This is a weird one.

Just in case you aren’t aware, the ‘Mandela effect’ is a term which was invented to apply to things which people remember but didn’t actually happen. A false memory if you like.

When I checked online, I found this definition:

The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where a large group of people collectively misremember facts, events, or other details in a consistent manner. This effect was popularized by Fiona Broome, a paranormal researcher and author, who noticed that many people, including herself, had vivid but false memories of Nelson Mandela dying in prison during the 1980s, despite him living until 2013 and serving as the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

I’ve experienced this for myself very recently.

Last weekend, in an attempt to show Dearest Son a decent movie, I put on ‘Harvey’ with James Stewart. If you’ve never seen it, you are missing out. There are several versions out there but the earlier James Stewart version is the best one in my opinion.

Now, the ‘Harvey’ in the title, is a tall, white rabbit who is invisible to most people but can be seen and heard by James Stewart. However, in my memory, we got to see his shadow at the end of the film. I remember James Stewart and Harvey walking – possibly through a gate but I do recall a white picket fence, towards a convertible type of car. Now when I say we got to see Harvey, I only recall it being his shadow or silhouette.

Well, we watched the film and the scene I remembered, wasn’t in it! So I looked it up online and lo and behold, a whole lot of other people have the exact same memory as me. They too saw Harvey’s shadow at the end of the film.

What is going on?

I don’t believe that so many people, all over the world can just magically imagine ‘false memories’, but I can’t explain it.

Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing? Does anyone else remember seeing Harvey?!!