In Sweden we have a well-known case of the Mandela effect.
At the mid-90s a football commentator supposedly said:
"Its looking dark on the bench of Cameroon".
He meant dark as in that they were in a bad mood, but people thought it was funny because... well, they were all pretty black.
This was quoted in several "funny" sports books and at some point around 2010 the Swedish people voted it as "the most famous Swedish sport quote". The commentator himself thought it was a little bit funny and silly.
But despite how "funny" it was, no one could find it on Youtube. A group of people started to look for it, and it didnt appear where it was supposed to be found (in one of Cameroons games in World Cup 94). They watched the TV recordings, the summaries on the news afterwards, even radio commentaries, before they even started to watch the recordings of the other African teams. Not finding anything they pretty much watched and listened to every single game showed on Swedish TV involving teams from Africa from the 80s onwards - but nothing. Years of research and investigation into what was the "most famous Swedish sports quote of all time".
Most people now accept it was never said, but once in a while someone turns up on the largest Swedish internet forum - Flashback - saying "I'm sure I saw and heard it", someone even describing exactly when they think it happened "England/other team just scored against Cameroon and they showed a picture of the bench and Arne Hegerfors said the quote". Every time they are proven wrong - sometimes accepting it, sometimes not.
This is a fascinating case of a shared false memory fooling literally millions of Swedes, and I find it very fascinating. Personally I was also dead certain I had heard and seen it until I looked at the extensive gathered evidence and had to accept that no, it was never said.
Anyone got similar experiences?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory
At the mid-90s a football commentator supposedly said:
"Its looking dark on the bench of Cameroon".
He meant dark as in that they were in a bad mood, but people thought it was funny because... well, they were all pretty black.
This was quoted in several "funny" sports books and at some point around 2010 the Swedish people voted it as "the most famous Swedish sport quote". The commentator himself thought it was a little bit funny and silly.
But despite how "funny" it was, no one could find it on Youtube. A group of people started to look for it, and it didnt appear where it was supposed to be found (in one of Cameroons games in World Cup 94). They watched the TV recordings, the summaries on the news afterwards, even radio commentaries, before they even started to watch the recordings of the other African teams. Not finding anything they pretty much watched and listened to every single game showed on Swedish TV involving teams from Africa from the 80s onwards - but nothing. Years of research and investigation into what was the "most famous Swedish sports quote of all time".
Most people now accept it was never said, but once in a while someone turns up on the largest Swedish internet forum - Flashback - saying "I'm sure I saw and heard it", someone even describing exactly when they think it happened "England/other team just scored against Cameroon and they showed a picture of the bench and Arne Hegerfors said the quote". Every time they are proven wrong - sometimes accepting it, sometimes not.
This is a fascinating case of a shared false memory fooling literally millions of Swedes, and I find it very fascinating. Personally I was also dead certain I had heard and seen it until I looked at the extensive gathered evidence and had to accept that no, it was never said.
Anyone got similar experiences?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory
