Alien Elves and Finland’s Most Famous UFO - The Imjärvi Incident

This Paranormal Life

Improv, True Crime, Comedy

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In 1970 two friends and skiers Aarno and Esko were traversing the frozen wilderness of Southern Finland when they had a close encounter of the third kind (CE3), experiencing a never-before-seen type of alien carrying a box, but let’s just say it didn’t come bearing gifts… But what happened after their encounter? Was there physical evidence of the UFO landing? And why is this case considered so believable? Time for Rory and Kit to investigate. LONDON LIVE SHOW https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2084541 Become a commune member to get access to bonus episodes: https://thisparanormallife.com Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Secret Society Facebook Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Official TPL Merch!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edited by Philip Shacklady Researched by Ewen Friers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know there are over 3 million saunas in Finland?
0:04.0	That's about one per household for the entire population.
0:08.0	Did you also know that Finns drink more coffee per person on average than any other country in the world?
0:14.0	But also did you know that in the late 60s and very early 70s, there was a huge rise in UFO sightings across Finland.
0:21.6	So in 1970, when Arno Henonen and friend Escovillo banged on Arno's mother's door one January evening,
0:29.6	she knew immediately that something strange had happened to the pair out in the wilderness of southern Finland.
0:35.6	They talked of a strange craft of an encounter, and they seemed
0:40.1	visibly altered in some way. But what had they seen out there? Why is this case considered
0:45.5	one of the most compelling UFO sightings ever documented? And does having hay fever mean I'm
0:51.0	allergic to Earth and I'm not actually from here.
0:54.6	Answers to these questions and more on this episode of
0:57.3	This Paranormal Life!
1:01.3	Hello!
1:02.4	And welcome back to This Paranormal Life, the weekly comedy podcast, where every Tuesday you're
1:06.8	joined by me, Kate Greer, this guy, Mr. Roy Powers.
1:09.7	And we get to the bottom of a different paranormal case deciding whether we think it's real or not.
1:14.3	How you doing today, Rory?
1:15.3	It sounds like today we're heading to a great corner of the world, Finland.
1:19.2	Ooh.
1:19.8	You know, I'm in tune. I'm ready.
1:22.7	I talked about it on the after party just a few weeks ago about my recent trip to the saunas here in East London,
1:30.3	right, which is obviously a big thing in Finnish culture, to the point where they offered
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