Encounters x348 - True Stories of Glitches in the Matrix | Haunted Appalachia, Cryptids & Time Slips

Two Girls One Ghost

In this episode of Two Girls One Ghost, the hosts explore real-life accounts of mysterious 'glitches in the matrix,' including interdimensiona

Key takeaways

• Reality may not be as stable or consistent as commonly believed, with multiple accounts suggesting temporal distortions and interdimensional breaches.

Main topics

• Glitches in the Matrix
• Time Slips

Notable quotes

"The National Trust Hut was gone. Completely gone. Like, no prefab structure, no green-painted wood anywhere in sight... grass was actually growing up through the tarmac."

Conclusion

The episode leaves listeners questioning the nature of reality, suggesting

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:02) Some evil thing happened here. Speaker 4 (0:05) Three people die in a quiet suburb in Mississauga, Canada. Speaker 1 (0:11) It's not a coincidence. Speaker 4 (0:13) One after the other. In the same house. Is this bad luck? Or something more sinister? Speaker 1 (0:23) The worst investigative mess I've ever encountered. Speaker 2 (0:25) A long simmering, what took you so fucking long to get here? Speaker 4 (0:32) From Sony Music Entertainment, this is What Happened to the Harrisons. I'm Amy Dempsey-Raven. What Happened to the Harrisons is available now on The Binge. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts to start listening today. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free. Speaker 5 (1:22) Hi. What's up, everyone? Hey, what's up? Hello, this is Ladies in Tangents. If you don't listen, that is how Ladies in Tangents opens their episodes. Yeah, this is Two Girls, One Ghost. Speaker 5 (1:34) We are your ghostesses. That is Corinne. Hi. I'm Sabrina. And this is an Encounters episode that we alluded to a couple episodes back. Speaker 3 (1:42) A couple Speaker 5 (1:43) Encounters ago. I think Speaker 3 (1:45) it was during the Urban Legends one. Speaker 5 (1:47) We were like, ooh, stay tuned. We're doing a glitch in the Matrix, time slips, interdimensional type of topic. And it is finally here. I know you've been waiting. Holding onto your butts with so much excitement. You Speaker 3 (1:59) just Speaker 5 (1:59) can't Speaker 3 (1:59) get anything else done in your life until we do this, right? We're so Speaker 5 (2:02) sorry to have put you through that. But don't worry. Your life can now resume because we're about to deliver. Oh, yeah. Some stories of glitches in the matrix. And Speaker 3 (2:09) I feel Speaker 5 (2:09) like Speaker 3 (2:10) you should go first. Okay. I have one that I thought was kind of cheeky. I liked it. It's called Interdimensional Grifters Stole My Five Dollars. Or five euro. Okay. Can you not say dollars with a euro? No, they're different. Different currency. All right. Things you learn. Dear ghostesses, one of my strangest things. Whoa. Red leather, yellow leather. My ears were so clogged. I was crazy. I feel like I just got off of a plane. Speaker 5 (2:35) Corinne can now resume her life too. Yeah. Speaker 3 (2:37) She can hear again. Okay. Dear ghostesses, one of the strangest things that has ever happened to me happened to me way back in the autumn of 93. I was a university student living in central London. And one bright October Sunday, my friend Ray decided to go for a drive. His girlfriend Cassie had never seen the White Cliffs of Dover, so we decided that that was as good a place to go as any. The trip out east of London on the A2 was a fairly decent one. The plague pits of Blackheath are nice looking nowadays and typically covered in kite flying and wanderers. This is like reading gibberish. I have no idea what's Speaker 5 (3:12) happening. Speaker 3 (3:12) But Speaker 5 (3:13) it Speaker 3 (3:13) does sound Speaker 5 (3:13) like reading a book where you're like, Speaker 3 (3:15) ooh, entering a new world. Yeah, we're world building right now. A bit further and you're zipping through the vaguely green rolling countryside of the commuter belt Kent. Even that makes a nice break after months in the heart of the city. Once you get off the M2 and back onto the A2 at Taversham, it's even pleasant in places. At least it was in the 90s when the port was running smoothly and the traffic wasn't typically backed up for decades. We left the A2 between Whitefield and Dover. Sorry, Whitfield and Dover. followed the A258. This feels like the SNL skit, like you go on the far side. Yeah, it's the UK version of it. We go south for a mile or so, and then we turned east onto Upper Road. The National Trust footpath site at the Langdon Cliffs is the best walking spot for getting to see the cliffs. It's located down a jumped up track off Upper Road. And so we dutifully turned right off of Upper Road, followed the NT signs along the lane, and after winding around a couple of rustic hedges, the road widened out into effectively a traffic island with a prefab 1970s plank-built attendance hut in the center, painted National Trust green, and sitting on a chunky concrete foundation base. The in-lane took you up to the window of the hut, and there was an automated wooden bar across the road to make sure that you stopped there. A very pleasant young woman sat in the hut selling tickets and other merchandise. I gave Ray the parking fee, five pounds, and received our parking ticket. A small green piece of paper with the National Trust logo on it ripped off of a roll like an 80s cinema ticket. Speaker 5 (4:53) She Speaker 3 (4:53) tore it in half before passing it over, and we politely turned down the $10 or 10 euro, God, 10 pound book. Fuck. 10 pound guidebook. And then the six pound local area map and even the four for two pound postcards. God, I can never live in England. I can't speak. I can't read. I have no idea. So basically they Speaker 5 (5:15) turned everything down, only paid the entrance fee. Yes. They paid the five pounds to Speaker 3 (5:20) enter. When we got through, I felt cheated, honestly. I had paid two pints worth for access to this long, skinny car park, barely paved with gravel. and a big National Trust signboard and a sketch map with some facts. Speaker 5 (5:34) Well, honestly, you should be glad because you can spend five pounds to get two pints. That is unheard of in the United States. You pay $20 for one beer. Yeah, basically. You're stealing. We're getting away with highway robbery getting two pints for that price. But Speaker 3 (5:50) anyway, everything was overpriced, but Ray wasn't charging me for petrol, so I didn't mind. Speaker 5 (5:55) We Speaker 3 (5:55) had a nice walk along the cliffs. It was quite quiet. So we had a bit of like faux solitude and Cassie claimed that she was pleased to actually have seen the place finally. And we debated or not if we could see hints of France because it wasn't a particularly clear day. And we watched people just scurrying around the port like little ants for a bit. Sounds Speaker 5 (6:14) like a nice relaxing day. I Speaker 3 (6:16) think it's worth the five pounds. Speaker 5 (6:18) Absolutely. Speaker 3 (6:19) Ray naturally had to go and sit on the cliff's edge and dangle his feet over despite all of the warning signs saying to not do exactly that. Hooray. But he managed to not plummet to a messy death. Speaker 5 (6:30) That's good. We're happy about that. The Speaker 3 (6:32) afternoon was wearing on, and after an hour or so of fresh sea air, we decided to go find a coffee somewhere. We slept back to the car park and drove out. The National Trust Hut was gone. Completely gone. Like, no prefab structure, no green-painted wood anywhere in sight, no bar across the road, no young woman, a chair, shelves of cheaply printed... Speaker 2 (6:54) Nothing. Speaker 3 (6:54) Materials, no concrete plinth, nothing. In fact, the road didn't even widen out. It just sat there like an old stretch of road, barely two-lane tarmac, snaking around a scrubbing thicket where the hut had been. Whoa. And as a final screw you, grass was actually growing up through the tarmac in the center of the road. So we crashed to a halt and we exchanged baffled stares. After about a minute, Cassie suggested that... Oh, well, maybe we came out a different way? That's what I would think. There was quite literally no other way. It was small, half-arsed car park, stuck at the end of a small, half-arsed lane. Still, we decided to double-check. So we drove all the way back to the road, all the way to the A258, then to the A2, then turned around and very carefully retraced our steps. Everything was the same all the way. up until the National Trust signpost along the lane of the upper road. But once again, as we followed it, no widened road, no hut, no barriers, just a clear run straight up to the cruddy car park. So we parked again. We walked down the lane. We walked to where the hut had been. It clearly had never existed. So then I grab out my wallet and I fish around. And sure enough, there was the ripped green National Trust ticket the attendant had given me. Wait, you have a Speaker 5 (8:17) relic from another dimension. That is the coolest. That is worth way more than five Speaker 3 (8:22) pounds. I eventually lost the ticket. Speaker 4 (8:24) I lost Speaker 3 (8:26) it in an international move a decade later. And even I probably wouldn't believe this anymore if I hadn't been with two other people who both remember it. But writing this up until now, properly, almost 30 years later. I see that in 1999, they finally improved the car park and put a proper visitor center complete with benches, sunshades, a restaurant, and almost certainly served some sort of warm caffeinated beverage. And yes, despite the lack of barriers stopping you at the ticket hut, they do charge for parking. And they charge $3.50. Phantom scammers stole my five pounds. And 30 years later, you are still pissed. You're still Speaker 5 (9:04) pissed. It's like your key lime pie Speaker 3 (9:06) grudge all over. Reverse inflation, too. They charged you way more before it even existed. Well, maybe then you traveled forward in time. Maybe you did. It gets worse again. Yeah. And everything's decrepit. It's not the only time that I feel I've seemingly slipped into a parallel dimension with other people Speaker 2 (9:22) as independent witnesses, fortunately. That is good. But Speaker 3 (9:25) this one is most immediately dramatic. Seeing that empty space, it was an absolute kick to the solar plexus. Anyway, thanks for the glorious podcast. All the best, Tim. Speaker 5 (9:34) Damn, Tim. I love how you can hold a grudge. I think that is my biggest takeaway from Speaker 3 (9:40) this entire story. Hey, Tim went in already thinking that he was being overcharged. Speaker 5 (9:45) Yes. And then to learn that he was Speaker 3 (9:47) being overcharged purely by another dimension. Yeah. And you can't even go up and complain because the hut is gone. And another hut won't exist for a few years. Well, now I'm also so curious because they interacted with a human at that booth. Yeah, just some young woman. So what's her version of the story? Speaker 5 (10:04) Did that car just disappear? And she's like, what the heck? I literally just like gave them a ticket. What happened to that car? Or Speaker 3 (10:10) did she never notice? Or Speaker 5 (10:12) did she never notice? She clocked out Speaker 3 (10:13) for her shift. Another person come in. They have no idea that there's the car count is off. A Speaker 5 (10:18) weird Speaker 3 (10:18) glitch Speaker 5 (10:18) happening. And they were also watching other people. So I'm curious if the other people Speaker 3 (10:22) were like from another. timeline? I don't know, but you know, it's not often that another dimension bleeds through and steals your five pounds. And Speaker 5 (10:31) that you got a ticket from it that you lost. Yes, Speaker 3 (10:34) that Speaker 5 (10:34) you still have it. Speaker 3 (10:34) Well, not anymore, but for a while. For a while you did. In your wallet. Like that is so cool. This Speaker 5 (10:40) also took place at an outdoors like national park situation, which I feel like a lot of glitch in the matrix, a lot of time slips do happen in these regions. Speaker 3 (10:50) Well, it's also like remote too. Like I feel like it's a lot of like, oh, we're driving on the road and there was nothing except for this one diner on this 50 mile stretch. Which a diner is also a Speaker 5 (10:58) big Speaker 3 (10:58) part of interdimensional glitches. Diners are huge in these. The Speaker 5 (11:02) other dimensions love a diner. Speaker 3 (11:04) And Speaker 5 (11:04) don't say that you should absolutely go to those diners, but they love them. Speaker 3 (11:08) Yeah. And all the patrons of said diner love to stop and stare at you. Speaker 5 (11:11) Ah, it's like Frum. I Speaker 3 (11:13) need to watch it, especially because so many people are comparing Widow's Bay to Frum now. They're Speaker 5 (11:17) so different. And I'm like, Speaker 3 (11:18) well, I like Widow's Bay. Speaker 5 (11:19) They're so different. Speaker 3 (11:20) I would say From is more like Speaker 5 (11:22) Lost. I've never seen Lost. But it's got like a way more paranormal element and... Speaker 3 (11:27) Well, I think a lot of people are saying like the clues and how hard, like to actually figure out what's going on in Widow's Bay. Like you do have to pay attention and there's a lot of clues and a lot of like timeline and like who exists. Okay, you watch Dark. From has dark vibes. Okay, I never finished Dark. But if you Speaker 5 (11:45) liked the beginning of it. Okay. It's got that same vibe. Okay. Speaking of things happening outdoors, I have a glitch in Appalachia. Ah. Ah. The sight of many glitches. Fancy me finding an Appalachia story. Hello, ghoulies. My name is Krista. Please use my name. My daughter and I would be stoked to have my story shared. Hello, Krista and Krista's daughter. We don't have your name. And Krista Jr. And Krista Jr. I absolutely love your podcast. And since I, too, am a spooky bitch who is haunted, you'll quickly become my favorite ladies to listen to. I was listening to your episode, Encounters 283, about time slips and dimensional shifts when I realized I have a similar experience. Last summer, oh, we do have a daughter's name. My daughter, Adriana, was participating in a three-week horse camp. It wasn't overnight and not close, so I had the fun experience of driving back and forth on the windy roads of Western Virginia every day. It's beautiful because you see the mountains everywhere. But one week on my drive home from morning drop-off, I was on the usual two-lane road about to come up to one of the two roundabouts that are on my drive. I took the second exit, as I always do, and as I was driving, I realized, huh, I'm not familiar with this area. I pulled over confused and assumed that maybe I took the wrong exit. So as any 21st century person would do, I pulled out my phone and GPS, and I was in a small town called Free Union that was half an hour away from where I originally was. But here's the weirdest thing. No time had passed by. Somehow, I went 30 minutes from the roundabout to this tiny town in less than a matter of couple minutes. Speaker 3 (13:19) I felt Speaker 5 (13:21) like I was losing my mind. But then I listened to your episode and I feel less crazy. And now I think it was a glitch or a time loop or Appalachia doing what it does, messing with us. It has never happened again since. Speaker 3 (13:33) It's just so weird, like, when the setting around you, it almost feels like you'd, like, something would be... garbled or like you'd feel dizzy or like nothing like trees would zoom past you for like a second but it's like how do you just all of a sudden magically like there's no evidence of the wrinkle happening that's Speaker 5 (13:49) the I have another story very similar to this where it's like how do you go from one place to another that is miles and miles apart in a blink of an eye no time has passed but the distance is so far yeah Speaker 3 (14:02) these ones are the ones that freak me out yeah Speaker 5 (14:04) because Speaker 3 (14:04) other ones when people are like well I was on wandi road and I was driving for what felt like 20 minutes and four hours had passed. It's like foggy and they're driving. They don't really know where they are. You'd be a little Speaker 5 (14:14) disoriented. You're like, okay, that's weird. Like a weird time. No time passing. Suddenly you're somewhere else. Hello? It's Speaker 3 (14:20) like Speaker 5 (14:20) the people who disappear in national parks and like reappear miles and miles and miles away. Well, that's because Bigfoot carried them. But yeah. So crazy. And it's Appalachia. I'm glad that Chris's daughter wasn't with her because no need to disorient it to Speaker 3 (14:35) both people. It's also like, what's the purpose? Like, is there a purpose or did you just like randomly get blipped somewhere? It's Speaker 5 (14:41) because we are in a simulation. There's a bug in the Speaker 3 (14:43) code. Speaker 5 (14:43) And there was a weird coding issue. And they forgot to connect the 30 miles between where you were and this Speaker 3 (14:50) little town. Speaker 5 (14:50) Someone accidentally clicked backspace. Speaker 3 (14:52) Yeah. Whoopsie. Oops. At least they didn't erase you. Yeah. Oh, thank God. But some Speaker 5 (14:57) people do get erased. I know. Or removed from this timeline. Speaker 3 (15:00) Well, I have a story that's called Interdimensional Wolf. Oh, okay. Hello, ladies. My name is Renee. I listen to your podcast while working my 12-hour graveyard shift, and it helps me stay awake. I've debated whether or not to send this email over, but I figured, what the heck? What the heck? If there's anywhere to tell my story, your podcast is definitely it. Yes, I Speaker 5 (15:23) agree with that. Speaker 3 (15:24) Not sure how to start, but here we go. Okay, so this happened back when I was an early teen. My mom, two younger sisters, and I had been at my grandparents' house helping them out. As usual, afterwards, everyone got to talking and we're talking about like spiritual stuff and we wound up staying pretty late. My grandmother's side has always been spiritual and everyone on that side has gifts and plenty of stories. Speaker 5 (15:46) My Speaker 3 (15:46) grandparents live out in the middle of nowhere, Alabama. We lived over an hour away and we took the backwoods shortcut to get home that night. Speaker 5 (15:54) Uh-oh, that's where you go wrong. Speaker 3 (15:56) We have taken this route many times throughout my entire life. So there was no apprehension this night. This was just a normal drive back home for us. Until we get about halfway down this road, we all feel like there's something really strange. A weird vibration is the best way that I could possibly describe it. We all, at the same time, look to the left side of the road. It seemed like it just appeared out of nowhere. This giant black wolf? A wolf is the closest animal that I can think of to describe this creature, but it was taller than the minivan that we were in. It ran across the road, jumped up onto a very tall bluff. And the strangest part was the speed in which we saw this thing. For my mom and I, who were in the front seats,