The Mandela Effect refers to a phenomenon in which a large group of people collectively remembers an event or fact differently from the way records presently indicate it occurred. It is named after a curious case involving the death of Nelson Mandela, whom some people recall as having died in prison during the 1980s, even though his recorded death is on December 5, 2013. This phenomenon has come to encompass a wide array of aspects in life and culture that no longer align with long-held memories, including movies, songs, art, business, geography, history, and even passages from the Holy Bible.
While many may prefer to dismiss the Mandela Effect as false memories, there is tangible evidence that suggests it deals with both memory and alterations to our present-day reality. You will find such evidence catalogued on this website as Residual Evidence, although it is often referred to as residue.
Though its cause is currently unknown, it is vital that we accept that the Mandela Effect is real and it is ongoing.