Know the third man syndrome

Know the third man syndrome. What is third man syndrome

The Third Man Syndrome is the term that identifies a very common experience throughout the world, and throughout the history of humanity: the sensation, sometimes even the visualization, of a being that is not really there , what many call “a hologram”. It was used from the dissemination of an anecdotal experience of a famous explorer of Antarctica, at the beginning of the 20th century. He reads on and finds out what it is.

An extra man on the scouting?

In the year 1917, the explorer Ernest Shackleton and two companions suffered all kinds of mishaps while trying to identify the mysterious lands of Antarctica. Lost and fatigued, they wandered almost aimlessly trying to receive sanctuary from a British whaling station, the only likely reference point on which they could depend for their livelihood.

Without equipment, food or water, the men traveled in this expected direction, and at the worst moment of their journey was that Shackleton perceived the presence of a fourth man on the journey: the third of his companions, a being that gave him breath, that comforted him, that gave him hope and support. Without mentioning it, upon arriving at the expected asylum, he kept this secret for years until revealing it in an interview... only to discover that his two companions had also experienced that presence.

Reality or fiction?

From this revelation of the explorer, numerous cases of emergencies and survival situations have been reported in which the actors experience the presence of a being not always visible, sometimes described as a "hologram" or as a "being of light", translucent. Survivors are often reported to hear the voice, and even feel nudges to help them when they fail to climb to subsistence. All cases report the pleasant sensation of comfort, company, love and security of these beings.

But beyond life-threatening situations, today it is more and more common for regular people, in regular situations, to often feel a company that is not there. Especially in times of mourning, in the face of hardship and depression and in other negative and lonely emotions, many people feel accompanied, feel caresses on their skin, pats on the back, hear the voice of their absent loved one, listen to their advice or their laughter, they have a repeated sense of company. This is called the Third Man Syndrome.

The truth is that there is still no scientific explanation for this phenomenon. Like angels and spirits (or the soul), there is no hard scientific evidence, but there is also no proof to the contrary . That is to say: it cannot be definitively verified that spirits exist, nor that they do not exist.

For this reason, those who reject these concepts affirm that these stimuli (visual, tactile, olfactory and sound) are projections and tricks that the person's mind plays on itself. Many artists, creators and professionals say with great conviction that they find inspiration and the answer to their needs when "someone" whispers it in their ear, and numerous doctors around the world have admitted to knowing the action step, the one that allows them to save a life, when someone has whispered it in your ear, which many identify from their faith and beliefs, and others attribute them to their own knowledge that finds that way to make themselves evident. And science can accompany that idea or, better said, it cannot deny it.

On the other hand, there are those who vehemently affirm that this third man is the soul of a deceased loved one , others strongly believe that they are guardian angels, and others affirm that it is God or the Supreme Being that accompanies them. Many have identified these beings with the recognized forms of saints and virgins, and others affirm that they are the positive energies of living people (but physically absent in the place) that move to accompany and encourage those in need.

Whatever it is, those who have experienced these presences well know that there is no science or theory that can deny the feeling of company in times of need, sorrow, loneliness or even subsistence, which is well known by those who identify with the Syndrome of Third Man and with these companies, often invisible