stackyFACTSIn 1984, a man living in the rural village of Dodleston claimed that a heavy-duty BBC Micro computer in his living room began mysteriously receiving text files from the past.
In 1984, a man living in the rural village of Dodleston claimed that a heavy-duty BBC Micro computer in his living room began mysteriously receiving text files from the past. The cryptic messages were written in archaic English, supposedly authored by an incredibly confused sixteenth-century individual named Lukas who believed the computer screen was a magical scrying glass. The fascinating case remains a completely unsolved staple of early technological paranormal folklore.
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