The true story behind 'Stranger Things', the great Netflix phenomenon

As we remember, the plot of Strange things It begins with the disappearance of Will Byers, an 11-year-old boy from the town of Hawkins, Indiana. From that moment, his best friends search for the truth, accompanied by a strange girl nicknamed 11. Little by little, the terrifying and cruel experiments of the government, a history of monsters and existence from another dimension.

Perhaps due to all this wave of fantastic events, many find it hard to believe that Strange things It is based on a true story or testimonies from people in the past. The key is that duffer brothers They were based on an experiment to unleash their creativity. What did they discover or what obsessed them to such an extent that they created such a magnificent universe?

The answer is the following: Montauk Project. You've probably never heard of him. Information is scarce, but intriguing. It speaks of combat ships that travel in time, as well as the recovery of memory and personalities that exchanged bodies. Everything is collected in the book by Preston B. Nichols called The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time.

If we go into its pages, we find interviews and reports about how the government had carried out experiments linked to paranormal events. Time travel and people with superpowers are clearly mentioned. For a vast majority, Strange things was built around this story that they assume is real, but others still doubt its veracity.

Time travel is the key

Here it is worth noting to make another important reference. It is about the so-called Philadelphia Experiment. Presumably, the United States Armed Forces conducted a test so that their ships could avoid the radars of Nazi Germany during World War II. With this, they sought to cross areas under German surveillance and send aid to the allied countries of Europe. Despite everything, something happened on one of those missions.

Presumably, the Destroyer Eldridge managed to electronically disappear in view of enemy radars. Accounts say the ship was teleported to a site 600 kilometers from Norfolk Harbor. If this seems strange to you, we ask for your patience, because the "true story" behind Strange things it's just getting exciting.

During this teleportation, a gap in time would have opened causing a pair of sailors on the ship to travel 40 years into the future. Interestingly, they realize that the United States is conducting the same experiment, with the difference that it is now running it to be invisible to Soviet radars. Everything indicates that this portal that allowed time travel was sustained thanks to the ship's generators.

One of the alleged witnesses is a subject named Al Bielek, who claims that he had to travel to the 1940s, when the first experiment occurred. Supposedly, the portal unleashed many energy problems, so the United States decided that it was necessary to prevent the teleportation of the warship to the modern era. Faced with this situation, he and his brother made the leap into the past to destroy the key equipment that the portal had managed to generate.

Al Bielek He said that he did not remember any of this, but it was thanks to a series of therapies that he was able to recover his memories. He claimed that the US authorities carried out a series of experiments on him to remove all his memories. In fact, he explained that his real name was Edward Duncan and that he had developed a series of psychic powers in those years as a result of the constant manipulation of his mind. He claimed that he was capable of appearing any object with thought alone, but later lost these abilities due to more invasive techniques applied to him.

Whether this story was real or not, it is clear that the brothers Oaf they took it as the cornerstone of Strange things. References to the jumps between dimensions are evident, as well as to the psychic powers of 11. It is hard to believe, but at least now the story of the series will feel closer to reality.