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title: "Don Decker: The Rain Man"
description: "In 1983, Pennsylvania prisoner Don Decker allegedly gained the ability to make it rain indoors after his grandfather's funeral. Multiple police officers witnessed the impossible events."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/don-decker-the-rain-man.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/don-decker-the-rain-man
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/don-decker-the-rain-man.md.summary.md
---

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In 1983, Pennsylvania prisoner Don Decker allegedly gained the ability to make it rain indoors after his grandfather's funeral. Multiple police officers witnessed the impossible events.
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