In an alternate reality parallel to our own, John Lennon was not murdered and the Beatles never broke up. An album cassette containing 11 songs by the British quartet has been submitted as evidence and published for free by a man who claims to have had an interdimensional experience. This is his story.

Where it all started. On the afternoon of September 9, 2009, James Richards (pseudonym) was traveling near a place called Del Puerto Canyon, west of Turlock, California. With his dog as his only companion, at one point he stopped his car on the side of the road - the animal was disturbed about something, perhaps because it wanted to do its business. Suddenly the dog spotted the rabbit and immediately chased after it.

James, who knew the dog's tenacity, joined the chase with a quick stride. In the middle of the chase our hero tripped over something and fell.

When he awoke, he was in the living room with his head bandaged. A cat was sitting next to him and wagging its tail.

Standing nearby was a tall, black-haired and somewhat extravagant man who identified himself as Jonas. Richards glanced out the window. The landscape was unfamiliar. Clearly rural, but deserted and without houses.

“Where am I?” - He asked Jonas. “A few miles from where I found you,” the man replied. By anticipating his questions, Jonas had prepared him for a revelation “that should have shocked him.”

From that moment on, Richards' view of reality was turned upside down. His savior angel turned out to be an interdimensional traveler who decided to step in to help him. He explained that there were countless parallel worlds, that he took him in until he recovered, and told him details, perhaps too many, about Earth in this other dimension.

During the conversation, Richards noticed that in that parallel reality everything was happening in a similar way, but with slight differences.

At one point Jonas told him that his brother had just returned from a Beatles concert. “You mean they're still together?” - Richards asked. “Yes,” Jonas replied and showed him a bookcase where some famous records, such as Sgt. Pepper's, stood, but the cover looked a little different.

Richards also saw a stack of cassettes with completely unfamiliar titles. He asked for one to bring to his world. Jonas's mood changed. “No, no pictures, no memories, no tapes, nothing!”. He explained that if he did that, something bad might happen.

Richards stopped showing interest and changed the subject. But as soon as the host was distracted, he slipped one of the tapes into his pocket. “I'm not one of those people who goes through a parallel world without taking something to prove that his experience was real,” he explained to The Beatles Never Broken Up website, where you can read his full story (in English). Anyway, Jonas escorted him to the dimensional portal, and within moments Richards was at his car. Back in our reality in our time.

James Richards is one of the few heroes to return from the paranormal with concrete evidence.

In this case, it's the only Beatles album recorded in an alternate reality, Earth II, where the band didn't break up, Mark Chapman didn't read Over the Rye, and George Harrison survived cancer. Another world where Paul McCartney couldn't seem to compose Yesterday and the band adopted Yoko Ono as the fifth Beatle.

Many claim that the “interspace” cassette contains a medley of sorts, consisting mostly of songs from the band members' solo careers. Richards has denied that the songs on the cassette are a “medley”, claiming that “although the Beatles didn't split up in a parallel universe, that doesn't mean that their future musical ideas disappeared”.

The album is called Everyday Chemistry, and Richards, or whatever he calls himself, uploaded it entirely and for free to the internet, it's not a matter of being accused of profiting from a work whose rights are at least a moot point.

By the way, few people believe him. Richards doesn't blame them. “I still find it hard to believe what happened to me. I wouldn't expect you to believe me, I'm sure no one would, so I took the tape as proof that my experience was real,” he explains. Readers who comment on articles published in every Western media outlet have spared no kind words for Richards: of all the epithets he has received, “charlatan” and “fool” are the most affectionate.

While the Beatles are certainly a classic, there is also more to music criticism. Strangely, no one has subjected the album to a balanced evaluation. Not so much to know if someone could come back with a Beatles cassette tape from a parallel universe, but to imagine what their songs must sound like in a world where they continue to play together.

At the end, let's ponder if there is a parallel world.... If it does, then the band from Liverpool lives somewhere else.