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The speaker is asked about paranormal experiences and immediately shares a story about seeing the devil. He clarifies that he doesn't believe in God, the devil, ghosts, or anything non-scientific, making his experience particularly perplexing to him.
The event took place at his grandmother's two-story house in Italy when he was eight years old. He was playing soccer with his cousin when his sister and another cousin called them upstairs to see something unusual.
Upon entering a room with closed windows and limited light, they saw a ten-foot-tall, theatrical-looking shadowed figure with two horns behind the curtains. The speaker emphasizes that it couldn't be a person due to the lack of bulk in the curtain and the impossible light source for such a shadow.
All four children saw the same figure, causing his sister and cousins to flee, while he froze in shock. He highlights that the collective experience makes the event more credible, as it wasn't just his individual perception. He still remembers the event vividly decades later.
Despite his scientific worldview and atheism, the speaker cannot explain what he and his family witnessed. The fact that all four saw the same distinct image, including the horns, and had a shared reaction, makes it difficult for him to dismiss as a mere hallucination or suggestion.