Other than Nelson Mandela dying in prison, these are the major memories that people seem to recall differently.
After a week of doing my research paper on the Placebo Effect, I came across another topic that sparked my interest. I’ve always been a curious person and love reading about conspiracy theories. In between the 9/11 theories and Obama being the anti-Christ, there was a new post that caught my eye, one on the Mandela Effect. Of course, the first thing that came to my mind was, Nelson Mandela. Out of pure boredom (and procrastinating on the fact that I had an Accounting test that I should be studying for), I clicked on that post and ended up reading about it for 2 hours straight.
The Mandela Effect talks about alternate memories, and alternate history. We recall events and memories that we thought happened, but in fact didn’t – at least, not in this reality. I know what you may be thinking, “Could it be that we just remembered it wrong?” No, but it could also be a glitch in the matrix. The odd thing is, many of us, even total strangers, recall that same memory, with exact details, but it differs from what is written in history books or shown on the news.
The term Mandela Effect came from none other than Nelson Mandela himself. Many people were shocked to find out that on the 5th of December 2013, Nelson Mandela had died of a respiratory infection. Yes, although saddened by his death, many people were shocked for other reasons. Thousands of people could have sworn that Nelson Mandela had died in prison prior to his 2013 demise. Those people remembered the news coverage shown on television, how it was a widespread on newspapers. They then discuss on other things that didn’t quite match (which I will do on my next post.) and the Mandela Effect was born.
The Mandela Effect 