Queenslander Still Deeply Disturbed By What He Saw Happen To The Clocks In Sydney Over The Weekend

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“It’s kinda hard to explain it” says Beaudesert man, Shaun Hancock (29).

“I mean, yeah, I was pretty pissed. But I know what I saw”

It’s been a confusing four days for this spherical Queenslander, who has been grappling with the twisted thoughts that have followed what he believes to be a supernatural phenomena.

While standing in a Darling Harbour pub at 1:59am on Saturday night before the 2025 NRL Grand Final, full to the brim with exotic Asian cuisine and full-strength Sydney lager, Shaun witnessed the clock on his iPhone skip forward to 3am.

“I couldn’t understand it. I still don’t” he mumbles.

“I was with me cousins, and the same thing had happened on their phones. Then we look at the clock on the wall of this shithouse pub and it’s saying 2am.”

“Next thing we know the pubs closing and we gotta leave”

Shaun says he tried his hardest to get answers out of the bar manager, who was unable to understand his panicked Queensland creole. Security were called in to deal with these startled Queenslanders, who were then directed to the Star Casino.

“Then all of a sudden there’s no clocks anywhere. But our phones and google are telling us it’s sunrise. But it’s still dark outside”

It was at this point where Shaun and his friends began delving into conspiracy theories.

“We thought maybe Peter V’Landys has done something to throw off Reecey and Madge. Like, what if they didn’t have their phones on them and they rocked up late to the stadium. It honestly felt like it was an attack on Queenslanders.

Shaun says at this point he and his fellow Broncos fans had no option but to drink their way through it. He passed out on the couch at his Quest serviced apartment in Haymarket at around 6:30am, which in his mind, should’ve been 5:30am

Even the pure ecstasy of watching his beloved Brisbane Broncos win their first premiership in 19 years has not been able to drown out his fixation on this disturbing time-travelling event.

“We land back on the Goldie on Sundee night and the clock was the same. It wasn’t until we hit the baggage carousel that we realised the time had switched back an hour”

“At that point it was like, well, I’ll be well and truly fucked”

“I keep asking around. No one has heard of anything like this.”

“It’s fucked me around all sorts. I’m feeling jetlagged and keep waking up late for work”