Earth's Mantis Overlords | They've Been Here all Along
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Top Comments (10)
I'm in hospital, i have a brain tumor, but my favourite channel just posted. Life is good, God is with all of us!
I can’t believe I’m actually sharing this, but this video hit a nerve. Back in 2014, I had an encounter that still gives me chills to this day. I was solo camping in northern Arizona, near the Mogollon Rim, hoping to get away from everything for a few days. That area has always had a weird energy, but I chalked it up to being deep in nature. It was around 2:30 a.m. when I woke up to complete silence. I mean total silence — no insects, no wind, no rustling trees. If you’ve ever spent time outdoors, you know how unnatural that is. I stepped out of my tent to look around, and that's when I saw it. About 20-25 feet away, just beyond the edge of my firelight, there was this tall figure — at least 7 feet — standing completely still. Its body was thin and angular, almost fragile-looking, with elongated arms that bent like an insect’s. It reminded me of a praying mantis, but upright. Its head was triangular and tilted slightly, like it was observing me. Its eyes… they were large, black, and reflective — not glowing, but they caught the moonlight like polished stone. At first, I genuinely thought it was a tree, until it twitched — this unnatural, quick jerk, like it didn’t quite know how to mimic human motion. I froze. I couldn’t even breathe properly. The thing didn’t move toward me. It just watched for what felt like an eternity. Then, without making a sound, it turned and walked — more like glided — back into the darkness. I stayed in my tent until sunrise and packed up first thing. I told one friend years later and he laughed it off, said I probably hallucinated. But I know what I saw. And now, seeing this video and reading other comments like mine… maybe I’m not crazy after all.
66,000 views in 1 hour, makes me feel good to know how many people enjoy this sort of stuff.
Friday night, rainy out, home alone with a nice cup of coffee. This is better than anything on tv. Thx
I met a dude in Alaska about 15 years ago and he swore to me up and down that he had seen a "Mantis-Person" face-to-face in the woods. He seemed like an otherwise totally rational and sane person and was rather embarrassed to share the story but swore by it!
Thank you Opera for sponsoring this video! Check them out here - https://opr.as/05-Opera-browser-thewhyfiles
Hopi also speak of Ant People that lead them into underground tunnel cities to help survive cataclysm. They fed and housed them until it was safe for Hopi to return to surface life.
Some years ago, my mother saw an insect-looking man while at home. He got surprised my mom could see him and disappeared into thin air. I think we are surrounded by invisible beings that are aware of us and share our same space.
I had an experience once, but I was almost asleep. I felt the same buzzing, vibrating in my ear, and as the feeling got stronger and stronger, an image of a beings face became more and more clear in my mind. At the point where the image was clearest and the sensation was strongest, I suddenly found myself floating above the planet, looking down at a densely forested area. I looked above me and realized I was beneath a ..idk...a craft of some sort? It looked to be made out of a material that made me think of obsidian, but it shined the way oil on top of water shines. It was one of the craziest, coolest, most relaxing experiences I've ever had in my life. There was another time, where I had the same sensation. I was also laying in bed, and when the sensation was at its strongest, I opened my eyes and I saw a shadow of a figure on my wall. I felt in my mind that it was telling me to not be scared and to go back to sleep, which I did. These are two memories I'll have with me forever.
When my son was 2 years old we moved from the Uk to the US. One day he and I were hanging out with an English friend and she asked my son where he was from (expecting him to reply England) instead he looked up and pointed to the sky and said "the moon". laughing she asked "how did you get here?" and he replied "rocket ship" she asked if there was anyone else on the rocket ship and he said yes. Then my friend asked him "what did they look like?" and he said "looked like crickets" (by this time my friend and I were both a bit freaked out ) and she asked "did they speak to you?" and he said "yes" and she asked "how did they speak?" and my son looked her in the eyes for several seconds and then said "like that." As he used to have terrible night terrors and wake up almost every night screaming, saying they were at the window or looking at him by poking their heads down from the ceiling, it was a long time ago now but I still remember how helpless I felt to make it go away.
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Top Comments (10)
I'm in hospital, i have a brain tumor, but my favourite channel just posted. Life is good, God is with all of us!
I can’t believe I’m actually sharing this, but this video hit a nerve. Back in 2014, I had an encounter that still gives me chills to this day. I was solo camping in northern Arizona, near the Mogollon Rim, hoping to get away from everything for a few days. That area has always had a weird energy, but I chalked it up to being deep in nature. It was around 2:30 a.m. when I woke up to complete silence. I mean total silence — no insects, no wind, no rustling trees. If you’ve ever spent time outdoors, you know how unnatural that is. I stepped out of my tent to look around, and that's when I saw it. About 20-25 feet away, just beyond the edge of my firelight, there was this tall figure — at least 7 feet — standing completely still. Its body was thin and angular, almost fragile-looking, with elongated arms that bent like an insect’s. It reminded me of a praying mantis, but upright. Its head was triangular and tilted slightly, like it was observing me. Its eyes… they were large, black, and reflective — not glowing, but they caught the moonlight like polished stone. At first, I genuinely thought it was a tree, until it twitched — this unnatural, quick jerk, like it didn’t quite know how to mimic human motion. I froze. I couldn’t even breathe properly. The thing didn’t move toward me. It just watched for what felt like an eternity. Then, without making a sound, it turned and walked — more like glided — back into the darkness. I stayed in my tent until sunrise and packed up first thing. I told one friend years later and he laughed it off, said I probably hallucinated. But I know what I saw. And now, seeing this video and reading other comments like mine… maybe I’m not crazy after all.
66,000 views in 1 hour, makes me feel good to know how many people enjoy this sort of stuff.
Friday night, rainy out, home alone with a nice cup of coffee. This is better than anything on tv. Thx
I met a dude in Alaska about 15 years ago and he swore to me up and down that he had seen a "Mantis-Person" face-to-face in the woods. He seemed like an otherwise totally rational and sane person and was rather embarrassed to share the story but swore by it!
Thank you Opera for sponsoring this video! Check them out here - https://opr.as/05-Opera-browser-thewhyfiles
Hopi also speak of Ant People that lead them into underground tunnel cities to help survive cataclysm. They fed and housed them until it was safe for Hopi to return to surface life.
Some years ago, my mother saw an insect-looking man while at home. He got surprised my mom could see him and disappeared into thin air. I think we are surrounded by invisible beings that are aware of us and share our same space.
I had an experience once, but I was almost asleep. I felt the same buzzing, vibrating in my ear, and as the feeling got stronger and stronger, an image of a beings face became more and more clear in my mind. At the point where the image was clearest and the sensation was strongest, I suddenly found myself floating above the planet, looking down at a densely forested area. I looked above me and realized I was beneath a ..idk...a craft of some sort? It looked to be made out of a material that made me think of obsidian, but it shined the way oil on top of water shines. It was one of the craziest, coolest, most relaxing experiences I've ever had in my life. There was another time, where I had the same sensation. I was also laying in bed, and when the sensation was at its strongest, I opened my eyes and I saw a shadow of a figure on my wall. I felt in my mind that it was telling me to not be scared and to go back to sleep, which I did. These are two memories I'll have with me forever.
When my son was 2 years old we moved from the Uk to the US. One day he and I were hanging out with an English friend and she asked my son where he was from (expecting him to reply England) instead he looked up and pointed to the sky and said "the moon". laughing she asked "how did you get here?" and he replied "rocket ship" she asked if there was anyone else on the rocket ship and he said yes. Then my friend asked him "what did they look like?" and he said "looked like crickets" (by this time my friend and I were both a bit freaked out ) and she asked "did they speak to you?" and he said "yes" and she asked "how did they speak?" and my son looked her in the eyes for several seconds and then said "like that." As he used to have terrible night terrors and wake up almost every night screaming, saying they were at the window or looking at him by poking their heads down from the ceiling, it was a long time ago now but I still remember how helpless I felt to make it go away.