Have you ever heard the phrase"stranger than fiction"? If you watch the news regularly, you know how unbelievable real stories can be. From chance encounters with lost relatives to unexplained medical emergencies, strange incidents happen over and over again. The following stories may seem unbelievable , but they are true.
Laura's Balloons
In the first story , a young girl named Laura Buxtom was at her grandparents'50th wedding anniversary, where she released a bunch of balloons into the air. She attached a note to the balloons that asked the person who found it to write back to her. Less than two weeks later, she received a reply. A balloon had been found by another Laura Buxtom 150 miles away. They had other similarities, too. The girls were both 10 years old. Also, each had a guinea pig, a rabbit, and a three-year old black Lab dog.
Hospital Mystery
After 31-year old Gloria Ramirez complained of chest pains, she was rushed to Riverside General Hospital. She died shortly after due to kidney failure. However, the strange part of this story is what happened when hospital staff tried to treat her. First, they were overcome by strange fumes when they took a blood sample. Also, they found an oily sheen covering the woman's body, along with unexplained crystals in her blood. The people treating her were soon affected, too. A doctor caring for her suffered lung and liver damage, as well as bone necrosis. As many as two dozen other people were affected. Though further tests were inconclusive, investigators thought that Ramirez, who also suffered from cervical cancer, had taken a cocktail of drugs that combined to make organophosphate, an insecticide, causing her death and affecting those treating her.
The Curse of James Dean's Car
In 1955, James Dean was killed in a crash while driving his Porsche, a sports car. Because of the crash, the car seemed to be jinxed. For instance, as parts from the car were used elsewhere, they brought bad luck. When a mechanic removed the engine from the car after the crash, the engine broke loose and fell on the mechanic, shattering both his legs. Eventually, the engine ended up in the racecar of a driver who was killed while driving it. Similarly, another driver was killed while driving a car that had been fitted with the drive shaft from James Dean's car. Even the car itself seemed to be cursed with bad luck. When a mechanic began repairing James Dean's Porsche, the garage it was housed in burned down. Similarly, while on display in Sacramento, the car slipped off the block and broke a teenager's hip. In Oregon, the trailer that was holding the car slipped and smashed through the window of a shop. Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while on steel mounts, meeting its end.
Separated at Birth
If you're interested in identical twins, this story will interest you. One set of identical twin boys was separated at birth. Unbeknownst to each other or the respective families, the boys were both named James: James Lewis and James Springer. The boys grew up without meeting each other. However, they developed similar abilities. They both possessed mechanical drawing skills and were adept in carpentry. They each married women named Linda. They both divorced and remarried, each of them to a woman named Betty. Forty years after being separated, they were reunited to tell their remarkable stories.
The 21st was a Bad Day
Early on in his life, an astrologer told King Louis XVI that the 21st was going to be a bad day for him. Because of this prophecy, he was to on guard on the 21st day of every month. He was so terrified of the day, in fact, that he never conducted any business on the 21st of any month. However, despite the fact he was almost always on guard, the 21st day did turn out to be a bad one for him. On June 21, 1791, he was arrested along with his wife while trying to escape France. On September 21, 1791, France declared itself a republic. Finally, on January 21, 1973, Louis was executed via the guillotine.
Haley's Comet and Mark Twain
Mark Twain, the famous American author, was born on November 20, 1835, the night that Haley's Comet appeared. In 1909, he predicted that he would die on the day of the Comet's next appearance in 1910. Twain said"I came in with Haley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it."In the end, he did, in fact, fulfill his own prophecy.
The world is full of astonishing coincidences that seem to defy all logic. You can chalk it up to being in the right (or wrong) place at the right time. Maybe you believe it is something more indefinable. You can be certain, though, that these unbelievable but true stories will always be stranger than fiction. lalasticlala 1 Like |
