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Case File A-001
“The Woman Recorded Dead in 1827”
Archive ID: A-001
Classification: Unresolved Temporal Identity Divergence
Location: Reno, Nevada, United States
First Recorded: 14 March 2024
Linked Origin Year: 1827
Distortion Type: Cross-Century Identity Overlap
Status: Active
PRIMARY REPORT
On 14 March 2024, municipal records staff in Reno, Nevada reported a document inconsistency during digitization of historical burial registries transferred from a private genealogical collection.
The anomaly involved a death certificate dated 3 November 1827 for an adult female identified as:
Mara Ellison
Age: 32
Place of Death: Burrington
Cause: Exposure
The certificate bore consistent aging, ink degradation, and watermarking authentic to early-19th-century American print stock. No irregularities in material composition were identified.
The anomaly emerged when staff cross-referenced the name against living records.
A resident currently registered in Reno under the same name - Mara Ellison, born 1991 - was found to possess a continuous identity trail: birth certificate, education records, tax filings, and health registration.
No clerical duplication was present.
The two individuals shared not only name but facial correspondence exceeding expected generational similarity.
Comparison using archival photo interpolation software yielded a 92.4% structural match between the 1827 burial portrait (attached below) and current driver’s license photograph of the Reno resident.
No genealogical lineage connects the two.
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE A
Burial Registry Fragment | Burrington Parish Records (1827)
“She was found by the river verge at first light, hands clasped and skin chilled beyond warmth. No mark upon her save the water’s claim.
She spoke no word before passing, though witnesses attest her lips moved in prayer.
Interred this day, 3rd November 1827.
May God receive Mara Ellison, whose eyes remained open.”
Margin notation (unknown hand):
She was not from here.
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE B
Witness Statement | Reno Vital Records Technician
“I noticed it because the names matched exactly, and that rarely happens with older imports. I assumed it was an ancestor file.
But when I opened the burial scan… it felt wrong.
The photograph looked modern somehow. Not the print, the woman. Her expression.
It was like she recognized whoever was looking at her.”
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE C
Interview Transcript | Mara Ellison (Reno Resident)
Conducted 22 March 2024
Q: Have you ever visited Burrington?
A: No. I’ve never heard of it before you contacted me.
Q: Do you have recurring dreams involving water, rivers, or historical environments?
A: (pause) I… sometimes dream of fog.
Q: Please describe.
A: It’s not exactly a dream. It feels like I’m standing somewhere I shouldn’t be.
There’s a town, but it’s… wrong.
The buildings look older than they should.
And people are moving like they don’t see me.
Q: Have you ever seen yourself in these dreams?
A: Yes.
Q: Describe what you saw.
A: Someone lying near water.
I knew it was me before I saw the face.
Q: What gave you that certainty?
A: She was cold.
And I could feel it.
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE D
Medical Note | Reno General Hospital (April 2024)
Patient: Mara Ellison
Complaint: Persistent cold sensation in extremities, episodic dissociation, nocturnal wandering
Observation:
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Skin temperature consistently 1.8°C below expected baseline
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No circulatory pathology identified
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Patient reports waking with damp soil residue on feet
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Residence located 14 km from nearest natural shoreline
Patient statement:
“Sometimes I wake up tasting river water.”
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE E
Photographic Analysis
Overlay comparison: Burrington burial portrait (1827) vs Reno driver’s license (2022)
Findings:
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Orbital spacing: identical
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Nasal bridge angle: identical
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Jaw asymmetry: identical
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Scar beneath left ear: identical
The Reno subject has no known childhood injury corresponding to the scar.
SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE F
Unverified Incident Report | Reno River Pathway
Date: 1 May 2024
Night jogger reported observing a woman standing barefoot at shoreline in dense fog conditions.
Description matched Mara Ellison.
Witness stated:
“She looked like she was listening to someone in the water.”
When approached, subject reportedly turned and asked:
“Do you know which year this is?”
ARCHIVE REMARK
Identity divergence cases linked to the Burrington origin year (1827) display consistent characteristics:
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absence of lineage continuity
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environmental pull toward water
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dual-temporal self-perception
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progressive thermal decline
The Mara Ellison anomaly differs in one critical aspect:
The 1827 burial record predates the Reno subject’s birth by 164 years.
Yet behavioral convergence suggests the Reno individual is not descendant but continuation.
This indicates the possibility that the Burrington event did not end lives.
It displaced them.
Current hypothesis:
The individual known as Mara Ellison died in Burrington in 1827.
The individual known as Mara Ellison living in Reno in 2024 is the same person, temporally relocated beyond her own death.
Status remains active due to final report received 9 June 2024:
Reno municipal surveillance recorded a female matching subject description entering the Reno River at 02:14 during heavy fog conditions.
No exit observed.
Water search negative.
On 12 June 2024, Burrington parish burial registry (1827) displayed ink displacement not previously present.
New margin notation appeared beneath the original entry:
Returned.
End of Case File A-001
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- Makitia Thompson
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