45 Close Encounter Stories People Swear By That Make Us Believe There Is Something Out There

Considering that Earth is chock full of bacteria, have you ever wondered if space is also prone to bacteria? Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov is convinced of it! Not only that, but he’s convinced that space bacteria has followed his ship back to Earth and is now contaminating our world.

In a 2017 interview, he claimed that alien bacteria were discovered on his ship after one of his returns from space. However, NASA has yet to address this assertion, and it doesn’t seem like anyone is investigating the matter.