  In certain instances, the particle paths predicted by Bohmian mechanics are
thought to be at odds with classical intuition. A striking illustration arises
in the interference experiments envisaged by Englert, Scully, S\"ussmann and
Walther, which lead the authors to claim that the Bohmian trajectories can not
be real and so must be `surreal'. Through a combined experimental and numerical
study, we here demonstrate that individual trajectories in the hydrodynamic
pilot-wave system exhibit the key features of their surreal Bohmian
counterparts. These real surreal classical trajectories are rationalized in
terms of the system's non-Markovian pilot-wave dynamics. Our study thus makes
clear that the designation of Bohmian trajectories as surreal is based on
misconceptions concerning the limitations of classical dynamics and a lack of
familiarity with pilot-wave hydrodynamics.
