The telephone seems to be a popular device to high strangeness. I’ve heard reports of conversations with the dead to correspondences with life forms from another time, or even another dimension. Telemarketing tactics aside, there are quite a few reports of these creepy calls, which might suggest that something out there is attempting to use our telecommunication systems to make contact with us.

And, one of those examples is found in the peculiar case of Gary Sudbrink.

In 1993, Gary was an Air Force captain assigned to medical pharmacy work in San Antonio, TX. In February of that same year, he planned an unannounced, surprise trip to visit friends and family in Long Island, NY.

Even though he didn’t tell anyone about his trip prior to departure, it seems that someone or something else already knew…

At his parents’ house in New York, Gary placed a call to his longtime friend, Mike. But Mike relayed how he had already spoken with Gary by phone the day before, describing how Gary had just flown in through LaGuardia airport (although Gary had actually come in through JFK), along with the impression that he was coming down with a cold (even though Gary was perfectly healthy at the time).

As a result, Mike decided not to hang out with him, which left Gary quite confused. As the two of them conversed, another call came in through call waiting.

With his parents still present in the room, Gary picked up the other line and a deep, mechanical voice greeted him with some bizarre dialogue. Instinctively for whatever reason, Gary pressed record on the nearby answering machine in an attempt to document it.