We \u00a0picked 10\u00a0stories for you from this thread, so\u00a0make yourself a\u00a0cup of\u00a0tea or\u00a0coffee, curl up\u00a0with a\u00a0warm blanket, and get ready for an\u00a0exciting trip to\u00a0the unknown.<\/p>\n
Years ago, when my\u00a0wife was pregnant with our second child and about to\u00a0give birth, my\u00a0Mom came to\u00a0stay with\u00a0us for a\u00a0few days.<\/p>\n
One early evening Mom asked for a\u00a0pen, paper, and an\u00a0envelope. She wrote on\u00a0the paper, sealed it\u00a0in\u00a0the envelope, and gave it\u00a0to\u00a0me.\u00a0\u201cPut this in\u00a0your pocket and don\u2019t open\u00a0it. You\u2019ll know when,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n Thirty minutes later my\u00a0wife announced it\u00a0was time to\u00a0go\u00a0to\u00a0the hospital, she was in\u00a0labor.<\/p>\n So\u00a0we\u00a0did, and about 9\u00a0hours later our second daughter was born at\u00a03:45\u00a0AM. She weighed 8\u00a0pounds, 11\u00a0ounces, and was 20\u00a0inches long.<\/p>\n This being pre-cell phone days, I\u00a0called my\u00a0Mom from the hospital to\u00a0tell her the news. She answered the phone and immediately said, \u201cBefore you say anything, open the envelope.\u201d I\u00a0did. It\u00a0said:<\/p>\n \u201cGirl\u00a03:45\u00a0AM, 8\u00a0lbs, 11\u00a0oz, 20\u00a0inches\u201d<\/p>\n I\u00a0kept that paper for years. When my\u00a0Mom died, I\u00a0went to\u00a0our documents safe where we\u00a0kept\u00a0it, but it\u00a0was gone.\u00a0@GullyF<\/p>\n When my\u00a0son was not even 3\u00a0yet he\u00a0came to\u00a0my\u00a0room and kept telling me\u00a0\u201cthe lady\u201d was in\u00a0his and his sister\u2019s room. I\u00a0was half asleep and dismissed\u00a0it, and told him to\u00a0snuggle up\u00a0in\u00a0my\u00a0bed with\u00a0me.<\/p>\n So\u00a0he\u00a0got in\u00a0my\u00a0bed, but every few minutes kept waking me\u00a0up\u00a0to\u00a0tell me\u00a0about \u201cthe lady.\u201d Then he\u00a0said she was at\u00a0my\u00a0bedroom door.<\/p>\n So\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0effort to\u00a0show him there was no\u00a0lady and that we\u00a0should just go\u00a0back to\u00a0sleep, I\u00a0pick him up\u00a0and walk him in\u00a0the dark out of\u00a0my\u00a0room.<\/p>\n We\u00a0stand in\u00a0the hall and I\u00a0say, \u201cSee there is\u00a0no\u00a0lady.\u201d He\u00a0points his finger down the hall where there is\u00a0nothing to\u00a0see at\u00a0all and says,\u00a0\u201cMama, she\u2019s right there. That\u2019s the lady! And this is\u00a0HER house.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing, not even a\u00a0shadow where he\u00a0was pointing. I\u00a0kind of\u00a0just tried to\u00a0not show he\u00a0was freaking me\u00a0out and said, \u201cOkay, she must be\u00a0a\u00a0nice lady\u201d and took him back to\u00a0my\u00a0bed where he\u00a0promptly fell asleep and\u00a0I stayed awake for hours thinking that this \u201clady\u201d in\u00a0my\u00a0100-plus-year-old apartment must be\u00a0hanging out and watching me\u00a0sleep.\u00a0@kookenhaken<\/p>\n I\u00a0had a\u00a0dream one night that a\u00a0former coworker (Friend\u00a01), who\u00a0I rarely interact with, was pregnant. In\u00a0the dream\u00a0I was back at\u00a0my\u00a0old office, and they were explaining to\u00a0me\u00a0that\u00a0I was going to\u00a0fill in\u00a0for her. I\u00a0was like \u201cOh\u00a0no, I\u00a0left y\u2019all last year and went to\u00a0a\u00a0new place.\u201d She came up\u00a0and was very pregnant and was like, \u201cOh\u00a0come\u00a0on, it\u2019s just while I\u2019m on\u00a0leave.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u00a0told my\u00a0husband because it\u00a0was weird and we\u00a0joked about how awful it\u00a0would be\u00a0for me\u00a0to\u00a0have gotten out of\u00a0that place just to\u00a0have to\u00a0go\u00a0back.<\/p>\n Maybe a\u00a0week later\u00a0I dreamed about a\u00a0different friend (Friend\u00a02) who\u00a0I rarely speak with being pregnant as\u00a0well.<\/p>\n The next week\u00a0I run into Friend 1\u00a0somewhere and joke about the funny dream\u00a0I had where she was pregnant.\u00a0She tells me\u00a0she\u00a0is, and they haven\u2019t told ANYONE yet<\/strong>, that she\u2019s waiting. I\u00a0laugh it\u00a0off and later tell my\u00a0husband about\u00a0it.<\/p>\n He\u00a0jokes and is\u00a0like \u201cDidn\u2019t you dream Friend 2\u00a0was pregnant, you should give her a\u00a0call.\u201d It\u2019s even funnier because Friend 2\u00a0is my\u00a0age and, like\u00a0me, has older children, we\u2019re way too old to\u00a0be\u00a0starting over. I\u00a0laugh it\u00a0off.<\/p>\n The next day\u00a0I call Friend 2\u00a0about the funny dream. Turns out she is\u00a0also pregnant and they haven\u2019t told anyone. Completely crazy!\u00a0@Whohead12<\/p>\n I\u00a0was driving home from work and was driving behind a\u00a0car that was the same make, model, and year of\u00a0my\u00a0car, just a\u00a0different color.<\/p>\n Further down the road, we\u00a0both get into the turn lane to\u00a0turn left onto a\u00a0long, straight road with open fields on\u00a0either side.<\/p>\n The car in\u00a0front of\u00a0me\u00a0turns onto this road and\u00a0I wait for a\u00a0car to\u00a0pass, and then turn as\u00a0well.<\/p>\n It\u00a0takes less than 5\u00a0seconds. However, when\u00a0I turn onto the road,\u00a0the car that had been driving in\u00a0front of\u00a0me\u00a0was nowhere to\u00a0be\u00a0seen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This road has no\u00a0turn offs and it\u2019s long and straight so\u00a0you can see pretty far ahead of\u00a0you. The car had just vanished and\u00a0I still think about it\u00a0today.<\/p>\n I\u00a0am 100% sure the car didn\u2019t do\u00a0a\u00a0u-turn. The roads are really narrow, so\u00a0they wouldn\u2019t have been able to\u00a0complete the u-turn without having to\u00a0make it\u00a0a\u00a03\u00a0point turn or\u00a0drive partly into the field.<\/p>\n After I\u00a0turned onto this road and noticed the car was no\u00a0longer in\u00a0front of\u00a0me, I\u00a0looked all around me\u00a0and could see the other car driving away behind\u00a0me, but the car that looked like mine was nowhere to\u00a0be\u00a0seen. There was nowhere on\u00a0that road where the car could\u2019ve pulled off or\u00a0I would\u2019ve seen\u00a0it.\u00a0@omglookawhale<\/p>\n Once, I\u00a0was standing in\u00a0line at\u00a0Target. A\u00a0mother and her (I\u00a0guess) 3-year-old were in\u00a0front of\u00a0me\u00a0in\u00a0the checkout lane. I\u00a0never met them before in\u00a0my\u00a0life.<\/p>\n The child was riding in\u00a0the shopping cart and the mother went forward to\u00a0better unload\u00a0it. The child looks dead at\u00a0me, smiles, laughs,\u00a0and says my\u00a0first name, very clearly, twice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I\u00a0have an\u00a0uncommon first name, which made it\u00a0even stranger.\u00a0@mycenea1961<\/p>\n As\u00a0a\u00a0full-grown adult, I\u00a0was telling my\u00a0mother about this house\u00a0I was\u00a0in, in\u00a0a\u00a0dream I\u00a0had. It\u00a0was brown, had 2\u00a0bedrooms, 2\u00a0floors, L-shaped stairs.<\/p>\n I\u00a0went into full detail about this house from my\u00a0dream.<\/p>\n Anyway, apparently, the house\u00a0I described was the house\u00a0I was born\u00a0in.<\/p>\n Not like, born, born. I\u00a0was born in\u00a0a\u00a0hospital\u2026 but the house my\u00a0family lived in\u00a0for 2\u00a0years prior to\u00a0my\u00a0birth, that we\u00a0all moved out of\u00a0when\u00a0I was 7\u00a0or 8\u00a0months old.<\/p>\n At\u00a0first, I\u00a0thought maybe my\u00a0brain got it\u00a0from pictures\u00a0I had seen, but honestly,\u00a0the level of\u00a0detail wasn\u2019t shown in\u00a0any pictures<\/strong>\u00a0we\u00a0had of\u00a0me\u00a0at\u00a0such a\u00a0young age. Mostly they were closeups, so\u00a0you couldn\u2019t really see the background much. Best guess to\u00a0this day is\u00a0my\u00a0brain picking up\u00a0really old and obscure memories, other than that I\u2019m not sure how\u00a0I knew anything about this house let alone the layout, furniture set\u00a0up, etc.\u00a0@AnxiousRiddle<\/p>\n I\u00a0think this is\u00a0just a\u00a0coincidence, but it\u2019s weird nonetheless.<\/p>\n I\u00a0can summon (I\u00a0don\u2019t know a\u00a0better word for\u00a0it) a\u00a0boy to\u00a0message\u00a0me. It\u2019s one specific boy who was a\u00a0close friend when we\u00a0were 12-13. Once we\u00a0left to\u00a0go\u00a0to\u00a0high school, we\u00a0kinda lost touch.<\/p>\n I\u00a0think about messaging him sometimes and usually within 10\u00a0minutes I\u2019ll get a\u00a0message from him. It\u2019s really bizarre and it\u00a0only happens with this one boy. Once, we\u00a0didn\u2019t talk for a\u00a0year and then he\u00a0messaged me\u00a0randomly after\u00a0I thought about reaching out.<\/p>\n I\u00a0asked him why he\u00a0messaged and he\u00a0said that he\u00a0felt a\u00a0weird feeling wash over him, that\u00a0it\u2019s like it\u00a0pushed him to\u00a0message\u00a0me<\/strong>. It\u2019s really bizarre, although probably just a\u00a0coincidence.\u00a0@imwhittling<\/p>\n I\u00a0was around 6\u00a0and on\u00a0Wednesday evening\u00a0I went to\u00a0bed.\u00a0I\u00a0woke up\u00a0and it\u00a0was Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u00a0remember asking my\u00a0mom why is\u00a0it\u00a0Friday, when yesterday it\u00a0was Wednesday. She said yesterday was Thursday, obviously.<\/p>\n I\u00a0asked her what\u00a0I did on\u00a0Thursday because the last thing\u00a0I remember is\u00a0going to\u00a0sleep on\u00a0Wednesday. She named some activities, and\u00a0I remembered none of\u00a0them. I\u00a0never found out why\u00a0I don\u2019t remember that Thursday.\u00a0@simavok<\/p>\n My\u00a0mom was going through a\u00a0rough patch, not making a\u00a0lot of\u00a0money. Single mom with 2\u00a0kids.<\/p>\n Was stressed over bills, but had just enough to\u00a0cover them. Unfortunately, this left\u00a0us with no\u00a0money. She was a\u00a0hard worker and would do\u00a0multiple shifts at\u00a0the hospital she worked\u00a0at.<\/p>\n Still, it\u00a0was hard this particular month.<\/p>\n She was sweeping and prayed for help. As\u00a0she turned around to\u00a0empty the dustbin into the trash, there was\u00a0a\u00a0crisp $100 bill perfectly lying on\u00a0top of\u00a0the filled trash can<\/strong>. No\u00a0one lived at\u00a0our house with\u00a0us. She was never able to\u00a0explain\u00a0it.\u00a0@poshfiend<\/p>\n I\u00a0lost an\u00a0important piece of\u00a0paper right after bringing it\u00a0home. Looked everywhere. After 2\u00a0weeks\u00a0I decided I\u2019d call the company and have a\u00a0copy sent to\u00a0me.<\/p>\n I\u00a0walked into the kitchen the day\u00a0I planned to\u00a0call and pulled a\u00a0lunch container out of\u00a0the fridge.<\/p>\n I\u00a0went into the living room to\u00a0grab my\u00a0phone and came back to\u00a0the kitchen to\u00a0microwave my\u00a0lunch.\u00a0The missing paper was sitting on\u00a0top of\u00a0my\u00a0lunch container.<\/strong><\/p>\n Writing this out is\u00a0giving me\u00a0serious creeps all over again, I\u2019m all shaky.\u00a0@__B***Pudding__<\/p>\n Have you ever found yourself in\u00a0a\u00a0situation you couldn\u2019t logically explain? Tell\u00a0us your mysterious stories in\u00a0the comments!<\/p>\nAn\u00a0invisible lady<\/h2>\n
A\u00a0pregnancy foreteller<\/h2>\n
A\u00a0ghost car<\/h2>\n
I\u00a0know your name.<\/h2>\n
A\u00a0total recall<\/h2>\n
Summoned messages<\/h2>\n
The day\u00a0I don\u2019t remember<\/h2>\n
A\u00a0gift from nowhere<\/h2>\n
Hidden in\u00a0plain sight<\/h2>\n