Things Wearing Human Faces

Your data is being sold right now. Let my sponsor Aura find the brokers selling it and remove you automatically. Try 14 days for free: aura.com/wartimestories Across cultures, stories have long described strange beings capable of imitating people, animals, or familiar voices. For some servicemembers, encounters with something that appeared almost human—or familiar enough to make them hesitate—have left them questioning exactly what they saw. Drawn from firsthand accounts spanning Canada, Indonesia, Iraq, and the United States, these stories describe distorted voices in empty training buildings, featureless figures wearing military uniforms, strange apparitions in remote jungles, and other encounters with things that seemed capable of taking on a familiar form. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices