Paranormal encounter near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1940)
Account
The witness relays a family story about his uncle as a young child seeing people others could not see. During a home wake, the uncle said the deceased person from the casket was curled under a table smiling and beckoning to him.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Posture src
- curled up underneath the table
- Other features src
- smiling and waving him over
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
1940–1949
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 50% confidence
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| Place |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 70% confidence
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| Map point |
40.0094, -75.1333 (± 15 km)
Geocoded
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· gazetteer:place
· read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Philadelphia city (GEOID 4260000), matched from nearest town 'Philadelphia'
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| Account type |
Third-hand
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 60% confidence
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 70% confidence
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| Figures reported |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witness was |
attending a wake at home as a small child
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
the person who was in the casket
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
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| Creature category |
PARANORMAL
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #850adcf0-7b4b-4557-a296-653b48f888a5
· transcript:00:25:08-00:27:00
· read with 60% confidence
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