The Imjärvi Imp: Finland’s Most Bizarre UFO Encounter

Somewhere in the Skies

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In 1970, two Finnish skiers paused in a quiet winter glade near Imjärvi when a buzzing sound, a descending fog-wrapped light, and a ten-foot disc-shaped craft changed their lives forever. What followed was one of the strangest UFO encounters ever recorded: a glowing three-foot imp-like being emerging from a fiery circle of light, a mist smelling of sulfur, physical paralysis, burns, illness, and years of surreal follow-up contact experiences. Zelia Edgar breaks down the full case in vivid detail, exploring the creature’s folkloric features, the symbolic role of mists, lights, crossroads, and mushrooms in anomalous lore, and how the Imjärvi incident blurs the line between UFOs and ancient myth. Subscribe to Just Another Tin Foil Hat on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustAnotherTinFoilHat Please take a moment to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple. Book Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DO Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ PayPal: [email protected] All Socials and Books: https://linktr.ee/somewhereskiespod Email: [email protected] SpectreVision Radio: https://www.spectrevision.com/podcasts Opening Theme Song by Septembryo Copyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved. #UFOs #Imjarvi #Finland #Paranormal #HighStrangeness #AlienEncounter #Folklore #ZeliaEdgar #SomewhereInTheSkies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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