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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/FanExpensive9928 on 2024-09-18 09:33:07+00:00.

So, I recently started working with the Gateway tapes, and something seriously strange went down when I hit Focus 10. It was like I stepped into a dream, but way too real. I wasn’t just dreaming; I felt like I was actually living in an alternate timeline.

I’m 36 now, but in this experience, I found myself back in school, except it was some futuristic, looking school for adults, the kind of architecture that could exist today but feels a bit ahead of its time. Two of my classmates stood out: one was a current colleague from my real job, and the other was someone I went to school with years ago. The interactions were just like real life. Everything felt completely normal, until it wasn’t.

I don’t remember what we were learning in class, but I vividly recall the breaks and the conversations. At the end of the day, I was sitting outside on a bench with my colleague. It was a warm day, the kind that sticks with you. Then, out of nowhere, a massive cloud of thick smoke formed from some kind of explosion. It was huge, and suddenly, this burning liquid splashed onto parts of my body. Someone grabbed my hand to help me, but I remember telling them, “It’s too late, I don’t want to live like this.”

Next thing I know, I’m snapping back to reality as the guy on the Gateway tape is counting down for me to wake up.

Has anyone else experienced something this intense with the Gateway tapes?