Posted by: Yayang Juniarta
One day, you are alone in your house. No one around at that time, just you, your cat and some music playing on the background. But then you saw your mom walking leisurely in front of you to the kitchen. So you thought, “Hey, mom already home!” But when you chase her, she is not there. You stand there, speechless, scared, and cold. Then a couple of minute later, your mom arrived at home.
So, who’s the one who just walked in front of you? A ghost?
No, it’s doppelganger.
Doppelganger means double walker in Germany. It’s different from ghost where you are seeing dead people. Doppelganger means you are seeing the shadow of someone who still alive.
There are many story about doppelganger. Some people believe it’s a devil that disguise and take form of human. In Jew’s tradition, every people is believed to have their our angel that has the exact face as them. Once in a while this angel will appears.
Dr. Peter Brugger from Zurich University, indict a theory called Doppelganger Syndrom. He said that this syndrom could occur if our nerve experience a shock. It will bring the inner representation of ourself to the outer world. It usually happen when when we are stressed, lonely, or when our brain is injured.
Want to meet your doppelganger? There is a believe that if you cut some of your hair, wrap it with a white cloth, give it some lime extract then bury it on the ground. At night your doppelganger will appear.
Dare to try?
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