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Have you ever had auditory pareidolia on the trail? (lemmy.world)
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I was hiking in a wilderness area...a very remote trail without a lot of action, and at one point I heard voices...I swore I heard human voices.

It was up in the mountains, too, so there wasn't much to make noise like that.

Obviously, I know it's my brain hearing trees groaning in the wind and quickly shortcutting to, "must be a human voice!" But it was just eerie.

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[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah, several times. I often go hiking or fishing on my own pretty far off the beaten path in the high Sierras. Many times I've sworn I could hear people talking and sometimes calling my name. Definitely nobody for miles.