So, here’s the thing… memories are how we preserve the past in our minds. They’re as important as our ability to breathe. But what happens when they’re altered? When we can’t remember something correctly, and when past images seem fuzzy–this is the Mandela effect. Read on to learn what it is.. examples of it.. and whether or not we really are going insane.

The Mandela Effect first named back in 2009, by Fiona Broome when she started a website to discuss her research on how she and many others remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison when this did not happen as (totally not a plug in, but ENGLISH 10 would know he lived for another 10 years and even became President of South Africa. From here, more cases like this have occurred with even more people, after which people dubbed this phenomenon the Mandela Effect.

Some other popular examples :

• If you ask most people, a Monopoly man not having a monocle would sound crazy, but actually, this is the truth. For the past 40 years, he never did!
• Froot of the loom was always shown with a cornucopia, or was it? Apparently not..(EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT DID) 
• People know that the Barenstain Bears are called the Barenstain, BUT, there are some who remember the name “Bearenstein” with this name also appearing in other stuff like the Simpsons. 

THEORIES!!!!

There have been a couple of theories on how the Mandela Effect makes sense. A big one has been that during the COVID era, we somehow went into “another timeline” without us knowing, leading to the mix-up. In this theory, we still remember all the stuff from the “original” earth, which ties into another subject of “why the world feels so gray.” 

Some people just agree that we remember things wrong, and others believe it. For example, some people believe that Curious George had a tail (Which he never did). If you’re asking ME, I’d say this makes sense, but I KNOW!!!!! Another example, the fruit of the loom had a cornucopia, NO WAY IT DID NOT!!!!!!!

Food for Thought

But what do YOU think? Do you remember anything out of the ordinary? A childhood memory? Was it a case of remembering wrong or something else?