A Claim That Broke the Internet
In early April 2026, Gregg Phillips, a controversial political operative and FEMA official, made a claim that rapidly spread across every corner of the internet: he stated publicly that he had experienced supernatural teleportation, describing a moment in which he was instantaneously transported from one location to another without any physical means of travel. He described it as divine intervention.
The claim was met with immediate and intense skepticism from mainstream commentators, psychiatrists, and government officials. But in paranormal and religious communities, the response was very different. Thousands of people came forward to share their own accounts of unexplained teleportation or bilocation, many of them long-held in silence out of fear of ridicule.
Teleportation in Religious and Paranormal Tradition
Teleportation, or bilocation, is not a new concept in either religious or paranormal literature. Catholic tradition records dozens of canonised saints who were allegedly witnessed in two places simultaneously. Padre Pio, the twentieth century Italian mystic, is perhaps the most documented case, with hundreds of sworn testimonies describing his physical presence in locations far from where he was known to be at the same time.
In Islamic tradition, the concept of Tay al-Ard, or the folding of the earth, describes the ability of certain spiritually elevated individuals to traverse enormous distances instantaneously. Similar concepts appear in Jewish mysticism, Sufi practice, and various indigenous spiritual traditions worldwide.
What Experts Say
Neurologists point to temporal lobe disruption, dissociative episodes, and certain seizure types as possible explanations for the subjective experience of teleportation. Quantum physicists, when asked, note that quantum teleportation of information is a real and demonstrated phenomenon but bears no resemblance to the instantaneous physical transportation described in these accounts.
What is undeniable is that the experience, whatever its origin, is real to those who have it. And in 2026, it seems an increasing number of people are willing to say so publicly.