Coincidences happen all the time in life. Someone does not attach importance to them and does not try to find a secret meaning, someone plunges into the analysis of what is happening, trying to figure out what fate wanted to say?
Mysterious coincidences: materialists and believers in fate
To pay or not to pay attention to strange life coincidences is an individual matter. For example, materialists are not interested in this at all, so they never encounter coincidences. If you don’t listen to what people say and don’t communicate with strangers, the chance of encountering repetitions is minimal.
The absence of coincidences in life is normal, because a person who does not encounter them is free. He relies only on himself, his own strengths, does not believe in fate, but prefers to make it himself. This is an independent person who does not need to read signs in order to perform some action or make a responsible decision.
Mysterious coincidences actually occur so often that there is no reason to look for a secret meaning in them.
Coincidences that repeat with enviable regularity are not just a message from fate that wants to warn or caution about something. For them to make sense, you need to be able to decipher them correctly, and almost no one can do this.
For example, a girl noticed that October 10 was a fateful day for her. On this day, her father was born, with whom she did not get along. Her personal life did not work out, and it was on October 10 that her former admirers married others for three years in a row, and when she went to a fortune teller, she was told that on the coming October 10 she would be in mortal danger. And indeed, that day she miraculously managed to avoid death, as there was a gas leak in the apartment. But despite this chain of events, she still does not understand why all these negative events happen on this particular day, and how to solve the mystery of October 10th. Perhaps the point is in her personal psychological attitude, ingrained over the years, that on October 10 something will certainly happen. After all, as you know, our thoughts shape our lives. And we see and get what we want to see.
Half of the people on the planet have well-developed intuition, but even they are not able to understand the signs of fate. They tend to perceive strange coincidences, completely random, as a sign, but do not notice truly important messages. They tend to consider them a coincidence, but only until the moment when the same event does not repeat itself more than three times. Then there are clearly visible signs that someone is trying to reach consciousness.
It’s worse when a person understands that they want to warn him about something, but misinterprets the message because he doesn’t understand it. Or he interprets it correctly, but after the event he was warned about happened. For example, nurse V. Jessop at the beginning of the last century had to work on the three largest liners “Britannic”, “Olympic” and “Titanic”, and came out unscathed in all three disasters that occurred with the ships. Coincidence? Hardly.
Random and non-random coincidences in life
Most often, coincidences in life are observed by like-minded people: relatives, friends, work colleagues. For example, a guy and a girl meet at a concert, they start a relationship, things move towards marriage, but then everything falls apart and they separate. A few years later, they meet by chance and realize that they are made for each other. Their acquaintance can hardly be called an accident, and many call it fate.
Every event that happens in life is assessed by a person in his own way. There are people who tend to believe that luck and achieving what they want is the result of effort and work, while illness and negativity are the result of abuse and improper behavior. But many consider every event a finger of fate or a sign that must be heeded.
Mysterious coincidences from a mathematical point of view
Strange coincidences in the form of repetitions of numbers, dates of birth, places to which a person involuntarily returns, arouse interest only after a certain time, when a person begins to compare data and think about the situation. Mathematicians are confident that half of such coincidences are not accidental, and their probability can be calculated. For example, for two people to have a birthday on the same day, you need to gather only 23 people in one place. This is a funny coincidence, and there is no need to look for a secret meaning in it. The same applies to other aspects of life, for example, the theory of six handshakes, which was successfully played out in the popular New Year’s film “Yolki”. Its essence comes down to the fact that there are so many people on Earth that it is not surprising that many know each other through several friends or acquaintances.
There are 7.5 billion people on the planet, so it is not at all surprising that many were born not only on the same day, but also at the same hour!
But, admit it, you considered a person special or “not in vain sent to you” if you accidentally found out that he was born on the same day as you. Or he is from your hometown.
Not all coincidences are random, but many of them do not deserve attention, and people have not yet learned to divide them into necessary and unnecessary. He tends to pay attention to coincidences of a negative or neutral nature, which is why they are remembered more often than positive memories. This is akin to believing in omens: even someone who doesn’t believe in “a black cat crossing the road” will subconsciously think about it, or even spit over his shoulder, just in case. The collective psychology and rituals that surround us since childhood are at work here.
Statistics say that all coincidences in life are random, because they are not related to each other, and since this is a common occurrence, it should not surprise anyone. But man has always been attracted to everything mysterious and inexplicable, so he will never stop believing in the secret meaning of coincidences. It’s not without reason that you see the same handsome man every day on the minibus to work!
In history you can find such mysterious coincidences that they can simply be considered incredible. However, the fact of some coincidences is quite clearly recorded. Even the bravest science fiction writers and dreamers would not have thought of writing such a thing. Only life itself is confirmation of the bizarre interweaving of human destinies and facts. 1965 In one Scottish village, the popular film “Around the World in 80 Days” was being watched at a local club. And it was precisely at that moment, when the heroes of the film boarded the balloon and began to cut the rope, that a monstrous crash and noise was heard. It later turned out that the exact same hot air balloon as in the movie landed on the roof of the building!
Fate rules people. One day, Detroit resident Joseph Figlock, walking along the streets of the city, literally had a one-year-old child fall on his head. Neither Joseph nor the child were injured and escaped with minor fright. It turned out that the young and inattentive mother simply did not close the window and the small child, by the will of fate, ended up in the hands of a surprised passerby. Can we call this a miracle? What do you call what happened a year later? Joseph Figlock was walking along the street again. Suddenly, the same child fell on his head from the window of a high-rise building! Again, both participants in this incident managed to escape with a slight fright. Such coincidences can only be called a miracle!
Once, in the midst of a noisy feast, Marcello Mastroianni, among his friends, decided to perform the old song “The house where I was so happy burned down.” Having barely finished the first verse, Marcello Mastroianni was informed of a fire in his own mansion.
Roger Losier, at the age of four, almost drowned at sea. This happened in the vicinity of the city of Salem (America) in 1966. Fortunately, he was saved by a random woman, Alice Blaze. At the age of 12, Roger returned the favor. In 1974, he rescued a man who was drowning at sea in the same place. The man turned out to be Alice Blaze's husband.
An amazing and mysterious coincidence, described countless times. In 1898, the writer Morgan Robertson in his novel “Futility” described the death of the giant ship “Titan” as a result of a collision with a huge iceberg during its maiden voyage... Fourteen years later, in 1912, the liner was launched in Great Britain “ Titanic". By chance, in the suitcase of one of the passengers there was a book about the sinking of the Titan ship. Everything that was written in the book was repeated in the smallest detail. Both ships, which were considered simply unsinkable, hit an iceberg in April, and had a large number of celebrities on board. In both cases, the collision with the ice mountain quickly escalated into a terrible disaster due to the actions of the captain and the lack of means of escape. The prophetic book “Futility,” which contained a detailed description of the death of the ship, sank with it.
It was in the same place where the Titanic sank, in the Atlantic area, that the ship Titania sailed in 1939. Suddenly, the helmsmen suddenly gave the command to “stop the car.” What made him give such a command is still a mystery. Perhaps a gut feeling, perhaps something else. After the ship stopped, a huge iceberg suddenly emerged from the darkness and dealt a strong blow to the hull. However, this blow was no longer fatal for the ship...
In one of Edgar Poe's stories, it was described how, after a shipwreck, starving sailors, deprived of food, ate Richard Parker, the crew's cabin boy. The plot of this terrible story came to life in 1884. The sailors of the wrecked schooner "Lace", simply mad with hunger, devoured their cabin boy, whose name was... Richard Parker. Such coincidences are simply terrifying.
The Daily Telegraph published a crossword puzzle in 1944 containing all the code words for the very secret operation to land Allied troops in Normandy. In the crossword puzzle, the author encrypted the words “Jupiter,” “Utah,” “Omaha,” and “Neptune.” Intelligence agencies rushed to look for the source of the “information leak.” And the compiler of the crossword turned out to be an old school teacher who did not understand anything. Everyone was surprised by such an incredible coincidence.
Quite strange and mysterious coincidences haunt people involved in UFO research. By a frightening and strange coincidence, many ufologists died on the same day, but in different years. On June 24, 1964, Frank Scully, the author of the acclaimed book “Behind the Scenes of the Flying Saucers,” died. In 1965, and again on June 24, Ufologist and film actor George Adamsky died. And in 1967, and again on June 24, two people who were involved in UFO research passed away at once - Frank Edwards and Richard Chen.
Mark Twain was born in 1835, on the same day that Halley's Comet passed close to the earth. And the famous writer died on the day of her next visit near the earth’s orbit. The writer himself predicted and foresaw his death back in 1909. He said that he came into the world with Halley's comet, and he will leave this world with it. And so it happened.
Umberto I, King of Italy, once went to a small restaurant in the city of Monz to have a snack. His order was taken by the restaurant owner himself. Looking at the owner of the establishment, His Majesty suddenly realized that standing in front of him was an exact copy of himself. The physique and face of the owner of the establishment very much resembled His Majesty. After the conversation, it turned out that they were born on the same year and day - March 14. 1844. In addition, they were born in the same city, and both were married to women named Margarita. The restaurant was opened on the day when the coronation of Umberto I took place. But these are not all mysterious coincidences. In 1900, the king was notified of the death of the restaurant owner. The owner of the establishment died from a gunshot as a result of an accident. Before the monarch had time to express his condolences over his death, he himself was shot by an anarchist from the crowd that surrounded his carriage.
The famous American actor Charles Coghlan, who died during a tour, was buried in Galveston (Texas). A year later, a hurricane of unprecedented force that hit this city washed away the city cemetery. The body of Charles Coghlan, enclosed in a hermetically sealed coffin, floated about 6,000 kilometers across the Atlantic for 9 years, and was washed down by the current to Prince Edward Island, which is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The amazing thing is that the coffin was carried out by the current right in front of the house where he was born.
Is it possible to explain the coincidences that link the fate of US presidents who were elected to office in a year ending in zero? Kennedy (1960), McKinley (1900), Garfield (1880), Lincoln (1860) - were assassinated. Roosevelt (1940) - died of polio. Harrison (1840) - death from pneumonia. Harding (1920) - severe heart attack. There was an assassination attempt on Reagan (1980).
Is it possible to consider a documented fact as an accident - the regularly working alarm clock of Pope Paul VI, which rang at 6 am for 55 years, on the day of the pope’s death, for inexplicable reasons, went off at 9 pm?...
These coincidences are so incredible that they could not have occurred to any science fiction writer. Science fiction writers simply would not dare to write such a thing, for fear of being reproached for its defiant implausibility.
These coincidences are so incredible that they could not have occurred to any science fiction writer. Science fiction writers simply would not dare to write such a thing, for fear of being reproached for its defiant implausibility. Only life itself has the right to intertwine the threads of human destinies so intricately. No one would dare accuse her of lying.
Residents of a Scottish village watched the film “Around the World in 80 Days” at the local cinema. At the moment when the movie characters sat down in the balloon's basket and cut the rope, a strange crack was heard. It turned out that a hot air balloon, exactly the same as in the movie, fell on the roof of the cinema! And this was in 1965.
When American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon, the first thing he said was: “I wish you success, Mr. Gorski!” This is what the phrase meant. As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard a quarrel between neighbors - a married couple named Gorski. Mrs. Gorski scolded her husband: “The neighbor boy would sooner fly to the moon than you satisfy a woman!” And here you are, coincidence! Neil actually went to the moon!
Two cars collided on a rural Italian highway. However, both drivers were not injured. To celebrate, they decided to get acquainted and... named the same first and last name. Both were named Giacomo Felice, which, by the way, means “happy”!
In the 30s of the last century, Joseph Figlock, a resident of Detroit, walked down the street, and, as they say, did not bother anyone. Suddenly, from the window of a multi-story building, a one-year-old child literally fell on Joseph’s head. Both participants in the incident escaped with minor 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 her stunned, involuntary savior. Miracle, you say? What would you call what happened exactly a year later? Joseph was walking down the street, not touching anyone, and suddenly from the window of a multi-story building, literally, the same child fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again escaped with slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
Once, Marcello Mastroianni, in the midst of a noisy, friendly feast, sang an old song, “The house where I was so happy burned down...”. Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about a fire in his mansion.
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier nearly drowned in the sea near the American city of Salem. Luckily, he was saved by a woman named Alice Blaze. In 1974, Roger, who was already 12, returned the favor - in the same place he saved a drowning man who turned out to be... the husband of Alice Blaze.
In 1898, writer Morgan Robertson, in his novel Futility, described the death of the giant ship Titan after colliding with an iceberg on its first voyage... In 1912, 14 years later, Great Britain launched the Titanic, and in the luggage of one passenger (of course, completely by accident) it turned out to be the book “Futility” about the death of the “Titan”. Everything written in the book came to life, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: an unimaginable hype was raised in the press around both ships even before going to sea due to their enormous size. Both supposedly unsinkable ships hit the icy mountain in April with a host of celebrities on board. And in both cases, the accident very quickly escalated into a disaster due to the captain’s lack of management and lack of life-saving equipment... The book “Futility” with a detailed description of the ship sank with it.
In 1939, in the area of the Atlantic where the Titanic sank, another ship, the Titanian, sailed at night. Suddenly, an inner instinct told the steering wheel something, and he gave the command “stop the car.” When the ship stopped and those on watch began to express dissatisfaction with the delay, a huge iceberg suddenly emerged from the darkness and dealt a strong, but, fortunately, no longer fatal blow to the hull...
In 1997, the famous Soviet figure skater Irina Rodnina arrived with an acquaintance in Los Angeles and, passing by a cafe, began to remember: “Here, once upon a time, my first sports partner Ulanov and I first went to a cafe with our own money. At that table...” Imagine her surprise when at that table she saw Ulanov himself; as it turned out, he also brought a friend here to show the place where he first sat in a cafe “with Rodnina herself”!
The most famous copy people who lived at the same time are Hitler and Roosevelt. Of course, they were very different in appearance, moreover, they were enemies, but their biographies were in many ways similar. In 1933, both gained power with a difference of just one day. The day of the inauguration of US President Roosevelt coincided with a vote in the German Reichstag to grant dictatorial powers to Hitler. Roosevelt and Hitler took exactly six years to lead their countries out of a deep crisis, then each of them led the country to prosperity (in their own understanding). Both died in April 1945, 18 days apart, being in a state of irreconcilable war with each other...
Writer Evgeny Petrov had a strange and rare hobby: all his life he collected envelopes... from his own letters! This is how he did it: he sent a letter to some country. He made up everything except the name of the state - the city, the street, the house number, the name of the addressee, so after a month and a half the envelope was returned to Petrov, but already decorated with multi-colored foreign stamps, the main one of which was: “The addressee is incorrect.” But in April 1939, the writer decided to disturb the New Zealand Post Office. He came up with a town called "Hydebirdville", a street called "Wrightbeach", house "7" and the addressee "Merilla Ogin Wasley". In the letter itself, Petrov wrote in English: “Dear Merrill! Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of Uncle Pete. Brace yourself, old man. Sorry I haven't written for a long time. I hope Ingrid is okay. Kiss your daughter for me. She's probably quite big already. Yours Evgeniy.” More than two months passed, but the letter with the appropriate note was not returned. Deciding that it was lost, Evgeny Petrov began to forget about it. But then August came, and he waited... for a reply letter. At first, Petrov decided that someone was playing a joke on him in his own spirit. But when he read the return address, he was no longer in the mood for jokes. On the envelope was written: "New Zealand, Hydebirdville, Wrightbeach, 7, Merrill Augin Wasley."
And all this was confirmed by the blue stamp “New Zealand, Hydebirdville Post Office”. The text of the letter read: “Dear Evgeniy! Thank you for your condolences. The ridiculous death of Uncle Pete threw us off track for six months. I hope you will forgive the delay in writing. Ingrid and I often remember those two days that you were with us. Gloria is very big and will go to 2nd grade in the fall. She still keeps the teddy bear that you brought her from Russia.” Petrov had never traveled to New Zealand, and therefore he was all the more amazed to see in the photograph a powerfully built man hugging... himself, Petrov! On the back of the photo was written: “October 9, 1938.” Here the writer almost felt bad - after all, it was on that day that he was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state with severe pneumonia. Then, for several days, doctors fought for his life, not hiding from his family that he had almost no chance of survival. To sort out these either misunderstandings or mysticism, Petrov wrote another letter to New Zealand, but did not receive an answer: the Second World War began. From the first days of the war, E. Petrov became a war correspondent for Pravda and Informburo. His colleagues did not recognize him - he became withdrawn, thoughtful, and stopped joking altogether.
In 1942, the plane he was flying on to the combat area disappeared, most likely shot down over enemy territory. And on the day the news of the plane’s disappearance was received, a letter from Merrill Wasley arrived at Petrov’s Moscow address. Wasley admired the courage of the Soviet people and expressed concern for the life of Evgeni himself. In particular, he wrote: “I was scared when you started swimming in the lake. The water was very cold. But you said you were destined to crash on a plane, not drown. I ask you to be careful and fly as little as possible.”
On December 5, 1664, a passenger ship sank off the coast of Wales. All crew members and passengers were killed except one. The lucky guy's name was Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked at the same place. Once again, the only person who survived was his name... Hugh Williams. In 1860, again on the fifth of December, a fishing schooner sank here. Only one fisherman survived. And his name was Hugh Williams!
Louis XVI was predicted to die on the 21st. On the 21st of every month, the frightened king sat locked in his bedroom, did not receive anyone, and did not assign 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.
In 1867, the heir to the Italian crown, Duke d'Aosta, married Princess Maria del Pozzodella Cisterna. A few days later, the princess's maid hanged herself. Then the gatekeeper cut his throat. The royal secretary was killed by falling from a horse. The Duke's friend died of sunstroke... Of course, After such monstrous coincidences, the life of the newlyweds did not work out!
Edgar Poe wrote a gruesome story about how shipwrecked and food-deprived sailors ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. In 1884, the horror story came to life. The schooner “Lace” was wrecked, and the sailors, maddened by hunger, devoured the cabin boy, whose name was... Richard Parker.
Three murderers were hanged in Greenberry Hill, London. Their last names: Green, Berry and Hill!
A resident of Texas, USA, Allan Folby had an accident and damaged an artery in his leg. He would probably have died from loss of blood if Alfred Smith had not passed by, bandaged the victim and called an ambulance. Five years later, Folby witnessed a car accident: the driver of the crashed car lay unconscious, with a severed artery in his leg. It was... Alfred Smith.
In 1944, the Daily Telegraph published a crossword puzzle containing all the code names for the secret operation to land Allied troops in Normandy. The words encrypted in the crossword were: “Neptune”, “Utah”, “Omaha”, “Jupiter”. Intelligence rushed to investigate the “information leak.” But the creator of the crossword puzzle turned out to be an old school teacher, puzzled by such an incredible coincidence no less than the military personnel.
By a strange and frightening coincidence, many ufologists died on the same day - June 24, although in different years. So, on June 24, 1964, the author of the book “Behind the Scenes of the 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 for another world.
Famous actor James Dean died in a terrible car accident in September 1955. His sports car remained intact, but soon after the actor’s death, some kind of evil fate began to haunt the car and everyone who touched it. Judge for yourself: 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 purchased by a certain doctor who placed it in his car. He soon died during a racing event. James Dean's car was later repaired, but the garage where it was being repaired burned down. The car was exhibited as a tourist attraction in Sacramento when it fell off a podium and crushed the hip of a passing teenager. To top it all off, in 1959 the car mysteriously (and completely independently) fell apart into 11 parts.
Henry Siegland was sure that he was able to cheat fate around his finger. In 1883, he broke up with his lover, 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 target, shot himself. However, Henry survived: the bullet only slightly grazed his face and entered the tree trunk. A few 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 several sticks of dynamite. From the explosion, the bullet, which was still sitting in the tree trunk, broke free and hit... right in Henry's head, killing him on the spot.
Stories about twins are always impressive, and 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 the twins were separated in infancy. This is where a series of incredible coincidences begin. To begin with, both adoptive families, without consulting or suspecting each other's plans, named the boys the same name - James. The brothers grew up unaware of each other's existence, but both received law degrees, both were excellent drafters and carpenters, and both married women with the same name, Linda. Each of the brothers had sons. One brother named his son James Alan, and the second - James Allan. Both brothers then left their wives and remarried women... with the same name, Betty! Each of them was the owner of a dog named Toy... we could go on and on. At the age of 40, they learned about each other, met and were amazed that during the entire forced separation they lived one life for two.
In 2002, septuagenarian twin brothers died within an hour of each other in two unrelated traffic 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, an hour apart, was already a shock to them, and when it turned out that the victims were twin brothers, police officers could not explain what happened nothing more than an incredible coincidence.
Twins John and Arthur Mauforth lived with their families 80 miles apart. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both brothers felt severe chest pain. Their families (who at that moment had no idea what was happening in the family of relatives) almost simultaneously placed both brothers in different hospitals. Around the same time, both brothers died of heart attacks.
The famous nineteenth-century Austrian portrait painter Joseph Aigner attempted suicide several times. The first time he tried to hang himself at the age of 18, he was suddenly stopped by a Capuchin monk who appeared out of nowhere. At the age of 22, he tried again, and was again saved by the same mysterious monk. Eight years later, the artist was sentenced to the gallows for his political activities, but the timely intervention of the same monk helped mitigate the sentence. At the age of 68, the artist committed suicide (he shot himself in the temple with a pistol). The funeral service was performed by the same monk - a man whose name no one ever learned. The reasons for such a reverent attitude of the Capuchin monk towards the Austrian artist also remained unclear.
In 1858, poker player Robert Fallon was shot by a losing opponent who claimed that Robert was a cheater and had won $600 by cheating. Fallon's place at the table became vacant, the winnings remained lying nearby, and none of the players wanted to take the “unlucky seat.” However, the game had to be continued, and the rivals, after consulting, left the saloon onto the street and soon returned with a young man who happened to be passing by. The newcomer was seated at the table and given $600 (Robert's winnings) as his opening bet. The police arriving at the crime scene discovered that the recent murderers were playing poker with passion, and the winner was... a newcomer who managed to turn a $600 initial bet into a winnings of $2,200! Having sorted out the situation and arrested the main suspects in the murder of Robert Fallon, the police ordered the transfer of 600 dollars won by the deceased to his closest relative, who turned out to be the same lucky young gambler who had not seen his father for more than 7 years!
The famous writer Mark Twain was born in 1835, on the day when 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 it.”
In 1920, three Englishmen traveled on a train in the same compartment. During the acquaintance process, a strange coincidence was discovered: the last name of one of them was Binkham, the second was Powell, and the third was Binkham-Powell. Neither of them was related to the other.
In 1975, a Bermudian man was accidentally hit by a taxi while riding a moped and died instantly. Exactly a year later, his brother died in exactly the same circumstances. Coincidence? What do you say to the fact that your brother died while riding the same moped, was hit by the same taxi and the same driver, and even with the same passenger in the cabin?
In 1920, American writer Ann Parrish, who was on vacation in Paris at the time, came across her favorite children's book, Jack Frost and Other Stories, in a used 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: “Ann Parrish, 209 N, Webber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was the same book that once belonged to Anne herself!
King Umberto I of Italy once stopped at a small restaurant in Monza to have lunch. The owner of the establishment respectfully accepted the order from His Majesty. Looking at the owner of the restaurant, the king suddenly realized that in front of him was his exact copy. The owner of the restaurant both in face and physique strongly resembled His Majesty. The men got to talking and discovered other similarities: both the king and the owner of the restaurant were born on the same day and year (March 14, 1844). They were born in the same city. Both are married to women named Margarita. The owner of the restaurant opened his establishment on the day of the coronation of Umberto I. But the coincidences did not end there. In 1900, King Umberto was informed that the owner of a restaurant where the king liked to visit from time to time had died in a gunshot accident. Before the king had time to express his condolences, he himself was shot by an anarchist from the crowd surrounding the carriage.
The Melkis family from Dunstable (Bedfordshire, England) watched a film about the Titanic on TV. At that moment, when the ship should have shuddered from hitting the iceberg, the Melkis house burst at the seams as a result of a collision with an ice floe! A rare phenomenon - an ice meteorite broke through the roof at that very moment and got stuck in the ceiling.
It is impossible not to appreciate the jokes of fate. It is known, for example, that in 1848 the tradesman Nikifor Nikitin “for seditious speeches about flying to the Moon” was exiled not just anywhere, but to the distant settlement of Baikonur!
Inexplicable miracles have been happening in one of the supermarkets in the English county of Cheshire for 5 years now. Just don't smile, please. As soon as the cashier sits at the cash register at number 15, within a few weeks she becomes pregnant. Everything is repeated with enviable consistency, the result is 24 pregnant women. 30 children born. After several control experiments that ended “successfully”, during which the researchers placed volunteers at the cash register, no scientific conclusions were drawn. Although no, there is one conclusion. Among women who were infertile according to medical reports, there appeared those who wanted to work as cashiers.
The famous American actor Charles Coghlan, who died in 1899, was buried not in his homeland, but in the city of Galveston (Texas), where death accidentally found a touring troupe. A year later, a hurricane of unprecedented force hit this city, washing away several streets and a cemetery. The sealed coffin with Coghlen's body floated at least 6,000 km in the Atlantic for 9 years, until finally the current brought it to shore right in front of the house where he was born on Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
In 1992, the French artist Rene Charbonneau, commissioned by the city hall of Rouen, painted the painting “Joan of Arc at the stake.” A young student, Jeanne Lenois, served as his model. However, the day after the canvas was hung in the spacious exhibition hall, reagents exploded in the university laboratory. Zhanna, who was there, could not get out of the room and burned alive.
A tragicomic incident recently occurred in Sofia. Thief Milko Stoyanov, having successfully robbed the apartment of a wealthy citizen and carefully placed the “trophies” in a backpack, decided to quickly go down the drainpipe from the window overlooking a deserted street. When Milko was at the second floor level, police whistles were heard. Confused, he let go of the pipe and flew down. Just at that moment, a guy was walking along the sidewalk, and Milko fell right on top of him. The police arrived and handcuffed both of them and took them to the station. It turned out that the guy Milko fell on was a burglar who, after many unsuccessful attempts, was finally tracked down. Interestingly, the second thief was also named Milko Stoyanov.
Can the tragic fate of American presidents elected in a year that ends in zero be explained by coincidence? Lincoln (1860), Garfield (1880), McKinley (1900), Kennedy (1960) were assassinated, Harrison (1840) died of pneumonia, Roosevelt (1940) of polio, Harding (1920) suffered a severe heart attack. An assassination attempt was also made on Reagan (1980). Bush Now in the White House (2000). Can the documented episode be considered an accident: Pope Paul VI’s favorite alarm clock, which regularly rang at 6 a.m. for 55 years, suddenly went off at 9 p.m., when the pope died...
These coincidences are so incredible that they are hard to believe. Nevertheless, life intricately interweaves the threads of human destinies.
Letter with prophecy
Writer Evgeny Petrov had a strange and rare hobby - all his life he collected envelopes from his own letters. This is how he did it: he sent a letter to some country. He made up everything except the name of the state: the city, the street, the house number, the name of the addressee, so after a month and a half the envelope was returned to Petrov, but already decorated with multi-colored foreign stamps, the main one of which was “The addressee is incorrect.”
In April 1939, the writer decided to disturb the New Zealand Post Office. He came up with a town called "Hydebirdville", a street called "Wrightbeach", house "7" and the addressee "Merilla Ogin Wasley". In the letter itself, Petrov wrote in English: “Dear Merrill! Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of Uncle Pete. Brace yourself, old man. Sorry I haven't written for a long time. I hope Ingrid is okay. Kiss your daughter for me. She's probably quite big already. Yours Evgeniy.”
More than two months passed, but the letter with the appropriate note was not returned. Deciding that it was lost, Evgeny Petrov began to forget about it. But then August came, and he waited for a reply letter. At first, Petrov decided that someone was playing a joke on him in his own spirit. But when he read the return address, he was no longer in the mood for jokes. On the envelope was written: "New Zealand, Hydebirdville, Wrightbeach, 7, Merrill Augin Wasley."
And all this was confirmed by the blue stamp “New Zealand, Hydebirdville Post Office”. The text of the letter read: “Dear Evgeniy! Thank you for your condolences. The ridiculous death of Uncle Pete threw us off track for six months. I hope you will forgive the delay in writing. Ingrid and I often remember those two days that you were with us. Gloria is very big and will go to 2nd grade in the fall. She still keeps the teddy bear that you brought her from Russia.”
Petrov had never been to New Zealand, so he was amazed when he saw in the photograph a powerfully built man hugging himself, Petrov. On the back of the photo was written: “October 9, 1938.” Here the writer almost felt bad - after all, it was on that day that he was admitted to the hospital in an unconscious state with severe pneumonia. Then, for several days, doctors fought for his life, not hiding from his family that he had almost no chance of survival.
To sort out these either misunderstandings or mysticism, Petrov wrote another letter to New Zealand, but did not receive an answer, since the Second World War began. From the first days of the war, E. Petrov became a war correspondent for Pravda and Informburo. His colleagues did not recognize him - he became withdrawn, thoughtful, and stopped joking altogether.
In 1942, the plane he was flying on to the combat area disappeared, most likely shot down over enemy territory. And on the day the news of the plane’s disappearance was received, a letter from Merrill Wasley arrived at Petrov’s Moscow address. Wasley admired the courage of the Soviet people and expressed concern for the life of Evgeni himself.
In particular, he wrote: “I was scared when you started swimming in the lake. The water was very cold. But you said you were destined to crash on a plane, not drown. I ask you to be careful and fly as little as possible.”
Forgotten script
Actor Anthony Hopkins got the main role in the film “Girls from Petrovka”. But not a single bookstore in London could find the book on which the script was written. And on the way home on the subway, he saw on a bench this particular 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 copy with notes in the margins to the director, but he had lost it on the subway.
Out of the blue
In the 30s of the last century, Joseph Figlock, a resident of Detroit, walked down the street, and, as they say, did not bother anyone. Suddenly, from the window of a multi-story building, a one-year-old child literally fell on Joseph’s head. Both participants in the incident escaped with minor 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 her stunned, involuntary savior.
Miracle, you say? What would you call what happened exactly a year later? Joseph was walking down the street, not bothering anyone, and suddenly the same child fell on his head from the window of a multi-story building. Both participants in the incident again escaped with slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
Greetings from the Moon
When American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon, the first thing he said was: “I wish you success, Mr. Gorski!” This is what the phrase meant. As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard a quarrel between neighbors - a married couple named Gorski. Mrs. Gorski scolded her husband: “The neighbor boy would sooner fly to the moon than you satisfy a woman!” And here you are, coincidence! Neil actually went to the moon!
Prophetic song
Once, Marcello Mastroianni, in the midst of a noisy, friendly feast, sang the old song “The house where I was so happy burned down.” Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about a fire in his mansion.
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier nearly drowned in the sea near the American city of Salem. Luckily, he was saved by a woman named Alice Blaze. In 1974, Roger, who was already 12, returned the favor - at the same place he saved a drowning man who turned out to be Alice Blaze's husband.
Sinister book
In 1898, 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 Titanic, and in the luggage of one passenger (of course, completely by accident) was the book “Futility” about the death of the Titan.
Everything written in the book came to life, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: an unimaginable hype was raised in the press around both ships even before going to sea due to their enormous size. Both supposedly unsinkable ships hit the icy mountain in April with a host of celebrities on board. And in both cases, the accident very quickly escalated into a disaster due to the captain’s lack of management and lack of life-saving equipment. The book “Futility” with a detailed description of the ship sank with him.
Sinister Book 2
On an April night in 1935, seaman William Reeves stood watch at the bow of the English steamship Titanian, bound for Canada. It was deep midnight, Reeves, impressed by the novel Futility he had just read, suddenly realized that there were shocking similarities between the Titanic disaster and the fictional event.
Then the thought flashed through the sailor’s mind that his ship was currently crossing the ocean where both the Titan and the Titanic had found their eternal rest. Then Reeves remembered that his birthday coincided with the exact date the Titanic sank under water - April 14, 1912. At this thought, the sailor was seized with indescribable horror. It seemed to him that fate was preparing something unexpected for him.
Strongly impressed, Reeves sounded a danger signal, and the steamship's engines immediately stopped. The crew members ran out onto the deck: everyone wanted to know the reason for such a sudden stop. Imagine the amazement of the sailors when they saw an iceberg emerging from the darkness of the night and stopping right in front of the ship.
Sinister Book 3
Edgar Poe wrote a gruesome story about how shipwrecked and food-deprived sailors ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. In 1884, the horror story came to life. The schooner "Lace" was wrecked, and the sailors, maddened by hunger, devoured the cabin boy, whose name was Richard Parker.
Deja vu
On December 5, 1664, a passenger ship sank off the coast of Wales. All crew members and passengers were killed except one. The lucky guy's name was Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked at the same place. Once again, a single man named Hugh Williams survived. 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 to die on the 21st. On the 21st of every month, the frightened king sat locked in his bedroom, did not receive anyone, and did not assign 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.
Opportunity to give back
A resident of Texas, USA, Allan Folby had an accident and damaged an artery in his leg. He would probably have died from loss of blood if Alfred Smith had not passed by, bandaged the victim and called an ambulance. Five years later, Folby witnessed a car accident: the driver of the crashed car lay unconscious, with a severed artery in his leg. It was Alfred Smith.
Let the car die
Famous actor James Dean died in a terrible car accident in September 1955. His sports car remained intact, but soon after the actor’s death, some kind of evil fate began to haunt the car and everyone who touched it.
Judge for yourself: shortly 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 purchased by a certain doctor who placed it in his car. He soon died during a racing event. James Dean's car was later repaired, but the garage where it was being repaired burned down.
The car was exhibited as a tourist attraction in Sacramento when it fell off a podium and crushed the hip of a passing teenager. To top it all off, in 1959 the car mysteriously (and completely independently) fell apart into 11 parts.
Henry Siegland was sure that he was able to cheat fate around his finger. In 1883, he broke up with his lover, 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 target, shot himself.
However, Henry survived: the bullet only slightly grazed his face and entered the tree trunk. A few 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 several sticks of dynamite. From the explosion, the bullet, which was still sitting in the tree trunk, broke free and hit... right in Henry's head, killing him on the spot.
Stories about twins are always impressive, and 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 the twins were separated in infancy. This is where a series of incredible coincidences begin.
To begin with, both adoptive families, without consulting or suspecting each other's plans, named the boys the same name - James. The brothers grew up unaware of each other's existence, but both received law degrees, both were excellent drafters and carpenters, and both married women with the same name, Linda.
Each of the brothers had sons. One brother named his son James Alan, and the second - 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... we could go on and on. At the age of 40, they learned about each other, met and were amazed that during the entire forced separation they lived one life for two.
One destiny
In 2002, septuagenarian twin brothers died within an hour of each other in two unrelated traffic 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, an hour apart, was already a shock to them, and when it turned out that the victims were twin brothers, police officers could not explain what happened nothing more than an incredible coincidence.
Unpleasant meeting
In 1858, poker player Robert Fallon was shot by a losing opponent who claimed that Robert was a cheater and had won $600 by cheating. Fallon's place at the table became vacant, the winnings remained lying nearby, and none of the players wanted to take the “unlucky seat.” However, the game had to be continued, and the rivals, after consulting, left the saloon onto the street and soon returned with a young man who happened to be passing by. The newcomer was seated at the table and given $600 (Robert's winnings) as his opening bet.
The police arriving at the crime scene discovered that the recent murderers were playing poker with passion, and the winner was...a newcomer who managed to turn a $600 initial bet into a winnings of $2,200! Having understood the situation and arrested the main suspects in the murder of Robert Fallon, the police ordered the transfer of $600 won by the deceased to his closest relative, who turned out to be the same successful young gambler who had not seen his father for more than seven years.
In 1973, in Bermuda, a taxi hit two brothers who were driving along the road in violation of the rules. The blow was not strong, the brothers recovered, and the lesson did not benefit them. Exactly 2 years later, on the same street on the same moped, they were again hit by a taxi. The police established that in both cases the same passenger was traveling in the taxi, but completely ruled out any version of a deliberate hit-and-run.
In 1920, American writer Ann Parrish, who was on vacation in Paris at the time, came across her favorite children's book, Jack Frost and Other Stories, in a used 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: “Ann Parrish, 209 N, Webber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was the same book that once belonged to Anne herself.
One destiny for two
King Umberto I of Italy once went to a small restaurant in Monza to have lunch. The owner of the establishment respectfully accepted the order from His Majesty. Looking at the owner of the restaurant, the king suddenly realized that in front of him was his exact copy. The owner of the restaurant both in face and physique strongly resembled His Majesty.
The men got to talking and discovered other similarities: both the king and the owner of the restaurant were born on the same day and year (March 14, 1844). They were born in the same city. Both are married to women named Margarita. The owner of the restaurant opened his establishment on the day of the coronation of Umberto I. But the coincidences did not end there.
In 1900, King Umberto was informed that the owner of a restaurant where the king liked to visit from time to time had died in a gunshot accident. Before the king had time to express his condolences, he himself was shot by an anarchist from the crowd surrounding the carriage.
The way home
The famous American actor Charles Coghlan, who died in 1899, was buried not in his homeland, but in the city of Galveston (Texas), where death accidentally found a touring troupe. A year later, a hurricane of unprecedented force hit this city, washing away several streets and a cemetery. The sealed coffin with Coghlen's body floated at least 6,000 km in the Atlantic for 9 years, until finally the current brought it to shore right in front of the house where he was born on Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Two close friends, US presidents and drafters of the Declaration of Independence, died within hours of each other on the 50th anniversary of Independence... The son of a president who witnessed the assassination of three heads of state... A woman who worked aboard three crashed Olympic-class airliners and survived them... Mysticism or just a coincidence? History knows many such curious turns. Below are these and other incredible historical coincidences.
1. The death of two founding fathers
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were one of the five main drafters of the Declaration of Independence. They had been close friends and associates since 1775, despite party differences Jefferson served as advisor and vice president during Adams' presidency. After Jefferson succeeded Adams in the White House, their relationship soured, and the Founding Fathers did not communicate until 1812, when they resumed frequent correspondence.
On the anniversary of American independence, July 4, 1826, 90-year-old John Adams said on his deathbed: “Thomas Jefferson shall live.” The second President of the United States did not know that a few hours earlier, his longtime friend and successor had died at the age of 83. Interestingly, not only these two presidents passed away on July 4th - their total number reached five.
2. The Assassination of Lincoln and the Rescue of His Son
A year before Confederate supporter John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in a theater box, his brother, Edwin Booth, saved the life of the president's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Also an actor, but an ardent supporter of the national union, Edwin ran into the president's son at a train station in New Jersey. Robert Lincoln let passengers exit the train. He stood with his back against the stationary train, but when it suddenly moved forward, the young man lost his balance and fell on the tracks. Fortunately, Booth, who was passing by, grabbed Lincoln by the collar and pulled him onto the platform before the moving train could harm the young man. Robert Lincoln immediately recognized his savior, but Booth did not immediately understand who he had saved from certain death.
3. Witness to three presidential assassinations
And to continue the topic of Robert Lincoln - during his life he witnessed not one, not two, but three presidential assassinations. A month after the tragic assassination of his father, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert and his mother moved to Chicago, where he started a family and a successful career as a lawyer. Robert Lincoln remained active in national politics and served as Secretary of War during Garfield's presidency in 1881. During Garfield and Lincoln's trip to New Jersey, a disgruntled administration official shot the president in the back.
In 1901, President William McKinley invited Robert Lincoln to the All-American Exposition in New York. Almost immediately after Lincoln arrived at the exhibition, anarchist Leon Frank Czolgosz shot the president, fatally wounding him. Robert Lincoln is credited with the phrase about the fatality of his presence next to presidents.
4. The beginning and end of the Civil War
The Civil War between the National Union and the Confederacy began in 1861 in the yard of a farmer and wholesale merchant named Wilmer McLean, and ended with the surrender of General Lee's army, the documents of which were signed in the same merchant's living room.
In the summer of 1861, a merchant's family was living on his wife's plantation in Manassas, and General Beauregard requested the house as headquarters for the Confederate army. The first battle between the armies of the North and South took place almost in the yard of McLean's house, near the Bull Run stream. In 1863, McLean moved his family to a small house in Appomattox, a town south of Manassas. On April 9, 1865, his new home became the site of a meeting between General Lee and his opponent Ulysses Grant, at which the Confederate surrender documents were signed.
5. Halley's Comet
Halley's short-period Comet returns to Earth every 75 years. On November 30, 1835, her appearance coincided with the birth of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known throughout the world under the pseudonym Mark Twain. By 1909, 74 years had passed since that moment, and Mark Twain remarked that it would be nice to leave this world with the same celestial body with which it came. According to him, it would be his deepest regret if this did not happen. As the writer predicted, he died a day after Halley's Comet approached the sun again - April 21, 1910.
6. Miss "Unsinkable"
Violet Jessop worked as a stewardess on board WhiteStarLine airliners and not only witnessed the sinking of all three giant Olympic class liners: Titanic, Britannic and Olympic, but also survived them all, continuing to work as a flight attendant for the rest of her career.
After the death of her mother, Violet was forced to quit her studies and start working to provide for her family. She took her mother's place as a flight attendant for the Royal Guard Lines before moving to WhiteStar. In 1911, the company launched a trio of huge, luxurious sister ships: Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. In September 1911, Violet Jessop was working aboard the Olympic, which collided with a small cruiser in the waters of southern England. After the sinking, the stewardess joined the Titanic in time for its first and last transatlantic voyage in 1912. During World War I, Violet was a Red Cross nurse and worked on the Britannic, which was converted into a hospital. In 1916, the Britannic hit a German mine and sank in less than an hour. Despite the damage, only 30 people died in the shipwreck, and Violet Jessop's career by the day of her retirement amounted to 42 years as a flight attendant.
