In 1796, German writer Johann Paul Richter, who wrote under the pseudonym Jean Paul, coined the word doppelganger.

Dopple meaning double, and ganger meaning goer. under the pseudonym Jean-Paul coined the word doppelganger,

doppel meaning double, and ganger meaning goer, to refer to such specters.

According to German folklore, all living creatures have a spirit double,

who is invisible but identical to the living individual.

These entities are perceived as being different from ghosts,

and sometimes they are described as the spiritual opposite or negative of their human counterparts.

From queens and presidents to average civilians, doppelgangers or double-goers have been witnessed by thousands of people around the globe.

Ranging from mundane second-hand reports to downright horrifying firsthand experiences,

this phenomenon begs us to ask the question,

if doppelgangers are real, what are they, and what do they want?

The first time it happened, I was sleeping and woke up because I felt a hand on my leg,

and I realized that I couldn't move.

And he come across this object on the ground, which was the shape of a flying saucer. So he jumped out of his pickup and went down there, and there was four beings laying on the ground.

When I raised my head back up, I was turning in my head,

and out of my peripheral vision, I'd seen something

hopped to a tree.

And it was tall, about seven, eight foot tall,

and it was black, real hairy, like a gorilla.

Welcome to the show. I'm your host, Nick Ryan.

In today's society, it's common for people to use the word doppelganger, when describing someone that looks almost identical to themselves or

someone else, but that is not related to them in any way. This anomaly is more appropriately

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