These coincidences are so incredible that they could not have occurred to any science fiction writer. Science fiction writers simply would not have dared to write such, fearing reproaches for provoking implausibility. Only life itself has the right to weave the threads of human destinies so fancifully. Nobody dares to accuse her of lying …
Forgotten script
Actor Anthony Hopkins got the lead role in the film "Girls from Petrovka". But no bookstore in London found the book on which the script was written. And on the way home in the subway, he saw on the bench exactly this book, forgotten by someone, with notes in the margins. A year and a half later, on the set, Hopkins met the author of the novel, who complained that he had sent his last copyright copy with remarks in the margins to the director, but he lost it on the subway …
Aerial combat from the past
Muscovite Pankratov in 1972 during a flight on a regular plane read a book. The book was about air battles during the Great Patriotic War, and after the phrase "The shell hit the first engine …", the right engine on the Il-18 plane suddenly really started to smoke. The flight had to be interrupted halfway …
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Plum pudding
As a child, the poet Emile Deschamp was treated to a new dish for the French - plum pudding - by a certain Forgibu who had just returned from England. After 10 years, Deschamp, passing by the restaurant, saw that a dish he remembered was being prepared there, but the waiter complained to him that another gentleman had already ordered all the pudding and pointed to … Forgibu.
A few years later, being in the house where plum pudding was covered for the guests, the poet amused the audience with the story that he had eaten this dish only twice in his life and had seen Forgibu only twice in his life. The guests began to joke with each other that now … And the doorbell rang! Of course, it was Forgibu, who, having arrived in Orleans, was invited to visit by one of the neighbors, but … he mixed up the apartments!
Fish day
This is what happened once to the famous psychologist Carl Jung within 24 hours. It began with the fact that he served fish for dinner. Sitting at the table, he saw a fish wagon passing by. Then a friend of his at dinner suddenly started a conversation about the custom of "making an April fish" (this is how the April Fools' jokes are called). Suddenly, a former patient came and brought a picture of gratitude, which again showed a large fish.
A lady appeared, asking the doctor to decipher her dream, in which she herself appeared in the form of a mermaid and a flock of fish swimming behind her. And when Jung went to the shore of the lake to calmly ponder the entire chain of events (which, according to his calculations, did not fit into the usual random chain of events), then next to him he found a fish thrown ashore.
An unexpected scenario
Residents of the Scottish countryside watched the film "Around the World in 80 Days" in a local cinema. At the moment when the movie heroes sat in the basket of the balloon and chopped off the rope, a strange crack was heard. It turned out that a balloon fell on the roof of the cinematograph … exactly the same as in the movies! And it was in 1965.
Hello from the moon
When American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface, the first thing he said was, "Good luck, Mr. Gorski!" The phrase meant this. As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard a quarrel between neighbors - a married couple named Gorski. Mrs. Gorski scolded her husband: "Rather, the neighbor's boy flies to the moon, than you will satisfy the woman!" And here on you, a coincidence! Neil really went to the moon!
Like snow on your head
In the 30s of the last century, Joseph Figlock, a resident of Detroit, walked down the street, and, as they say, did not touch anyone. Suddenly, a one-year-old child literally fell on Joseph's head from the window of an apartment building. Both participants in the incident got off with a slight fright. Later it turned out that the young and careless mother simply forgot to close the window, and the curious child climbed onto the windowsill and, instead of dying, ended up in the hands of his stunned involuntary savior.
Miracle, you say? What do you call what happened exactly one year later? Joseph was walking down the street, not touching anyone, and suddenly from the window of a multi-storey building … the same child literally fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again got off with a slight fright. What is it? Miracle? Coincidence?
Prophetic song
Once, in the midst of a noisy friendly feast, Marcello Mastroianni sang an old song "The house where I was so happy burned down …". Before he had time to finish singing the verse, he was informed of the fire in his mansion.
Sinister book
In 1898, the writer Morgan Robertson in his novel "Futility" described the death of the giant ship "Titan" after colliding with an iceberg on its maiden voyage … In 1912, 14 years later, Great Britain launched the ship "Titanic", and in the luggage of one passenger (of course, quite by accident) was the book "Futility" about the death of "Titan".
Everything written in the book came true, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: around both ships, even before they went to sea, an unimaginable hype was raised in the press because of their huge size. Both unsinkable ships hit the icy mountain in April, carrying many celebrities as passengers. And in both cases the accident very quickly turned into a disaster due to the captain's indiscriminateness and the lack of life-saving equipment … The book "Futility" with a detailed description of the ship sank with him.
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On an April night in 1935, sailor William Reeves stood watch on the bow of the British steamer Titanian bound for Canada. It was deep midnight and Reeves, impressed by the novel Futility he had just read, suddenly realized that there was a shocking similarity between the Titanic disaster and the fictional event.
Then the sailor flashed the thought that his ship is currently crossing the ocean where both the Titan and the Titanic have found their eternal peace. Then Reeves remembered that his birthday coincided with the exact date of the sinking of the Titanic under water - April 14, 1912. At this thought the sailor was seized with an indescribable horror. It seemed to him that fate was preparing something unexpected for him.
Strongly impressed, Reeves gave a danger signal and the ships immediately stopped. The crew members ran out onto the deck: everyone wanted to find out the reason for such a sudden stop. Imagine the amazement of the sailors when they saw an iceberg that emerged from the darkness of the night and stopped right in front of the ship.
Ominous Book 3
Edgar Poe wrote a ghastly tale of how shipwrecked and food deprived sailors ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. In 1884, the plot of the horror film came to life. The schooner "Lace" was wrecked, and the sailors, mad with hunger, devoured the cabin boy, whose name was … Richard Parker.
One fate for two
The most famous copy people who lived at the same time are Hitler and Roosevelt. Of course, they were very different in appearance, not only were they enemies, but their biographies were in many respects similar. In 1933, both received power just one day apart. The day of the inauguration of US President Roosevelt coincided with a vote in the German Reichstag to grant Hitler dictatorial powers.
Roosevelt and Hitler took their countries out of a deep crisis for exactly six years, then each of them led the country to prosperity (in their understanding). Both died in April 1945, 18 days apart, being in a state of irreconcilable war with each other …
Deja vu
On 5 December 1664, a passenger ship sank off the coast of Wales. All but one of the crew members and passengers were killed. The lucky one was named Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked at the same place. And again the only man named … Hugh Williams was saved. In 1860, again on the fifth of December, a fishing schooner sank here. Only one fisherman survived. And his name was Hugh Williams!
You can't escape fate
Louis XVI was predicted that he would die on the 21st. The frightened king on the 21st of every month sat locked in his bedroom, did not receive anyone, did not appoint any business. But the precautions were in vain! On June 21, 1791, Louis and his wife Marie-Antoinette were arrested. On September 21, 1792, a republic was proclaimed in France and royal power was abolished. And on January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed.
Betrayed secrets
In 1944, the Daily Telegraph published a crossword puzzle containing all the codenames for a secret Allied landing operation in Normandy. The words were encrypted in the crossword: "Neptune", "Utah", "Omaha", "Jupiter". Intelligence rushed to investigate the "information leak". But the compiler of the crossword puzzle turned out to be an old school teacher, no less puzzled by such an incredible coincidence.
Scary date for ufologists
By a strange and frightening coincidence, many ufologists died on the same day - June 24, however, in different years. So, on June 24, 1964, the author of the book "Behind the Scenes of Flying Saucers" Frank Scully died. On June 24, 1965, film actor and ufologist George Adamsky died. And on June 24, 1967, two UFO researchers, Richard Chen and Frank Edwards, left the world at once.
Let the car die
Famous actor James Dean died in a horrific car accident in September 1955. His sports car remained intact, but soon after the death of the actor, some evil fate began to pursue the car and everyone who touched it.
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Soon after the accident, the car was taken away from the scene. At that moment, when the car was brought into the garage, its engine mysteriously fell out of the body, crushing the mechanic's legs. The motor was acquired by a doctor who placed it in his car. He died soon after during a race. James Dean's car was later repaired, but the garage in which it was being repaired burned down.
The car was exhibited as a landmark in Sacramento, fell off the podium and shattered the thigh of a passing teenager. To top it off, in 1959, the car mysteriously (and completely independently) fell apart into 11 parts.
Bullet fool
Henry Siegland was sure that he was able to twist the fate around his finger. In 1883, he broke up with his beloved, who, unable to bear the separation, committed suicide. The girl's brother, beside himself with grief, grabbed a gun, tried to kill Henry, and, deciding that the bullet had reached its goal, shot himself.
However, Henry survived: the bullet only slightly grazed his face and entered the tree trunk. Several years later, Henry decided to cut down the ill-fated tree, but the trunk was too large, and the task seemed impossible. Then Siegland decided to blow up the tree with a few sticks of dynamite. From the explosion, the bullet, which was still sitting in the trunk of the tree, broke free and hit … right in Henry's head, killing him on the spot.
Twins
Twin stories are always impressive, especially this story about two twin brothers from Ohio. Their parents died when the babies were only a few weeks old. They were adopted by different families and separated the twins in infancy. This is where a series of incredible coincidences began.
To begin with, both foster families, without consulting or suspecting each other's plans, named the boys by the same name - James. The brothers grew up unaware of each other's existence, but both received a law degree, both were excellent at drawing and carpentry, and both married women with the same name Linda.
Each of the brothers had sons. One brother named his son James Alan, and the other named James Allan. Then both brothers left their wives and remarried women … with the same name Betty! Each of them was the owner of a dog named Toy … you can go on and on. At the age of 40, they learned about each other, met and were amazed that all the time they were forced to part, they lived one life for two.
One destiny
In 2002, seventy-year-old twin brothers died an hour apart in two unrelated road accidents on the same highway in northern Finland! Police representatives claim that there have been no accidents on this section of the road for a long time, so the report of two accidents on the same day with an hour difference was already a shock for them, and when it turned out that the victims were twin brothers, the police officers could not explain what happened. nothing short of an incredible coincidence.
Unhappy meeting
In 1858, poker player Robert Fallon was shot and killed by a losing opponent who claimed to be a cheat and won $ 600 by cheating. Fallon's seat at the table was vacated, the winnings were lying side by side, and none of the players wanted to take the "unlucky seat." However, the game had to continue, and the rivals, after consulting, went out of the saloon into the street and soon returned with a young man who happened to be passing by. The newcomer was seated at the table and handed him $ 600 (Robert's winnings) as an initial bet.
The police who arrived at the scene of the crime discovered that the recent murderers were playing poker with a passion, and the winner was … a newcomer who managed to convert $ 600 of his initial bet into a win of $ 2,200! Having sorted out the situation and arrested the main suspects in the murder of Robert Fallon, the police ordered to transfer the $ 600 won by the deceased to his next of kin, who turned out to be the same successful young player who had not seen his father for more than 7 years!
Came on a comet
The famous writer Mark Twain was born in 1835, on the day Halley's comet flew near the Earth and died in 1910 on the day of its next appearance near the Earth's orbit. The writer foresaw and himself predicted his death back in 1909: "I came into this world with Halley's comet, and next year I will leave it with her."
Favorite book
In 1920, the American writer Anne Parrish, who was on vacation in Paris at the time, came across her favorite children's book, Jack Frost and Other Stories, in a second-hand bookstore. Anne bought the book and showed it to her husband, talking about how she loved the book as a child. The husband took the book from Ann, opened it, and found on the title page the inscription: 209H Ann Parrish, Webber Street, Colorado Springs. It was the same book that Anne herself had once owned!
Way back home
The famous American actor Charles Coglen, who died in 1899, was not buried in his homeland, but in the city of Galveston (Texas), where death accidentally caught a touring troupe. A year later, a hurricane of unprecedented strength hit this city, washed away several streets and a cemetery. A sealed coffin with Coglen's body swam at least 6,000 km in the Atlantic for 9 years, until finally the current washed him ashore right in front of the house where he was born on Prince Edward Island.
Could coincidence explain the tragic fate of American presidents elected in a zero-ending year?
Lincoln (1860), Garfield (1880), McKinley (1900), Kennedy (1960) were killed, Garrison (1840) died of pneumonia, Roosevelt (1940) from polio, Harding (1920) suffered a severe heart attack. Reagan was also attempted (1980).
Can the documented episode be considered an accident: Pope Paul VI's favorite alarm clock, which has been regularly ringing at 6 am for 55 years, suddenly went off at 9 pm when dad passed away …