These could perhaps be seen as a precursor to the sorts of video he would later be known for. This channel was composed of simple videos of nature, trees, clouds, and him playing the Native American Flute. Paul started his YouTube channel in 2011, the name 'Ephemeral Rift' was simply two random words put together without any specific meaning, this was prior to his ASMR content. Paul has always had a creative mind, and spent a large amount of his 20's, 30's, and 40's trying to express this creativity beyond being the husband and father he aleady was.
Today he still resides there along with his wife and son. Paul McNelis was born in Southeastern Pennsylvania on May 17th, 1971. This article is about the real person Paul, for the many fictional characters he plays, see CharactersĮphemeral Rift, also known as BigE, ER, Uncle E, and his real name, Paul, is an American ASMR content creator (or ASMRtist) on YouTube.
