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581: The Disappearance of Peter Williamson | Lightning Pants from Another Dimension

2025/1/31
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
科林·帕森斯
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播音员:我将讲述一个发生在1974年萨默塞特郡的离奇故事。彼得·威廉姆森在一次雷雨中,为了救他的狗,跑过草坪时被闪电击中,然后消失得无影无踪。三天后,他出现在自家后院,穿着不属于他的衣服,并且完全失忆。这件离奇的事件引发了人们对现实本质的思考,以及多重宇宙理论的探讨。多世界理论认为,每一次量子测量都会分裂现实,创造出无数个平行宇宙。多相互作用世界理论则认为,这些平行宇宙可以通过引力相互作用。闪电可能具有足够的能量来扰乱量子系统,从而导致不同现实之间的相互作用。彼得的经历或许可以解释为,他被闪电短暂地送到了另一个平行宇宙,在那里他经历了不同的现实,然后又回到了原来的世界。虽然缺乏直接证据,但这个故事引发了人们对量子力学和多重宇宙理论的兴趣,也让我们思考现实的边界。 科林·帕森斯:作为一名调查员,我亲身参与了对彼得·威廉姆森失踪事件的调查。我采访了彼得本人、他的妻子和目击者,并对事件进行了深入的分析。我发现,最令人信服的证据是彼得带回的香烟和手帕,它们来自一个在彼得的现实中已经不存在的裁缝店。这表明,彼得确实经历了另一个现实,在那里,裁缝店仍然存在,而约翰·布莱克伍德(JB)也还活着。虽然没有报纸报道过彼得的失踪,也没有官方记录可以证实,但这并不排除事件的真实性。彼得的经历,以及相关的科学理论,都指向了一个令人着迷的可能性:多重宇宙是真实存在的,而闪电可能是连接这些宇宙的通道。 科林·帕森斯: 我与彼得和他的家人一起度过了一个周末,并与一些目击者一起回顾了整个事件。通过调查,我们发现彼得身上出现的灯芯绒裤来自一个20多年前就烧毁的裁缝店,而裤子上的字母缩写JB,则指向一个在彼得的现实中已经去世的人。这件事件的离奇之处在于,它结合了硬科学和量子理论,完美地诠释了一个跨越平行宇宙的可能性。虽然缺乏官方记录,但目击证词和彼得本人的经历都指向了同一个方向:他确实经历了一次跨越不同现实的旅程。

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Peter Williamson vanished during a lightning storm in Somerset, England, in 1974. Sixteen witnesses saw him disappear, and the police found no explanation for his sudden vanishing from a walled garden. Three days later, he reappeared with no memory of the event.
  • Peter Williamson disappeared during a lightning storm.
  • Sixteen witnesses saw him vanish.
  • No physical evidence was found.
  • He reappeared three days later with amnesia.

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A summer barbecue transformed into a nightmare when lightning split the sky above Somerset, England. Peter Williamson dashed across his rain-soaked lawn to rescue his terrified dog, unaware that his next step would carry him beyond the boundaries of our world.

His family watched in horror as a blinding flash illuminated his silhouette against the stormy sky. When their vision cleared, Peter had evaporated into thin air.

The police launched a search, but found no footprints, no scorch marks, and no explanation for how a man could disappear from a walled garden. Sixteen witnesses swore they watched him vanish in plain sight.

Three days passed before Peter materialized in his backyard, wearing unfamiliar clothes and carrying items that defied explanation. His memories painted a picture of a hospital that both existed and didn't exist, where reality shimmered like heat waves rising from summer pavement.

The investigation into his disappearance uncovered something extraordinary: evidence suggesting Peter had slipped through a crack between parallel universes. His impossible story forces us to question everything we think we know about the nature of reality.