The Pascagoula UFO Incident | When Nightmares Come True
Added 2024-07-25 22:13:40 +0000 UTCOn a quiet October night in 1973, two friends were fishing in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Their lives changed forever when a strange craft appeared.
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker's terrifying experience became one of the most compelling UFO cases in history. What happened during those missing 20 minutes? Why did these men insist they were telling the truth for decades?
But there's more to this story than just one night. There are many similar encounters and many possible explanations, both natural and supernatural.
Whether the story is true or not, one thing is for sure: It was a nightmare.
Comments
Another awesome video, taking it back to the Old School! When are we getting a "how to lucid dream" video?
Wayne Morris
2024-08-14 12:29:22 +0000 UTCI've been lucid dreaming for the past 10 years it started once my doc started me on trazedone. It's for sleep insomnia. I at one point was able to control my dreams and it was slightly fun. I've lost the ability to control it but they are so real (lucid) I almost hate sleeping anymore 😂 it's insane what the brain can do and all we don't know still to this day
Steven Chell
2024-08-04 04:06:20 +0000 UTCI loved this episode!! Thank you AJ and team for delivering such great content!! I’ve experienced sleep paralysis too, and that makes sense. Thank you for telling the story and giving it space to develop!
David Parisi
2024-08-04 02:09:09 +0000 UTCI have never experienced sleep paralysis, but two of my children have. OAN- live about 30 minutes west of Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast. Have heard this story so many times. Thanks for covering it.
Gwendolyn Foster
2024-08-03 01:27:00 +0000 UTCGreat Episode the only thing I thought that happened in Pascagoula was the Squirrel Revival
Thomas G Richey
2024-07-30 23:56:30 +0000 UTCswedish chef***
Richard Mata
2024-07-30 19:25:34 +0000 UTCGreat episode ... the swedish impression was good shit! ... i laughed out loud
Richard Mata
2024-07-30 19:25:16 +0000 UTCI think they both saw something because of Calvin’s reaction. What I think happened though is that the other guy wrote a book and was making money for making speaking engagements. He probably made things up to put in his book. Calvin probably saw him making money and decided to get in on the easy money. He probably had to make up things to stretch his book out too so after he started writing a book, his details probably became less reliable. I haven’t read either book but that seems like a logical procession of events.
Cal Jennings
2024-07-30 04:52:39 +0000 UTCI guess Calvin never remembered the important thing that the female alien was trying to tell him?
Cal Jennings
2024-07-30 02:27:09 +0000 UTCI loved this episode. I’m sorry that I can’t hang on Discord but if someone asks me a direct question, I feel obligated to answer and someone always seems to ask me a religious question. I tried giving an answer from a non/religious perspective but the mod didn’t care. Nothing happened to the person who asked me the question so I’m pretty sure that the mod has some kind of grudge against me. That’s okay. His loss. It was about something that most people don’t think about… reincarnation in the Bible.
Cal Jennings
2024-07-30 02:12:12 +0000 UTCProbably a Democrat trying to make Republicans look stupid.
Cal Jennings
2024-07-30 02:07:21 +0000 UTCWho started the Q anon conspiracy.
Brian Caylor
2024-07-29 23:29:56 +0000 UTCIf anyone needs a ticket to Strange Escapes in Liberty, MO I have one I can give away. My grandkids cancelled and I can't get a refund
Tamarah Hood
2024-07-29 22:10:33 +0000 UTCCongrats!🎉 and enjoy the binge! 😊💜
Vikki Fairchild
2024-07-29 16:36:57 +0000 UTCAnother great episode...thank you!
Craig Blevins
2024-07-29 16:20:02 +0000 UTCLoved the episode, thank you.
Judy and Dave
2024-07-29 07:29:46 +0000 UTCI thought for sure Hecklefish was gonna sing “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival”. Maybe too old and regional of a reference?
Kurt Hunter
2024-07-29 05:25:32 +0000 UTCExcellent episode... Shit is getting real these days. Hope you and the family are all good. Hope to hear from you all soon. ❤️
Sigma 1-969
2024-07-28 11:34:13 +0000 UTCWatching this just makes me think of multi-dimensional folds. It’s finally not crazy to think that we live within a plethora of dimensions that we are only privy to a few of.. there is so much to learn about existence and what’s out there.
Joseph Pesciotta
2024-07-28 02:01:15 +0000 UTCWe Love Vic!!
Bill Alexander
2024-07-28 01:07:45 +0000 UTCThank you for another great episode!
Annie Andrén
2024-07-27 14:43:05 +0000 UTCbtw the latest release to the podcast why files has the wrong title it’s called the pascagoula encounter but on listening it’s the moon compilation
Richard hill
2024-07-27 13:50:48 +0000 UTCI had something similar to the old hag, my visions are always in a green light and a loud ringing in my ears/head. They are scary a hell. I get sleep paralysis during them also.
Charlie Pena
2024-07-27 13:48:41 +0000 UTCI get it about as often as you, I can pull myself out of it now but sometimes it takes a few minutes. I always get up and move my arms and legs around the second I get out of it, that seems to circulate that chemical that keeps us paralyzed out of my limbs and keeps me from having repeat episodes. Good luck! My kid is starting to get it now too and we talk about it pretty often and I know mine is related to stress, hope you can get some relief.
CJ4700
2024-07-27 04:51:59 +0000 UTCHoly cow! That AI is on point! I love the evolution of its use
Justin Friedman
2024-07-27 03:03:13 +0000 UTCBy the way this episode made me tear up. I have multiple episodes of sleep paralysis every month. My wife is so well trained she kicks me awake in her sleep. Sleep paralysis is raw terror, but when you said it was possibly the most terrifying experience of your life, it gave me hope.
StoneOfThor
2024-07-27 00:21:17 +0000 UTCHey - go to https://thewhyfiles.com/discord - and put in a help desk ticket and they will get you connected!!!
The Why Files
2024-07-26 23:14:44 +0000 UTCHis fishing victim friends or his ex wives? 🤔🤪
Chris Allman
2024-07-26 22:44:15 +0000 UTCOr is it what humans expect them to do? 🤔
Chris Allman
2024-07-26 22:42:34 +0000 UTCI have lucid dreams, unfortunately for me my Dr calls it PTSD.
Chris Allman
2024-07-26 22:41:19 +0000 UTCI don't fully understand discord but wish to add the why files... please help.
Chris Allman
2024-07-26 22:40:05 +0000 UTCThey were probably overwhelmed by alcohol and methane or perhaps fumes from a gas light. 🤔
Chris Allman
2024-07-26 22:11:44 +0000 UTCAJ, would be nice if you do an episode of LUCID DREAMING. I use to practice some form of it when I was young and was following Castaneda s books. I wonder how that affect the subconscious discharge since you are not having it because you are controlling the mindscape. Does the experiences your mind trashes in the dreaming pile up or do you use it to work them out ?
Willdesigns
2024-07-26 19:16:15 +0000 UTCI think he was a five time Korean War veteran. War is fucked up no matter what.
Tamarah Hood
2024-07-26 16:29:28 +0000 UTCThere is also the phenomenon of "ICU delirium" that my son experienced when he was extubated during COVID. He believed he was in a China being tortured and that I had turned him in. He said the "McDonald's" ads on the walls of his room were in Chinese. He also texted me that the "wardens" were trying to poison him and the poison made him not able to walk. He was so terrified when he woke. Interestingly, his doctors were Hispanic and Asian. It took about two weeks for him to realize it wasn't real, but he still says it felt real. I also get how dreams can bfeel real. When I was 8, I saw a shadowy figure in a hat. He was blocking the door to the room I was sleeping in with a relative. And, AJ, I did wet the bed. It was terrifying.
Tamarah Hood
2024-07-26 16:18:00 +0000 UTCThe E.T.s appearance is so different than the usual suspects. Yet have all the same capabilities. Interstellar flight, telepathic communication, skilled in abduction. Are these beings from the same place? Possibly different regions or time in space 🤔
Bad-Haggis
2024-07-26 16:08:09 +0000 UTCLove this story!
Kathy Vowell
2024-07-26 16:00:40 +0000 UTCIt nearly ruined Gaylord "Greg" Focker's life!
Dave and Stacy Roman
2024-07-26 13:51:18 +0000 UTCGood episode and I liked how you (and team) tied this to hypnagogia. Perhaps in the future, unless you've already covered this in depth in another episode, you can do a very broad episode specifically on hypnagogia. I've had what I believe to be three hypnagogic experiences, two related to abductions. It felt so real that when I woke up I felt the physical response/discomfort. For example, in the one dream some person had dug their fingers on the underside of my ribs (and wouldn't let go) and when I woke up the sensation in that spot was there. This was the non abduction one. I will not be writing a book.
Dave and Stacy Roman
2024-07-26 13:48:34 +0000 UTCI just graduated from Air Force BMT, I missed so much! I’m currently on my way to tech school and the binge way begins!
Dave Gaytan
2024-07-26 11:57:43 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, still a great episode regardless. Thanks AJ and Heckle fish. This is way more entertaining than other channels.
GL
2024-07-26 11:57:33 +0000 UTCIn memory of all those Hecklefish has lost
don green
2024-07-26 11:45:52 +0000 UTCUsed to have several episodes of Sleep paralisis when I was a child, the despair and trauma were really big, also some of those episodes made me more open minded about the experiences. When I was hospitalized due to covid i was given a lot of morfin for the pain as I had white lung and my chances of survival were 40%. I saw so many creepy things but luckily I never doubted they were reflections of my active mind with exception of one that I can t explain. Yet knowing that all, I still carry the trauma led by those experiences and being so close to die. 4 years have passed already and my anxieties have skyrocketed. My brain is checking all the time my vitals and the second I feel something different anxiety starts to pile up leading to all kind of strange paresthesia feelings. The mind is a powerful tool that can do a lot of weird things if we let fear control it. It s not easy to leave the victim mentality, no matter how much people try to convince you... it s not a matter of understanding but a matter of believing the explanation. When I go back the experiences felt real as it was the suffering at that time. Trauma is the result of that suffering. And whether it is a traumatic alien (as in strange to us) event or falling out of love, it is not the experience we recall but the pain. Maybe if we can separate pain from the memory we will be able to leave it behind but it is not an easy path... but definitely a path worth trying, more when you are not moving anywhere at all.
Willdesigns
2024-07-26 10:49:43 +0000 UTCFishing shenanigans. Great cow bell reference (BOC, love 'em).
Tim Murphy
2024-07-26 10:19:06 +0000 UTCFinally some logically explanation it makes sense to me now, my wife has been having these hallucinations sort of experience, she strongly believes there’s a presence in our room, sometime it’s an old man, sometimes it’s a woman naked, and she really believes it’s there and I believe there. Just this very week happen and I asked her “Are you sure you were awake, she said yes, and I asked her how do you know, she replied cause it was real”. She’s a very religious person and I more like AJ type of person but I’ll explore more the rational explanation.
Julio Nhancume
2024-07-26 09:54:22 +0000 UTCa little too much AI generated visuals. Other than that spot on.
!!@@Tomasz Mis@@!!
2024-07-26 08:55:13 +0000 UTCThey were fishing ...how could they be lucid dreaming?
Kristi
2024-07-26 07:16:23 +0000 UTCMaybe because it was recycled and there was nothing new? Just a guess. No disrespect to AJ or the channel, but yeah, misleading and mislabeled; this was an old episode
Kevin Davie
2024-07-26 04:44:56 +0000 UTCI find this one less satisfying. I don't know why. There just wasn't that much to go on with.
Steven Shi
2024-07-26 04:36:37 +0000 UTCExcellent episode! I really like your introduction with the machines! How you guys came up with that would be interesting to know. The music to it too is great!
Laurie Salts
2024-07-26 03:58:13 +0000 UTCIKR, I'd really like to know the AI models that he uses
John Knox
2024-07-26 03:53:46 +0000 UTCMaybe, do an episode on polygraph machines. These machines have a history of destroying innocent people's lives.
John Knox
2024-07-26 03:51:14 +0000 UTCSo they were going to sleep while they were fishing?
SomeoneShouldSayThis
2024-07-26 03:17:28 +0000 UTCHave you been tested for sleep apnea? If not you should, the treatment might help.
Osvaldo Acevedo
2024-07-26 03:15:50 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I had two sleep paralisis episodes, super scary. The first time was the worst. After that I did a little research and the second time it happened was a little less scary, but like you said, the trauma is real. Lucid dream would be cool though!
Osvaldo Acevedo
2024-07-26 03:12:49 +0000 UTCI'd love to be able to chat with one of your creators. I have concerns and queries. Cheers mates 👍
Hayley May Ditcham
2024-07-26 02:41:47 +0000 UTCI saw a RobertSynder5440 at 26:48 or so on the premier video.
Ray Pusic
2024-07-26 01:31:48 +0000 UTCNever had any experience with aliens or wierd sleep stuff. I have had a handful of lucid dreams though, and they were fascinating. AJ, I would love for you to do an episode just on lucid dreams - along with your own experiences of them. I loved that you shared your own related experience in this episode, and I'd love to watch an episode where you had even more to share from your own perspective!
Levi Wallach
2024-07-26 01:29:36 +0000 UTCthank you for another great episode, even if it is 2 PM here in Norway :)
Monica Nyhus
2024-07-26 01:18:38 +0000 UTCLiterally out of curiosity is there a certain tier or length or time being a member before your name gets added to the end. Keep looking at all Rs and Ss looking for it. Just would be cool to see is all 🙃
Robert Snyder
2024-07-26 01:18:06 +0000 UTCLucid dreaming is quite a skill. I never thought to tie it to this type of report. Good thinking.
Kazren
2024-07-26 01:10:12 +0000 UTCGreat episode! Nobody tells a story like you do. I just LOVE this show! I love my widdle Hecklefish, too. All you do is being me happiness and joy! Thank you so much for the distraction. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hazeliiis
2024-07-26 01:08:50 +0000 UTCSame! My sister had it one time as well, she said she just kept repeating the Lord’s Prayer over and over and it seemed to help. If it ever happens again, that’s what I’m going to do 🙏
Wilma Titzgreaux
2024-07-26 01:02:00 +0000 UTCAJ - I’m BLOWN AWAY how much these guys look IDENTICALLY like Charles & Calvin back in the 70s. This is eerie. Your AI *engine* / *ecosystem* / or (enter current acceptable *buzzword* here)-… For Calvin to have been so mum about it for decades is really something. He lived hard. Poor guy. Most purported victims, whether they have actually been taken or have vivid mental recollections that seem as realistic as if they’d actually been taken, live troubling, disturbed, anxious lives. This is a fantastic telling of the events! You guys, as always, are batting 1.000!
ExCalibur623
2024-07-26 00:48:27 +0000 UTCI've had those dreams where I feel paralyzed and cannot scream as I feel someone is over me. Often. Scary stuff. Not shadow people or aliens but I've never heard anyone else say they have them too.
Scott Cooper
2024-07-26 00:40:34 +0000 UTCVery enjoyable and worth the time to watch!
Skinny Piglet
2024-07-26 00:28:08 +0000 UTCYou guys are awsome as always, but I'm not a fan of all the AI generated stuff, makes me feel like I'm on something
Rick
2024-07-26 00:15:27 +0000 UTCI've had Sleep Paralysis. Scariest ... Thing ... EVER.
Shane R. Monroe
2024-07-26 00:12:26 +0000 UTCI have suffered from sleep paralysis my entire life. Some of my earliest memories involve sleep paralysis. I never know when it’s going to occur or how long it’s going to last. It’s a very terrifying feeling. As a small child, I began to fear that if I slept on my stomach that I would one day be suffocate by my pillow if I fell into sleep paralysis, so I began to sleep on my back and still do so to the day. My mother didn’t have a concept of the condition and used to just tell me I was having nightmares. I was told by other family members that a witch was on my back at those times. It is not uncommon for me to perceive that someone else is in the room with me, even when I’m alone. For many years, I thought someone was suffocating me while in that state. As I learned more about the condition, I realize that my body was just in a relaxed state of breathing because it was actually sleep, although my mind was awake and panicking. When you panic while awake, you have control over your breathing and tend to breathe quicker. But when you’re in a state of sleep paralysis, you have no control over your breathing; so I’ll be in a state of panic, but I can’t control my breathing pattern, which makes me feel like I’m suffocating.
Angie
2024-07-26 00:10:25 +0000 UTCNot one of your best. I'll give it a C-. It didn't grab me like your other do. Sorry brother. I wish you would cover the Travis Walton incident. Please.
val valdez
2024-07-26 00:06:30 +0000 UTCI had the old hag experience once ..I was awake, but I wasn't living right and was single at the time.. I turned my life around..but not 100%. Not until I had this divine experience. I promise this is real! One night .. I was laying in bed thinking about my life.. I have tears and getting goosebumps writing this. There was a night club full of shadow people. No faces..no music.but living wrong. Then a giant book like 50ft tall and just as wide..there was words on the pages but it was so close to me I couldn't read it. I still heard the shadows talking all at the same time .ALL AT ONCE God spoke loud as thunder..strangely it was calming to me. Whenever God spoke all the shadows talking STOPPED and hid.. Remember the Huge book was in front of me..not sure how I knew they hid. Whe God didn't speak the shadows slowly started talking again back as before.. Then God spoke..and they stopped.. This happened 3 times. The shadows left.. The book disappeared. And the words stayed on my mind..heart. This was a Friday night. Sunday I went to church for the first time in years. The pastor said we got a call last night ..it was a guest pastor that they had tried to get for the last 2 years.. I KID YOU NOT..You look him up..Jackson Senyonga Oh gosh....oh man.. That pastor came out and Spoke the very exact same passage God spoke that previous Friday night to all the shadows. I PROMISE . I AM 16 YRS SOBER from that Sunday.. No more shadows..no scary old lady.. I still go thru normal ups and downs ..I love ufo..and conspiracy stuff but at the end of the day..my life now is do much more at peace. Thanks for letting me share
WOW AQUATICS
2024-07-25 23:48:36 +0000 UTCThen stop showing up and drop your Patreon status.
Alyx
2024-07-25 23:40:27 +0000 UTC💗💗💗
Deanna Middleton
2024-07-25 23:36:07 +0000 UTCExcellent episode! Fewer anal probes and more cowbell !! 😆😆
Melanie
2024-07-25 23:33:45 +0000 UTC20 minute episode? it makes sense with the current state of this shitshow
Ralph
2024-07-25 23:28:53 +0000 UTCI think it's more likely that reality is an illusion than sleep paralysis accounts for abductions.
Carrie Allen
2024-07-25 23:26:32 +0000 UTCAnother great piece! I don't know how you do it but I'm sticking around to enjoy them! Thanks guys!!
Sue DiSanto
2024-07-25 23:23:19 +0000 UTCThanks AJ! Something must have happened on the docks. I have see many UFO's over the great lakes, especially Lake Superior.
John Seychel
2024-07-25 23:18:04 +0000 UTCAwesomely scary episode! You guys rock!
Joe P
2024-07-25 23:16:59 +0000 UTCJust finished it.. Alls good..Thank you AJ!!!
Mr.Spider66
2024-07-25 23:16:50 +0000 UTCThe trauma is real.
Katherine Carroll
2024-07-25 23:16:39 +0000 UTCI just love AJ, the fish, and your entire crew. I don’t think there is one video that not only do I listen to the end, but dance to the music every single time. Being a Patreon supporter is my honor. Bless you guys and big hugs!
SusanWoodcarver
2024-07-25 23:05:47 +0000 UTCGreat video. I love the wrap in the end. Fire In The Sky was better than Communion IMO
Luke Shannon
2024-07-25 23:02:30 +0000 UTCOnly 43? That guy went though a LOT!
PelorFox
2024-07-25 23:01:39 +0000 UTCSeems like a leap from a UFO sighting to sleep paralysis. Mind you, fishing is pretty dull, but for two people - even intoxicated people - to have the same or at least similar experiences, at the same time, is beyond coincidence...and I don't believe in coincidence. There's always a book, though. Always gotta try and make bank, even off your trauma. Makes it very difficult to believe. Hey, fun fact: Whitley Strieber was a science fiction writer. Know who else was...L. Ron Hubbard. You do the math. They can't get to me through you, right? Right??! Peace!
Pete Mitchell
2024-07-25 23:01:08 +0000 UTCYES! 430pm start - you will get a notice, I am on at 4pm to open it up and chat while we wait for AJ - Victoria
The Why Files
2024-07-25 22:58:05 +0000 UTCYeee ha! Love your work! Thanks for all ALL of you do!
Stahr Freedle
2024-07-25 22:57:56 +0000 UTCDo y’all use ai that generates custom video clips? I was looking for something but the only one I saw wasn’t publicly available.
GibsonMagicTime
2024-07-25 22:55:02 +0000 UTCThat the public release on YouTube. Patreons get it a bit earlier.
Ray
2024-07-25 22:54:51 +0000 UTCThat damn crabcat gets around 😁😁 Thanks for another great episode ❤
Bonnie Buck
2024-07-25 22:54:33 +0000 UTCThank you man
Sam Zpen
2024-07-25 22:53:03 +0000 UTCAhhh nothing like getting home after a rough day to find The Why Files posting a new episode. Bout to turn my frown, upside down!!!💚💚💚
Doc Hollidxy
2024-07-25 22:51:18 +0000 UTCOMG! Good episode! I was listening to this as I was cooking and I scared! 😳
Caroline Boyce
2024-07-25 22:50:57 +0000 UTCShort, but very very sweet
Damien Greaves
2024-07-25 22:48:51 +0000 UTCThanks Aj and heckle fish
Gary Moore
2024-07-25 22:46:57 +0000 UTCNo AMA?
Ryan Downing
2024-07-25 22:45:24 +0000 UTCHey Aj I just wanted to say I saw the video you posted last Friday and yeah I was a little bummed out every week that there wasn't a new whyfiles even more bummed out about the after files I really enjoyed those but I didn't know you were going through so much and I would personally like to apologize for not being patient but I never stopped watching and I never will stop watching I hope you are getting better with the tough time you're going through much love and I will be watching tonight keep up the great work to you and all of the team
Matt
2024-07-25 22:44:37 +0000 UTCWill Hecklefish ban fishing ss President?
Ray
2024-07-25 22:34:04 +0000 UTCThanks AJ!
Amy Dryden
2024-07-25 22:33:16 +0000 UTCGood job AJ! Hope you are doing better with everything that you have had lately. Stay strong, my friend! Dave Dominique Your federal agent friend with PTSD
David A Dominique
2024-07-25 22:32:54 +0000 UTCTy. 🤟
David Hernandez
2024-07-25 22:29:12 +0000 UTCThanks AJ
Michael West
2024-07-25 22:29:05 +0000 UTCFear The Crabcat! Now, I'm excited 😊
CK Wind
2024-07-25 22:28:29 +0000 UTCYessssss!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉😁
Liminal Phate
2024-07-25 22:28:01 +0000 UTCSo cool- was fishing today and this is a fishing story!
Stahr Freedle
2024-07-25 22:27:43 +0000 UTCYIKES! I thought you said five!?! Don't care! I'm watching it now! Thanks @thewhyfiles! Always ready for a new episode! Hahaha! Less anal probes and more cowbell! Good advice for life don't you think?
Carol Williamson
2024-07-25 22:27:28 +0000 UTCOmg super exciting. My dad told me that he and my Mama saw a UFO while they were driving from Pascagoula to New Orleans
passenger4
2024-07-25 22:26:29 +0000 UTCPerfect end to the night. Send all my love to the team but especially Aj. He brings us all so much happiness it pains me to see him unhappy, and I hope whatever turmoils he’s facing in life work out as positively as they possibly can. Much love ❤️
Kyle Fenton
2024-07-25 22:25:58 +0000 UTCWe’re back!
TomAi
2024-07-25 22:25:52 +0000 UTCYay!
jericho0o
2024-07-25 22:25:48 +0000 UTCHurray
TomAi
2024-07-25 22:25:43 +0000 UTCThank you 😊
Erica Start
2024-07-25 22:25:42 +0000 UTC🙏❤️
Rowan Carr
2024-07-25 22:25:35 +0000 UTCMississippi story Sweet ❤️ Been waiting for the new video this week. Thanks AJ and Hecklefish
Mark Berry
2024-07-25 22:25:26 +0000 UTCI’m sooo excited!!
Holly Pierce
2024-07-25 22:25:22 +0000 UTCWoo
Nichole Parker
2024-07-25 22:25:21 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be a banger
Cole Walker
2024-07-25 22:21:00 +0000 UTCTin foil hat at the ready!
Ryan James
2024-07-25 22:17:56 +0000 UTC
