Ep.366 High Strangeness in Sweden
Published: 28 December 2025
Tonight’s guest is Fred, calling in from Sweden. He’s the researcher and writer behind the book Northern Lights: High Strangeness in Sweden. Fred walks us through a series of his experiences scattered across Sweden and Norway, a violent interaction with an invisible force on a bridge in Stockholm, a shadow figure leaning out from behind a tree no person could hide behind, a perfect circle of ground light in Märsta, and the haunting footsteps that circled a cabin in a Norwegian valley that scared Fred before dawn. He also shares stories of the odd little man who appeared during his youth, in the forest, along the roadside, and even in a shop, always looking at him, never speaking.
Fred Andersson
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1. Violent Force on the Bridge – Stockholm
Location: A pedestrian bridge near an old factory site, close to a castle and military area, Stockholm
Approx. Date: Circa 20 years ago (early 2000s)
Time: Early morning during his walk to work
Experience:
While alone on the bridge, Fred felt a violent force pull his leather shoulder bag backward.
The bag’s strap tore apart despite being held by a metal ball-and-hole mechanism that should have been physically impossible to separate.
Immediately after, he felt an intense freezing cold, teeth chattering, full-body shivering.
No one else was present.
He remains convinced the bag did not snag on anything.
2. Shadow Person Encounter – Near Seglora, Sweden
Location: Rural home near Seglora, in the forest
Approx. Date: 2016
Time: Daytime, during TV production
Experience:
While filming for the paranormal TV series Det Okända, Fred spoke with the family outdoors.
He saw a solid black humanoid figure wearing a hat lean out from behind an extremely thin pine tree.
The tree was so thin that a person could not physically hide behind it.
The figure appeared solid, not translucent, and visible for several seconds before vanishing.
The family had repeatedly reported this same “man with a hat.”
3. Circle of Light on a Field – Märsta, Sweden
Location: Old historic fields outside Märsta, near Stockholm, close to forests and ancient mounds
Approx. Date: Late July or early August 2019
Time: Evening into night, before midnight
Experience:
While barbecuing with friends, Fred noticed a large circular patch of bright light on the ground, as if illuminated from above.
No visible light source, no beam, no structures nearby.
Two group members attempted to approach it but were stopped by a flooded ditch.
Everyone forgot to photograph it, despite having phones and cameras — something Fred later found bizarre.
Two owls flew in circles overhead during the event.
The light had never appeared before or after despite many return visits.
4. Footsteps of the “Huldra” – Grunke Valley, Valdres, Norway
Location: Grunke, a remote valley in Valdres, Norway, surrounded by steep mountains
Approx. Date: Summer 2025 (mid-July or August)
Time: Around 3:00 to 4:00 AM
Experience:
Fred awoke at 3 AM, went outside, then returned to bed.
Soon after, he heard very clear footsteps approaching on gravel, moving slowly up the road toward the cabin.
The steps circled the house and stopped directly outside the wall near where he lay in bed.
The area had no gravel, only grass and soft earth. No cows, sheep, or humans were present.
He was frozen with fear, unable to wake others.
After an hour, he checked outside — no tracks, no people, no animals.
A local relative later took the incident seriously, saying it resembled known Huldra or “little people” activity.
5. Repeated Encounters with a Strange Man While on Psilocybin
Location(s):
Forest footpath near a small stream
Roadside electrical box
A local grocery store
(All in Sweden, specific town not mentioned)
Approx. Date: Several years ago, during one summer in his youth
Times: Late evening, night, and daytime
Experience:
While on psilocybin mushrooms three separate times that summer, Fred encountered the same strange man each time:
Short
Pants pulled up unusually high
Large bulging eyes
Cartoonish, troll-like appearance
First sighting: man fishing on a small wooden bridge
Second sighting: peering from behind an electrical service box
Third sighting: encountered him in a shop, sober except for being at the tail end of a trip
Fred is adamant the man was not a hallucination, describing him as physically present each time.
Never saw him again.