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In the middle of Super Bowl 17, with millions watching live... the game stopped.

In the middle of Super Bowl 17, with millions watching live... the game stopped.

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 During Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl, rumors swirled of a chilling interruption: players allegedly froze mid-play as a ghostly woman in Victorian garb drifted across the field. While the broadcast briefly cut out, the NFL claimed it was a technical glitch—but backup quarterback Don Strock later described the figure as "hovering off the ground." With the stadium’s past as a former sanitarium, theories exploded. Now known on conspiracy forums as The Phantom Timeout, this eerie tale blurs the line between sports history and the supernatural.

Reality check:

There is no verifiable evidence supporting the claim that a ghostly woman appeared during Super Bowl XVII, that the broadcast cut out for supernatural reasons, or that Don Strock or any other player reported such an incident. The Rose Bowl has no documented history as a sanitarium, and the tale appears to be a modern urban legend or internet hoax, not a documented part of sports or paranormal history.

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