Ep.366 High Strangeness in Sweden

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.

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