The most amazing coincidences. Keep children away from the window! Coincidences of accidents with a happy outcome

Damn car
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 evil rock began to chase the car and everyone who touched it. Judge for yourself:
Shortly after the accident, the car was removed 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 in which it was repaired burned down. The car was exhibited as a landmark in Sacramento, fell from 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.
Twice saved and twice savior
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 multi-storey building literally, a one-year-old child 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, from the window of a multi-story building, the same child literally fell on his head! Both participants in the incident again escaped with slight fright. What is this? Miracle? Coincidence?
The bullet that reached its target
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.
One life…
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 different families and separated the twins in infancy. This is where the series begins incredible coincidences. 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 death...
In 2002, 70-year-old 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.
...and one heart for two
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.
Like in the novel by Edgar Poe
The famous writer Edgar Poe wrote a story that talked about the fate of the passengers who survived the shipwreck. For many days they plowed the ocean on a fragile boat, until hunger forced them to kill and eat one of their companions, a cabin boy named Richard Parker. A few years later (in 1884), a skiff with three survivors of the shipwreck was discovered on the open sea. It turned out that there were four survivors, but after some time, hunger forced the adults to kill and eat... a cabin boy named Richard Parker. None of the survivors knew about Poe's story.
Three suicide attempts and one monk
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 activity, however, 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.
Son for father...won at poker
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!
Mark Twain and Halley's 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.”
Three strangers on a train
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.
Taxi Driver Killer
In 1975, a Bermudian man was accidentally hit by a taxi while riding a moped and died instantly. Exactly one year later 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?
Two Mr. Brisons in one room
In the late 1950s, George D. Brison, on a business trip, stayed at the Brown Hotel in Kentucky. After everyone has signed necessary papers, Brison received the key to room 307. Brison casually asked the receptionist if there had been any correspondence addressed to him. The receptionist immediately took out and handed the businessman a letter addressed to George D. Brison, who lived in room...307. Thus, it turned out that the author of the letter knew in advance which room Brison would be staying in! The mystery was solved a little later. The letter was not addressed to the businessman, but to the previous occupant of room 307, his namesake, George D. Brison.
The novel that predicted the sinking of the Titanic
In 1898, writer Morgan Robertson wrote the novel Futility. It told about the first and last voyage of the transatlantic liner Titan. Despite the fact that the liner was considered the most reliable ship in the history of mankind, it sank when it collided with an iceberg and took many lives with it. In 1912, thirteen years later, the transatlantic liner Titanic, considered the most reliable ship in human history, sank during its first and last voyage, striking an iceberg in the dark and taking with it many human lives. The novel and life coincided even in small things: according to the book, there were 3,000 passengers on the Titan, on the real Titanic - 2,207, there were 24 lifeboats in the book, on the Titanic - 20.
A lost book has found its owner
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 title page caption: "Ann Parrish, 209N Webber Street, Colorado Springs." It was the same book that once belonged to Anne herself!
Second face of King Umberto
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 were 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 didn't 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.
Bad day for King Louis XVI
When the future King of France, Louis XVI, was still a child, his personal astrologer warned him that the 21st of every month was his unlucky day. The king was so shocked by this prediction that he never planned anything important for the 21st. However, not everything depended on the king. On June 21, 1791, the king and queen were arrested while trying to leave revolutionary France. That same year, on September 21, France declared itself a republic. And in 1793, on January 21, King Louis XVI was beheaded by guillotine.

Is stories of amazing coincidences never cease to amaze us and make us wonder how the world really works. Are they mere coincidences? the random appearance of seemingly distant possibilities? Or is there something deeper and more meaningful going on?

Lucky girl

Violet Jessop was on board the Olympic when it collided with the Hawk. She was also on board the Titanic when it hit an iceberg, and on board the Britannic when it hit a mine and survived.

In 2002, a man was hit by a truck in Finland while trying to cross Highway 8 on his bicycle. 2 hours later, his twin brother was also hit by a truck while trying to cross Interstate 8 on his bike. They died while 1.5 km from each other, with a difference of 2 hours.

3. The plot of Edgar Allan Poe's book comes to life

Edgar Allan Poe wrote the book in 1838 The Tale of the Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym" is about four shipwreck survivors stranded on the open ocean who, after a few days, decide to resort to cannibalism and eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker.

A few years later in 1884, the ship "Mignonette" sank, leaving only four survivors. They decided to eat the cabin boy, and his name was Richard Parker.

4. Last name confusion

In the 1920s, three Englishmen met on a train to Peru. The surname of the first was Bingham, the second was Powell, and the third was Bingham-Powell.

5 Twins Heart Attack

Twins John and Arthur Mowforth lived 120 km from each other in England. One day on May 22, 1975, both began to experience chest pain and were sent to different hospitals. Unaware of each other's condition, they both passed away soon after.

6. The book that was returned to its owner after many years

American writer Anne Parrish was walking through a Paris bookstore when she came across the book Jack Frost and Other Stories. She told her husband about how much she loved this book as a child. He bought the book, opened it, and inside it was written "Ann Parrish, 209 N Weber St., Colorado."

7. The absence of the Twin Towers in the computer game

During creation computer games Deus Ex one of the artists forgot to add the Twin Towers in New York. His mistake was attributed to a terrorist attack. It was 2000.

8. Names of Rome

The founder of Rome was named Romulus, and the first emperor was named Augustus. The last emperor's name was Romulus Augustus.

9. Coincidence in the cemetery

The graves of the first and last British soldier to die in the Second World War are located just meters apart.

10. City of ruthless people

Stalin, Hitler and Franz Joseph I, together responsible for the deaths of almost 80 million people, all lived in Vienna at the same time.

11. Beware your warnings

At the age of 49, South African astronomer Denis du Toit gave a lecture on how death can occur at any time. After he finished, he took out a mint and put it in his mouth, and a few minutes later he died from choking.

12. Napoleon and Hitler

Napoleon and Hitler were born 129 years apart, came to power 129 years apart, declared war on Russia 129 years apart, and were defeated 129 years apart.

13. Car matching

In 1895, there were only two cars in Ohio until they collided with each other.

14. Almost identical twins

Twins were born in Ohio who were separated at birth. They knew nothing about each other, but they were both named James. They both became police officers and married women named Linda. Both had sons. One of the twins named his son James Alan, and the other - James Allan. They later both divorced and married women named Betty, and both had dogs named Toy.

15. Happy child

In Detroit in the 1930s, Joseph Figlock was walking down the street when a child fell from a window onto his shoulders. No harm done. A year later, the same child fell on Joseph's shoulders in the same place.

16. Taxi driver

In 1975, a man riding a scooter in Bermuda was killed by a taxi driver. A year later, his brother was riding the same scooter and was killed by the same taxi driver, who was riding with the same passenger.

A bullet that did not immediately reach its destination

When American Henry Ziegland broke up with his girlfriend and she committed suicide, her brother decided to take revenge and shot Henry. Thinking that Henry was dead, he decided to commit suicide. However, Henry survived after being grazed by a bullet and lodged in a tree. A few years later, Henry tried to cut down a tree and, after unsuccessful attempts, decided to resort to dynamite. It was then that the bullet killed him.

Double deception

During World War I, the British converted the passenger liner Carmania into a Navy auxiliary cruiser and disguised it as the German passenger liner Cap Trafalgar. On September 14, 1914, he sank a German ship off the coast of Brazil, which turned out to be the real Cap Trafalgar, which was disguised as a British liner Carmania.

License plate prediction

The car of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in which he was killed had the license plate "A III 118". The First World War ended with an armistice (armistice in English) on 11/11/18 (November 11, 1918).

Guest with the same name

In the 1950s, Mr. George D. Birson(George D Bryson) checked into the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, discovering that the man who had stayed before him was also named Mr. George D. Bryson.

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Life sometimes presents such strange surprises that it seems impossible to explain by ordinary chance or the theory of probability.

website never ceases to be amazed by these coincidences, which demonstrate in all their glory how unpredictable this world is.

Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari company, died in 1988. About a month later, footballer Mesut Ozil was born. And looking at their portraits, it seems that they are twin brothers.

Prediction of the sinking of the Titanic

In 1898, 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, science fiction writer Morgan Robertson wrote a novella, Futility, which told the story of the sinking of a ship called the Titan. But the similarities did not end with just the name: both ships were considered unsinkable, had similar technical characteristics, both had a shortage of lifeboats when they crashed, and both collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

After the sinking of the Titanic, the book was republished under the title Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan.

Another amazing similarity

Jennifer Lawrence is the spitting image of Egyptian actress Zubaida Tervot.

Neighbors two centuries apart

The great composer George Frideric Handel lived next door to the famous guitarist Jimi Hendrix, albeit 200 years apart. Handel lived at 25 Brook Street in London, and Jimi Hendrix lived next door at 23 Brook Street. They were both brilliant musicians, greatly influenced the development of music.

Hoover Dam Tragedy

One of the first people to be killed by the construction of the dam was George Tierney, who died on December 20, 1922 while carrying out preparatory work. The last person to die during construction was Patrick Tierney, who was the son of George Tierney, he also died on December 20.

Cars that found each other

In 1895, two cars collided in Ohio. The strange thing about this case is that in those years the automobile industry was just gaining momentum and there were only two cars in the entire state of Ohio. Unfortunately, car accidents were not yet documented back then, so there are no official records of this incident.

Coincidences in the biographies of Lincoln and Kennedy

Many strange correspondences exist between two American presidents - Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy. Here are just a small part of them:

• Both presidents were shot in the back of the head on the Friday before the holiday (Lincoln on the eve of Easter, Kennedy on the eve of Thanksgiving). Each was accompanied by his wife and another married couple.
• Both presidents had four children.
• Everyone had a friend named Billy Graham.
• Kennedy had a secretary named Mrs. Lincoln. Lincoln had a secretary named John.
• Both were succeeded by vice presidents named Johnson, both were Southerners and Democrats.

The first and last soldiers

Graves of the first and last of the British soldiers killed in the First world war, are at a distance of 6 meters and are facing each other. This arrangement was a complete accident.

Rumors about Poe's time machine

Poe's "The Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym" tells how four sailors who survived a shipwreck were forced to eat a cabin boy named Richard Parker. Poe said that it was based on true events, but in reality it was not.

46 years after the writing of this book, a shipwreck actually occurred and the surviving crew members decided to eat their cabin boy, whose name was... Richard Parker. This fact gave rise to rumors that the writer had a time machine.

Unlucky brothers

In July 1975, 17-year-old Bermuda resident Erskine Lawrence Ebbin was riding a moped along the road when he was hit by a taxi. Almost a year earlier, also in July, Erskine’s brother, who was also 17 years old, died. He was riding the same moped and was also hit by a taxi. The same taxi driver was driving and he was carrying the same passenger.

You and I are constantly surrounded by coincidences, which we often attribute to chance. But sometimes these coincidences turn out to be 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 colossal amount plastic surgery which he suffered. Don't you think it looks a lot like an Egyptian statue from the New Kingdom period?

Lightning Attraction

Walter Summerford was a real lightning magnet. During his lifetime, lightning struck him 3 times! The surprising thing is that when the athlete was buried, lightning overtook him again, striking the tombstone and breaking it into pieces.

Mr. Case

A BBC reporter once decided to ask a man passing by about the legendary Everton-Liverpool rugby match that took place in 1967. And this passer-by 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. 2 months later in the same year, footballer Mesut Ozil was born. What's surprising here? Not a pin to choose between them!

Why did the world redistribute?

Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito and Freud at one time lived practically next door. In 1913 in Vienna, they were located a couple of kilometers from each other and even visited the same coffee shops. I would like to understand this in more detail...

Suicide Heart

This man received a suicide heart transplant. He married his donor's widow. But at 69 years old, the man shot himself in the same way as his predecessor.

Tamerlane's prophecy

During the opening of Tamerlane’s tomb, archaeologists found a terrifying inscription: “Whoever opens the grave will release the spirit of war. And there will be a massacre so bloody and terrible that the world has never seen it forever.” 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

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, just like the Titan.

Number of the beast

Set designer John Richardson worked on The Omen and created a great scene car accident. Some time later, he had an accident on Friday the 13th near the town of Ommen at 66.6 kilometers of the highway. This is no longer funny...

Fatal 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. 69 years later, a diver caught the ring and brought it to a man who was dying of cancer just like his father. It's probably all about the ring...

Newspaper boy and spy

Russian spies in the United States used coins that were hollow on the inside to communicate and transmit secret messages. One of these coins somehow found its way into circulation. And one fine day a boy selling newspapers dropped a coin and it split in two. On their own, the FBI and US CIA were unable to unravel the code of the note contained inside. And only thanks to a Russian spy who deserted to the United States, the mystery of the message was solved. It was a greeting from Moscow... and it was intended specifically for this Russian deserter.

Geometry of the Solar System

Moon 400 times smaller than the sun, but 400 times closer to Earth. The geometry of the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and 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 orbital ellipses are so located in the ecliptic, we can observe both eclipses. This is also the reason that Lunar eclipses They appear to us 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 was the reason for the outbreak of the First World War. And its end happened precisely 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 had no idea that the flags of Haiti and Liechtenstein were exactly the same!