John Lennon haunted The Beatles reunion in 1993, leaving behind a message for everyone

Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr reunited in the studio in the 1990s to work on ‘Free as a Bird’, using an unreleased John Lennon demo. The project let the surviving Beatles honour their late bandmate and revisit their music without attempting a full-scale return.

McCartney recalled strange noises and equipment problems during the sessions, and said the finished track seemed to end with a voice saying “John Lennon”. The article also mentions McCartney seeing a white peacock outside the studio, an image linked to a story about Lennon returning as a white feather; these are presented as uncanny experiences, not established evidence of Lennon’s presence.