Monsters Among Us Podcast: Best of 2025 - Real Paranormal Encounters

Spooky Encounters from Across the Year

• 👻 Ryan from California recounts seeing a clear, flesh-and-blood apparition of an Asian man in his backseat while driving at night.
• 🧜‍♀️ Jade from Texas shares her boyfriend's sighting of a figure in the water at Surfside Beach, which he described as having a human shape and a mermaid tail.
• 👻 John from Massachusetts details a story where his deceased first husband, Frank, seemingly appeared at the family home after his funeral, only to be told to leave by his grandmother.
• 🌲 Keith from Virginia describes an encounter in the woods during college where he and a friend were followed by a figure dressed in deer skin leather, resembling a pioneer.
• ⏳ Summer from Colorado recounts a disorienting experience at a theater where she and a friend seemingly entered a different timeline or parallel reality during a play.
• 👤 Robin from California shares a terrifying experience while camping near Mount Shasta, where she saw a small man in a tall, pointy hat looking into her tent.
• 🚗 Tommy from Pennsylvania describes waking up in his car to see figures resembling crash test dummies on either side of his vehicle.
• 🛸 Ruby from Texas, a former intelligence officer, recounts reports of UFOs moving at incredible speeds across the country and a pilot's account of a partner being vaporized during an intercept.
• 🏥 Anonymous from Oklahoma details strange occurrences in a former hospital, including shredded bags, PVC pipes appearing in rooms, doors rattling, and a young sister talking to an imaginary playmate named Mary.
• 🤠 Mike from Tulsa, Oklahoma shares an experience in a field where a dirt mound resembling a cowboy reformed itself, and a cowboy shadow figure appeared, leaving boot prints.
• 👥 Ben from Kentucky recounts his girlfriend's experiences with shadow people, including cabinets opening on their own and a shadow girl interacting with his hair.
• ⚡ Emily from Michigan describes a shared experience with her ex-husband involving a hag spirit in their basement, who told her to