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The original was posted on /r/paranormalencounters by /u/ExaminationSmooth on 2025-07-03 19:51:30+00:00.

Hi all, first time posting here, but I had something happen a few hours ago that left me completely baffled. I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life. For context, I’m in a really good place—mentally and physically. Not much stress, no medication changes, sleeping well, and I have zero history of hallucinations or anything like that.

I recently started a new job, and today I was finalizing some paperwork. I had to run down the street to grab a form from the bank, which took all of 15 minutes. When I got back to the office (it’s a small building with just three people working today. My boss and two admins), I walked in and saw my boss heading toward the break room. She didn’t acknowledge me, but she was just a few steps ahead. She was wearing a purple shirt, black pants, and sandals with papers in hand. I was watching her the whole time. I even saw her turn the corner and caught a glimpse of her side profile as she entered the room. I walked in literally seconds behind her and she was gone. One of the admins was in the break room, and I asked if she saw my boss or if there was some back door I somehow missed? She looked confused and told me my boss was in her office (it is on the complete opposite end of the building) and hadn’t left it since I went to the bank. I honestly thought they were messing with me. I walked across the building to her office, and there she was, sitting at her desk, but in a different shirt than the one I saw “her” wearing just moments ago.

There’s only one way in or out of that break room.

My boss looked at me and asked if I was okay. Ma’am I just followed you into a room and you vanished. So no. But also, yeah—I’m fine? The admin that was in the break room came out and said “Yeah. Weird stuff happens around here sometimes.” Come again? What do you MEAN?

I’ve had a few experiences growing up that I couldn’t (and still) can’t explain, but it wasn’t often enough that I felt shaken, and not nearly as shocking as this. I am certain, on my mother and everything that is holy I saw what I saw. I will say, I was uncomfortable, but I didn’t feel as severe sense of dread like I had when I was a child. Those events only consisted of objects being launched across the room, and it was never any more than that.

Also, my husband says I could’ve mistaken her for someone else. It couldn’t have been, she is the only black woman that works in this small office. Everyone else here today has the skin tone of white construction paper. There was nothing that could’ve caused a reflection either. If it wants to freak me out it better start pulling some weight around here.

Has anyone here experienced this?