The Strange Coincidences Archive

I had a lengthy conversation with a coworker one day after work about carbon monoxide detectors and how important they are. Same day, 2 hours later I was at home and my CO detector started screaming. I had 3 times the lethal level of CO in my house.

Ok I was working at Bank of America a in a call center in 2000. So one day a guy calls and said he liked my voice and normally I dont go for that because you never know. It was weird. So we talked about his account and all that and he gives me his number and I write it down, I decided to call. Thats so random and not like me at all. Turns out he lives about 30 miles from me. So we agree to meet and we ended up dating for like 3 years. Come to find out he played basketball with my ex-boyfriend from high school at an elementary school about 50 miles from where we lived and they knew each other and both had interesting things to say about each other. Then in 2007 I met this guy at my school and we get to talking and turn out he is best friends with my boyfriends best friends little brother and they lived accross the street from each other. It was just a coincidence altogether. I was at that house before too. Weird.

Shelly Ann – 9 letters
Elizabeth- 9 letters (middle name)
D.O.B – 09.09.90
I suffered from seizures until the age of 9

Almost two years ago, my current boyfriend and best freind had been going out, only to discover that they have the same birthdays, were born in the same hospitals, in rooms right next to each other, only a few hours apart. ive noticed that they have the same habits, and similar personality traits… and even kind of look the same. we joke about how they coudl be long lost twins, that have kissed each other. haha.

One year I participtaed in a regional science fair. My mom then told me that they had listed my age wrong in the pamphlet, as well as what my project was. Confused, I went to my designated spot, and already found a project there, by that title. The girl had the same name as me, middle name and all… and lived in my town and went to my school. weird??? wanting to know more about her after the fact, I looked at her myspace, only to find that her boyfriend had the same name as mine, she had the same favorite shows, movies, color, and had been born in the same hospital as me. Small world.

Both me and my brother worked for the same railroad. He was an engineer and I was a conductor at the time. One day we were both working but on different trains. It was the first day that the railroad issued cell phones to the engineers. The engineer I was working with asked me who I thought would be the first one to lose their phone. I said without a doubt my brother would. I few miles further down the track we had to stop and set out some cars. Mind you this is approx 120 miles from where we both started our trip and only my train was to stop there. I set out the cars and engine, and as I looked down in the snow there was a cell phone. My engineer was there also to help with the hoses, we both looked at each other and said “no way”. Sure enough I open up the case and there was a sticker with my brothers name on it.
I called him at the hotel he was staying at with it in Chicago and asked him where his phone was. He said he didn’t know. Turns out his second engine was giving him trouble and it must have fallen out of his pocket when he walked back to check it out.
I don’t know what the odds are of finding your brothers cell phone 120 miles from where he got it, the same day he got it and only minutes after telling someone that he would lose it. The odds of stopping on top of it and looking down in about a 3 foot section of rail and finding it.

My Mother in law and father in law have both passed away from the same type of cancer (pancreatic). Mother in law died in March and father in law died two years later, in the same month just two days apart. At the funeral our family was given peace lillies, one for mom and one for dad’s funeral. The lillies only bloom on days directly related to my in laws (birthdays, anniversaries, date’s of death). My Sister’s lilly bloomed two flowers on the date of my in laws anniversary and has not bloomed since.

September 18.2006 my daughter gave birth to her second child(a girl). she was 10 days past her due date. The same day, my niece gave birth to her second child(a boy). She was 10 days early. Both babies weighed 7 Lbs. 7 oz. My daughter’s baby was born at 4:25 am and my niece’s baby was born at 4:25 pm. They live in different states 800 miles apart!! In May 2005 my daughter’s brother died accidently(27 yrs. old). Seven days later(may 2005) my nieces’ brother in law died accidently( he was 27)!!!

In 2007 my husband and I spent our honeymoon touring New Zealand. We hired a car in Auckland and spent a month driving around the north island. We then flew onto Christchurch and spent the next month touring the south island in another hire car.
We went on a boat trip on Lake Te Anau whilst visiting the south island. Imagine our surprise when we got off the boat to collect our hire car from the shore and found it parked next to our north island hire car that we had hired a month before. It was definately the same car as we checked the reg plate and the chipped windscreen from where a stone had flew up and bashed it when we were driving around Auckland.
Weird world!

There’s been quite a few eerie coincidences in my life lately but I’ll pick the best one. I usually stay up late but this night I was exhausted and went to bed early, I suddenly woke up at 1 in the morning and decided to log into Yahoo where my pals were having a discussion about beliefs. I said in order to untangle the lies you’re all confused about, you gotta find your roots. I discussed a series of 7 dots found in neanderthal times and how it might have had religious significance. Then we talked about the number 7, one of the listeners was shocked because it was 7 days from their bday. Then we discussed the 7 colors (Roy g Biv) and their subconcious effect on the mind. From there I talked about the angle that light is reflected at to create a rainbow. At that point it started storming, kinda like it is now. Lightning, thunder, downpouring rain, the works. I checked the website to see whats going on, there was 42 counties under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 AM. Can you guess the angle that light is reflected to create a rainbow?