Beyond Stone Tape Theory - Part 3: Recording in Human Particles

Part Three of a Three-Part Series - The Human Body is the Lost Link

By Brian Sterling-Vete and Helen Renée Wuorio

In the first two parts of this series, we explored two possibilities: that the Stone Tape phenomena may be environmental recordings, and/or that they may instead be brief glimpses through time itself. In this final instalment, we consider a third, often overlooked possibility;  one that places the human witness at the very centre of the experience.

What if the “recording” is not primarily in the walls, floors, or stone at all? What if it is, at least in part, within us, the very material infrastructure of our body?

The Human Body as a Living Recording Medium

Human beings are not passive observers. We are biological systems characterised by electrical activity, electromagnetic signals, chemical reactions, and constant information exchange at the cellular and even particle levels. Every thought, movement, and sensation involves bioelectric impulses travelling through nerves, muscles, skin, and bone.

From this perspective, certain individuals may function as temporal trigger mechanisms rather than mere witnesses. Under specific conditions, their physical and mental states could interact with the environment in a way that enables an unusual perception.

Rather than the building “playing back” a scene, the witness may be resonating with something already present in the wider fabric of time.

Recording in the Witness, Not the Walls

Some paranormal encounters associated with Stone Tape–type phenomena are intensely personal. One person sees or hears something extraordinary, while others standing nearby experience nothing at all. This selective perception becomes easier to understand if the human body itself plays a role in the process.

Memory, emotion, stress, focus, fatigue, and heightened awareness all influence how the brain processes reality. In rare cases, these factors may align with environmental conditions in such a way that the witness becomes briefly attuned to information normally inaccessible.

In this sense, the “recording” may be partially reconstructed within the observer, triggered by subtle external cues and by internal biological responses that work together.

A Deeper Quantum Connection

From a quantum perspective, this idea becomes even more intriguing.

Every atom in the human body has a history. The particles that make up our skin, muscles, and bones were once part of other structures: soil, stone, metal, water, plants, animals, and even other human beings.

Over immense spans of time, matter is endlessly recycled.

It is therefore entirely possible that some of the particles within a modern-day witness were once part of the very people, objects, or buildings being perceived during a Stone Tape–like event. While this does not imply conscious memory, it does open the door to deeper physical continuity between past and present.

Entanglement and Quantum Retrocausality

Quantum entanglement shows us that particles which were once connected can remain linked, even when separated by vast distances. Changes in one can be reflected in the other, regardless of space — and, according to some interpretations, regardless of time.

If particles within a witness remain entangled, however faintly, with particles from the past, then quantum retrocausality offers a speculative but fascinating framework. Information may not be flowing strictly forward. Instead, under rare circumstances, observation itself could act as a bridge across time.

In this model, the witness does not simply observe the past; their presence completes a loop, allowing the past to briefly reappear in the present.

Why Only Certain People?

This may explain why some individuals report repeated experiences across different locations, whereas others do not. Sensitivity may arise from a unique combination of biology, psychology, neurological wiring, and life experience,  not belief, imagination, or suggestibility.

The witness is not special because they believe. They are special because they interface differently.

Bringing the Threads Together

When expanded and explored beyond the conventional framework of the concept, Stone Tape Theory no longer belongs solely to buildings, geology, or physics. It becomes a shared phenomenon involving the environment, time, and human consciousness.

The past may not be trapped in stone. It may be reachable — but only when the right place, moment, and person converge.

Understanding this does not require abandoning scepticism. Instead, it invites a broader, more nuanced approach to unexplained experiences — one that respects both scientific curiosity and human experience without reducing either.

And perhaps most importantly, it reminds us that when people report such events, they are not necessarily witnessing ghosts. They may be witnessing time itself.

Written by Brian Sterling-Vete, PhD and Helen Renée Wuorio, TM, RM.

Founders of the Paranormal Rescue Organisation - www.ParanormalRescue.com

Brian Sterling-Vete is a veteran science-based paranormal researcher, field investigator, and author with decades of experience researching unexplained phenomena.

Helen Renée Wuorio is a Tarot Master, Reiki Master Teacher, and author specialising in intuitive perception, historical symbolism, and experiential consciousness research.

Together, they head Paranormal Rescue, a global organisation offering a unique and discreet emergency assistance service and support for those dealing with complex, malevolent and occasionally dangerous paranormal situations.