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Stranger series #4
Stranger U.S.: True Paranormal Stories from the United States
Stranger U.S. is book 4 in the Stranger Bridgerland book series. Stranger U.S. continues the Stranger Bridgerland series with true first-hand stories from around the United States. Bigfoot, UFOs, Ghosts, Cryptids, and much. Author John Olsen has spent 30 years interviewing people from around the country to bring you these tails. After his own experience growing up in an active paranormal home in Northern Utah, John has traveled and interviewed people who have faced the unknown.
88 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 21, 2020
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October 25, 2021
For the last three years my late-summer tradition has been to read the latest book by John Olsen.
"Followed" is the most disturbing experience by far in Stranger US. A couple plan to spend three days on a hike in the Wind River.
'At noon we stopped for some water, a little bite to eat, and then we packed up and got ready to go again. It was at this point I had a creepy feeling sweep over me. I didn't want to tell Jill about it, but as we started walking, she turned to me and said, "Can you feel that?"
'I nodded and said, "It's a creepy feeling, isn't it?"
'I looked around but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. I did notice that all the normal sounds of the forest had stopped. I couldn't hear the birds or bugs, not even a breeze. As we kept hiking, I noticed some movement to my left in the trees about 50 yards off. Whenever I stopped to see what it was, it would also stop moving in the brush line. Jill had noticed it as well, and she stayed very close to me as we hiked. As we went on, I could see that it was two to three distinct "things" following us in the woods, but I couldn't pick out much other than a flash now and again. After about an hour of this, we stopped to get a drink and talk it over. We were standing in the shade and trying to decide what it was that was following us when Jill's face went white.
'Jill pointed over my shoulder, and I turned, there about 50 yards behind me was a man standing to look at us. My best explanation of him as he looked like a tall thin-looking Amish man....'
Olsen's first-hand coverage of experiencer stories is always worth reading, unfailingly interesting.
"Followed" is the most disturbing experience by far in Stranger US. A couple plan to spend three days on a hike in the Wind River.
'At noon we stopped for some water, a little bite to eat, and then we packed up and got ready to go again. It was at this point I had a creepy feeling sweep over me. I didn't want to tell Jill about it, but as we started walking, she turned to me and said, "Can you feel that?"
'I nodded and said, "It's a creepy feeling, isn't it?"
'I looked around but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. I did notice that all the normal sounds of the forest had stopped. I couldn't hear the birds or bugs, not even a breeze. As we kept hiking, I noticed some movement to my left in the trees about 50 yards off. Whenever I stopped to see what it was, it would also stop moving in the brush line. Jill had noticed it as well, and she stayed very close to me as we hiked. As we went on, I could see that it was two to three distinct "things" following us in the woods, but I couldn't pick out much other than a flash now and again. After about an hour of this, we stopped to get a drink and talk it over. We were standing in the shade and trying to decide what it was that was following us when Jill's face went white.
'Jill pointed over my shoulder, and I turned, there about 50 yards behind me was a man standing to look at us. My best explanation of him as he looked like a tall thin-looking Amish man....'
Olsen's first-hand coverage of experiencer stories is always worth reading, unfailingly interesting.
December 4, 2022
Interesting stuff here
I've enjoyed reading each of these stories. Grateful that they are recounted in a way that is not only interesting, but easy to understand and void of language that some find offensive. There are some really strange things out there. Thank you.
I've enjoyed reading each of these stories. Grateful that they are recounted in a way that is not only interesting, but easy to understand and void of language that some find offensive. There are some really strange things out there. Thank you.
November 2, 2020
I loved it!! Kinda biased as my incident made the book!! On page 111!! Thanks John!! Great book!!!
November 12, 2020
Richly Told Real Life Stories
Strange and Weird happenings that have occurred to everyday people, for no special reason. These are little tales to read anytime you feel curious.
Strange and Weird happenings that have occurred to everyday people, for no special reason. These are little tales to read anytime you feel curious.
January 15, 2021
Strange stories
These stories are new to me...but scary and creepy. None are easily explained. Not all horror stories have to be violent to be unsettling.
These stories are new to me...but scary and creepy. None are easily explained. Not all horror stories have to be violent to be unsettling.
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