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This Group Is Dedicated To Discussing The Mandela Effect, Here Are 24 Of Their Best Examples
If your favorite show as a child was The Berenstein Bears, I’m sorry to say that they never existed. Their last name was actually Berenstain. And if you recall the Monopoly Man having a monocle or the Fruit of the Loom logo containing a cornucopia, you’re sadly mistaken. These are all classic examples of the Mandela Effect.
And if you’re interested in even more inexplicable situations where many people swear they remember something differently than how it is today, you’ve come to the right place, pandas! Below, we’ve gathered some of the most perplexing examples of collective misremembering that have been shared in the Mandela Effect Glitch In The Matrix Facebook group. Enjoy scrolling through these stories, and keep reading to find a conversation with admin of the group, Devon Kramer!
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To find out more about the Mandela Effect Glitch In The Matrix Facebook group, we reached out to Admin Devon Kramer, who was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda.
Devon shared that he didn't actually found the group, but it was passed down to him by the creators. "One of the founders saw my 9vibesUniversal page on Facebook and reached out, asking if I would like to help this page grow," he explained. "She trusted me instantly and made me an admin."
#3
I was [darn] near sure this is NOT where your kidneys are supposed to be... I thought much lower; that's how I remember being taught anyway
#4
This may be silly, but I swear the Pillsbury Doughboy always had a little blue scarf, but apparently, it’s just white. Maybe I'm thinking of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, haha
#5
South America moving a significant amount east (on maps) is what started me on the ME. There were maps/globes in nearly every classroom growing up. I love geography and have looked at that continent hundreds of times. It absolutely was not that far East. No chance. This one get any body else? Edit: I am not talking about updated maps/drift. The map you find everywhere now shows SA at least 1000 miles east of what I remember. The map showing SA almost directly under NA does not exist (and apparently *never* existed. That is what qualifies this as a Mandela Effect) I remember picture A. Picture B is evidently where SA has always been located
"At the time I took over the page, it was at 12k. I started creating materials for the page and after a month, we started picking up traffic. The page grew from 12k to 30k," Devon continued.
"Every month, it just kept growing; by August of 2023, the page was at 69,000 members. This was the time that I decided to bring on some admins and mods to help. We jumped from 69k to over 300,000 in the first 3 months," the admin shared proudly. "Starting this year, the page is now at 360k and roughly 2k a day are joining! It has truly taken off!"
#6
Hannibal Lecter said, "Hello Clarice". Mandela effect says he only said, "Good morning". I remember impersonating that line, with Anthony Hopkin's accent, saying, "Hello Clarice" with my friends all the time!
#7
Okay, I really need to ask all of you this. Am I the only one who remembers Tutankhamun's headdress only had a snake in front? Not a snake and a bird. I wrote a paper many, many years ago in school about him, and I KNOW it only had a snake back then. I’m so confused.
Devon shared that he first became interested in the Mandela Effect after having a near death experience. "I started looking for answers to my NDE, and I stumbled across the image that CERN released of a man holding a sign that says 'Bond1' and 'Mandela' below it, and this led me to learning about the Mandela Effect."
#9
"I just saw the Mandela affect of Frosty the Snowman (the cartoon Christmas movie). He's no longer wearing a scarf? I remember him wearing one. How about you all?
#10
Who remembers the kids show Lamb Chops play along? It was in the 90s (I think) At the end of the show there is a song called "The song that NEVER ends" It's one of those daft songs that gets stuck in some part of your brain that pops out from time to time 🤣 I was singing it last week as my daughter and I were talking about kids shows from when I was younger. She wanted to see it, so I went to YouTube and typed "the song that never ends" As expected it shows up, only now the lyrics are "this is the song that DOESN'T end"!!!! It doesn't even sound right!!
#11
We're all mad here.' I'm watching Disney's Alice in Wonderland on Disney+, and I'm shocked that the Cheshire Cat says, 'Most everyone's mad here' NOT 'We're all mad here.' I know people who have gotten tattoos that say, 'We're all mad here' as they remember it, and now it's gone!
The admin also noted that his favorite example of the Mandela Effect is the Lion and the Lamb. "I was raised in the church, I am a Leo, and the Lion of Judah was a powerful statement in my house," Devon explained. "So when I looked and saw that today it says the 'wolf will lie with the lamb,' I was completely floored! I actually collected over 100 Bibles from churches, my parents' libraries, and even friends, and every single book said the 'wolf'. It was then that I started to realize things are not as they seem."
#12
Ok here's one that has always bothered me. I remember Thanksgiving being the third Thursday of November, not the fourth. It was that way until my early teens. Then it switched. But you look it up, it's supposedly always been the fourth Thursday. I was born in 1964 to give you a perspective on time frame. I remember because we always got out for the whole weekend and the dates were always like 19th, 20th, or 21st through whatever
Devon also shared some background on the Mandela Effect. "The Mandela Effect was coined in 2009 by a woman named Fiona Broome. She noticed that a large amount of people remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s, but not only did he not die, he was released from prison in 1990 and died in 2013," the admin explained.
"So how could so many have believed he died in prison?" Devon asks. "This is when the term came about to explain when a large majority of people remember something the same exact way even though in our timeline it did not happen."
#15
I've believed in Mandela effects for a while now, but I just found another one that again cemented it if I had any doubt. For context, since age might matter, I'm 34, but I owned all the Game Boy Pokémon as a child and teenager. In the game Pokémon, the rock-type character that looks like a snake made of large boulders was always called 'Onyx.' It was always Onyx like the color. I remember because of the text change with the letter 'y.' It goes below the lettering, and it was easy to remember. But now the name of the character is Onix. That was not the case in my childhood. I even used to draw the Pokémon and name them on paper
#16
Wasn't this always Room 1408 not just 1408? I read the short story and watched the movie. Always recall it being Room 1408
Devon pointed out a few other classic examples of the Mandela Effect as well. "Millions remember 'Mirror mirror on the wall,' yet when you look at the movie, it is 'Magic mirror on the wall'. Millions remember the Monopoly man having a monocle; there are even movies that reference this, such as Ace Ventura, yet all the board games show that he never had a monocle," he shared.
"Millions remember the famous line 'Luke, I am your father.' T-shirts were made, posters, stickers, and catchphrases, and yet when you watch the movie, he says 'No, I am your father,'" Devon continued.
#18
I was showing my son some videos of the Mandela effect & the Christmas song, I’ll be home for Christmas came up as one. I’ve always heard, I’ll be home for Christmas, you can Count on me. I was baffled when I heard it doesn’t say Count, it says, You can Plan on me. Fast forward to this morning & my daughter was playing a game on her pad & that song was part of the game. For the 1st time I heard, You can Plan on me. My question is…if I had not watched the video on the Mandela effect about a week ago, would I still have heard Count? Like the Laurel & Yanni thing? Do you guys remember that? Some people would hear Laurel, while others heard Yanni. I think it was Yanni, it could hv been something similar ijust can’t recall it tho. What do you all think? Im curious about this. Clear as day the song said Plan. 🤯 I even asked my 6 year old & she said, mom, I thought the song said you can count on me. So baffled
#19
I'm planning my kids birthday party and a friend told me joking to not to go wild and put ipads in the party favors... we laughed because I knew he was referring to an episode from Big little lies that we have watched a few years ago. I re watched the whole 2 seasons again and now I didn't see that scene at all! I remember it was on S2 in Amabella's birthday party since Renata was trying to not to look poor after their bankrupcy...... I totally remember that Bonnie looks at the party bag and tells her husband.. oh wow there is an ipad in there. Do any of you remember that scene? It may have been cut or something but why that specific scene? I have googled it and look for it in youtube but nothing! Like it never happened!
#20
I'm in my 40's, when I was a little girl I remember seeing a coca cola commercial with the jingle, "where ever there's a present, there's always a bow, where ever there's Santa, there's always [jerk] [jerk] [jerk], where ever there's a choir there's always a song, when ever the holidays come along, there's always coca cola, fa la la la la always coca cola" it has Santa drinking a coke out of a glass bottle. When I ask anyone if they remember this commercial and jingle they look at me crazy and say no. Please tell me that someone, anyone else remembers this. I can not find it online any where
As far as why the Mandela Effect exists, Devon says he personally believes it comes from a societal drive for a shift. "The method that the shift happens is far less important than the reason it happened," he noted. "The Mandela Effect is the first crack in our reality to realize that things are not as we think they are."
"Even the most modern physicists today, after the 2022 Nobel Prize, now agree that physicality does not define reality," the admin added. "We are changing, and this is the first step to seeing that it is possible."
#21
I was researching the back story behind 'Count Dracula', maybe 25 years ago or so. I just casually mentioned it to my Mum when she asked me who 'Vlad the Impaler' was. I was shocked, because everyone I knew (including my Mum) knew that Dracula was based on Vlad the 3rd Tepes 'Dracula' of Romania. But when I tried to look up Vlad the Impaler - I couldn't find any reference to him in any of our books! So - frustrated and confused - I left it at that. It gets weirder - the next day I looked him up I found loads of references and history about him and how he was the inspiration for count Dracula etc - and when I showed my Mum, she was like "Yeah, so what?" And I was like - "But yesterday you said you had never heard of him!"
#22
I grew up reading my grandfather's encyclopedia and other old books. I distinctly remember learning about the pyramids in Antarctica. Please tell me I'm not the only one
But as confusing as the Mandela Effect might sometimes be, Devon shared with Bored Panda that he believes it's a good thing. "And in the group, we try and focus on that side of things," he noted. "We share Mandela Effects, glitches, and strange things because we want to start discussing them without the blanket of fear."
"It could be CERN, time jumps, aliens, or spiritual; no one really knows. But no matter what it is, we can agree that it isn't hurting anyone; it's only expanding one's mind to see the impossible just might be possible," the admin says.
#24
Back in 1998 I was in eight grade. I remember walking into the library and all the teachers were crying bc a space shuttle that had just launched from cape canevral exploded killing all astronauts on board. Crazy part is there is nothing in Google or anywhere. I remember this happening clear as day
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