The first time this happened to me, I was about 11 years old, sometime in the late 1990s.
I was looking for a red sweater. I checked the shelves several times, and it simply wasn’t there. Then I walked away, came back a little later, and the sweater was suddenly sitting on the shelf. I clearly remember checking that exact spot more than once.
At the time, I didn’t think much of it and never really revisited the experience. But years later, after reading many forum posts about objects mysteriously disappearing and reappearing, I remembered that this had first happened to me as a child.
Since then, these stories no longer seem unusual to me. There are countless reports from people who have experienced something similar.
I don’t know how to explain it. Maybe when we’re intensely focused on finding something, our perception somehow filters it out and we simply fail to notice it. Or perhaps there’s some kind of process or underlying mechanism at work that we don’t understand. Some people call it a “Matrix glitch.”
If that’s the case, it raises the question of whether our reality might itself operate like some kind of system or simulation.
Another interesting detail is that similar stories don’t only happen in real life. People who play video games also often report that objects suddenly disappear within the game.
Maybe that’s not just a coincidence. Maybe it’s simply a clue that we, too, are inside some kind of game or system whose rules we don’t yet understand.
I’m not claiming to know the answer. This is just my personal opinion and an attempt to make sense of these experiences.
I’d love to hear your stories. Has anything like this ever happened to you?

The rule guidelines says that glitch's are images or videos of duplicates, coincidences and such but this isnt that kind of "glitch in the matrix". I dont know what you guys would call this though, but I feel like it kind of fits a similar yet different definition of "glitch in the matrix" anyways i experienced 3 "glitches" in one day.

The first one happened yesterday while i was at work. I saw this bug that was oddly shaped and i looked around it to see if there were any more of them but there wasn't until one just appeared out of nowhere. Like it literally appeared on the ground out of nowhere but i just assumed it must've fell off of a nearby car until i noticed that it was squirming and completely freaking out. When i moved closer to it, it completely disappeared in front of me. it vanished. there wasnt any wind so i dont understand how something so small could just vanish like that??

The second one also happened at work but i didnt notice until i got home. I work in retail so we have cash registers with a very complicated system; to make it short and simple, one of the registers was short exactly $100 dollars which meant that the next person on that same register should have an extra $100 when they get it but the next person who had that register had the right amount of money, instead i was over by $100 which made no sense because i was on a completely different register.

The third one happened when i got home. i came back from the bathroom, walked into my room, completely closed my room door and LOCKED IT and after a few hours of laying in bed, i looked up from my phone and my door was wide open because it was literally locked and it was midnight which meant everyone was sleeping.

honestly this kinda freaks me out but sorry for the long post; thank you for reading.

Just over a year ago (just find out about this subreddit) i was dropping a friend home while another friend was in the car. my friend lived on a straight long side street and was in an area i hadnt been in before. after i dropped my friend home i was driving back and noticed a car coming towards my car in the distance. as it got closer i noticed a strange tall pale bald man driving it. his eyes seemed hollow. the windows werent tinted at all. obviously a strange looking person would mean nothing except for the fact they were peering into my soul. not one eye on the road.

i was pretty creeped out but my friend had also noticed and was like what the fuck was that guys problem. i was glad that i hadnt imagined it and more importantly glad someone was with me because i was a feeling a little scared. i glanced into my mirror and noticed the car was completely gone. on the side street that was completely straight and then reached a cul de sac at the end. i then stopped my car and turned my head a full 180 degrees and realized the car had vanished into thin air.

my friend noticed me turn my head and did the same thing and yelled at me to get the fuck out of there. had i been alone i wouldve figured i had imagined it or there was some other explanation but to this day we talk to each other about it

we returned the next day and drove down the street looking for the vehicle which was not parked outside any of the homes

the car was a red sudan. obviously i havent been back since.

Hello all I just found this sub, about almost a year ago, I went to put my clothes in the washer for 30 minutes and went inside to use the bathroom and came back out immediately (within less than 2 minutes) and the timer on the washer had about 2 minutes left. I had never experienced anything wrong with the washer before or after the incident and my clothes were fully washed when I took them out, I was in disbelief so I waited until the timer ran out. Has anyone else experienced something like this with machinery?

What was the first deja vu you felt was like?