the door, the lights were off.

[00:05:10] So I was like, why is the lights off?

[00:05:14] So I decided to turn it on by the time I turned it on.

[00:05:18] My mom was in the room.

[00:05:20] I wasn't freaked out.

[00:05:22] I was just confused.

[00:05:24] I was like, why is she not there?

[00:05:26] Where did she go?

[00:05:29] In my head it was logical for me to go to the front of the door

[00:05:33] and keep down the stairs to check if my dad was there.

[00:05:37] Because usually if he would just smoke,

[00:05:39] he would either be outside the front door smoking

[00:05:42] or somewhere close to the stairs.

[00:05:46] So when I was checking, I couldn't hear the car engine anymore.

[00:05:51] I didn't see him.

[00:05:53] And when I took a peek at the front door,

[00:05:58] my phone started ringing.

[00:06:01] My phone was in the key at 3210 and I get told you

[00:06:05] my baby brother was sleeping.

[00:06:07] So it was really loud.

[00:06:09] I had to run and get to it so it wouldn't wake him up.

[00:06:13] And by the time I answered, I was like, oh no, it was my mom.

[00:06:17] So she said that they were going to be late.

[00:06:20] They had a couple more things to take care of

[00:06:24] and they promised to buy takeout and have dinner together.

[00:06:30] When she explained that they were going to be late,

[00:06:33] I told her, that's weird.

[00:06:36] I followed you going to my room.

[00:06:39] It was like, what are you saying?

[00:06:41] I thought you were home.

[00:06:42] I followed someone who looked exactly like you

[00:06:45] going from my parents or your room going to my room.

[00:06:49] And then you were gone.

[00:06:51] I heard the car, her dad, everything.

[00:06:53] You were just gone.

[00:06:55] And then they were like, you could be an angel

[00:06:57] watching over you guys since you're home alone.

[00:07:00] I was like, okay, fine.

[00:07:02] And then we had dinner that night

[00:07:06] and then she was asking me details of what happened.

[00:07:10] I told her I'm not lying.

[00:07:11] How can I tell you if that's what happened?

[00:07:13] And I heard her whisper.

[00:07:17] She's seeing stuff too.

[00:07:21] And that's when it all started for me

[00:07:25] seeing a lot of stuff and experiencing a lot of stuff.

[00:07:29] So yeah, that's for me tonight.

[00:07:33] Thanks, Michelle.

[00:07:34] See you again next time.

[00:07:39] Thanks for sharing, Yvonne.

[00:07:41] Keep them coming.

[00:07:44] In Western culture, a doppelganger

[00:07:46] is a mysterious exact double of a living person.

[00:07:49] It's a German word that literally translates to

[00:07:53] double walker or double goer.

[00:07:57] Traditionally, they've been viewed as sinister evil entities.

[00:08:01] Seeing a doppelganger has also been considered

[00:08:03] an omen of misfortune or bad luck.

[00:08:06] But modern reports of doppelgangers show

[00:08:08] while sometimes mischievous,

[00:08:11] they seem to be neither sinister or evil

[00:08:13] nor do they bring bad luck.

[00:08:15] They just seem to be going about their business

[00:08:17] as if they are normal human beings.

[00:08:20] Kind of like you said,

[00:08:22] a glitch in the matrix.

[00:08:26] That's all we have this week, folks.

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