Glowing figure on a rock during a moonlit hike off Mount Shasta
A caller tells of “the other thing,” a night hike off Mount Shasta. The caller felt something behind them and then saw a glowing, statue-like figure standing on top of a rock. They say they thanked it, checked again that it was still there, and then [quote withheld] The caller tells the host that afterward they moved and the caller has had no other strange experiences.
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The story as told
The caller describes what they call [quote withheld] which they say happened at a time when they knew nothing about such things. The caller says that at the time they thought it was like a guardian angel and also that they thought they were going crazy. The caller says they were hiking off the mountain, dragging a toboggan, on a full-moon night. They had the feeling of something behind them, with their hair standing up. They describe reasoning with themselves about which way to turn, [quote withheld] and telling themselves to make sure to turn to the right. When they turned around, the caller says, they saw a glowing figure on top of a rock. They compare it to [quote withheld] Its hands were at its sides, and the caller says it was not threatening. The caller says they thought they were [quote withheld] and had “lost my cookie,” and that they thanked the figure: [quote withheld] After walking a couple of steps, the caller says, they checked again and it was still there. The only thing they could think to do was [quote withheld] The host asks whether something later visited them and advised them to get a lawyer. The caller says no, and that after that they moved and they have not had any other “crazy things.” The host closes by thanking the caller for their “stories plural.”
Reported events, in order
- 0:00
The caller brings up [quote withheld] saying they knew nothing about that at the time.
- 0:08
The caller says they thought it was like a guardian angel and that they thought they were going crazy.
- 0:16
The caller says they were hiking off the mountain, dragging a toboggan.
- 0:20
The caller says it was a full-moon night.
- 0:23
The caller describes feeling something behind them and their hair standing up.
- 0:32
The caller reasons about direction, [quote withheld] and tells themselves to turn right.
- 0:36
The caller turns around and sees a glowing figure on top of a rock.
- 0:41
The caller compares the figure to the statue in L.A. for the awards, says its hands are at its sides, and says it is not threatening.
- 0:47
The caller says they thought they were going crazy and had “lost my cookie.”
- 0:53
The caller speaks to the figure: [quote withheld]
- 1:01
After a couple of steps the caller checks again and says it was still there.
- 1:07
The caller says the only thing they could think to do was whistle a happy tune and run.
- 1:14
The host jokingly asks whether an entity advised the caller to get a lawyer. The caller says no, and says that afterward they moved and the caller has had no other strange experiences.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:23
The caller says they sensed something behind them while walking at night, with their hair standing up.
- observation· 0:36
The caller says they saw a glowing figure on top of a rock.
- observation· 0:44
The caller describes the figure by comparing it to an awards statue, with hands at the sides, and says it was not threatening.
- observation· 1:01
The caller says that when they looked back a second time after a couple of steps, the figure was still there.
- interpretation· 0:08
The caller says they thought the figure was like a guardian angel.
- interpretation· 0:53
The caller says they thanked the figure for its help, which suggests they read it as helping them.
- observation· 1:21
The caller says that after that they moved and they have not had any other “crazy things.”
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
A firsthand story with a few concrete details (Mount Shasta, a full moon, a toboggan) that holds together. The caller separates what they saw from what they concluded. But it is brief, undated, and not backed up by anyone else, and ordinary misreadings of a moonlit scene are not ruled out.
Evidence for and against
The only support is the caller's own word. There is no documentation, no second witness on air, and no outside check.
Evidence for and against
A glowing figure seen alone at night on a mountain, with the feeling of something behind them, is eerie. But the figure is described as not threatening, and the story ends with the caller running away, not with harm or a threat.
Evidence for and against
A glowing, human-like figure on a rock is a familiar ghost-story frame. The Mount Shasta night-hike setting, the toboggan, the awards-statue comparison, and the caller thanking the figure before running make it somewhat distinctive.
Evidence for and against
Scoring confidence 0.40 · analysis confidence 0.50 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: the word of the person telling it. The originality score blends the model's score (55) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- Another person or a stationary light on the rock, seen at a distance in full moonlight, could look like a glowing standing figure. · The caller says it was a full-moon night and that they saw the figure [quote withheld] at some distance. They say it did not move or interact and was still there when they checked again.
- Seeing a face or figure in a rock formation, tree, or equipment in the moonlight, helped along by the fear the caller describes before they turned to look. · The caller says they felt something behind them with their hair standing up and were reasoning about which way to turn before they turned around and saw the figure.
- Physical strain and disorientation during a night descent while dragging a toboggan, which the caller hints at when they say they thought they were going crazy. · [quote withheld] and “I'm going crazy.”
What stands out
The figure is described as glowing yet “not threatening.” The caller says they spoke politely to it and then ran away, whistling. That mix of gratitude, talking themselves through the danger, and flight is odd. The sighting is also an aside (“the other thing”) in a longer call that had already covered other experiences.
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