] Top 15 Amazing Coincidences
Life is full of coincidences; some very minor, but occasionally -
extraordinary. This is a list of 15 of the most incredible, unbelievable
coincidences.
15. Childhood Book
While American novelist Anne Parrish was browsing bookstores in Paris in
the 1920s, she came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites
- Jack Frost and Other Stories. She picked up the old book and showed it
to her husband, telling him of the book she fondly remembered as a
child. Her husband took the book, opened it, and on the flyleaf found
the inscription: "Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs."
It was Anne's very own book.
14. Poker Luck
In 1858, Robert Fallon was shot dead, an act of vengeance by those with
whom he was playing poker. Fallon, they claimed, had won the $600 pot
through cheating. With Fallon's seat empty and none of the other players
willing to take the now unlucky $600, they found a new player to take
Fallon's place and staked him with the dead man's $600. By the time the
police had arrived to investigate the killing, the new player had turned
the $600 into $2,200 in winnings. The police demanded the original $600
to pass on to Fallon's next of kin - only to discover that the new
player turned out to be Fallon's son, who had not seen his father in
seven years!
13. Twin Deaths
In 2002, Seventy-year-old twin brothers died within hours of one another
after separate accidents on the same road in northern Finland. The first
of the twins died when he was hit by a lorry while riding his bike in
Raahe, 600 kilometres north of the capital, Helsinki. He died just 1.5km
from the spot where his brother was killed. "This is simply a historic
coincidence. Although the road is a busy one, accidents don't occur
every day," police officer Marja-Leena Huhtala told Reuters. "It made my
hair stand on end when I heard the two were brothers, and identical
twins at that. It came to mind that perhaps someone from upstairs had a
say in this," she said.
12. Poe Coincidence
In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a
book called 'The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. It was about four
survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before
they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard
Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with
only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually
the three senior members of the crew killed and ate the cabin boy. The
name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.
11. Royal Coincidence
In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I, went to a small restaurant for dinner,
accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Emilio Ponzia- Vaglia. When the
owner took King Umberto's order, the King noticed that he and the
restaurant owner were virtual doubles, in face and in build. Both men
began discussing the striking resemblance between each other and found
many more similarities.
1. Both men were born on the same day, of the same year, (March 14th,
1844).
2. Both men had been born in the same town.
3. Both men married a woman with same name, Margherita.
4. The restaurateur opened his restaurant on the same day that King
Umberto was crowned King of Italy.
5. On the 29th July 1900, King Umberto was informed that the
restaurateur had died that day in a mysterious shooting accident, and as
he expressed his regret, an anarchist in the crowd then assassinated
him.
10. Falling Baby
In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing
figure in a young (and, apparently, incredibly careless) mother's life.
As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother's baby fell from a
high window onto Figlock. The baby's fall was broken and Figlock and the
baby were unharmed. A year later, the selfsame baby fell from the
selfsame window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing
beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.
9. Mystery Monk
In 19th century Austria, a near-famous painter named Joseph Aigner
attempted suicide on several occasions. During his first attempt to hang
himself at the age of 18, a mysterious Capuchin monk interrupted Aigner.
And again at age 22, the very same monk prevented him from hanging
himself. Eight years later, he was sentenced to the gallows for his
political activities. But again, his life was saved by the intervention
of the same monk. At age 68, Joseph Aigner finally succeeded in suicide,
using a pistol to shoot himself. Not surprisingly, the very same
Capuchin monk - a man whose name Aigner never even knew, conducted his
funeral ceremony.
8. Photographic Coincidence
A German mother who photographed her infant son in 1914 left the film to
be developed at a store in Strasbourg. In those days some film plates
were sold individually. World War I broke out and unable to return to
Strasbourg, the woman gave up the picture for lost. Two years later she
bought a film plate in Frankfurt, over 100 miles away, to take a picture
of her newborn daughter. When developed the film turned out to be a
double exposure, with the picture of her daughter superimposed on the
earlier picture of her son. Through some incredible twist of fate, her
original film, never developed, had been mislabeled as unused, and had
eventually been resold to her.
7. Book Find
In 1973, actor Anthony Hopkins agreed to appear in "The Girl From
Petrovka", based on a novel by George Feifer. Unable to find a copy of
the book anywhere in London, Hopkins was surprised to discover one lying
on a bench in a train station. It turned out to be George Feifer's own
annotated (personal) copy, which Feifer had lent to a friend, and which
had been stolen from his friend's car.
6. Twins
The twin brothers, Jim Lewis and Jim Springer, were separated at birth,
adopted by different families. Unknown to each other, both families
named the boys James. Both James grew up not knowing of the other, yet
both sought law-enforcement training both had abilities in mechanical
drawing and carpentry, and each had married women named Linda. Both had
sons, one of who was named James Alan and the other named James Allan.
The twin brothers also divorced their wives and married other women -
both named Betty. And they both owned dogs which they named Toy.
5. Revenge Killing
In 1883, Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend
who, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl's enraged brother
hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the
brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Ziegland had not been
killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was
a narrow escape. Years later, Ziegland decided to cut down the same
tree, which still had the bullet in it. The huge tree seemed so
formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion
propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.
4. Golden Scarab
>From The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche: "A young woman I was
treating had, at a critical moment, a dream in which she was given a
golden scarab. While she was telling me this dream I sat with my back to
the closed window. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me, like a gentle
tapping. I turned round and saw a flying insect knocking against the
windowpane from outside. I opened the window and caught the creature in
the air as it flew in. It was the nearest analogy to the golden scarab
that one finds in our latitudes, a scarabaeid beetle, the common
rose-chafer (Cetonia aurata) which contrary to its usual habits had
evidently felt an urge to get into a dark room at this particular
moment. I must admit that nothing like it ever happened to me before or
since, and that the dream of the patient has remained unique in my
experience." - Carl Jung
3. Taxi
In 1975, while riding a moped in Bermuda, a man was accidentally struck
and killed by a taxi. One year later, this man's brother was killed in
the very same way. In fact, he was riding the very same moped. And to
stretch the odds even further, the very same taxi driven by the same
driver - and even carrying the very same passenger struck him!
2. Hotel Discovery
In 1953, television reporter Irv Kupcinet was in London to cover the
coronation of Ellizabeth II. In one of the drawers in his room at the
Savoy he found some items that, by their identification, belonged to a
man named Harry Hannin. Coincidentally, Harry Hannin - a basketball star
with the famed Harlem Globetrotters - was a good friend of Kupcinet's.
But the story has yet another twist. Just two days later, and before he
could tell Hannin of his lucky discovery, Kupcinet received a letter
from Hannin. In the letter, Hannin told Kucinet that while staying at
the Hotel Meurice in Paris, he found in a drawer a tie - with Kupcinet's
name on it.
1. Historical Coincidence
The lives of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of America's founders.
Jefferson crafted the Declaration of Independence, showing drafts of it
to Adams, who (with Benjamin Franklin) helped to edit and hone it. The
Continental Congress approved the document on July 4, 1776.
Surprisingly, both Jefferson and Adams died on the same day, July 4,
1826 - exactly 50 years from the signing of the Declaration of
Independence.
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