The hitchiker effect through social contagion
people can experience the hitchiker effect, when paranormal things follow you home just through reading about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkerranch/comments/wu85br/exactly_wtf_is_the_skinwalker_ranch_hitchhiker/
Apparently you don’t even need to visit the ranch in-person to pick up a Skinwalker Ranch hitchhiker. In an interview with George Knapp, co-author of the book “Hunt for the Skinwalker,” he said people have reported getting hitchhiker effects after just reading the book!
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The hitchiker effect, when paranormal things follow you home
it sounds like this is when paranormal phenomena follow you home