I found a website yesterday which claims that in another dimensions the Beatles never broke up. A man who wishes for the moment to be known as “James Richards” wrote there that

On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me. I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a Beatles album that was never released. In fact, not only was it never released but it was recorded many years after they broke up (and no I’m not talking about Klaatu).

Now this is where the story becomes slightly more unbelievable and it is almost embarrassing to attempt to explain the incident to you for fear of viewing me as completely absurd. I must assure you, I am not insane or on drugs, and hopefully the audio from this tape will be enough proof that there is more than we think out there…

I live in Livermore California but on Sept 9 I was driving home from Turlock after visiting a friend for a few days. I had my dog with me and I didn’t have any plans for the day so I decided to take a drive through a place called Del Puerto Canyon just west of Turlock. There is a scenic road that is a fun drive and actually goes through to Livermore. I hadn’t taken a cruise through it for a while so I thought i would take this way home. It was about 2pm.

A ways into the canyon my dog starting acting like she needed to use the restroom. So I pulled over to the first available parking area to the side of the road and let her out while I stretched. At first I didn’t notice, but then I heard the barking from 30 yards away…my dog was chasing a rabbit. Now my dog is a pretty good dog but if she is chasing something then there is no stopping her so the only thing I could do was become part of the chase.

They already had about a 40 yard head start so I had to really book it. The uneven ground and soft dirt patches made it difficult to run and it wasn’t very far into the chase I had stepped in a rabbit hole, fell and knocked myself unconscious.

When I woke up I was in a room with some furniture and electronics in it. I was taken care of with a bandage on my head but I still felt uneasy about the situation because where I fell and hit my head was in a very rural unpopulated area with no houses, and outside the window of the room I was in I could hear traffic.

He has kindly posted a downloadable zip file of the album, which is called Everyday Chemistry on the Beatles Never Broke Up site, which should silence at least some of the sceptics.

There is also a fan group established in Facebook, with a lively discussion about whether the story is true or not, and where the album (which is really very good) came from.

Cliff Brunker, a Facebook member who has signed on as a fan, has submitted an image of the original cover of the eight-track cartridge, which he found in his basement. I have taken the liberty of reproducing it here.

According to some comments, the Beatles apparently released at least one more album called Everest, in another dimension, although no audio evidence of this claim has yet been made available.

The story seems unlikely on the face of it, but that is why I believe it. What possible reason could anybody have for making up such a story – unless every single word was true? Doubtless some people will argue that it is a hoax – indeed some people are already doing precisely that – but I prefer to see it as another manifestation of the many-worlds theory proposed by Hugh Everett in 1957.