Puzzled, Goethe went home . . . only to find Friedrich there, wearing the same gown Goethe had seen on the apparition. Another time, he saw his friend Friedrich walking on the street, wearing Goethe’s own dressing gown.
This was not the only doppelganger Goethe saw. That’s when he realized he was wearing the exact same clothes his doppelganger wore years ago. The figure soon disappeared, and Goethe (who found its appearance strangely soothing) soon forgot all about it.Įight years later, he found himself riding down the same footpath in the opposite direction (to see Frederika again). The person, who Goethe said he saw with a “mind’s eye” instead of his actual eyes, was clearly Goethe himself, although he was wearing different clothes. Suddenly, he faced a mysterious person riding toward him. One day, a depressed Goethe was riding on a footpath after leaving a girl named Frederika. A celebrated author who played a large part in shaping the field of literature, his words were widely read and respected. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a famous German writer, poet, and politician. Only two things are certain about these eerie apparitions: They are often bad news, and a surprising number of significant historical figures have claimed to be haunted by them. Meanwhile, scientists say they’re just electrical glitches of the brain, or mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Mystics throughout the ages have believed they are supernatural creatures: either spiritual copies of the person or downright demonic twins. There are many explanations for the doppelganger phenomenon.
It may even cooperate with the person, help them with tasks, or act as a surrogate body of sorts. Sometimes a doppelganger can’t be seen by the person at all, but instead manifests to other people in a completely different location. They can manifest in a number of ways: You can see them out of the corner of your eye, meet them on a lonely road somewhere, or, chillingly, see them standing behind you when looking in a mirror. According to legend, doppelgangers (German for “double-walker”) are paranormal duplicates of a real person.
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