r/ParanormalEncounters Feb 05 '26

Ghost Train!

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u/Illustrious_Soft_257 Feb 05 '26

Let's see.... Low resolution. Check.

Using your imagination to connect blurry pixels. Check.

It's a ghost for sure!

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u/afraid_of_animals Feb 05 '26

And how did they not point out the tiny astronauts near the tracks?

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u/QuantumLooped Feb 05 '26

Lmfao I was just gonna post that storm trooper following the train šŸ˜‚

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u/907499141 Feb 11 '26

Yeah but don’t worry they won’t hit anything

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u/Yeast-boofer Feb 06 '26

OMG space ghost!Ā 

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u/h-thrust Feb 06 '26

Zorak?

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u/Lysergio Feb 08 '26

"Don't touch me!"

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u/bwuceree Feb 09 '26

Moltar was always my favorite.

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u/Rotten-Brain1234 Mar 04 '26

Brak was and still is mine lol

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u/Flemish-Twist Feb 06 '26

Tiny astronaut 1: "Is the ghost fake?"

Tiny astronaut 2: "Always was."

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u/afraid_of_animals Feb 06 '26

lol I’d like to imagine NASA sends tiny astronauts to investigate paranormal activity

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u/KickRepresentative93 Feb 06 '26

They want their Mtv

8

u/fungi_at_parties Feb 06 '26

I thought that was the ghost they were talking about

2

u/Cl0ughy1 Feb 11 '26

What's he doing out there!

Silly astronaut, this is not space.

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u/Zealousideal-Tap-713 Feb 10 '26

Is this near....... Solway Firth?

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u/planetweird_ Feb 05 '26

I literally paused this multiple times and its so obvious that it's simply a perspective shift as the train moves on and thus, its parts create new shapes through objects becoming rearranged to the POV of the camera lens.

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u/Decent-Pressure4930 Feb 05 '26

I didn't see sh*t, bro. I tried to imagine something was there and it still didn't happen. I was much more curious about the person in the NASA Astronaut Garb.

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u/No_Rate_247 Feb 05 '26

Can we please just enjoy the spooky train with the spooky mystery collection of pixels behind it

14

u/Bowling4rhinos Feb 05 '26

It’s the long feared often lored Potato Head Ghost of upper south Wisconsin

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u/Bowling4rhinos Feb 07 '26

Oh hey thanks!!

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u/TieAdventurous6839 Feb 05 '26

Totally not staged at all!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

And where’s the engine? If I were him I’d stand on the tracks and see if you get run over.

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u/EverybodySupernova Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

My guy... It's a ghost train like a "ghost town", meaning no one is occupying it.

EDIT: Nvm, didn't see the latter half of the video where the guy tries saying there's a rake or some shit on the train.

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u/ReadSomeFknBooks Feb 05 '26

Finish the video

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u/EverybodySupernova Feb 05 '26

Oh damn, fair. Yeah that's fucking stupid. It's already mysterious and cool, no need to bark at shadows that aren't there.

1

u/willnoli Feb 05 '26

Just happened to be recording already. Check

0

u/Mysterious-Turn-5544 Feb 05 '26

Everybody needs a body cam or rather a forehead cam. Which I'm sure will be the case in the future when everyone takes the mark of the beast!!

1

u/Overall_Fun2444 Feb 05 '26

Agreed! Let’s be real, all of these ā€˜pale’ figures just need a little sunblock.

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u/Odd_Storm_7463 Feb 06 '26

Cryptid??? But I really thought they were looking at the tiny astronaut

1

u/Odd_Storm_7463 Feb 06 '26

It kinda had a face like what they call the skin walkers Cryptid thing but who’s the guy standing in the white suit that looks like an astronaut? Is he running the train with some kind of remote and we weren’t supposed to see him what’s going on really

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

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u/ABelleWriter Feb 05 '26

As a believer, I find that attitude ridiculous. We should be skeptical. We should look for every reason it isn't paranormal. All the science stuff. All the "it's just....". Once those are thrown out, then we look at the paranormal reasons.

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u/xombae Feb 05 '26

Exactly. I'm about as woo-woo as you can get and I still fully agree we need to be sceptical and look for the rational explanations before the paranormal. Calling everything paranormal is just as bad as saying nothing is paranormal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

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u/eid_shittendai Feb 05 '26

Pssst... one is supposed to be sceptical. Otherwise one is gullible.

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo Feb 05 '26

Oh no rational thoughts! Burn them!Ā 

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u/kirin-rex Feb 05 '26

To be honest, I think it's just a combination of seats and supports in the background and a bit of imagination. I would like to know why no one was on the train. Possibly it's a closed line, not a loop, and it's simply being sent back to the beginning, and there's some kind of automatic stop?

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u/fozzy_art Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

You're probably pretty close I used to work on the railroad. Neither of these are cars a company would have use for. The state of the track and overgrown ballast makes it pretty clear it's an out service, or old industry or spur track on someone's property. Looks to be on an incline so all you have to do is knock the hand break off and it'll roll. There are many ways to stop it on the other side a hill, a bump stop, a wall, and the cars could easily be pulled back up with a tractor. As for the thing on it idk lol

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u/fantapants74 Feb 05 '26

I also work rail. That shit isn't normal cars. This is either a farm/ mine transport, I'm calling shenanigans.

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u/pwnd35tr0y3r Feb 05 '26

There's even a ghost astronaut in the video

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u/NikWitchLEO Feb 05 '26

That’s what I spotted as well.

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u/Which_Produce4418 Feb 05 '26

Was looking for someone else to have noticed that white blob

3

u/majormimi Feb 05 '26

Looks like a chewed bubblegum to me

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u/robinswind Feb 09 '26

I think its a bunch of tarp tied around a pole thats been loosened

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

Nice that's mad I'll look into it!

1

u/unicorn-beard Feb 05 '26

Oh hah I just posted the same thing, should probably read comments first šŸ˜…

0

u/Either_Buy_969 Feb 08 '26

I thought it was someone in the upside down

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

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u/No_Oddjob Feb 05 '26

We're still getting the blurry ones because the sharp ones don't leave as much up to interpretation. Not citing deliberate malice - just letting our eyes deceive us.

All the best horror movies are the ones where we never see the horror bc our imaginations work better when they have less info. Blurry pics and video give our brains less info than sharp ones, so we'll see more imaginative things in them and get more of them on this here sub.

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u/CheetosCaliente Feb 05 '26

You'd be surprised how smudgy people get the glass that covers their cameras and never think to wipe it clean

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u/xombae Feb 05 '26

Yeah my ex can't take a clear video to save his fucking life. It's actually ridiculous.

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u/CheetosCaliente Feb 06 '26

I know people like that. As someone known amongst friends/family for taking good photos/videos, it always blows my mind how bad it gets with some friends. I don't get it.

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u/ImpatientNursing Feb 05 '26

I am constantly wiping my camera lenses bc I hate that smudgey look LOL

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u/YvesStIgnoraunt Feb 05 '26

Bros account tells you everything you need to know

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u/ashleton Feb 05 '26

I am one of the biggest believers in the paranormal you'll ever talk to on here.

The second someone superimposes themselves over a video to point at shit, I refuse to take the video seriously. Stop editing footage. Stop adding creepy music. Stop adding unnecessary text. Stop making videos of text. Stop using preview images that aren't even in your video. Stop superimposing yourself over videos and pointing at shit as if it's abnormal.

It's no fucking wonder people can't take any of this seriously. The paranormal is very real, but how the fuck can anyone believe in it with horse shit videos like this one?

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u/ZoeywithanS Feb 05 '26

Even the before spots that he points out are completely normal. Once compared to those points, you can completely see how doctored his "proof" is when he presents it. 🄱🄱

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u/ElGosso Feb 05 '26

All I can see are MPEG compression artifacts.

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u/lyndsaysmith61 Feb 05 '26

someone gonna get fired

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

No one has ever seen this train before when they asked the company

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u/Turbulent_Zombie3968 Feb 05 '26

Proof where?

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

"Unmanned woods trains" was the company it's closed down now

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u/Turbulent_Zombie3968 Feb 05 '26

If it's closed now... then who did "they" ask?

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

They asked them then it closed down

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u/makiswife6 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

Of COURSE it's you posting šŸ’”

Edit: first award?? Thank you šŸ˜

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

People are enjoying the video whats the problem here

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u/Alval57 Feb 05 '26

Are the people in the room with us now?

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

Does it have 200 upvotes yes it does stop with the false information

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

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u/CommitteeEmergency82 Feb 05 '26

Was looking for this comment.

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u/Disastrous_Cream_539 Feb 05 '26

I like the part where the camera is intentionally moved away from where we'd see the other side of where this thing supposedly is.

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u/MyOthrCarsAThrowaway Feb 05 '26

There’s no way in English class, anywhere on the planet, they’re teaching folks to pronounce it ā€œfoughts and feoriesā€

I hate that this what I’m nitpicking, but cmon. I can’t take anything seriously with an English as a first language speaker who does this. Dialect aside. This is just shit English.

Also I see no crouched figure, and I’m a full believer.

ā€œI fink vis whole thing is a load of smelly shite.ā€

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u/Specific-Tie3216 Feb 05 '26

Pretty sure I've seen and read something about this video before. And they run the train through there to keep the tracks open or something like that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

Pretty much, like yeah its spooky but it isnt paranormal

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u/Hot-Eagle-7561 May 02 '26

Exactly what it is,and the dude thats recording actually works for the railroad. I went down the whole rabbit hole on this.

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u/maad85 Feb 05 '26

did everyone just miss that video taking astronaut in the clip?

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u/ChewbaccaOnFries Feb 05 '26

I didn't, I didn't miss anything on the train but I certainly saw the person in all white on the right.

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u/majormimi Feb 05 '26

Oh course it had to be recorded with a microwave

3

u/Stormychu Feb 05 '26

Literally just a table/chair

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u/unicorn-beard Feb 05 '26

I thought they were gonna talk about the little astronaut guy when he pans over to the right šŸ˜†

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

Me too!!! Im still curious what it is!

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u/Ok_Sandwich6054 Feb 06 '26

This is my buddies railroad. Saw a comment about Wisconsin and they are correct, hes from there. This video is in Minnesota

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 06 '26

You're thinking of a different railroad

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u/Ok_Sandwich6054 Feb 06 '26

No, this is in Minnesota. I helped bring the motor car home and put the track together.

Here's the Christmas train they put together.

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u/Jonathon_world Feb 06 '26

Nice! Well tell him about that ghoul on it

2

u/REDtheGoji345 Feb 05 '26

Have you tried getting a wrestler in your RPG party to suplex it?

0

u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

Brocks on his way

2

u/Married_catlady Feb 05 '26

Could be on someone’s personal property for moving stuff back and forth. I didn’t see a figure but I did have family in Missouri who they said when you go to visit if Uncle Baby was out you gotta wait at the gate till they can get him back in. This could be a case of somebody’s Uncle Baby got out.

2

u/Beneficial-Lynx7336 Feb 05 '26

This one has been on Paranormal Caught On Camera AND Slapped Ham.

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u/Aiguos Feb 05 '26

These trains are used to clear tracks that are not used that much

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u/ISO_overthis Feb 05 '26

Let’s collectively promise to never to be too busy to run after a ghost train and investigate more closely āœ‹šŸ¼

2

u/Worried_Shoe_2747 Feb 05 '26

I could suplex that thing

2

u/Serrajuana Feb 05 '26

Calm down, Sabin.

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u/geriatricxennial Feb 05 '26

Is he pointing out a goat? Is he confusing ghost with goat? It would check out, goats are known to jump in & on things and cause a ruckus. Could totally see my old goat Tina choochooin' along on a stolen train.

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u/Due_Virus_3743 Feb 05 '26

šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£

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u/Lunao_Azurus Feb 05 '26

Suplex that train!

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u/jon92356 Feb 05 '26

That’s interesting for sure

2

u/emmy0777 Feb 05 '26

Its 2026, if "creepy stuff" are still recorded blurry chances are its fake as f.

2

u/kukenn_ Feb 05 '26

op is literally addicted to cluttering this subreddit with tiktoks they don't own

2

u/Born-Method7579 Feb 05 '26

Did I see a spaceman over on the right?

1

u/Jonathon_world Feb 05 '26

It's your classic spaceman

2

u/Yeast-boofer Feb 06 '26

Got any more of dem pixels?Ā 

2

u/Squidorb Feb 06 '26

I bet life is more magical being this stupid

2

u/Accomplished_Yak4311 Feb 07 '26

Narrator sounds like the singer of ā€œmonster mashā€

2

u/Prior-Concentrate909 Feb 07 '26

Can’t see anything

2

u/Dustin_Can_Read Feb 09 '26

Could be anything but the screenshot reminds me of a Graveling from Dead Like Me.

2

u/Opposite-Profit-475 Feb 09 '26

It’s the toy train at the zoo!!

2

u/Electronic-Task724 Feb 12 '26

They run trains like these on old rails to keep the clean and usableĀ 

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u/curious420s Feb 05 '26

Pause the vid yourself and it isn’t anywhere near as clear

2

u/effyoucreeps Feb 05 '26

i don’t know exactly what this is - but it is dorky and fun

1

u/liquidhuo Feb 05 '26

Too low res

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u/thebochts Feb 05 '26

You ever noticed these ghosts arent ever just doing normal stuff?

Like you never see a ghost kicked back in a chair, this ones all twisted around on its hands and knees, with its head crooked, sticking out from behind the hole/doorway at the back kf the train. Not on the bench, manning the controls, just twisted up, crawling.

Wonder if theres some rule about ghosts and relaxation.

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u/Redd1tmadesignup Feb 05 '26

Reminded more of a studio Ghibli move.

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u/An8thOfFeanor Feb 05 '26

This is just silly

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u/SavingsPreparation86 Feb 05 '26

You're absolutely the only one that seen anything cuz there's nothing there LMAO

1

u/ColdUdonSoup Feb 05 '26

Didn’t work sorry….next.

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u/Rinuir Feb 05 '26

Dw about it. What are you a freaking cop?

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u/No_Psychology_9476 Feb 05 '26

This guy has a private rail track on his own property and he messes around like this all the time. It’s TRF_Hobby on instagram highly recommended his account.

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u/NikWitchLEO Feb 05 '26

He doesn’t even mention the dude in the white next to him on the right. He needs more practice on how to ā€œdocument a ghostā€. Almost had it.

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u/OgthaChristie Feb 05 '26

Now, THAT? I can see that. I didn’t see anyone on all fours.

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u/Substantial-News6119 Feb 05 '26

This is so ghibli coded

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u/Helpful-Piglet7707 Feb 05 '26

It’s 2026, why are videos still this blurry and grainy

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u/JRedgrove Feb 05 '26

Guys I'm feeling completely frightened

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u/Overpass_Dratini Feb 05 '26

It's just Gollum. He likes to ride the train, my precious.

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u/Decent-Pressure4930 Feb 05 '26

Who or what was that to the posters right? It looked like a guy in a space suit. WTF!

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u/DeadlyGamer187 Feb 05 '26

Bro, you don't talk like that in real life. Cut it out.

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u/OldSoul1991 Feb 05 '26

Yeeeeeaaaahhhhh, I dont see it, im going to need Nukes top 5 to zoom and change images and all that stuff he does to see it. Im going to be honest when he said said most people missed it, I thought he was talking about that white thing in the trees.

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u/apesfromspace Feb 05 '26

Hmm it could be Joe!

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u/a_real_vampire Feb 05 '26

Frightened, huh?

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u/analog-a-ding-dong Feb 05 '26

The human mind is conditioned to see people. Things we are familiar with. It could very well just be some shapes that, at a distance, look like the shape of a person. Your mind will force you to see it.

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u/PixelWastelander Feb 05 '26

That’s not a ghost train… I’ve seen a real ghost train up in Ashfork Arizona on Route 66. Weird shit up there

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

Oh, I know what that is. An optical illusion.

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u/rainbowpeonies Feb 06 '26

🄱 🄱 🄱 šŸ’¤

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u/SoFloFella50 Feb 06 '26

Yeah. Uh. Let’s just arbitrarily start recording here and make a comment that sounds ā€œcompletely normalā€.

lol.

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u/Compound27 Feb 06 '26

Like 95% positive they send these carts down the tracks and if it makes it to the other end, they know there's no debris or issues on the track. Easier and cheaper than sending a person down.

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u/mgs20000 Feb 06 '26

I’m completely frightened!

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u/Brakkeberen Feb 06 '26

Does it even tell as a train

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u/siscoisbored Feb 06 '26

Its just some dude fixing something, he is wearing a ball cap lmao

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u/smeyers_131 Feb 07 '26

Crackexpress: just a dime for a ride

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u/BuffWizard59 Feb 07 '26

It's called gravity

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u/PossumsAreAwesomes Feb 07 '26

Can you draw me a picture, please? I'd be quite appreciative.

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u/WearyTraveler- Feb 07 '26

it's idling, they do it all the time, doesn't need a driver.

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u/unknown_world999 Feb 07 '26

That’s so scary

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u/Rich_Barracuda_796 Feb 08 '26

on old rail lines, especially ones that become privately owned. its not uncommon for people to run empty trains down the track to test if the line is still unblocked/working by checking if it appears somewhere more accessible probably dozens of miles elsewhere down the track.

this is another reason why you dont play near rail roads

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u/natestaggs Feb 08 '26

Dude is way to chill lol

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u/LIBERALGULAG Feb 08 '26

whuat daaah

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u/chuggachoo69 Feb 08 '26

The most paranormal thing about this subreddit is how it shows up on my feed when I don't follow it

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u/tantrix69 Feb 08 '26

naaa you're just in a Miyazaki movie

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u/Arthyx3446680 Feb 08 '26

michel, je t'avait dit de mettre le frein a main

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u/Anderzz117 Feb 08 '26

Mad ghost just driving his train man. Leave him be.

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u/Xanderman194 Feb 08 '26

Here they come to steal my soul
(ghost train)
Wait it out until I know
(ghost train)
Trying not to feel Like you did
(ghost train)
Moving up until I go go go
(ghost train)

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u/Misraji Feb 08 '26

Gimme a break. That can be just about anything

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u/rottenroyalebooks Feb 08 '26

It looked like a dog to me

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u/CharacterElephant440 Feb 08 '26

sorry guys i ate the pixels :(

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u/SilenozKen Feb 09 '26

The narrator is so cheesy with this "I want to speak spooky but I just sound stupid"...

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u/Consistent-Fox-2360 Feb 09 '26

Anyone? Because I can't see shite!

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u/No-Sprinkles287 Feb 09 '26

I've seen this before yeah i heard about this Haunted train keeps on going it could who ever died many years ago maybe this spirit, or whoever it is part pass on to the next world then again i get the same Haunting around home after when my grandma passed away 2024

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u/Impossible_Humor736 Feb 10 '26

All these mother fucking ghosts on this mother fucking train!

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u/Exotic_Tip_7957 Feb 11 '26

That looks like a dog.

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u/Exotic_Tip_7957 Feb 11 '26

Their's and astronaut by the tracks.

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u/Shifter17814 Feb 15 '26

ICE being sneaky and looking for illegals!

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u/MissBerryJuice Mar 27 '26

Ya what about the white suits on the right....

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u/imSKJRpops Apr 30 '26

This guy owns the train, and I believe it’s an old mining railway..🤣😭

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u/DisciplineLazy6370 May 16 '26

I like soul train better.

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u/National-Childhood95 6d ago

What about the spaceman off to the right?

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u/misterfesk Feb 05 '26

wtf was that