Tonight's episode is brought to you by my newest contributors, Paul, Deanna, Matthew, and Kelly,

and is dedicated to the brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

You will never be forgotten.

Welcome once again, and thank you for being here. I'm your host, Nick Ryan.

Tonight's first encounter comes to us from Rubin, and Rubin's experience is called

Unexplained Visitor. Rubin says,

I love your podcast, and I'm a believer in all things paranormal. I have one experience that I

had in my childhood that cannot be explained. I post this because I'm hoping someone has

experienced something like this before. I grew up in Western Canada by the coast. In the early

1980s, when I was six or seven, I would often walk home with my older brother to and from school.

We would walk by this open power line corridor. At the time, it was open to the public and had

a noticeably worn trail going from the road right down the middle and disappearing off into the woods.

On this particular day, it was overcast, but wasn't raining. I was walking home with my brother

who was two years older than me, along with a friend of his who we can't recall the name of.

Maybe he will hear this story and reach out with his own account.

I can't remember a time when we ever stopped along the way as we were always anxious to get home.

However, on this particular day, we stopped and stared at a teenager who was walking

off in the distance with what appeared to be a younger sibling that was wearing a bright orange

raincoat. They were walking casually out from the woods only to stop maybe 20 feet in the open.

They then turned toward each other and the older teen knelt down to say some words to the younger

child. Then, after a moment, the older teenager stood up and took a few steps back.

Then, the child wearing the bright orange raincoat appeared to be on fire for a moment,

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