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20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by faithboi: 9:08am On Aug 24, 2014 |
A falling baby, saved two times by the same man. Twin brothers, killed in along the same road, two hours apart. The world is filled with astonishing occurrences of coincidence and synchronicity that defy explanation. Are these incredible true stories of mere coincidence... or the hand of fate? 1 James Dean's car curse In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky. a) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs. b) Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James Dean's driveshaft fitted to it. c) When James Dean's Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire. d) Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it's mount and broke a teenager's hip. e) In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it's towbar and smashed through the front of a shop. f) Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports. 2 A falling baby, saved twice by the same man In Detroit sometime in the 1930s, a young (if incredibly careless) mother must have been eternally grateful to a man named Joseph Figlock. As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother's baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby's fall was broken and both man and baby were unharmed. A stroke of luck on its own, but a year later, the very same baby fell from the very same window onto poor, unsuspecting Joseph Figlock as he was again passing beneath. And again, they both survived the event. (Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained) 3 A bullet that reached its destiny years later Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him. The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life. But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man. Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him. (Source: Ripley's Believe It or Not!) 4 Twin Boys, twin lives The stories of identical twins' nearly identical lives are often astonishing, but perhaps none more so than those of identical twins born in Ohio. The twin boys were separated at birth, being adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families named the boys James. And here the coincidences just begin. Both James grew up not even knowing of the other, yet both sought law-enforcement training, both had abilities in mechanical drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. They both had sons whom one named James Alan and the other named James Allan. The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women - both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy. Forty years after their childhood separation, the two men were reunited to share their amazingly similar lives. (Source: Reader's Digest, January 1980) 5 Just like Edgar Allan Poe's book In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a book called 'The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventully the three senior members of the crew, killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker. 6 Twin brothers, killed on the same road, two hours apart On 2002, Seventy-year-old twin brothers have died within hours of one another after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike in Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He died just 1.5km from the spot where his brother was killed. "This is simply a historic coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don't occur every day," police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters. "It made my hair stand on end when I heard the two were brothers, and identical twins at that. It came to mind that perhaps someone from upstairs had a say in this," she said. (Source: BBC News ) NOTE: our reader Linus wrote us after reading local newspaper Helsingin Sanomat: "Your story about the Finnish twins is missing some details: The first brother was killed by a lorry while riding his bike and crossing highway 8. He apparently didn't notice the lorry in the snow blizzard. The second brother was killed by a lorry only two hours later while riding his bike and crossing highway 8. The second brother couldn't have been aware of the first brother's death, as the police was still trying to identify the victim." 7 Three suicide attempts, all stopped by the same Monk Joseph Aigner was a fairlly well-known portrait painter in 19th century Austria who, apparently, was quite an unhappy fellow: he several times attempted suicide. His first attempt was at the young age of 18 when he tried to hang himself, but was interrupted by the mysterious appearance of a Capuchin monk. At age 22 he again tried to hang himself, but was again saved from the act by the very same monk. Eight years later, his death was ordained by others who sentenced him to the gallows for his political activities. Once again, his life was saved by the intervention of the same monk. At age 68, Aiger finally succeeded in suicide, a pistol doing the trick. His funeral ceremony was conducted by the same Capuchin monk - a man whose name Aiger never even knew. (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not!) 8 Poker winnings, to the unsuspected son In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead, an act of vengeance by those with whom he was playing poker. Fallon, they claimed, had won the $600 pot through cheating. With Fallon's seat empty and none of the other players willing to take the now-unlucky $600, they found a new player to take Fallon's place and staked him with the dead man's $600. By the time the police had arrived to investigate the killing, the new player had turned the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. The police demanded the original $600 to pass on to Fallon's next of kin - only to discover that the new player turned out to be Fallon's son, who had not seen his father in seven years! (Source: Ripley's Giant Book of Believe It or Not!) 9 A novel that unsuspectedly described the spy next door When Norman Mailer began his novel Barbary Shore, there was no plan to have a Russian spy as a character. As he worked on it, he introduced a Russian spy in the U.S. as a minor character. As the work progressed, the spy became the dominant character in the novel. After the novel was completed, the U.S. Immigration Service arrested a man who lived just one floor above Mailer in the same apartment building. He was Colonel Rudolf Abel, alleged to be the top Russian spy working in the U.S. at that time. (Source: Science Digest) 10 Mark Twain and Halley's Comet Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it." 11 Three strangers on a Train, with complementary last names In the 1920s, three Englishman were traveling separately by train through Peru. At the time of their introduction, they were the only three men in the railroad car. Their introductions were more surprising than they could have imagined. One man's last name was Bingham, and the second man's last name was Powell. The third man announced that his last name was Bingham-Powell. None were related in any way. (Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained) 12 Two brothers killed by the same taxi driver, one year apart In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally struck and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man's bother was killed in the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped. And to stretch the odds even further, he was struck by the very same taxi driven by the same driver - and even carrying the very same passenger! (Source: Phenomena: A Book of Wonders, John Michell and Robert J. M. Rickard) 13 Swapped Hotel Findings In 1953, television reporter Irv Kupcinet was in London to cover the coronation of Ellizabeth II. In one of the drawers in his room at the Savoy he found found some items that, by their identification, belonged to a man named Harry Hannin. Coincidentally, Harry Hannin - a basketball star with the famed Harlem Globetrotters - was a good friend of Kupcinet's. But the story has yet another twist. Just two days later, and before he could tell Hannin of his lucky discovery, Kupcinet received a letter from Hannin. In the letter, Hannin told Kucinet that while staying at the Hotel Meurice in Paris, he found in a drawer a tie - with Kupcinet's name on it! (Source: Mysteries of the Unexplained) 14 Two Mr. Brysons, same hotel room While on a business trip sometime in the late 1950s, Mr. George D. Bryson stopped and registered at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. After signing the register and being given his key to room 307, he stopped by the mail desk to see if any letters had arrived for him. Indeed there was a letter, the mail girl told him, and handed him an envelope addressed to Mr. George D. Bryson, room 307. This wouldn't be so odd, except the letter was not for him, but for room 307's just-previous occupant - another man named George D. Bryson. (Source: Incredible Coincidence, Alan Vaughan) 15 Twins brothers, same heart attack John and Arthur Mowforth were twins who lived about 80 miles apart in Great Britain. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both fell severely ill from chest pains. The families of both men were completely unaware of the other's illness. Both men were rushed to separate hospitals at approximately the same time. And both died of heart attacks shortly after arrival. (Source: Chronogenetics: The Inheretance of Biological Time, Luigi Gedda and Gianni Brenci) 16 A novel that predicted the Titanic's destiny, and another ship that almost followed Morgan Robertson, in 1898, wrote "Futility". It described the maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan. Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceberg and sinks with much loss of life. In 1912 the Titanic, a transatlantic luxury liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an iceberg and sinks with great loss of life on her maiden voyage. In the Book, the Month of the Wreck was April, same as in the real event. There were 3,000 passengers on the book; in reality, 2,207. In the Book, there were 24 Lifeboats; in reality, 20. Months after the Titanic sank, a tramp steamer was traveling through the foggy Atlantic with only a young boy on watch. It came into his head that it had been thereabouts that the Titanic had sunk, and he was suddenly terrified by the thought of the name of his ship - the Titanian. Panic-stricken, he sounded the warning. The ship stopped, just in time: a huge iceberg loomed out of the fog directly in their path. The Titanian was saved. 17 A writer, found the book of her childhood While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites - Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found the inscription: "Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs." It was Anne's very own book. (Source: While Rome Burns, Alexander Wollcott) 18 A writer's plum pudding In 1805, French writer Émile Deschamps was treated to some plum pudding by the stranger Monsieur de Fortgibu. Ten years later, he encountered plum pudding on the menu of a Paris restaurant, and wanted to order some, but the waiter told him the last dish had already been served to another customer, who turned out to be de Fortgibu. Many years later in 1832 Émile Deschamps was at a diner, and was once again offered plum pudding. He recalled the earlier incident and told his friends that only de Fortgibu was missing to make the setting complete — and in the same instant the now senile de Fortgibu entered the room. 19 King Umberto I' double In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small restaurant for dinner, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia- Vaglia. When the owner took King Umberto's order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the striking resemblances between each other and found many more similarities. a) Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (March 14th, 1844). b) Both men had been born in the same town. c) Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita. d) The restauranteur opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto was crowned King of Italy. e) On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the restauranteur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, he was then assassinated by an anarchist in the crowd. 20 The 21st, a bad day for King Louis XVI When King Louis XVI of France was a child, he was warned by an astrologer to always be on his guard on the 21st day of each month. Louis ws so terrified by this that he never did business on this day. Unfortunately Louis was not always on his guard. On June 21st 1791, following the French revolution, Louis and his queen were arrested in Varennes, whist trying to escape France. On September 21st 1791, France abolished the institution of Royalty and proclaimed itself a republic. Finally on January 21st 1793, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. source: www.naijatatafo.com 27 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by nikkyshyne(f): 9:40am On Aug 24, 2014 |
@Number 1. That car engine is demonic! It needs an exorcism! 18 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by LarrySun(m): 9:59am On Aug 24, 2014 |
Wow! Talk about sheer coincidence. This reminds about when I was like fourteen years old. I was fetching water that afternoon when I suddenly felt a yearning to watch Terminator 2 (a movie I watched about a decade earlier. I was too young to really remember the plot of the movie). I didn't know how I was going to get the movie to watch. I was carrying the water homeward when I found a video cassette at the side of the road. The tape was broken but I knew how to repair it. As I picked up the cassette, I felt a strange sensation that I was holding Terminator 2, even though there was nothing written on the cassette. When I reached home, the feeling became so strong that ignored the water I was fetching; I unscrewed the cassette, joined the tape and cleaned it. After repairing, I inserted the cassette into a video player, and Behold, it was Terminator 2! Awesome! I'm a writer too; I had the same feeling seven years later when I began writing my first novel, The Brand of Cain. I felt that all the crimes committed and events that occurred in the novel actually happened. But people may think I'm just rambling because I have no proof to support my claim. But I know what I know. 92 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Nobody: 10:02am On Aug 24, 2014 |
*a woman missed her flight, the flight took off and crashed in the midair 5mins after take off killing everyone on board, the woman took an airport taxi to return home, a big lorry hit the taxi at a junction killing only the woman. 42 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by LarrySun(m): 10:05am On Aug 24, 2014 |
Scyllapatron: a woman missed her flight, the flight took off and crashed in the midair 5mins after take off killing everyone on board, the woman took an airport taxi to return home, a big lorry hit the taxi at a junction killing only the woman.Wow! When and where did that happen? 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by faithboi: 10:25am On Aug 24, 2014 |
nikkyshyne: @Number 1. That car engine is demonic! It needs an exorcism!LOL....absolutely 5 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by faithboi: 10:26am On Aug 24, 2014 |
MODs ....FP please! |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Domwiz4all(m): 4:41pm On Aug 24, 2014 |
My ex once told me she met sum one while furthering her studies who exactly looked like me, same name and from same village. And I suspected they later dated 10 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by shadowwalker101: 3:13am On Aug 25, 2014 |
coincidence in deed [img]http://www.?aff=391[/img] |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Davijunson: 3:14am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Wow...how intriguing. I've neva read a thread with so much keen interest before. I gotta say that Joseph in No. 2 must be an angel...and that separated twins of a tin is too much coincidence to believe. 6 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Jhosh(m): 3:14am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Some topic on nairaland sef. Person wunt knw wetin tu typ somtimes.We sha muz comment --- ....,........! |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by overhypedsteve(m): 3:15am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Dhabi |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by MVLOX(m): 3:16am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Dis 1 strong o 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by mrarranger: 3:16am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Wow awesome!!!! But i actually dont believe all!!!! |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by aywhy93(m): 3:17am On Aug 25, 2014 |
[size=14pt]Nice one... I like amazing and incredible things like this. What a coincidence !!![/size] I've experienced a very strange one too which I cant forget. I remember back then when I was admitted to AAUA, I was at the pack in IB to enter a bus going to school then I noticed this lady sitting in front, she looks familiar, maybe we live around the same neighborhood. (A) Confused, I was thinking maybe she's going to one of her relatives in Ondo state. (B) When I got to school, the following day I saw her again at the orientation. Shocked ! This girl is even in my school and we're both a fresher. (C) The day after, she passed in front of my Lodge and I was like 'Why am I seeing this girl everywhere am going' ? (D) 2 days later, I saw her in LT and I was like Aah Aah, she's even in my Faculty... (Science). (E) After the lecture, I was bold enough to walk up to her and I started a conversation with her, saying this face is kinda familiar and we entered the same bus while coming to school blah blah blag. (F) I asked her 'You're in which department ?' I was totally paralyzed when she answered and she's even in my department. Seeing the way I opened my mouth (G) She asked me back "what about you ?" I answered her that I'm also in her department, she never believed me not until I showed her my admission letter. (H) Then, she was dazzled about this, even me. Just for us to realize few days later that she's even living few houses next to my house at home in IB. Since then we've been very good friends and very close. I just received her call few minutes ago. What a Coincidence !!! [size=14pt] 10 Amazing & High Quality Pictures Captured with Smartphones [Must See] - http://www.stevenbergy.com.ng/2014/08/10-amazing-high-quality-pictures.html [/size] 6 Likes
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Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by tracelee: 3:17am On Aug 25, 2014 |
just passing, first page tinz |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by moneyhungry(m): 3:17am On Aug 25, 2014 |
@op: which kind phone you dey use na?. the writeup just slim and long like iroko tree... 38 Likes
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Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Emmycheeze: 3:18am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Blessing from God upon all nairalanders this week and forever. 43 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by mrarranger: 3:18am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Domwiz4all: My ex once told me she met sum one while furthering her studies who exactly looked like me, same name and from same village. And I suspected they later dated E dey pain you? 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by bunmioguns(m): 3:22am On Aug 25, 2014 |
This is what we call... Original gobe in fact igwe must hear this... 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by austinoeze(m): 3:22am On Aug 25, 2014 |
see as una just de disgrace una selves with lie..una just de offend eachoda with lie..de open una nyash 4 internet...soteh na me shame con de catch. ukpa! Op ur name na Elias Linus Laye 6 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by seunlayi(m): 3:26am On Aug 25, 2014 |
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Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by landinfo: 3:27am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Scyllapatron:The devil came to steal & destroy (unfortunately he won the war)....if not 4 BabaGOD wey put hand 4 Job life, he would gone the same journey as his ancestors did. Peeps don't know that xcept 4 GOD'z mercy, the devil would have been succeeding in terminating people'z lives through physical or spiritual death although he has been successful to an xtent sha. God save our soulz. 7 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by moneyhungry(m): 3:29am On Aug 25, 2014 |
LarrySun: Wow! Talk about sheer coincidence..... 33 Likes
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Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by Jarchi(m): 3:34am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Lol 1 Like |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by aminho(m): 3:35am On Aug 25, 2014 |
The number one 1 of them all should be president Gej always at the right place at the right time 14 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by StealthyMe(m): 3:35am On Aug 25, 2014 |
WoW! This World is filled with mysteries! Amazing... |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by davidif: 3:44am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Once in a while one runs into something worth reading on nairaland. Great post Mr. OP. 11 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by daveP(m): 3:51am On Aug 25, 2014 |
A christian bro passed by a market and a madmand greeted him and said some words.he hurried off. A week later he travelled for a revival and met the exact same madman greeting him with a repetition of the exact same words! Between lagos and ikirun, osun state. 3 Likes |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by rezzy: 3:57am On Aug 25, 2014 |
Akpo! |
Re: 20 Of The Worlds' Most Amazing Coincidences by paul288yahoo(m): 4:13am On Aug 25, 2014 |
hmmm. |
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