Ten Truly Amazing Coincidences

What's in a Name?

A computer error gave two women in America called Patricia the same
social security number. When the two women were brought together in an
office to rectify the blunder they discovered that:

They had both been born with the names Patricia Ann Campbell

Both of their fathers were called Robert Campbell
Their birthdays were on 13th March 1941
They had both married military men in the year 1959 (within eleven
days of each other)
They each had two children aged 19 and 21
They both had an interest in oil painting
Both had studied cosmetics
Both had worked as book-keepers

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Bullet With Your Name on It

In 1893, Henry Ziegland ended a relationship with his girlfriend.
Tragically, his girlfriend took the news very badly, became distraught
and took her own life. Her distressed brother blamed his sister's
death upon Henry, he went round to Henry's house, saw him out in the
garden and tried to shoot him.

Luckily, the bullet only grazed Henry's face and embedded itself in a
nearby tree. In 1913, twenty years after this incident, Henry decided
to use dynamite to uproot a tree in his garden. The explosion
propelled the embedded bullet from the tree straight into Henry
Ziegland's head killing him immediately.

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Lucky Hughs?

On December 5th 1660, a ship sank in the straights of Dover - the only
survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 5th December 1767, another ship sank in the same waters - 127 lost
their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was
one survivor - Hugh Williams.
On 10th July 1940, a British trawler was destroyed by a German mine -
only two men survived, one man and his nephew - they were both called
Hugh Williams.

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With a Quack Quack Here

Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ordinary
in that - until you learn that his postcode contained the letter
sequence EIEIO.

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'Til Death Did Them Part

In 1996, Paris police set out to investigate a late night, high speed
car crash; both drivers had been killed instantly.
Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.
Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it
became apparent that the pair had been separated for several months -
neither
could have known that the other would have been out driving that night
- it was just a terrible coincidence.


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She's Behind You!

Michael Dick had been travelling around the UK with his family to
track down his daughter, Lisa - who he had lost contact with ten years
earlier.

After a long fruitless search, he approached the Suffolk Free Press,
who agreed to help him by putting an appeal in their newspaper.

Fortunately, his long lost daughter saw the appeal and the pair were
reunited. The odd thing was, his daughter had been right behind him
when the free paper took the photograph - shown in the photograph
above. What are the chances of that!

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Licensed To Thrill

A fifteen year old pupil at Argoed High School in North Wales was to
sit his GCSE examinations in 1990.
His name was James Bond - his examination paper reference was 007.

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What Goes Around....

In 1965, at the age of four, Roger Lausier was swimming off a beach in
Salem - he got into difficulties and was saved from drowning by a
woman called Alice Blaise.
In 1974, on the same beach, Roger was out on a raft when he pulled a
drowning man from the water - amazingly, the man he saved was Alice
Blaise's husband.

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Lightning Never Strikes Twice?

British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of
Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off
his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.
He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing,
Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again and the right side of
his body became paralysed.
After two years of recovery, it was a summer's day and he was out in a
local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by
lightning again - permanently paralysing him.
He died two years after this incident.

However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it
was struck by lightning!

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Practice What You Preach

Businessman Danie de Toit made a speech to an audience in South Africa
- the topic of his speech was - watch out because death can strike you
down at any time.
At the end of his speech, he put a peppermint in his mouth, and choked
to death on it!