Mandela Effect

[5Mikayla]

     Is it “Barenstein Bears” or “Barenstain Bears” - This is one of the most famous examples of The Mandela Effect. What is the Mandela Effect? In simple terms, the Mandela Effect is a shared false memory in a large group of people. Everyone remembers a certain thing, when it is actually completely different. More than half of the population recall that they have been effected by the Mandela Effect. Another popular example of the Mandela effect is, Mickey Mouse having a tail or not. Mandela Effects can be super controverisal. People have arguements between a false memory and a real thing. 

     When did The Mandela Effect start? The Mandela Effect has been around for a while, but it started getting lots of attention in the past 10+ years. Fiona Broome, a paranormal researcher / author, recalled Nelson Mandela dying while in prison in the 1980s. When in reality he was alive. That’s how the Mandela Effect got its name. Fiona Broom did lots of research, and asked people about Nelson Mandela. Many people thought the same thing about him. Fiona Broome was very intrigued about why so many people had the same false memory. She later created a website and wanted other people to share their thoughts to see if everyone thought the same. This caused the Mandela Effect to go viral. 

     Currently, the Mandela Effect is a popular trend on Tiktok, with Nelson Mandela being the face of the Mandela Effect. Except, most of those “Mandela Effects” are not real. They are just trying to funny. I personally have experienced some of the more popular Mandela Effects. It is so interesting how we can remember things certain ways, and it actually being totally different.  

Here are some more examples of the Mandela Effect -

• Jif Peanut Butter or Jiffy Peanut Butter 
• Looney Tunes or Looney Toones 
• Oscar Mayer or Oscar Meyer 
• Kit Kat or Kit-Kat  
• Pikachu having a stripe on his nail or not 
• Monopoly man having monocle or not

Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nelson-Mandela 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mandela-effect#:~:text=The%20Mandela%20effect%20refers%20to,and%20with%20practice%20and%20priming. 

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g28438966/mandela-effect-examples/  

Questions: 

What is your opinion on the Mandela Effect? 

Do you belive in the Mandela Effect? 

[6Sofia]

In my opinion, the mandela effect is something rare but super interesting. It is also very confusing, because you are sure you remember something a way, but it turns out it was never that way. I do believe in it, but I'm still not sure how it works... like what do you mean the monopoly guy never had the monocle????!!!!!

[8 Elsie Bieker]

I really dont belive in the mandala effect I think that it is just not even real or maybe it must just be just made up that did all of this stuff and i do not think that the effect it can do anything to anything eaither.

[5Mikayla]

I understand how some people think that.

[6Paola]

I think I had already heard about this effect but I had never noticed it. I don't know what to believe about the Mandela Effect. Personally, I think I don't believe in the effect.

[8Jada]

I have some experiences with the Mandela Effect. For example, I could've sworn the Fruit of the Loom logo had a cornucopia at some point, but apparently it never did. I do personally believe in the Mandela Effect.

[5Mikayla]

When I did some research of the Mandela Effect, I saw some people who thought the same exact thing. Isn't that so interesting!