Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson revealed during a recent video interview that he experienced a frightening encounter with a demonic entity while sleeping in his own bed, an event that shook him so badly he purchased a Bible and has read it cover-to-cover several times. The popular podcast host referred to the incident as a “transformative experience.”
We so often forget, even as believers in Christ, that the world we live in is one that goes beyond the physical. There are spiritual forces at work in our world who are engaged in a war over our souls. Choices we make in this life will determine which side we choose to be aligned with and ultimately where we spend our eternity.
“I got attacked while I was asleep with my wife and four dogs in the bed … and mauled. Physically mauled by a demon,” Carlson recounted during the interview, “or by something unseen that left claw marks on my sides.”
The journalist then revealed that despite almost a year-and-a-half having passed, you can still see the marks on his side. He then told the host of the interview that during the encounter he was unable to breathe properly and thought whatever was attacking him was going to suffocate him to death. Sharp pains in both his rib cage and on his shoulder plagued him during the incident.
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According to LifeSiteNews:
Uncertain about what had just happened, Carlson walked into the bathroom, flicked on the light, and saw that he had “four claw marks on either side, underneath my arms and on my left shoulder. And they were bleeding.” “I’m not from a world where things like that happen. I never heard of anything like that happening before,” he emphasized, but “I knew it was spiritual immediately.”
“I’m not from a faith tradition that talks about things like that or even acknowledges their existence,” Carlson said. “I’ve never heard anybody say anything like that in my whole life.” “The next morning, I woke up and thought, ‘That was the weirdest dream I’ve ever had.’ And then I saw blood on my sheets and realized that was not a dream at all.”
Carlson said that afterward, he was “seized with this very intense desire to read the Bible, which I then started without any study aids or anything.” “So, I spent a year and a half reading it and then I started re-reading it and it was just a transformative experience for me.” “No one has to believe me. I don’t care,” Carlson said. “But that happened to me.”
Orthodox Christian believer and podcaster, Rod Dreher, quickly took to social media to confirm the truthfulness of Carlson’s encounter with the demonic realm.
“Tucker Carlson has gone public with the news that he was physically attacked by a demon,” Dreher said. “This is true. He told me about it a year ago,” Dreher said. “Terrifying stuff.”
Tucker Carlson has gone public with the news that he was physically attacked by a demon. This is true. He told me about it a year ago. Terrifying stuff. https://t.co/ypvnqpIJG9
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) October 31, 2024
Some might say this was just sleep paralysis. But how would that account for the marks on his side that are still there to this day? Many believers in Christ believe that sleep paralysis is a new name for a very old, ancient phenomenon, i.e., demonic attack. It’s completely possible the Lord wanted to draw Carlson closer in fellowship so he allowed this attack to happen in order to drive him further into His arms.
God’s ways are higher than ours, right? And the Bible promises He will take evil and turn it for good.