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Feedback II | The Signal

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Feb 5, 2026
Gary D., an Ontario storyteller who shared two personal anomalous encounters. He recounts a university sensory-deprivation study that produced a recurring black-and-white figure. He also tells a late-night teenage walk that led to an abandoned pavilion, phantom music overhead, and the unsettling discovery of a pile of hair.
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INSIGHT

Strange Experiences Deserve A Second Look

  • People often rationalize anomalous experiences as imagination or pareidolia rather than revisiting them objectively.
  • Gary D. suggests some events leave a feedback trail too loud to ignore and merit re-examination.
ANECDOTE

Sensory Deprivation Experiment And Heart Control

  • Gary D. described a sensory-deprivation experiment where calming images switched to horrific war footage to raise his heart rate.
  • He learned to rapidly lower his heart rate and blood pressure mentally and was paid based on performance.
ANECDOTE

Recurring Black‑And‑White Figure In The Experiment

  • During repeated sessions Gary D. saw a grainy black-and-white image of a gaunt man in a field that moved closer each time.
  • Experimenters denied adding that footage, and others he spoke to didn't recall the image at all.
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