These incredible coincidences so implausible that if science fiction writers invented them, they would risk being accused of defiant fiction. However, life itself invented these fantastic coincidences, and no one can accuse her of lying.
Forgotten Scenario
When famous actor Anthony Hopkins got leading role in the movie "Girls from Petrovka", then in no store there was a book based on which the script was written. Frustrated, the actor was returning home and miraculously in the subway he meets this forgotten book with notes in the margins on a bench. Later, on the set of the film, Hopkins met the author of the novel, from whom he learned that a year and a half ago, the author sent the last copy of the book with remarks in the margins to the director, and he lost it on the subway ...
Gave away secrets
In 1944, in one of its issues of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, a crossword puzzle was published containing all the code names for the secret operation to land allied troops in Normandy. The words were encrypted in the crossword: "Neptune", "Utah", "Omaha", "Jupiter". Intelligence rushed to investigate the "information leak". However, the compiler of the crossword was an old school teacher, puzzled by such an incredible coincidence no less than the military.
Air combat from the past
Once, during a flight on a scheduled plane, Muscovite Pankratov was reading a book about wartime air battles. After reading the phrase "The shell hit the first engine ...", indeed, the right engine on the Il-18 aircraft suddenly began to smoke. The flight had to be cut short...
plum pudding
The poet Émile Deschamps was treated to plum pudding by a Forgibu as a child. The recipe for this dish was new to France, but Forgibu brought it from England. After 10 years, Deschamps saw this memorable dish on the menu of one of the restaurants and, of course, made an order. However, the waiter informed him that the whole pudding could not be ordered, but only part of it, because the other part of it had already been ordered. What was the surprise of the poet when at the next table he saw the person who first made the order, it was Forgiby. Even later, while visiting, where one of the dessert dishes was plum pudding, Deschamps told the story that he had only twice in his life to try this dish and both times Forgibu was present. The guests joked that maybe now they will appear here ... There was no limit to everyone's surprise when the doorbell rang. Of course, it was Forgibu, who, having arrived in Orleans, was invited to visit by one of the neighbors, but ... mixed up the apartments!
fish day
WITH famous psychologist Carl Jung once happened funny story, in 24 hours. First, he was served fish for dinner. As he sat at the table, he saw a fish wagon drive by. Further, his friend at dinner, for no reason at all, started talking about the custom of “making April fish” (as they are called april fools pranks). Then suddenly came former patient and brought a picture as a token of gratitude, which again depicted big fish. Then a lady came, asking the doctor to decipher her dream, in which she herself appeared in the form of a mermaid and a flock of fish swimming after her. And when Jung went to the shore of the lake to calmly think over the whole chain of events (which, according to his calculations, did not fit into the usual random chain of events), next to him he found a small fish thrown ashore.
An unexpected scenario
In a Scottish village there was a screening of the film "Around the World in 80 Days". At the time when the movie characters were getting into the basket of the balloon and cutting off the rope, a strange crack was heard. It turned out that he fell on the roof of the cinematograph ... exactly the same as in the cinema, balloon! And that was in 1965.
hello from the moon
At that moment, when the American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon, his first phrase was: "I wish you success, Mr. Gorsky!". And that's what it meant. As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard neighbors quarreling - married couple named Gorsky. Mrs. Gorsky scolded her husband: “It’s more likely that a neighbor’s boy flies to the moon than you satisfy a woman!” And here you are, a coincidence! Neil really went to the moon!
Like snow on your head
This story took place in the 1930s. Joseph Figlock, a resident of the city of Detroit, returned home, and, as they say, did not touch anyone. Suddenly from the window high-rise building literally, a one-year-old child fell on Joseph's head. Both Joseph and the child got off lightly. 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 do you call what happened exactly one year later? Joseph, as usual, was walking down the street, not touching anyone, and suddenly from the window of a multi-storey building, literally, the same child fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again escaped with a slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
prophetic song
Once Marcello Mastroianni friendly party sang old song“The house where I was so happy was burned down…”. Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about the fire in his mansion.
Debt good turn deserves another
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier almost 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, repaid a favor for a favor - at the same place he saved a drowning man who turned out to be ... Alice Blaze's husband.
sinister book
In 1898, the novel "Futility" was published, in which the writer Morgan Robertson described the death of the giant ship "Titan" after a collision with an iceberg on its first voyage ... 14 years later, in 1912, 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 the "Titan". Everything written in the novel came true, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: an unimaginable hype was raised in the press around both ships even before they went to sea because of their huge size. Both of the supposedly unsinkable ships hit the ice mountain in April with a host of celebrities on board. And in both cases, the accident very quickly escalated into a catastrophe due to the captain's indiscipline and lack of rescue equipment ... The book "Futility" with detailed description ship sank with him.
Sinister book 2
In one of April nights In 1935, sailor William Reeves was on watch at the bow of the English steamer Titanian bound for Canada. It was deep midnight, Reeves, under the influence of the novel Futility he had just read, and pondering the fact that there was a shocking similarity between the Titanic disaster and a fictional event. Immediately the sailor realized that his ship was in currently crosses the ocean where both the Titan and the Titanic found their eternal rest. Reeves then remembered that his birthday coincided with the exact date of the Titanic's submersion - 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.
Being under strong impression, Reeves gave a danger signal, and the steamer's engines immediately stopped. Crew members ran out onto the deck: everyone wanted to know the reason for such a sudden stop. What was the astonishment of the sailors when they saw an iceberg emerging from night darkness and stopped right in front of the ship.
One fate for two
The most famous copy people who lived at the same time are Hitler and Roosevelt. Despite the fact that they outwardly differed greatly, even were enemies, their biographies were largely similar. In 1933, both received power with a difference of only one day. The day of the inauguration of US President Roosevelt coincided with the vote in the German Reichstag on granting dictatorial powers to Hitler. 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 with a difference of 18 days, being in a state of irreconcilable war with each other ...
There are coincidences in life
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! There are coincidences in life.
hello 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. Gorsky!" As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard a neighbors quarrel - a married couple named Gorsky. Mrs. Gorsky scolded her husband: “It’s more likely that a neighbor’s boy flies to the moon than you satisfy a woman!”
And no secrets
In 1944, the Daily Telegraph published a crossword puzzle containing all the code names for the secret Allied landings in Normandy. Intelligence rushed to investigate the "information leak". But the compiler of the crossword puzzle turned out to be an old school teacher, puzzled by such an incredible coincidence no less than military personnel.
Incredible coincidences
twins are twins
Two foster families who adopted twins, not knowing about each other's plans, named the boys - James. The brothers grew up unaware of the existence of each other, both received a law degree, married women named Linda, both had sons. They learned about each other only in 40 years.
If you want to get pregnant - get a job here
In one of the supermarkets in the English county of Cheshire, as soon as a cashier sits at the checkout at number 15, she becomes pregnant in a few weeks. The result is 24 pregnant women and 30 children born.
His name was Hugh Williams
On December 5, 1664, a passenger ship sank off the coast of Wales. All crew members and passengers were killed, except for one. The lucky one was named Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked on the same spot. And saved again only person named... 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!
Forgotten Scenario
Actor Anthony Hopkins got the lead role in the film "Girls from Petrovka". But in no bookstore in London, the book on which the script was written was not found. And on the way home in 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 sent his last author's copy with remarks in the margins to the director, but he lost it on the subway ...
Air combat from the past
Muscovite Pankratov in 1972 read a book while flying on a scheduled plane. 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 aircraft suddenly really began to smoke. The flight had to be cut short...
plum pudding
As a child, the poet Emile Deschamps was treated to a new dish for the French - plum pudding - a certain Forgibu who had just returned from England. After 10 years, Deschamps, passing by the restaurant, saw that a dish he remembered was being cooked there, but the waiter complained to him that another gentleman had already ordered the whole pudding and pointed to ... Forgiby. A few years later, being in a house where plum pudding was served for guests, the poet amused the audience with a story that he had eaten this dish only twice in his life and had only seen Forgiby twice in his life. The guests vying with each other began to joke that just 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 ... mixed up the apartments!
fish day
This is what happened one day to the famous psychologist Carl Jung, within 24 hours. It began with the fact that he had fish for dinner. Sitting at the table, he saw a fish wagon drive by. Then a friend of his at dinner suddenly started talking about the custom of "making April fish" (that is how April Fools' jokes are called). Suddenly, a former patient came and brought, as a token of gratitude, a picture in which, again, a large fish was depicted. A lady appeared who asked the doctor to decipher her dream, in which she herself appeared in the form of a mermaid and a flock of fish swimming after her. And when Jung went to the shore of the lake to calmly think over the whole chain of events (which, according to his calculations, did not fit into the usual random chain of events), next to him he found a small fish thrown ashore.
An unexpected scenario
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 got into 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 cinema, a balloon! And that was in 1965.
hello from the moon
Like snow on your head
In the 30s of the last century, Joseph Figlock, a resident of the city of Detroit, walked down the street, and, as they say, did not touch anyone. Suddenly, from the window of a multi-storey building, literally, a one-year-old child fell on Joseph's head. Both participants in the incident escaped 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 her 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, literally, the same child fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again escaped with a slight fright. What is this? 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 was burned down ...”. Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about the fire in his mansion.
Debt good turn deserves another
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier almost 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, repaid a favor for a favor - at the same place he saved a drowning man who turned out to be ... Alice Blaze's husband.
You and I are constantly surrounded by coincidences, which we often attribute to chance. But sometimes these coincidences are so mysterious that they simply cannot be attributed to chance. This post will introduce you to the most mysterious coincidences in history.
Doubles in history
Michael Jackson was famous not only for his musical talents, but also a huge amount plastic surgery which he has endured. Don't you think that it is very similar to the Egyptian statue of the New Kingdom period?
Lightning attraction
Walter Summerford was a real lightning magnet. During his lifetime, lightning struck him 3 times! Surprisingly, when the athlete was buried, lightning again overtook him, striking the tombstone and breaking it into pieces.
Mister Case
A BBC reporter once decided to ask a passing man about the legendary Everton-Liverpool rugby match that took place in 1967. And that passerby turned out to be goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence, who took part in it. And how is this possible?
reincarnation
Enzo Ferrari, the famous Italian entrepreneur, died on August 14, 1988. After 2 months in the same year, the football player Mesut Ozil was born. What is surprising here? Not a pin to choose between them!
Why did the world change
Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freud at one time lived almost in the neighborhood. In 1913, in Vienna, they were located a couple of kilometers apart and even visited the same coffee houses. Let's go into more detail here...
Suicide heart
This man had a suicide heart transplant. He married the widow of his donor. But at 69, the man shot himself in exactly the same way as his predecessor.
Prophecy of Tamerlane
During the opening of the tomb of Tamerlane, archaeologists found a frightening inscription: “Whoever opens the grave will release the spirit of war. And there will be a slaughter so bloody and terrible, which the world has not seen forever and ever. This was reported to Stalin, but he did not believe it. The tomb was opened on June 21, 1941. The next day, Germany attacked the USSR ...
To a brilliant mind - a brilliant coming
Mark Twain was born 2 weeks after Halley's Comet flew over the Earth. “I came into this world with a comet and I will leave with it too,” Twain wrote in 1909. A year later, after another comet flew by, he died.
Titanic was produced
The writer Morgan Robertson published his novel Futility in 1898, in which he described the crash of the Titan liner. 14 years later, the Titanic followed the same route described in the book. The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, as did the Titan.
Number of the beast
Set designer John Richardson worked on The Omen and created a great car accident scene. Some time later, he had an accident on Friday the 13th near the town of Ommen at 66.6 kilometers of the track. This is no longer funny...
Doom Ring
The father, dying of cancer, gave his son a ring before his death. A couple of weeks later, the son lost the ring in the river. After 69 years, a diver fished out the ring and brought it to a man who was dying of cancer just like his father. Probably it's all about the ring...
Paperboy and spy
Russian spies in the United States used coins that were hollow on the inside to communicate and convey secret messages. One of these coins somehow ended up in circulation. And one day a boy selling newspapers dropped a coin and it split in two. On their own, the FBI and CIA officers of the United States were unable to decipher the cipher of the note contained inside. It was only thanks to a Russian spy who defected to the United States that the riddle of the message was solved. It was a greeting from Moscow ... and it was intended for this particular Russian deserter.
Geometry of the Solar System
The Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to the Earth. The geometry of the location of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon is unusual, although obvious. The apparent sizes of the Sun and Moon are almost the same. And thanks to this and the fact that the ellipses of orbits are located in the ecliptic in such a way, we can observe both eclipses. This is also the reason why Lunar eclipses we see as if the moon is red.
car prophecy
The car of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in which he was killed, had the license plate "A III118". The assassination of Franz Ferdinand by Serbian student Gavrilo Princip triggered World War I. And its end was exactly on this date: 11-11-18, November 11, 1918. And "truce" in English "Armistice" is denoted by the letter "A". Mysterious, isn't it?
Up to Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, the whole world did not suspect that the flags of Haiti and Liechtenstein are exactly the same!
These coincidences are so incredible that it is hard to believe in them. Nevertheless, life intricately intertwines the threads of human destinies.
prophecy letter
Writer Yevgeny Petrov had a strange and rare hobby- All his life he collected envelopes from his own letters. He did it this way - he sent a letter to some country. He invented everything except the name of the state: city, street, house number, 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 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 city called "Hydebirdville", "Rightbeach" street, "7" house and the addressee "Merrill Augene Weisley". In the letter itself, Petrov wrote in English: “Dear Merrill! Please accept our sincere condolences on the passing of Uncle Pete. Brace yourself, old man. Forgive me for not writing for a long time. I hope Ingrid is all right. Kiss my daughter for me. She's probably quite big. Your Eugene.
More than two months have passed, but the letter with the appropriate mark has not been returned. Deciding that it was lost, Evgeny Petrov began to forget about it. But then August came, and he waited for a response letter. At first, Petrov decided that someone had played a joke on him in his own spirit. But when he read the return address, he was in no mood for jokes. The envelope said: "New Zealand, Hydebirdville, Wrightbeach 7, Merrill Augene Weisley."
And all this was confirmed by a blue postmark "New Zealand, Hydebirdville Post". The text of the letter read: “Dear Eugene! Thank you for your condolences. The ridiculous death of Uncle Pete knocked us out of the rut for six months. I hope you will forgive the delay in writing. Ingrid and I often think back to those two days you were with us. Gloria is very big and will go to the 2nd grade in the fall. She still keeps the bear you brought her from Russia.”
Petrov had never been to New Zealand, so he was amazed when he saw a man in a photograph of a strong build who was hugging himself, Petrov. On reverse side the picture was written: "October 9, 1938." Here the writer almost became ill - 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 relatives that he had almost no chance of surviving.
To deal with these misunderstandings, or mysticism, Petrov wrote another letter to New Zealand, but did not wait for an answer, since the second World War. E. Petrov from the first days of the war became a war correspondent for Pravda and the Information Bureau. Colleagues did not recognize him - he became withdrawn, thoughtful, and stopped joking altogether.
In 1942, the plane on which he flew to the combat area disappeared, most likely, was shot down over enemy territory. And on the day the news of the plane's disappearance was received, Petrov's Moscow address received a letter from Merrill Weisley. Weisley admired courage Soviet people and expressed concern for the life of Eugene himself.
In particular, he wrote: “I got scared when you started swimming in the lake. The water was very cold. But you said you were destined to crash your plane, not drown. I beg you, be careful - fly as little as possible.
Forgotten Scenario
Actor Anthony Hopkins got the lead role in the film "Girls from Petrovka". But in no bookstore in London, the book on which the script was written was not found. And on the way home in 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 sent his last author's copy with side notes to the director, but he lost it on the subway.
Like snow on your head
In the 30s of the last century, Joseph Figlock, a resident of the city of Detroit, walked down the street, and, as they say, did not touch anyone. Suddenly, from the window of a multi-storey building, literally, a one-year-old child fell on Joseph's head. Both participants in the incident escaped 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 her 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 the same child fell on his head from the window of a multi-storey building. Both participants in the incident again escaped with a slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
hello 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. Gorsky!" The phrase meant this. As a child, Armstrong accidentally overheard a neighbors quarrel - a married couple named Gorsky. Mrs. Gorsky scolded her husband: “It’s more likely that a neighbor’s boy flies to the moon than you satisfy a woman!” And here you are, a coincidence! Neil really went to the moon!
prophetic song
Once, in the midst of a noisy friendly feast, Marcello Mastroianni sang the old song "The house where I was so happy burned down." Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about the fire in his mansion.
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier almost drowned in the sea near the American city of Salem. Luckily, he was saved by a woman named Alice Blaze. In 1974, Roger, now 12, repaid a favor for a favor by rescuing a drowning man at the same spot, who turned out to be Alice Blaze's husband.
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 Titanic, and in the luggage of one passenger (of course, quite by accident) was the book "Futility" about the death of the Titan.
Everything written in the book came true, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: an unimaginable hype in the press was raised around both ships even before they went to sea because of their huge size. Both of the supposedly unsinkable ships hit the ice 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 negligence and lack of rescue equipment. The book "Futility" with a detailed description of the ship sank with him.
Sinister book 2
On an April night in 1935, sailor William Reeves was on watch at the bow of the English steamer Titanian bound for Canada. It was deep midnight, Reeves, under the impression of the novel "Futility" he had just read, suddenly realized that there was a shocking similarity between the Titanic disaster and a fictional event.
Then the thought flashed through the sailor that his ship was currently crossing the ocean where both the Titan and the Titanic had found their eternal rest. Reeves then remembered that his birthday coincided with the exact date of the Titanic's submersion - 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 gave a danger signal, and the steamer's engines immediately stopped. Crew members ran out onto the deck: everyone wanted to know the reason for such a sudden stop. What was 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 creepy story about how shipwrecked and starved sailors ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. In 1884, the horror story came to life. The schooner "Lace" was wrecked, and the sailors, distraught with hunger, ate 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 for one. The lucky one was named Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked on the same spot. Once again, a single man named Hugh Williams escaped. 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. The frightened king on the 21st day of each 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 abolished. royalty. And on January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was executed.
An opportunity to thank
A resident of Texas, USA, Allan Folby had an accident and damaged an artery in his leg. He certainly would have died from blood loss if not for Alfred Smith, who was passing by, who applied a bandage to the victim and called " ambulance". Five years later, Folby witnessed a car accident: the driver of the crashed car was lying unconscious, with a torn artery in his leg. It was Alfred Smith.
Let the car die
The famous actor James Dean died in a terrible car accident in September 1955. His sports car remained intact, but soon after the death of the actor, 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 to the garage, its engine mysteriously fell out of the body, crushing the legs of the mechanic. The motor was acquired by a certain doctor who placed it in his car. Soon he died during a racing race. James Dean's car was later fixed, but the garage where it was repaired burned down.
The car was exhibited as a landmark in Sacramento, fell off the podium and crushed the thigh of a passing teenager. To top it off, in 1959, the car mysteriously (and completely on its own) fell apart into 11 pieces.
Henry Siegland was sure that he could circle fate around his finger. In 1883, he broke 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 believing that the bullet had hit its mark, he shot himself.
However, Henry survived: the bullet only slightly grazed his face and entered the trunk of a tree. 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 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 the head of Henry, killing him on the spot.
Stories about twins are always impressive, especially this one about two twin brothers from Ohio. Their parents died when the babies were only a few weeks old. They were adopted different families and separated the twins in infancy. From here begins a series of incredible coincidences.
Let's start with the fact that both foster families, without consulting and unaware of each other's plans, called the boys the same name - James. The brothers grew up unaware of the existence of each other, but both received a law degree, both were excellent draftsmen 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 with the name Toy ... you can continue endlessly. At the age of 40, they learned about each other, met and were amazed that all the time of forced separation they lived one life for two.
One destiny
In 2002, seventy-year-old twin brothers died an hour apart 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 with an hour difference was already a shock for them, and when it turned out that twin brothers were the victims, the police officers could not explain what had happened nothing but an incredible coincidence.
Sad meeting
In 1858, poker player Robert Fallon was shot dead by a losing opponent who claimed that Robert was a cheat and had won $600 by cheating. Fallon's place at the table was vacated, the winnings remained nearby, and none of the players wanted to take the "unfortunate place". However, the game had to be continued, and the rivals, after conferring, 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 his starting bet.
Arriving at the scene of the crime, the police found that the recent killers are playing poker with passion, and the winner is ... a newcomer who managed to turn the $600 initial bet into a $2,200 win! After sorting out the situation and arresting the main suspects in the murder of Robert Fallon, the police ordered the transfer of $ 600 won by the deceased to his next of kin, who turned out to be the same lucky young player who had not seen his father for more than seven years.
In 1973, in Bermuda, a taxi hit two brothers who were rolling down the road in violation of the rules. The blow was not strong, the brothers recovered, and the lesson did not go well for them. Exactly 2 years later, on the same street on the same moped, they again fell under a taxi. The police found that in both cases the same passenger was driving the taxi, but completely ruled out any version of a deliberate hit-and-run.
In 1920, the American writer Ann Parrish, who was on holiday in Paris at the time, came across her favorite children's book, Jack Frost and Other Stories, in a second-hand bookshop. Ann bought the book and showed it to her husband, talking about how she loved this book as a child. The husband took the book from Ann, opened it and found title page the inscription: "Anne Parrish, 209H, Webber Street, Colorado Springs." It was the same book that had once belonged to Ann herself.
One fate for two
King Umberto I of Italy once went to a small restaurant in the city of 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 looked a lot like 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 restaurant 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 an accident from a gunshot. Before the king had time to express his condolences, he himself was shot dead by an anarchist from the crowd surrounding the carriage.
The way home
Famous American actor Charles Coglen, who died in 1899, was buried not 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, washing away several streets and a cemetery. The sealed coffin with Coglen's body floated in the Atlantic for at least 6000 km in 9 years, until finally the current washed him ashore right in front of the house where he was born on Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
These incredible coincidences are so implausible that if science fiction writers invented them, they would risk being accused of defiant fiction. However, life itself invented these fantastic coincidences, and no one can accuse her of lying.
Forgotten Scenario
When the famous actor Anthony Hopkins got the lead role in the film The Girls from Petrovka, then there was no book in any store that was based on the script. Frustrated, the actor was returning home and miraculously in the subway he meets this forgotten book with notes in the margins on a bench. Later, on the set of the film, Hopkins met the author of the novel, from whom he learned that a year and a half ago, the author sent the last copy of the book with remarks in the margins to the director, and he lost it on the subway ...
Gave away secrets
In 1944, in one of its issues of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, a crossword puzzle was published containing all the code names for the secret operation to land allied troops in Normandy. The words were encrypted in the crossword: "Neptune", "Utah", "Omaha", "Jupiter". Intelligence rushed to investigate the "information leak". However, the compiler of the crossword puzzle turned out to be an old school teacher, puzzled by such an incredible coincidence no less than military personnel.
Air combat from the past
Once, during a flight on a scheduled plane, Muscovite Pankratov was reading a book about wartime air battles. After reading the phrase "The shell hit the first engine ...", indeed, the right engine on the Il-18 aircraft suddenly began to smoke. The flight had to be cut short...
plum pudding
The poet Émile Deschamps was treated to plum pudding by a Forgibu as a child. The recipe for this dish was new to France, but Forgibu brought it from England. After 10 years, Deschamps saw this memorable dish on the menu of one of the restaurants and, of course, made an order. However, the waiter informed him that the whole pudding could not be ordered, but only part of it, because the other part of it had already been ordered. What was the surprise of the poet when at the next table he saw the person who first made the order, it was Forgiby. Even later, while visiting, where one of the dessert dishes was plum pudding, Deschamps told the story that he had only twice in his life to try this dish and both times Forgibu was present. The guests joked that maybe now they will appear here ... There was no limit to everyone's surprise when the doorbell rang. Of course, it was Forgibu, who, having arrived in Orleans, was invited to visit by one of the neighbors, but ... mixed up the apartments!
fish day
The famous psychologist Carl Jung once had a funny story, within 24 hours. First, he was served fish for dinner. As he sat at the table, he saw a fish wagon drive by. Further, his friend at dinner, for no reason at all, started talking about the custom of “making April fish” (this is how April Fools' jokes are called). Then a former patient unexpectedly came and brought, as a token of gratitude, a picture in which, again, a large fish was depicted. Then a lady came, asking the doctor to decipher her dream, in which she herself appeared in the form of a mermaid and a flock of fish swimming after her. And when Jung went to the shore of the lake to calmly think over the whole chain of events (which, according to his calculations, did not fit into the usual random chain of events), next to him he found a small fish thrown ashore.
An unexpected scenario
In a Scottish village there was a screening of the film "Around the World in 80 Days". At the time when the movie characters were getting into the basket of the balloon and cutting 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 cinema, a balloon! And that was in 1965.
hello from the moon
At that moment, when the American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon, his first phrase was: "I wish you success, Mr. Gorsky!". And that's what it meant. As a child, Armstrong accidentally heard a quarrel between neighbors - a married couple named Gorsky. Mrs. Gorsky scolded her husband: “It’s more likely that a neighbor’s boy flies to the moon than you satisfy a woman!” And here you are, a coincidence! Neil really went to the moon!
Like snow on your head
This story took place in the 1930s. Joseph Figlock, a resident of the city of Detroit, returned home, and, as they say, did not touch anyone. Suddenly, from the window of a multi-storey building, literally, a one-year-old child fell on Joseph's head. Both Joseph and the child got off lightly. 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 do you call what happened exactly one year later? Joseph, as usual, was walking down the street, not touching anyone, and suddenly from the window of a multi-storey building, literally, the same child fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again escaped with a slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
prophetic song
Once, at a friendly party, Marcello Mastroianni sang an old song "The house where I was so happy was burned down ...". Before he could finish singing the verse, he was informed about the fire in his mansion.
Debt good turn deserves another
In 1966, four-year-old Roger Losier almost 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, repaid a favor for a favor - at the same place he saved a drowning man who turned out to be ... Alice Blaze's husband.
sinister book
In 1898, the novel "Futility" was published, in which the writer Morgan Robertson described the death of the giant ship "Titan" after a collision with an iceberg on its first voyage ... 14 years later, in 1912, 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 the "Titan". Everything written in the novel came true, literally all the details of the disaster coincided: an unimaginable hype was raised in the press around both ships even before they went to sea because of their huge size. Both of the supposedly unsinkable ships hit the ice 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 indiscretion and lack of rescue equipment ... The book "Futility" with a detailed description of the ship sank with him.
Sinister book 2
One April night in 1935, sailor William Reeves was on watch at the bow of the English steamer Titanian bound for Canada. It was deep midnight, Reeves, under the influence of the novel Futility he had just read, and pondering the fact that there was a shocking similarity between the Titanic disaster and a fictional event. Immediately, the sailor realized that his ship was currently crossing the ocean where both the Titan and the Titanic had found their eternal rest. Reeves then remembered that his birthday coincided with the exact date of the Titanic's submersion - 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 gave a danger signal, and the steamer's engines immediately stopped. Crew members ran out onto the deck: everyone wanted to know the reason for such a sudden stop. What was 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.
One fate for two
The most famous copy people who lived at the same time are Hitler and Roosevelt. Despite the fact that they outwardly differed greatly, even were enemies, their biographies were largely similar. In 1933, both received power with a difference of only one day. The day of the inauguration of US President Roosevelt coincided with the vote in the German Reichstag on granting dictatorial powers to Hitler. 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 with a difference of 18 days, being in a state of irreconcilable war with each other ...
prophecy letter
Writer Yevgeny Petrov had a funny hobby: he collected envelopes... from his own letters! He did it this way - he sent a letter to some country. In the address, everything except the name of the state, he invented - the city, street, house number, name of the addressee. Naturally, after a month and a half, the envelope returned to Petrov, but already decorated with multi-colored foreign stamps, the main of which was: "The addressee is incorrect." However, when, in April 1939, the writer decided to disturb the New Zealand Post Office, he came up with a city called Hydebirdville, Wrightbeach Street, House 7, and the addressee Merrill Augene Weisley. In the letter itself, Petrov wrote in English: “Dear Merrill! Please accept our sincere condolences on the passing of Uncle Pete. Brace yourself, old man. Forgive me for not writing for a long time. I hope Ingrid is all right. Kiss my daughter for me. She's probably quite big. Your Eugene. More than two months have passed since the letter was sent, but the letter with the appropriate mark has not been returned. Deciding that it was lost, Evgeny Petrov began to forget about it. But then August came, and he waited ... for a response letter. At first, Petrov decided that someone had played a joke on him in his own spirit. But when he read the return address, he was in no mood for jokes. The envelope said: "New Zealand, Hydebirdville, Wrightbeach 7, Merrill Augene Weisley."
And all this was confirmed by a blue postmark "New Zealand, Hydebirdville Post". The text of the letter read: “Dear Eugene! Thank you for your condolences. The ridiculous death of Uncle Pete knocked us out of the rut for six months. I hope you will forgive the delay in writing. Ingrid and I often think back to those two days you were with us. Gloria is very big and will go to the 2nd grade in the fall. She still keeps the bear you brought her from Russia.” Petrov had never traveled to New Zealand, and therefore he was all the more amazed to see a man in a photograph of a strong build who was hugging ... himself, Petrov! On the reverse side of the picture was written: "October 9, 1938." Here the writer almost became ill - 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 relatives that he had almost no chance of surviving. To deal with these misunderstandings, or mysticism, Petrov wrote another letter to New Zealand, but he did not wait for an answer: the Second World War had begun. E. Petrov from the first days of the war became a war correspondent for Pravda and Informburo and changed a lot. Colleagues did not recognize him - he became withdrawn, thoughtful, and stopped joking altogether.
In 1942, the plane on which the writer flew to the war zone disappeared, most likely it was shot down over enemy territory. And on the day the news of the plane's disappearance was received, Petrov's Moscow address received a letter from Merrill Weisley. In this letter, Weisley admired the courage of the Soviet people and expressed concern for the life of Yevgeny himself. In particular, he wrote: “I got scared when you started swimming in the lake. The water was very cold. But you said you were destined to crash your plane, not drown. I beg you, be careful - fly as little as possible.
deja vu
On December 5, 1664, a passenger ship sank off the coast of Wales. All crew members and passengers were killed, except for one. The lucky one was named Hugh Williams. More than a century later, on December 5, 1785, another ship was wrecked on the same spot. And once again, the only person saved by the name of ... 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!
You can't escape fate
Louis XVI was prophesied that he would die on the 21st. The king was seriously frightened and on the 21st day of each month he sat, locked himself 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.
Unhappy marriage
In 1867, the Duke of Aosta, heir to the Italian crown, married Princess Maria del Pozzodella Cisterna. After a few days life together the maid of the newlyweds hanged herself. The gatekeeper then slit his own throat. The royal secretary was killed by falling from his horse. Duke's friend died sunstroke... Of course, after such a monstrous coincidence, the life of the newlyweds did not work out!
Sinister book 3
Edgar Allan Poe wrote a creepy story about how shipwrecked and starved sailors ate a cabin boy named Richard Parker. And in 1884, the horror story came true. The schooner "Lace" was wrecked, and the sailors, distraught with hunger, ate the cabin boy, whose name was ... Richard Parker.
An opportunity to thank
One of the residents of Texas, USA, Allan Folby had an accident and seriously damaged the artery in his leg. There is a strong possibility that he would have died from blood loss if it were not for Alfred Smith, who was passing by, who applied a bandage to the victim and called an ambulance. Five years later, Folby witnessed a car accident: the driver of the crashed car was lying unconscious, with a torn artery in his leg. It was... Alfred Smith.
Terrible 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 for another world at once.
Let the car die
Famed 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 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 to the garage, its engine mysteriously fell out of the body, crushing the legs of the mechanic. The motor was acquired by a certain doctor who placed it in his car. Soon he died during a racing race. James Dean's car was later fixed, but the garage where it was repaired burned down. The car was exhibited as a landmark in Sacramento, fell off the podium and crushed the thigh of a passing teenager. To top it off, in 1959, the car mysteriously (and completely on its own) fell apart into 11 pieces.
bullet fool
In 1883, Henry Siegland broke up with his lover, who, heartbroken, committed suicide. The girl's brother, beside himself with grief, grabbed a gun, tried to kill Henry, and believing that the bullet had hit its mark, he shot himself. However, Henry survived: the bullet only slightly grazed his face and entered the trunk of a tree. 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 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 the head of Henry, killing him on the spot.
Twins
Stories about twins are known for their unusualness. Particularly striking is the story of 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. From here begins a series of incredible coincidences. Let's start with the fact that both foster families, without consulting and unaware of each other's plans, called the boys the same name - James. The brothers grew up unaware of the existence of each other, but both received a law degree, both were excellent draftsmen 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 with the name Toy ... you can continue endlessly. At the age of 40, they found out about each other, met and were amazed that, after a forced separation, they lived one life for two.
One destiny
In 2002, seventy-year-old twin brothers died an hour apart 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 with an hour difference was already a shock for them, and when it turned out that twin brothers were the victims, the police officers could not explain what had happened nothing but an incredible coincidence.
Monk Savior
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, however, he was suddenly stopped by a capuchin monk who appeared out of nowhere. At 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 activity, however, the timely intervention of the same monk helped to mitigate the sentence. At the age of 68, the artist nevertheless committed suicide (shot from a pistol in the temple). The funeral service was held by the same monk - a man whose name no one ever knew. The reasons for such a reverent attitude of the Capuchin monk to the Austrian artist remained unclear.
Sad meeting
In 1858, poker player Robert Fallon was shot dead by a losing opponent who claimed that Robert was a cheat and had won $600 by cheating. Fallon's place at the table was vacated, the winnings remained nearby, and none of the players wanted to take the "unfortunate place". However, the game had to be continued, and the rivals, after conferring, 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 his starting bet.
Arriving at the scene of the crime, the police discovered that the recent killers were playing poker with passion, and the winner was ... a newcomer who managed to turn the $600 initial bet into a $2,200 win! After sorting out the situation and arresting the main suspects in the murder of Robert Fallon, the police ordered the transfer of $ 600 won by the deceased to his next of kin, who turned out to be the same lucky young player who had not seen his father for more than 7 years!
Arrived on a comet
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."
sinister taxi
In 1973, in Bermuda, a taxi hit two brothers who were rolling down the road in violation of the rules. The blow was not strong, the brothers recovered, and the lesson did not go well for them. Exactly 2 years later, on the same street on the same moped, they again fell under a taxi. The police found that in both cases the same passenger was driving the taxi, but completely ruled out any version of a deliberate hit-and-run.
Favorite book
In 1920, the American writer Ann Parrish, who was on holiday in Paris at the time, came across her favorite children's book, Jack Frost and Other Stories, in a second-hand bookshop. Ann bought the book and showed it to her husband, talking about how she loved this book as a child. The husband took the book from Ann, opened it and found on the title page the inscription: "Anne Parrish, 209H Webber Street, Colorado Springs." It was the same book that had once belonged to Ann herself!
One destiny for two
King Umberto I of Italy once went to a small restaurant in the city of 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 looked a lot like 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 restaurant 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 an accident from a gunshot. Before the king had time to express his condolences, he himself was shot dead by an anarchist from the crowd surrounding the carriage.
happy place
In one of the supermarkets in the English county of Cheshire, inexplicable miracles have been happening for 5 years. As soon as the cashier at number 15 sits down at the cash register, she becomes pregnant in a few weeks. Everything is repeated with enviable constancy, the result is 24 pregnant women. 30 children born. After several “successfully” control experiments, during which the researchers planted volunteers at the checkout, no scientific conclusions followed.
The way home
The famous American actor Charles Coglen, who died in 1899, was buried not 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, washing away several streets and a cemetery. The sealed coffin with Coglen's body floated in the Atlantic for at least 6000 km in 9 years, until finally the current washed him ashore right in front of the house where he was born on Prince Edward Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Loser Thief
A tragicomic incident recently took place in Sofia. The thief Milko Stoyanov, having successfully robbed the apartment of a wealthy citizen and neatly put the "trophies" in his backpack, decided to quickly go down the drainpipe from the window overlooking the deserted street. When Milko was at the level of the second floor, the whistles of the police were heard. Confused, he released the pipe from his hands 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 in time to handcuff 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 called Milko Stoyanov.
Unlucky date
Can it be explained by coincidence? tragic fate American presidents, elected in a year that ends in zero?
Lincoln (1860), Garfield (1880), McKinley (1900), Kennedy (1960) were killed, Garrison (1840) died of pneumonia, Roosevelt (1940) - of polio, Harding (1920) suffered a severe heart attack. An attempt was also made on Reagan (1980).
Last call
Can the documented episode be considered an accident: Pope Paul VI's favorite alarm clock, which had been ringing regularly at 6 am for 55 years, suddenly went off at 9 pm when the pope died...
