I'm just as guilty as the next guy of being a little too addicted to my phone. And yes, I've been

known to download a game here or there to pass the time, especially on a long flight or whatever.

Don't judge me. I mean, some of them are pretty cool. Honestly, I keep playing the same one over and over.

And it's wild when you think about what a long way cell phones have come since even I was a teenager,

playing that black and white snake game on my old Nokia. But now that I'm a mom, I actually

do think about things like screen time and if video games, especially the violent ones,

can actually cause real damage. Though apparently that was a concern long before cell phones

and computers, because arcade games

scared the heck out of parents too.

And when you hear today's story, I think you'll understand one of the reasons why.

In the 1980s, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, this video game randomly appeared in some

arcades.

It was called plebius. Not only did kids get totally addicted to it,

it supposedly caused things like amnesia, night tears, even hallucinations. Some players also claim

that they were watched, followed, even kidnapped after playing it.

It led me to wonder, where did this game come from?

Was it some government mind control experiment?

Or was there something so supernatural to blame?

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is so supernatural.

Thank you. Ashley flowers, and this is so supernatural. So I've lived in and around Portland for many years.

So when Ashley sent us this story, I was so in.

There is a reason why the city's beloved motto is keep Portland weird.

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