This story happened to my cousin named Sergei when he was nine years old, back in 1978. Then he lived with his parents in a small village, in a good stone house that his father built with his own hands. Actually, Sergei still lives there, but alone. His parents died, and things didn’t work out with his wife, as they say. He is not particularly bothered by loneliness, he loves his home very much and did not move out of there, even when very serious circumstances forced him to do so. He has only one unpleasant memory associated with this house, which, although it does not darken the overall picture, has not been erased from his memory for many years.

I want to tell my story. I’ve never shared anything like this before, although there are stories of “a carriage and a small cart.”

At that time I was about 13 years old. Summer, holidays, who wouldn’t enjoy this wonderful time of year？

They sent me to my sister for so-called recovery. A small village, next to a river. There are about 200 residents in total, mostly old-timers. As usual, all the youth in the city are looking for prospects for a future, prosperous life. The elderly are also not forgotten; you can often meet young families on weekends who come to visit their native lands. So, closer to the point.

The third day of my stay in “exile” arrived, when suddenly my parents decided to visit me, and even go to the river, relax, and splash around.

UPD 04/02/2018. The material has been supplemented with a new publication

It was back in the 90s, when there was a fashion for everything anomalous - UFOs, contactees and other mysticism. My friend and I studied a little extrasensory perception and often went to exhibitions of artist contactees, fortunately there were a lot of them (exhibitions) in our city. A friend even had X-ray vision at that time. I then wanted to learn how to adapt to any type of energy, fortunately at that time I also understood a little about this - energy can be subjectively felt - prickly, cold, warm, etc.

I think that I will not be mistaken if I say that there are almost no people who would not touch the mysterious in one way or another. In the sky, on the ground or in the sea... Another thing is that this contact comes into consciousness or remains unnoticed. And one more important aspect of contact - imagine, an ant is running through the forest in search of contact - will it perceive the person as a fellow contact or will it simply run around. People perceive UFOs, the intelligent behavior of ball lightning, adjacent worlds (brownies and other good guys).

Here, for example, is one of thousands of cases - I look out the window, outside the window there is a yellow “moon”, half a degree in diameter, suddenly it begins to fall vertically down and disappears behind the forest.

My family - me, my husband Kostya and daughter Adriana - lives in a house that used to be a small railway station for many years, that is, it has 5 rooms. We bought the building for pennies, since there were no communications there. They completely renovated it, planted a vegetable garden, a lawn, and brought in livestock. There is a forest nearby, from the terrace you can see snow-capped mountains even in summer. There are no neighbors, 150 meters from the house, closer to the forest, there is a sheepfold. But we don’t communicate with the shepherds, they have their own affairs, we have ours. And on the other side there are railway lines behind the house and 30 meters away there is a new train station. Behind the house, close to the fence, my husband planted some kind of climbing plant - a bush that blooms with small white flowers and smells simply intoxicatingly pleasant.

My second cousin died a long time ago, he was 10 years old, the boy was electrocuted. And it was precisely at that hour and at that moment when he was killed (there were people there, they performed artificial respiration on Kostya, they tried to save the boy), the boy showed no signs of life, and after artificial respiration he opened his eyes, sighed twice, said, “Mom.” " and died.

So, at that very moment (we later checked the time) when the child said “mom”, his mother heard her son’s voice - “mom” (70 km from what was happening). The boy’s mother was watching TV in her apartment at that time, so she jumped up and ran out into the corridor with the words: “Kostya, son!”

I live in a remote residential area of ​​Saratov. I get to and from work every day by tram. Like many other cities in Russia, electric transport in our city is going through hard times.

During the heyday of tram traffic in Saratov, there were three depots. The last one, Leninsky, opened around the mid-1980s. A line was even opened for passenger traffic to it. It was actively used by residents of surrounding houses. Due to this, tram route No. 11 was extended - the final stop was moved from the Geological College to depot No. 3, and this is several kilometers more.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Lenin tram depot did not operate for long and was abandoned in the early 2000s.

For thousands of years, people have wanted to cross the threshold of mystery and find out what lies on the other side of reality. How to get to another world? There is no final answer to this question, but it is simply impossible to turn a blind eye to the huge number of facts, testimonies of real people and scientific explanations.

What is a parallel world?

The parallel world, or the fifth dimension, is a space invisible to the human eye that exists along with the real life of people. There is no dependence between him and the ordinary world. It is believed that its size can vary greatly: from a pea to the universe. Patterns of events, rules of physics and other “firm” statements that are valid in the human world may not work at all in the invisible reality. Everything that happens there may have slight deviations from the usual way of life or differ radically.

Multiverse

The multiverse is an invention of science fiction writers. Recently, scientists are increasingly turning to the works of science fiction writers, because many years of observational experience have shown that they almost always predict with amazing accuracy the development of events and the future of humanity. The concept of the multiverse suggests that, in addition to the world familiar to earthlings, there are a huge number of unique worlds. Moreover, not all of them are material. The earth is connected to other invisible realities at the level of spiritual connection.

Speculation about the existence of parallel worlds

Since ancient times, there has been much speculation about whether the fifth dimension actually exists. It’s interesting that the question of how to get to another world was asked by great minds of the distant past. Similar thoughts can be found in the works of Democritus, Epicurus and Metrodorus of Chios. Some have even tried to prove the existence of the “other side” through scientific research. Democritus argued that absolute emptiness conceals a large number of worlds. Some of them, he says, are very similar to ours, even in the smallest details. Others are completely different from earthly reality. The thinker substantiated his theories based on the basic principle of isonomy - equal probability. Pundits of the past also spoke about the unity of time: the past, present, future are at one point. It follows from this that making the transition is not so difficult; the main thing is to understand the mechanism of transition from one point to another.

Modern science

Modern science does not at all deny the possibility of the existence of other worlds. This moment is studied in detail, something new is constantly discovered. Even the fact that scientists around the world accept the theory of the multiverse already speaks volumes. Science substantiates this assumption using the principles of quantum mechanics, and supporters of this theory believe that there are an incredible number of possible worlds - up to 10 to the five hundredth power. There is also an opinion that the number of parallel realities is not at all limited. However, science cannot yet answer the question of how to get into a parallel world. Every year more unknown things are discovered. Perhaps in the near future people will be able to travel instantaneously between universes.

Esotericists and psychics claim that it is quite possible to get into another world. However, please note that this is not always safe. In order to penetrate the secret world, it is necessary to change the way the brain works. It is advisable to practice the following: lying on the bed, try to fall asleep, relax your body, but keep your mind conscious. Achieving this or similar consciousness will be difficult at first, but it is worth continuing to try.

The main problem for beginners is that it is very difficult to relax the body and be conscious at the same time. In such cases, a person unbearably wants to twitch, move at least a little, or he simply falls asleep. About a month of training - and you will be able to accustom your body to such practice. After this, you should plunge deeper into the new state. Every time new sounds, voices, pictures will appear. Soon it will be possible to move to another reality. The main thing is not to fall asleep, but to realize that you have crossed the threshold of a parallel world. This method is also possible in another variation. You need to do the same thing, but immediately after waking up. Having opened your eyes, you need to fix your body, but keep your mind awake. In this case, immersion into another world occurs faster, but many cannot stand it and fall asleep again. In addition, you need to wake up only at a certain time - preferably around 4 am, since it is during this period that a person is at his most subtle.

Another way is meditation. The key difference from the first method is that there is no connection with sleep, and the process itself must occur in a sitting position. The difficulty of this approach lies in the need to clear the mind of unnecessary thoughts that constantly visit a person as soon as he tries to concentrate. There are many techniques to tame unruly thoughts. For example, you should not interrupt the flow, but give it freedom, but not join in, but be just an observer. You can also concentrate on numbers, a specific point, etc.

The danger that other worlds conceal

The reality of parallel worlds is fraught with many unknowns. But the real threat that can be encountered on the other side is malevolent entities. In order to control your fear and avoid trouble, you need to know who and what causes anxiety. Entering a parallel world will be much easier if you know that frightening entities are just products of the past. Fears from childhood, movies, books, etc. - all this can be found in parallel reality. The main thing is to understand that these are only phantoms, not real beings. As soon as the fear of them disappears, they will disappear on their own. Residents of invisible worlds are mostly friendly or indifferent. They are unlikely to frighten or create trouble, but still you should not irritate them. However, there is still a chance to meet an evil spirit. In this case, it is enough to overcome your fear, because there will still be no harm from the activity of the otherworldly entity. Do not forget that the past, present, and future are in contact, so there is always a way out. You can also think about home, and then the soul will most likely return to the body.

How to get to a parallel world through an elevator

Esotericists claim that the elevator can help in the transition to a parallel world. It serves as a “door” that you need to be able to open. It is best to travel through the elevator at night or in the dark. You must be alone in the booth. It is worth noting that if any person enters the elevator during the ritual, nothing will succeed. After entering the cabin, you should move through the floors in the following order: 4-2-6-2-1. Then you should go to the 10th floor and go down to the 5th. A woman will enter the booth, you cannot talk to her. You should press the button for the 1st floor, but the elevator will go to the 10th. You cannot press other buttons, since the ritual will be interrupted. How do you know when the transition is complete? There will only be you in the parallel reality. It should be noted that there is no point in looking for a companion - the escort was not a person. In order to get into the human world, you need to perform a ritual with the elevator (floors, buttons) in the reverse order.

Gateway to another reality

You can penetrate another reality with the help of a mirror, because it is a mystical gateway to all other worlds. It is used by sorcerers and magicians who have the necessary knowledge. Passing through the mirror is always successful. In addition, with its help you can not only travel to other universes, but also cast magic. That is why the custom of hanging mirrors after a person’s death continues to this day. This is done for a reason, because the soul of the deceased wanders around his home throughout the day. Thus, the astral body says goodbye to its past life. The soul itself is unlikely to want to harm its relatives, but at such moments a portal opens through which various entities can enter the room. They can frighten or try to drag the astral body of a living person into a parallel reality.

There are several rituals with mirrors. To answer the question of how people get into parallel worlds, it is necessary to understand the essence of the mirror ritual, because it is this object that is the original guide to another world.

Mirror and candles

This is an ancient method that is still used today. You need to place two mirrors opposite each other. They must be parallel. The candle must be purchased in advance from the temple. You need to place it between the mirrors so that you get a corridor of many candles. Don't be alarmed if the flame starts to fluctuate, this could very well happen. This means that invisible entities are already with you. You can use more than just candles for this ritual. LEDs or color panels are suitable. But it is best to use candles, since their blinking corresponds to the frequency of the human brain. This helps a person enter a meditative state. And you must enter it, because, being conscious, you can be very scared. The consequence may be not only an interrupted ritual, but also another entity joining you. The ritual must be performed in complete darkness and silence. There should only be one person in the room.

Mirror and prayer

You need to buy a round mirror on Saturday. Its perimeter should be covered with the words “Our Father” on the contrary, written in red ink. On Thursday night you need to place a mirror under the pillow, mirror side up. You need to turn off the light, go to bed and say your name backwards. This must be done until sleep overtakes. A person will wake up in another world. In order to get out of another reality, you need to find an animal in it that will be exactly the same as in real life, and follow it. The danger of the whole action is that the guide may never be found, and the astral body will forever remain in a parallel world or, even worse, between worlds.

Path to the past

For many years and even centuries, people have wanted to know the answer to the question of how to go back in time. There are two known ways that can move a person through time. The most famous are “wormholes” - small tunnels in space that serve as a link between the past and the present. But... Scientific research shows that the “hole” will close faster than a person can cross its threshold. Based on this, it can be argued that as soon as scientists find a way to delay the opening of the tunnel, they will become justified not only from an esoteric, but also from a scientific position.

The second way is to visit places on Earth that have a certain energy. Such journeys have a huge amount of real evidence. Moreover, sometimes people don’t even know how to get into the past, but end up there by accident, having visited an energetically strong place on the Earth. A territory with pronounced supernatural energy is called a “place of power.” It has been scientifically verified that the operation of any installations there deteriorates or even fails. And those indicators that can be measured are off the charts.

Working with the subconscious

Another way is to work with the subconscious. How to get to a parallel world using your brain? Quite difficult, but doable. To do this, you need to enter a state of strong relaxation, create a gate and go through the portal. Sounds simple, but to achieve results. several factors are required: great desire, mastery of meditation techniques, the ability to visualize space in detail and... lack of fear. Many people say that when they achieve results, they often lose touch with the other world out of fear. It takes some time to overcome it, so you should be prepared to find yourself in another reality at any moment.

STORIES

PARALLEL WORLDS

Mishka, my friend, works as a psychiatrist in a regional hospital. And, like any psychiatrist, he has interesting patients and cases from his practice. There are not as many of them as it seems, but you come across characters straight from the cabinet of curiosities. And not all of them are so funny, people do not lose their minds because of a good life, and certainly not of their own free will. For example, he talked about a woman. You meet her on the street and you won’t understand that anything is wrong. He walks with a stroller and smiles. Sometimes he will lisp the baby and rock him in his arms. And if you come closer, it’s not a child at all, but a doll in rags. Lost in her mind due to the tragic death of her daughter. After treatment, the woman became more unhappy and looked worse than before. So think after this, what is better - to live in an illusion or in reality?
At seven in the evening, as scheduled, Mikha stumbled into my bachelor pad, clinking bottles in a bag. A simple table for home gatherings was already set. Everything is as usual - roach, sandwiches and beer.
“I’ll ask you a question,” he said thoughtfully. — Do you know about the theory of “many-worlds interpretation”?
- Many-Worlds... what? - I asked.
— This is one of the many theories of quantum physics. She suggests that there may be an infinite number of worlds similar to ours. The differences can be either completely insignificant, for example, in one of the worlds you ate sausages for dinner, and in another fish, or they can be so global that not only our world can be different, but also the entire galaxy or Universe,” Mishka finished explaining.
“I knew you’d go crazy at your job.” It’s not for nothing that there is such an anecdote: “In a mental hospital, whoever puts on a robe first is the psychiatrist.”
- Yah you. You try to enlighten an ignoramus, but he also calls you crazy. Be that as it may, it was with this question that the patient I want to tell you about began.
* * *
- Yes, I know about this theory. But I would like to talk about what you actually came for? — I asked a young, decently dressed guy who came to see me.
I quickly glanced over his medical record: 25 years old, had not previously been registered at a mental health clinic. At the age of 19 years, a traumatic amputation of the little finger of his right hand occurred at work. Next came the standard ARVI and influenza.
- You see, there are two options for the events that happen to me. Either this theory is correct, except that these worlds actually intersect, or I'm crazy and I need your help,” he spoke calmly, showing no signs of anxiety or fear.
It became clear that his approach to me was carefully thought out.
“Come on, you tell me about everything that worries or bothers you, and after that I’ll try to think about how and how to help you,” he was the last patient of the day, so I wanted to quickly finish and go home.
- I’ll start from the moments when it started, but I still didn’t notice anything or didn’t attach any importance to it.
- Whatever is convenient for you. The more I know, the better.” My hope of leaving early was instantly extinguished. I'll have to listen to everything, that's my job.
* * *
— It started three years ago. One day I left the house and noticed that something was wrong. This feeling happens when you arrive at a familiar apartment, and they have cleaned it or rearranged something. You can’t even say exactly what exactly has changed, but the feeling doesn’t go away. When I began to analyze that moment two years later, I remembered that there was always an oak tree growing in the yard of the house. Powerful, with thick branches and powerful roots. I also remembered how I collected acorns under it as a child. And now there was larch growing there! Just as big and even similar in appearance, but the trees are completely different!
People are very afraid to change their familiar world. It is easier for them to believe a lie that maintains its existence than a truth that will destroy it. I did the same, convincing myself that there was no oak tree, as if larch had always grown there. Remembering all the moments later, I understand what a fool I was. Constantly convincing myself not to notice the truth, not believing my eyes and memories, I was getting closer and closer to disaster.
There were many more moments like this after that. Many were so insignificant that I don’t even remember them. I'll tell you about a few that I remember. Once, while walking with a friend, I remembered the Tarkle chewing gum, which he and I often bought for a ruble at a stall. There were also transfer tattoos inside. The friend was surprised, saying that they were called “Malabar”. Moreover, I was simply sure that he was making fun of me. At home I googled it - and yes, “Malabar”!
Then there was an acquaintance from a rock concert who didn’t recognize me and kept wondering where I got his phone number and name. Such events happened more and more often each time, and the changes became stronger. I could no longer constantly justify them with my forgetfulness or changeable memory. And yet I tried just not to think about it. I protected my little world to the last. Even when it was covered in patches and bursting at the seams.
The last event was not unexpected; on the contrary, it was quite predictable if I had not been such a stubborn ass. When I arrived home, I was greeted by unusual silence and darkness. There were no eternal dialogues of the characters from the TV series, no sizzling or gurgling of cooking dishes from the kitchen. Not, most importantly, greetings from my beloved wife Sveta. If she went out with her friends, she would definitely leave a note, send an SMS or call. Calling her right away did not give me the understanding that everything was wrong at home. There was no wall that she liked so much that I immediately bought it. Instead of it there was my old chest of drawers. Moreover, there were none of her things or anything we bought together. A phone call brought me out of my state of shock:
- Where did you leave work?! — by the voice I recognized my boss from my previous job, where I left a couple of years ago and got a job at another one, on the recommendation of my father-in-law.
- What are you about? - I was perplexed, - I quit my job a long time ago.
“Didn’t you hit your head there?” I forgive you for today, but next time you will actually be fired.
Everything that happened simply did not fit in my head. I don't remember how long it took before I calmed down and my head started working again. First of all, I called my work, acquaintances, friends, Sveta. They didn't know anything about me at work. Friends and acquaintances didn’t even know that I got married, although they were all present at my wedding. And Sveta... Sveta simply didn’t recognize me, or pretended not to know me. Her realization that I knew about her scared her greatly. After that, her phone number was unavailable.
When I calmed down, I began to analyze what had happened to me earlier. And two ideas came to my mind: either I’ve gone crazy, which is most likely, or I’m somehow traveling between worlds, passing unnoticed from one to another. These worlds are not much different, just in one there was oak, and in the other there was larch, in one there was “Tarkle” chewing gum, and in the other “Malabar”. And finally, in one of them I was late for the bus, which closed the doors in my face, and met a beautiful girl Sveta at the bus stop. And in another world, I probably caught that damned bus and watched her go. I could find her again, start dating and marry her again. But what's the point if I'm crazy or a traveler between worlds?
* * *
I heard a lot of sad stories, saw mothers who killed their children during an exacerbation, considering them demons, and after that sobbed inconsolably, I saw a lot. But this is the first time I've heard of this. At first glance, he himself invented these “other” memories, trying to escape from his lonely reality. But a lot of things didn’t add up. Suppose he somehow found out the phone numbers and names, but then why does he know so much about his “wife” if she doesn’t know him? Muddy story.
I advised him to talk more with his friends, to find out if he had any traumatic memories and how he could know so much about the Light. Perhaps he knows her husband or relative, has learned everything about her and has made himself believe that she is his wife. I shook his hand and said goodbye. He never came to the appointment again.
His ticket was still hanging open, so I called the phone number he left. When he found out who I was and why I was calling, he was very surprised. He began to claim that he had not gone to any psychiatrist, did not know about any wife, and believed that his friends were playing a prank on him. But I still persuaded him to come to the reception.
When Sidorov came and extended his hand to me, I suddenly remembered one detail that had hidden from me then. This Sidorov did not have a finger, as it was written in his card. But at that first appointment, carried away by the patient’s story, I did not attach any importance to the fact that all his fingers were intact.
* * *
After this story, Mishka fell silent, and we drank beer for a long time in silence. We were both thinking about the same thing. Are there worlds besides ours? If they exist, what are they? What decisions did we make there?
- Do you remember how I fell from a branch and broke my leg? And you dragged me on a hump for a good two kilometers? Just imagine, my parents don’t remember this,” I decided to ease the tension. - Maybe collective amnesia?
“No, it wasn’t like that,” Mishka was surprised.
We looked at each other worriedly, but said nothing. None of us wanted to destroy our little worlds.

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In past centuries, there were cases when people claimed that they came from countries and cities that do not exist on Earth and spoke unknown languages. Who are they? Travelers from parallel Universes?

In 1850, in a small German town located near Frankfurt, a strange man named Jofar Warin appeared.

The story is told in John Timbs's The Year's Book of Fact in Science and Art (1852). Timbs wrote: “At the end of 1850, a strange man appeared in a small town in the Lebas region, near Frankfurt an der Oder. Nobody knew where he was from. He spoke German with an accent and looked European. He was interrogated by the mayor of Frankfurt. The stranger said that his name was Jofar Vorin, he came from the country of Laxaria, located on the continent of Sakria. He does not understand any European language except German, but writes and reads in the Laxarian and Abrahamian languages.”

“The Abrahamian language, according to him, is the written language of the clergy in Laxaria, and Laxaria is spoken by the common people. He said that his religion was the same in form and doctrine as Christianity. Laxaria is located hundreds of kilometers from Europe and is separated from it by an ocean.

He arrived in Europe in search of his missing brother. On the way, he was shipwrecked, but could not show his route on a map or globe. According to him, there are five continents on Earth: Sakria, Aflar, Aslar, Auslar and Eflar. The learned men from Frankfurt an der Oder studied the stranger's words and believed him. Then Jofar Vorin was sent to Berlin. In the Prussian capital he became the subject of rumors and scientific discussions.”

This and two other similar cases are mentioned in the book Channeling Possibilities by Colin Wilson and James Grant (1981).

“In 1905, a young man who spoke an unknown language was arrested in Paris. He was able to explain that he was a citizen of Lisbia, not to be confused with Lisbon, write Wilson and Grant. “And in 1954, a person with a passport issued in the country of Taured was detained at customs in Japan.” But there is no such country on Earth!

The video below states that Japanese customs officials, confused, took the strange man into an interrogation room. During the interrogation, it turned out that the man spoke fluent French, Spanish... and even Japanese. He had a driver's license from the country of Taured.

The customs officers asked him to indicate on the map where his country was located. He first pointed to the area of ​​Andorra, a small country located between France and Spain, but then quickly realized that his country was not on the map!

An eerie silence settled in the room, the man and the customs officers looked at each other in complete bewilderment. The man said that he had never heard of Andorra, and his country Taured has existed for more than 1000 years.

In addition, this man's passport had five years' worth of customs stamps, and he had been to Tokyo many times without any problems. Not knowing what to do, the man was placed in a room on the top floor of a nearby hotel and locked. Two armed guards stood outside the door all night. The next morning, customs officers arrived at the hotel room to find that the man had disappeared as mysteriously as he had arrived. All further investigations into this case yielded nothing.

All references on the Internet to "the man from Taured" refer to Wilson's book. Wilson is a famous writer. He worked in fiction (his most famous novel is The Outsiders (1956)) and wrote research papers on parapsychology and the occult. His obituary, published in the Telegraph in 2013, said: “He was often criticized for his constant generalizations and habit of quoting from memory without citing sources.”

Why 45-year-old resident of Nizhny Novgorod Alexander Petrovich Alferov decided to talk about this case only now, he himself cannot explain. Today, on the Internet, stories about various paranormal phenomena are a dime a dozen, but nothing like what he had to face in early childhood has ever been encountered. This happened back in 1980, when our hero was still an eight-year-old boy and for the first time fell in love with a girl from the second grade. The summer holidays were rushing by. To prevent Sasha Alferov from wandering aimlessly through the streets, his parents enrolled him in a city camp. Just like during school hours, the boy got up in the morning and went to his school. During the day, the children went with the teacher to the cinema or on excursions, had lunch, slept during a quiet hour, and then played in the school yard. In the evening we returned home. That morning, after breakfast (semolina porridge, bread and butter and cocoa), they rushed after each other near the children's slide. Sashka’s love, Sveta, was also there. He showed her all sorts of attentions, chasing the girl around the playground and trying to pull her hair.

Traces of another dimension

They were seriously naughty. Then it started to rain and the students were forced to return indoors. There the girls retired and began chatting among themselves.

The boys could not calm down and continued to make noise. The mood was ruined, and Sasha stared out the window, splashed with drops from the outside.

Suddenly... he saw behind the glass a terrible face similar to the face of a dead man.

Sunken eye sockets, completely bald skull, yellow, wrinkled skin. But the worst thing, according to the recollections of the former schoolboy, was that the face looked childish, and horror was clearly visible on it.

It seems that the one behind the glass was also a child and was terribly scared when he saw... a man in his window.

The face of the monster boy was close, a few centimeters away.

Eight-year-old Sasha finally shook off his stupor and screamed. In that dimension, it seemed, panic had also begun, although nothing was heard.

There was no commotion in our half, since the hubbub in the room was terrible, and another scream did not add significant decibels to it.

Alexander Petrovich recalls that it was as if he was looking into another dimension, from where he, in turn, was watched in horror by other people’s eyes.

None of the students and teachers who were in the classroom at the time noticed anything. Sasha Alferov was the only one chosen.