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There’s nothing like capturing a perfectly timed image. It’s as if you scripted or manipulated the image with the intent of coming off a certain way. But no, it was just a rare coincidence at play, as if the energies of the universe aligned to make this moment happen.
Here’s more of those seemingly one-in-a-million occurrences people have collected and shared online. These are from the different corners of Reddit that have no shortage of photos you’d be amazed to look at for a few good minutes.
You will find them below as you scroll through. Enjoy!
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#1
Friendly Australian King Parrot Landed On My Book As I Was Trying To Identify It!
Tim Gearing 5 months ago
Female King parrot to be precise. The male has a red head and breast.(as per the pic)
R1MV4Superleggera 5 months ago
Right. Since that happen in Australia, where every critter wantsto k**l you *ahem*... "Jezza voice* Some say..., that was the last picture found on that bloke's phone next to his mangled corpse. (kidding my Aussie friends, I absolutely LOVE Australia, my adorable Aussie SIL can happily vouch for that! ☺)
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#2
My Wife Was Wearing The Right Jacket At The Right Time. Pleasanton Ridge, Ca
#3
I Picture I Took Of The London Eye Through The Window On A Boat On The Thames
When it comes to coincidences, you either believe it or you don’t. Even the scientific community is divided when it comes to this topic. Carl Jung, one of the founders of modern psychology, came up with the theory of synchronicity.
Simply put, Jung believes that coincidences hold significant meaning and that these seemingly unrelated events are actually connected.
#4
Two Humming Birds Landed At The Same Time On My Rods While Out Fishing!
Bi.Felicia 5 months ago
I just came back inside from watering my plants and I had 2 hummingbirds zip right by my head.
JK 5 months ago
They are little speed demons. Maybe put a pan on something on your head next time. Or distract them with a feeder. Glad you are ok.
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I'm A Woodturner & Found A Lovely Bowl In A Vintage Store, Made By The Guy Who Inspired Me As A Kid
On closer inspection I felt the bowl was very familiar, so I flipped through the very book that inspired me, 31 years ago, & there it was!
#6
This Bug On The Outside Of My Window Looks Like A Fairy
Auntriarch 5 months ago
What's the last thing that goes through a bug's mind when it hits the windscreen....
Then, there are the skeptics like psychoanalyst and author Dr. Gibb A. Williams. He argues that people tend to find connections, even if there aren’t any. Dr. Williams calls it a “psychological scavenger hunt.”
“You look for pieces to fit the puzzle. The completed pattern is experienced as a synchronicity,” he said, as he also describes synchronicity believers as “junkies craving their next fix.”
#7
I’ve Seen A Lot Of Wildlife This Spring But This One Takes The Cake!
Ace 5 months ago
Not by TP. He never used that expression in any of his books, - it was first used in English at least 150 years ago, but references the same idea from Hindu and other mythologies that he used as the basis for Discworld.
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#8
My Grandma Died On My Grandpa’s Birthday. My Grandpa Died On My Grandma’s Birthday
Marissa Voleta 5 months ago
My dad was born on the day Elvis died, and died on the day Elvis was born.
BookFanatic 5 months ago
My mother begged my dying father to not die on her birthday. Dad held on until the following day. When Mom's turn came (20 yrs later) she had the good timing to pass the day before my birthday. I suppose this means I'm going to die on my father's birthday.
Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
That's what happens when you get rip-roaring drunk on the birthday of your dead loved one, then run into traffic. Happens all the time :-)
#9
Found A Random Guy Who Looks Like Me Waiting For The Subway The Other Day
April Pickett 5 months ago
Yeah, I would get that DNA test. You both look the same, and you're wearing the same jackets (it's been shown that seperated siblings can have similar tastes), both have glasses. Of course, one has an earring the other does not, but still....
Alex Kennedy 5 months ago
AND you both look like Jeff Goldbloom, who saved me once during a very bad psilocybin trip!
Some experts believe you can cultivate coincidences. In an interview with Discover Magazine, psychiatrist Dr. Bernard Beitman explained that this typically happens among religious and spiritual people.
“Those who are more connected with the world around them and those who are seeking meaning — or in distress and searching for signs — are more likely to experience coincidences,” he said.
#10
My Husband Took A Picture Of Me As I Said Farewell To 40, And Somehow I Was Gifted My Own Rainbow
#11
Perfect Smoke Rings From Etna Volcano, Sicily
#12
Pigeon Poops Portrait Of Itself On A Leaf
Connecting with strangers is another way to cultivate coincidences, according to statistician and risk researcher Professor David Spiegelhalter. He says these seemingly serendipitous moments often happen when talking to someone you don’t know, and then you suddenly find out you were born in the same hospital.
#13
Taking A Picture Like This
#14
At My Grandmother's 85th Birthday, We Found Out The Lady At The Table Next To Us Was Also Celebrating Her 85th Birthday. They Were Born One Day Apart In The Same City And Had Never Met
Helen Rohrlach 5 months ago
In my dad's nursing home, he shared his 85th birthday with another resident. There was only about 50 people living there.
Geoff Pearce 5 months ago
Had a similar experience recently. We were celebrating a lady's 80th birthday ata local restaurant and the table next to us were also celerbrating an 80th birthday. Both ladies surname was the same, no relation.
Cindy Brick 5 months ago
I send a birthday card every year to a girl I'd read about in Reader's Digest -- she's mentally challenged, but somehow remembers hundreds of people's birthdays. Then she sends them homemade cards. I'm on her list now -- because we were born on the exact same date: 9/22/58.
Bob Brezniak 5 months ago
At a conference we did a team building game. There were 75 people, and we found out that there were 19 pairs of people that shared the same birthday. There was 1 that had 4 people with the same birthday
Jcusack 5 months ago
How big of a city does it have to be, in order to expect them to have met already??
martymcmatrix 5 months ago (edited)
I only ever met a single person who shared the same birth(-)day, but I still haven't met anyone who shared my DOB...🤷🏽
Tropical Tarot 5 months ago
I met a girl in the second grade. She shared a DOB with me
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This Hare Caught On Google Street
What about you, our dear readers? Do you believe in coincidences? Do you think these photos are an example of that? We’d like to hear your thoughts in the comments below!
#16
Childhood Photos Of Me In The United States, And My Wife In Korea, Wearing The Same Tank Top
#17
The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish
#18
Triple Lightning Strike Over Chicago
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Fantastic photo. Just as well these buildings have lightning rods on top !
#19
My Wedding Ring Fits Right Inside My Husband's
Barbara Turner 5 months ago (edited)
My husband is an only son. My name is Barbara. We chose our rings at an antique shop. His was 1930's vintage and had an engraving inside: "Sonny, I love you, Babs".
#20
Took The Most Epic Picture, The Fire Decided To Join Us In Our Peace Sign
#21
Is This An Ad?
Auntriarch 5 months ago
I saw a refrigeration lorry with "Peter Green - Chilled" on the side, and first thought was strange place to advertise an album.
#22
The Way The Veins Of The Leaf Align On The Creases Of The Hand
#23
Tree In Graz (Austria) That Looks Like A Child Is Hugging It
#24
Reason Why Fingerprints Were Created
This is William West and William West, and they are the reason fingerprints were created to find criminals because they were not related at all, shared the same exact name and looked identical to one another.
MoBeLa 5 months ago
I think fingerprints existed before police started using them to find criminals, lol
Jaya 5 months ago
Before the police created them, our fingertips were flat. Ask your grandparents 😉
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Forrest Hobbs 5 months ago (edited)
Yeah, only no. The Will and William West Case was in 1903. Calcutta began using fingerprint classification for criminal records in 1897. London's Scotland Yard began using fingerprints in 1901. The US adopted the same method of transferring latent fingerprints on surfaces to paper using iodine fuming - which had been developed by the French scientist Paul-Jean Coulier. The first conviction of a múrder based on fingerprints was in France - the Scheffer case of 1902. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint#19th_century.
Katie White 5 months ago (edited)
From what I read William West had a previous murder charge and Will West was matched to his case. Will West protested that he had never committed a murder. Even he thought the photo in the William West case was of himself. No one believed poor Will West, until it was found that William West was already incarcerated at the same prison. Only then did they compare fingerprints.
Cydney Golden 5 months ago
Perhaps OP means 'why fingerprinting as a forensic device' was invented.
Auntriarch 5 months ago
Police were already using fingerprints as evidence before these two chaps.
Val 5 months ago
I believe they meant that they realized fingerprints could actually help catch criminals. Not that fingerprints were created.
Jasmin Lapan 5 months ago
My subordinate doesnt have fingerprints becoz of her dermatitis. She can get away with *mu***r..
#25
Perfectly Timed Firework
Pseudonym For An Author 5 months ago
Looks like a pano the iPhone created from multiple pictures
#26
Wind Knocked Over This Light Pole At My Friend's Car Dealership
#27
This Is How The Newspapers Were Stacked Up At My Job [x-Post /R/Mildlyinteresting
MoBeLa 5 months ago
The line “This is not a coincidence” repeating over and over IS a coincidence.
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Grace Sssssss 5 months ago
The coincidence is that the author of the article didn't know that line would be on the fold, and I don't think the editor planned it out that way either. So it's a coincidence that the words "this is not a coincidence" wound up on the fold.
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#28
The Police Facebook Page Posted A Picture Taken By A Speeding Camera. The Bird Saves The Day
Earonn - 5 months ago
The bird doesn't save the day, the bird unwillingly protects a speeding b*****d who might k**l an innocent person.
Robert T 5 months ago
From Reddit, and I agree, it looks like the car is parked and it is in fact the bird that is speeding!
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These Wind Turbines From My Plane Look Like They're Floating In The Sky
Jane Hower 4 months ago
Sadly you can't see all the dead birds. And even more sad that the energy they each will provide will NOT even match the energy taken to make them. AND they are recyclable - they are thrown away in a canyon in AZ
Hugo 3 months ago (edited)
Wind turbines kíll many fewer birds than do cats and cars. "More sad": the more long form of the comparative is not the more good. And the cost of a wind turbine (in terms of energy) is amortized within a year, in some cases after only three months. It is not easy to recycle fibreglass, but nearly all the components (at least by weight) of a wind turbine are recycled at the end of its useful life.
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#30
Went To Take A Picture Of The Rainbow And Lightning Struck At The Same Time!
#31
Arrow In A Power Cable
michael Chock 5 months ago
But the arrow is pointing down. Better a power line than someone's skull.
#33
Bit Of A Coincidence At The Pub Last Night
April Pickett 5 months ago
The shirt on the left is right. Someone else's lifestyle is none of your business. Your opinion and beliefs shouldn't matter if it's not germaine to your existence.
Emilu 5 months ago
I wish we could just slap this on a banner and paste it everywhere. Especially on the faces of homophobes.
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Snorkeller Finds Lost Wedding Ring Wrapped Around A Mullet Fish Off Of Norfolk Island
ManuelQue 5 months ago
IIRC this fish was found after a couple had lost one of their rings while swimming. It showed up on this fish! I don't know the outcome - I hope they were able to net it, give it a quick anesthetic, and remove the ring. Yes, fish can get anesthetic. I remember another story where someone's pet fish had a growth removed.
#35
The Light Opening In The Building's Design Fits Perfectly With The Car Dimension
Chihuahua Mama 5 months ago
Building: no, no I dont think I'll give you a shady spot. Hot car for you!
#36
Was Swiping At The Dispensary When I Looked Up And Saw The Girl I Was About To Swipe On
bartont347 5 months ago
Good thing she was wearing the same exact thing as the photo so you could recognize her
#37
You're Welcome
#38
This Photo I Took Of The Fire Looks Like A Person
Beak Hookage 5 months ago
Well, this is the internet. Everything is cats.
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#39
These Clouds In The Sky That Look Like Dragons
pandamonium 5 months ago
I think the caption is mistaken. These are clearly dragons looking like clouds...
#40
A Fan Bet $50 On Eugenio Suarez Hitting A Home Run, And Ended Up Catching The Home Run Ball Live At The Game
#41
White Elephant Gift Exchange. Three Of Twelve People Brought The Same Gift. Too Funny
MoBeLa 5 months ago
The woman on the right is NOT eager to be seen with her new Mullet Calendar
Multa Nocte 5 months ago
White Elephant. It's a Christmas gift exchange custom in some places in the US. "Each participant supplies one wrapped gift, usually of similar value. The gifts are placed in a central location and the participants select a gift in a fixed order, often determined by numbers randomly drawn prior to the start of the game. The first person opens a wrapped gift and the turn ends."
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#42
I Got My Bikes Registered Years Apart And These Are The 2 Auto Generated Plates I Got
#43
I Have Never Seen This Occurring Naturally Before In My Life
sareliza fos 5 months ago
Both bedrooms in my house have this, every evening you can watch the outside world on the ceiling whilst the curtains are shut. it's bizarre watching people walk down the street when I shouldn't be able to see them
OneHappyPuppy 5 months ago
Camera obscura. Basically with a slot small enough, the outside scene will project upside down onto a reflective surface creating an upside down image. If you look closer you'll see it's an upside down house on the wall
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Eduardo Kraszczuk 5 months ago
I have seen that before. I understand the science behind it, but my brain still goes "Nope. It is magic."
Load More Replies... Robert T 5 months ago
I need to try this with mine. Just how narrow does the opening need to be?
Pyla 5 months ago
very small. Pinhole photographer using various boxes and containers (oatmeal, cereal). So it's a tiny hole, lots of exterior light and little if any interior light, and voila.
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The gap in my front door frame does this occasionally. I'm still not sure I actually believe it 😂
#45
My Neighbors Tree Fits Perfectly In My Window
#46
My Boyfriend And I Went To A Beer Festival And Met A Couple Who Was Dressed The Same As Us
#47
A Stray Bullet On New Year's Eve Lands In A Guy's Phone In Beirut Airport
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
Hmm, I think Beirut is worth avoiding if this can happen at the airport.
#48
This Fly Just Flew Into A Plant And Killed Itself At In-Laws House
#49
The Cat Knocked My Daughter’s Fish Bowl Off The Dresser
Barbara Wilcock 5 months ago
Please buy a bigger tank for the fish. And maybe another fish to have company
The Other Guest 5 months ago
Bigger tank, pump & filter, proper substrate & some plants.
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Wendy Hamilton 5 months ago
It looks like a Beta. If you get him a friend, he will k**l and eat it.
The Other Guest 5 months ago
I'm not convinced; the body shape doesn't look right. Also it's absolutely possible to keep other fish with a male betta provided a) you have a large enough tank & b) the "other fish" isn't another male betta. We've kept bettas with other fish in our larger aquarium (45 gallons or so) without any issues; sometimes a single male, other times a pair of females.
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Jude Corrigan 4 months ago
Goldfish bowls are horrible and should be banned for fish. Hard to heat, small surface area and difficult for the fish to hide. If you have a goldfish bowl, use it for a candle or floral centre piece. Not a living creature.
Mema G 5 months ago
It's a beta. They thrive this way. The point is it survived because the water was trapped in bowl.
The Other Guest 5 months ago
Even if it is a betta - and I'm not convinced that it is - that set-up is entirely unsuitable for one. Bettas do best with lots of plants; a wide, shallow tank (5-10 gallons); a pump & filter; a lid to prevent it from jumping out; and a proper substrate, one that will allow the plants to thrive.
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Six Sisters, Separated Since Birth, On The Day They Finally Met — At Harry Potter World
Spidercat 5 months ago
It's about a orphan boy who goes to wizarding school and ends up in a life and dêath battle with the dark wizard who tried to k**l him as a baby...but that's not important right now.
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The Majestic Opossum 5 months ago
6 sisters who found each other through social media, who planned a vacation together at a large theme park. Can someone explain the coincidence apparent in this picture? Maybe the original story would be if that was shared here...
michael Chock 5 months ago
The coincidence is they are all Harry Potter fans
Load More Replies... Mook The Mediocre 5 months ago
The one on the right got thrown into the short end of the gene pool.
#51
This Exposed Tree Root I Saw On A Hike Looks Like A Van Gogh
#52
This Bird Poop On My Car Looks Like A Bird Pooping
#53
A €1 Coin Fits Perfectly In My Cell Phone Case
#54
Score Is 69 To 69 With 69 Seconds And The White Jerseys Add Up To 69
#55
Years Ago My Brother Lost His Cellphone On A Roller Coaster. We Figured There Was No Way To Know When. Then She Saw The Ride Photo
#56
The Inside Of This Branch Looks Like A Pumpkin
#57
Odd-Shaped Clearing
Jesha 5 months ago
What do Dale Earnhardt and Pink Floyd have in common? Their last big hit was The Wall.
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Hit And Run Driver Left License Plate Imprinted On My Car
Mobey Drunk 5 months ago
I was in a hit and run years ago and the other cars license plate fell off.
Auntriarch 5 months ago
I got rear ended by an Audi a few years ago, when I got home I could see the four interlocking circles imprinted on the back of my car.
#59
Bought The Car On The Left. I Was Issued A License Plate With The Number 6001. Then I Go To A Restaurant And The Car Next To Me Has The License Plate Number 6002. Both Are Hondas Too
#60
This Oval Picture Frame
#61
Pulled Up To This In Traffic
#62
The Luckiest Day Of My Life
#63
I Dropped A Grape And It Landed Upright
#64
My Father-In-Law Caught Two Fish With The Same Lure At The Same Time
#65
If It's Not Meant To Work, It Should Not Fit
Spidercat 5 months ago
Brilliant...you've pretty much just independently reinvented the medieval Staff Sling using modern materials.
Beak Hookage 5 months ago
There's a classic Australian story called "The Loaded Dog", where that happens. A guy decides to use dynamite to break up a frozen lake, and his poor goofball of a dog fetches the lit dynamite and comes running back with it. I forget how it ended; it was 30 years ago when I last heard it.
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#67
These Burned Out Lights Perfectly Align
#68
Got A New Car Last Week. Neighbor Meant To Reverse But Was In The Wrong Gear. (3 Photos)
#69
Sunlight Going Through My Window Looks Like The Exclamation Point From The Metal Gear Solid Series
R1MV4Superleggera 5 months ago
Gosh! I utterly, utterly LOVE that game, with passion! Arigato Master Hideo Kojima!
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martymcmatrix 5 months ago
Synchronicity is a cheeky little goblin pulling the strings in the background, making things happen that, when they occur together, give up their individuality, and we can only wonder...for example, on two city trips to Rome - years apart to each other - I ran into one of my former teachers, namely my Latin teacher, and both times it happened in the Pantheon...THAT'S what C.G. Jung meant when he was referring to »synchronicity«, my fellow pandas...🤔
martymcmatrix 5 months ago
Synchronicity is a cheeky little goblin pulling the strings in the background, making things happen that, when they occur together, give up their individuality, and we can only wonder...for example, on two city trips to Rome - years apart to each other - I ran into one of my former teachers, namely my Latin teacher, and both times it happened in the Pantheon...THAT'S what C.G. Jung meant when he was referring to »synchronicity«, my fellow pandas...🤔
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