Earnhardt Jr. believes ghost pulled him from fiery wreck in 2004

Dale Earnhardt Jr. thinks a ghost may have saved his life at Sonoma Raceway in 2004.

The retired NASCAR driver spoke about the supposed paranormal encounter on the latest episode of his podcast, "Dale Jr. Download." Earnhardt initially said he hadn't encountered a ghost or spirit before, but then recalled feeling someone - or something - pull him out of his car after it caught on fire during a warmup for an American Le Mans Series race.

"When I wrecked in the Corvette in 2004 at Sonoma, it caught fire, somebody pulled me out of that car. And I thought that it was a corner worker because I felt somebody put their hands under my armpits and pull me out of the car. I didn't get out," Earnhardt said.

"I don't have any memory of myself climbing out of the car. And I remember sort of moving, like, in motion, like going to lean forward and try to climb out of the car, and then something grabbed me under the armpits, pulled me up over the door bars, and then let go of me. And I fell to the ground.

"There's pictures of me laying on the ground next to the car. I know when I got to the hospital, I was like, 'Who pulled me out of the car?' I gotta say thanks to this person, because it was a hand, it was physical hands grabbing me. I felt it. And there was nobody there."

Earnhardt also explained that he doesn't believe in Bigfoot, but "it's fun to imagine."