User faints during workout
PORTLAND, OREGON – A fitness enthusiast’s routine morning jog turned into a paranormal nightmare when her high-tech smartwatch began displaying the heartbeat of a deceased person, causing her to collapse in terror on a local running trail.
Sarah Kellerman, 34, was halfway through her daily 5-mile run in Laurelhurst Park when her $400 fitness tracker suddenly began showing impossible readings. The device, which had been monitoring her steady 140 beats per minute, abruptly shifted to display an erratic, ghostly pulse pattern that medical experts say matches no living human heart rhythm.
“The numbers started jumping all over the place – 200, then 50, then completely flatlined before spiking to 300,” Kellerman told reporters from her hospital bed. “But the scariest part was that I could feel it wasn’t my heartbeat. There was this cold, heavy sensation in my chest, like someone else’s heart was beating inside me. That’s when I knew something supernatural was happening.”
The haunted device, a popular brand fitness tracker purchased just three weeks ago from a local electronics store, had been functioning normally until that fateful Tuesday morning. Store employees have since revealed that the same model was returned by three other customers in recent weeks, all reporting “strange readings” and “ghostly interference.”
Paranormal investigator Dr. Marcus Thornfield, who has studied electronic spirit manifestations for over two decades, believes Kellerman’s experience represents a breakthrough in supernatural communication technology. “Modern electronic devices, particularly those designed to monitor biological functions, can serve as conduits for spirit energy,” Thornfield explained. “The watch’s sensors were designed to detect life signs – but apparently, they’re also capable of detecting afterlife signs.”
The mystery deepened when investigators discovered that Kellerman’s jogging route passes directly through what was once Riverside Cemetery, a 19th-century burial ground that was relocated in 1926 to make way for the park. Historical records show that over 1,200 bodies were supposedly moved to a new location, but paranormal researchers have long suspected that many graves were left undisturbed.
“We’re dealing with restless spirits who are trying to communicate through the very technology meant to celebrate human vitality,” Thornfield continued. “The irony is almost poetic – the dead reaching out through devices designed to monitor the living.”
Hospital technicians who examined Kellerman reported that her smartwatch continued displaying abnormal readings even after she lost consciousness. Nurse Janet Rodriguez witnessed the device showing a heart rate of zero while simultaneously displaying step counts increasing on their own.
“I’ve been working in cardiac care for fifteen years, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” Rodriguez stated. “The watch was showing she was taking steps and climbing stairs while she was lying unconscious on the gurney. It was like someone else was wearing her watch.”
Electronics expert Dr. Richard Bauhaus examined the device and found no technical malfunctions. “Every component is functioning within normal parameters,” Bauhaus admitted. “There’s no scientific explanation for these readings. The watch is detecting something, but it’s not coming from the person wearing it.”
The manufacturer has remained silent about the incident, but sources within the company suggest this isn’t the first report of paranormal activity associated with their devices. Internal documents allegedly reference at least twelve similar cases across the country, all involving fitness trackers detecting “non-human biological signatures.”
Kellerman, who has since recovered from her fainting episode, refuses to wear any electronic monitoring devices. She’s also considering relocating after discovering that her apartment building was constructed on land adjacent to the old cemetery.
The haunted smartwatch remains in the possession of paranormal investigators, who report it continues to display ghostly vital signs even when not being worn by anyone.
The characters and events depicted in this story are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, or to actual events is unintentional and purely coincidental.
