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STRANGE: Paranormal Realities in the Everyday World

Every day, very ordinary people are having extraordinarily strange experiences. During his three and a half decades of lecturing and researching the paranormal, Andy has met countless witnesses – now it is time for their stories to be told, in what may be one of the most insightful and accessible investigations ever published.

Using up to date evidence and with the help of a panel of scientific but open-minded experts, Strange delves into many previously unrecorded true-life tales from around the world like these examples …

MEETINGS WITH GHOSTS: A new husband is haunted by his predecessor … A woman receives a visit from her friend, not knowing the friend is now dead … A child’s disembodied face peers out from a sofa

ENCOUNTERS WITH UFOS: Police pursue balls of light in a car chase across country roads … Nuclear power station workers watch craft arise from beneath the sea … A couple are “called” into their garden to witness an uncanny display

PSYCHIC EXPERIENCES: A soldier whose out-of-body experience enables him to be retrieved alive from the battlefield … A psychic experiment so intense that a glass smashes against a wall … A military officer whose premonition saves his colleagues

BIZARRE HAPPENINGS: A woman whose car is unexpectedly flown into the sky by an invisible force … Crop circles that materialise unseen just metres away from bystanders … A timeslip that sends a delivery truck back into the early 1900s

Sceptics dismiss all such encounters – but what if they are wrong? What unconventional causes could be behind such astounding experiences and what are the huge implications? And will new revelations from AI – both a blessing and a curse – turn humanity’s entire understanding of reality upside down? Strange demonstrates that it is time to take an important new look at anomalous phenomena.

Find out more about Strange here. 

REVIEWS:

“Andy Thomas’s latest work offers a refreshing synthesis of theory, anecdote, and cultural critique, underscoring how the extraordinary continuously seeps into our daily lives … The case studies and first-hand accounts he references are well-curated and thoughtfully analysed, adding authenticity without veering into sensationalism. This fascinating book is an insightful and very useful contribution to paranormal literature.” (Phenomena Magazine)

“This is without a doubt the most comprehensive and intelligent examination of the paranormal I have come across, an excellent antidote to the banal and limited worldview of the materialist reductionists. Very few bases are left uncovered and unexamined.” (Adrian C Smith, author and podcaster)

“One of the most important things that can happen to us in this amazing world is for our minds to be opened to its mysteries, and Andy Thomas does just that in this exciting adventure of a book. Strange is really very strange, and that is exactly what is so marvellous about it.” (Whitley Strieber, UFO/ET researcher and author)

“The thing that makes Andy Thomas stand out in all his work is his unique clarity of thought and ability to communicate sometimes complex or unusual ideas in an accessible, down-to-earth style. He always retains a balance between the rational and seemingly irrational or inexplicable … We live in a strange world, and it’s getting stranger … Andy guides the reader into this widening of perception with expertise and grace, thus contributing something essential to the world.” (Jez Hughes, shaman and author)

“Strange is a book that will challenge anyone who shrugs and perhaps even makes a little fun of people who say they have experienced something inexplicable … These are well-written and entertaining accounts of mysterious experiences told by quite ordinary people.” (UFO.DK)

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CONTENTS:

Introduction

Chapter 1 – The Everyday Paranormal

Chapter 2 – Visits from the Afterlife

Chapter 3 – Other Ghosts and Poltergeists

Chapter 4 – Out-of-Body and Near-Death Experiences

Chapter 5 – Psychic Phenomena

Chapter 6 – UFOs and UAP

Chapter 7 – Bizarre Happenings

Chapter 8 – Paranormal Futures

Strange: In Conclusion

Notes and References

Index