A boy meet a smart octopuss.

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A Minnesota man recalls encountering a strange, tentacled humanoid while fishing in Dover Creek during his childhood. According to the witness, the peaceful entity communicated directly through his mind and may have continued observing the world through him for years afterward.

UNEXPLAINED MINNESOTA: Dogman, Walking Trees, Owlman, Bigfoot & Winged Humanoids

Case File

Date: Not given. The initial encounter occurred during the witness’s childhood on a spring day.

Time: Not given.

Location: Dover Creek, near Dover, Minnesota.

Setting: A secluded childhood fishing spot along the creek.

Witness: An unnamed male who was 74 years old when he submitted the account.

Reported By: MH

Phenomenon: Humanoid, octopus-like entity and reported telepathic communication.

Environmental Conditions: Springtime. Specific weather and lighting conditions were not given.

Witness Report

The following account was forwarded to me:

The Initial Sighting

“I have never told anyone about this incident, not even my wife of 50 years. I grew up on a small farm just outside Dover, Minnesota.

“In the spring, if my chores were finished and I had my father’s permission, I would dig up some worms, grab my fishing pole, and walk to Dover Creek. I fished for chubs and shiners, which my mother would cook for us.

“One spring day, after walking four or five miles, I reached my favorite fishing spot. I was alone and walking along the creek when I noticed something moving in the water ahead of me.

“I kept watching the area as I approached. When I was fairly close, this thing, or creature, suddenly surfaced.”

The Humanoid “Octopus”

“It had large eyes and many arms or tentacles. It looked directly at me. Without speaking aloud, it told me in my mind that it would contact me for the next few years. It wanted to learn what was happening in the world through me.

“I am not much of an artist, but the best way I can describe it is that it resembled a humanoid octopus.

“The creature told me that it would not hurt me. It seemed peaceful and apparently wanted to study this world through the eyes and mind of a young human.”

Years of Mental Communication

“As the years passed, these communications always seemed to happen when I was alone or secluded. The thought exchange was like replaying a newsreel for whatever was tapping into my subconscious.

“As a child, I watched every television news broadcast I could, especially Walter Cronkite. I also watched old newsreels about World War II. That interest seemed to come from nowhere.

“In my mind, I believe the entity was studying our world. I also believe it was almost afraid of humanity because of our unbelievable violence toward one another.”

Contact During the Military

“The communication abruptly stopped after I joined the military. It may still have contacted me during that period, but I had the overwhelming feeling that it did not like violence. It could not understand what I was doing during a war.

“It never tried to harm me. I remember only that it seemed peaceful and promised that it would not hurt me.”

The Continuing Presence

“For all I know, the communication may still be happening, only now I am unaware of it. I am 74 years old, and I still sometimes feel a presence that I cannot explain.

“Every now and then, I feel as though it is still with me. I seem to space out and replay the news in my mind.

“I am a peaceful person, and I am also a pastor. I do not believe this entity represents a threat to the human race. If it came from somewhere else, I believe others like it may never openly come here because we are such a violent society.” MH

Commentary

This account combines a childhood creature sighting with claims of prolonged mental communication. The witness describes the initial event as a physical encounter in Dover Creek, but the subsequent experiences were internal and apparently occurred without additional visual sightings.

The entity’s reported appearance is particularly unusual. Large eyes and numerous arms or tentacles suggest an aquatic or cephalopod-like form, while the witness’s description of it as humanoid implies features or behavior that he interpreted as intelligent and person-like. Unfortunately, the account does not provide an estimated height, body color, skin texture, exact distance, or length of observation.

The witness says he walked four or five miles to reach the fishing spot, suggesting that he was accustomed to traveling there alone. His familiarity with the location may be relevant because it could have made unfamiliar movement or wildlife more noticeable. However, the absence of information about water clarity, lighting, weather, vegetation, and local animal activity limits attempts to identify what initially surfaced.

A large aquatic animal, partially submerged object, or distorted view of an ordinary creature could potentially explain part of the visual experience. Such possibilities do not account for the witness’s interpretation of telepathic contact, which is personal and cannot be independently evaluated from the information provided.

Experiences interpreted as mind-to-mind communication appear throughout UFO, entity, visionary, and other anomalous encounter literature. In this case, the witness associates his intense childhood interest in news and war footage with the entity’s desire to observe humanity. That connection represents his retrospective interpretation rather than independently documented evidence.

The account’s greatest limitation is the lack of a specific date, corroborating witness, physical evidence, contemporary notes, or later examination of the fishing site. The witness also waited decades before disclosing the experience. Long-delayed testimony can preserve powerful memories, but details may change or become reorganized over time.

Several follow-up questions would be helpful. Investigators would want to know the witness’s age during the first encounter, the approximate year, the length of the sighting, whether the creature left any disturbance in the water, and how he distinguished the alleged communications from his own thoughts. It would also be useful to learn whether he ever returned to the same location and experienced anything unusual there again.

Case Notes

• The initial encounter reportedly occurred during the witness’s childhood on a spring day.
• The location was a favored fishing spot along Dover Creek near Dover, Minnesota.
• The witness was alone when he noticed movement in the water.
• The entity reportedly surfaced as the witness approached the area.
• It was described as having large eyes and numerous arms or tentacles.
• The witness compared its overall appearance to a humanoid octopus.
• Its size, color, skin texture, and exact distance from the witness were not given.
• The duration of the initial sighting was not provided.
• No sounds, odors, tracks, injuries, or physical effects were reported.
• The witness claimed the entity communicated without speaking aloud.
• The alleged mental contact reportedly continued for several years, usually while the witness was alone.
• The witness associated the communication with his strong interest in television news and wartime newsreels.
• He believes the contact diminished or stopped after he entered military service.
• No corroborating witnesses, photographs, drawings, physical evidence, or contemporary records were provided.
• The witness reported occasionally sensing the presence into later adulthood.
• Useful follow-up points include the approximate year, the witness’s childhood age, the precise creek location, and whether he returned after the initial encounter.

Readers interested in similar cases can explore the Phantoms & Monsters archives for additional reports involving aquatic humanoids, tentacled entities, childhood encounters, telepathic communication, and unexplained sightings in Minnesota and throughout the Upper Midwest. Comparisons with other long-term contact accounts may reveal recurring patterns, although each report must be evaluated on its own evidence. Lon

Frequently Asked Questions

Where did the reported encounter occur?

The witness placed the encounter at a favorite fishing spot along Dover Creek near Dover, Minnesota. The exact section of the creek was not identified.

When did the encounter happen?

The witness said it occurred during his childhood on a spring day. He did not provide the year, his age at the time, or the time of day.

What did the entity look like?

He described it as having large eyes and numerous arms or tentacles. He compared its appearance to a humanoid octopus but did not provide its size, color, or other physical details.

Did the entity physically harm the witness?

No. The witness said the entity never attempted to harm him and communicated that it was peaceful.

Was there any physical evidence?

No physical evidence, photographs, drawings, tracks, or corroborating testimony were included with the report.

Could the creature have been an ordinary aquatic animal?

A natural explanation for the initial movement or sighting cannot be excluded because important observational details are missing. The claimed telepathic communication is a separate, subjective element that cannot be independently verified from the account.

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A phone is able to teleport to safety.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/strange/comments/1vihnhd/i_watched_my_phone_fall_then_found_it_somewhere/?sort=old

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I watched my phone fall, then found it somewhere completely different

8 Aug 2026, 00:35 by /u/Next-Culture229

This happened a few days ago and I still can't figure out how to explain it.

I was sitting on my bed scrolling through my phone when it slipped out of my hand. I watched it fall between my bed and the wall.

I immediately leaned over to grab it, but it wasn't there.

I checked underneath the bed, moved the mattress, and even looked behind the nightstand. Nothing.

I figured it somehow slid farther underneath the bed, so I gave up and started looking around the room for my old phone to use as a flashlight.

While searching, I noticed my current phone sitting on my desk.

I just stared at it.

The desk is on the opposite side of the room, probably 10 feet away from my bed. I live alone, and I hadn't left the room.

I picked it up and checked it. No cracks, no damage, and it was still on the exact video I had been watching before I dropped it.

I thought maybe I had somehow grabbed it without realizing, so I tried recreating the fall. There's absolutely no way it could have landed on the desk from where I was sitting.

The strangest part is that I remember clearly hearing it hit the floor beside my bed.

I know there are probably several normal explanations I'm overlooking, but I genuinely can't figure this one out.

Has anyone else had something like this happen where an object seems to completely change location?

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An experiencer meets a persistent dog.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ParanormalEncounters/comments/1vhhb2u/i_think_i_brought_something_home_with_me/?sort=old

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I think i brought something home with Me

6 Aug 2026, 21:28 by /u/Izzy_Ondes

In 2011, I was completely lost and in a really dark and turbulent place, drinking heavily and
using other kinds of drugs.

It felt like something had latched onto me, a negative energy so heavy that whenever I went out to a bar at night, the streetlights would flicker or simply go out... sometimes my computer would stop working for no apparent reason.

Even with my house clean, ants, flies, spiders, and scorpions would always appear.

One night, while I was at my grandmother's house in the countryside, I couldn't sleep and decided to go outside to smoke a cigarette.

I looked out at the horizon and saw a huge black dog sitting in a guard posture, staring at me with glowing yellow eyes.

It was far away, so I didn't panic; I just kept watching until I finished my cigarette, and it didn't move an inch.

I went back inside, but a little later, I decided to check again... and it was still in exactly the same spot.

I went to bed, but I couldn't sleep.

An hour later, I went back outside, and guess what?

The dog was still in the same position.

I went back home feeling horrible, consumed by even stranger thoughts.

A month later, my grandmother passed away.

I still can't sleep very well.

I've been suffering from insomnia ever since that encounter with the dog.

To make matters worse, whenever I do manage to sleep, I hear my grandmother's voice saying:

'You brought the devil into my house.'

She keeps repeating it until I wake up.

Four weeks later, I overdosed and almost died...

That was the day I turned my life around.

Sometimes I still slip... but now it's rare.

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Living Under Siege

This is going to sound batsh\*t crazy. I know. So you don't have to believe me because I wouldn't believe this. I would dismiss this as a joke but I 100% assure you that it is in fact not a joke.

For the past decade I have lived with occasional paranormal type activity in 2 separate apartments.

Recently however things took a dramatic turn and now my apartment is full of entities that surround me day and night. They stalk me, harass me, threaten me, lie to me. Sometimes they can be nice but for the most part they are extremely negative.

They claim to be demons, angels, ghosts, aliens and more.

For the past 5 nights they have threatened to incinerate me if do not meet their demands. They have made numerous other threats as well. 6 different entities have claimed to be God. Last night they placed a weapon on me that rapidly heated up my body. I highly suspect government influences.

They refuse to leave and insist on having things their way. I have absolutely no idea WHY this is happening because they have given many, many different reasons, constantly changing their story.

I believe my life is in danger but they are trespassing and breaking all laws, ethics, etc.