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Coincidence: A Matter of Chance - or Synchronicity? (Paperback)
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Coincidence: A Matter of Chance - or Synchronicity? (Paperback)
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Loot Price R482
Discovery Miles 4 820
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In 1981 British Rail had a call from a woman who claimed to have
had a vision of a fatal crash in which a freight train had been
involved. So clear had it been, she said, that she not merely saw
the blue diesel engine, but could read the number: 47 216. Two
years later, an accident of the kind she predicted occurred, all
the details matching - except one: the engine's number was 47 299.
That would have been that, but a train spotter, Howard Johnston,
happened to have noticed that 47 299 was not the engine's original
number. It had been renumbered, a couple of years before, from 47
216. Diesels, he knew, were ordinarily renumbered only after major
modifications, which this one had not undergone. When curiosity
prompted him to ask why, he was told about the prediction.
Apparently British Rail officials had been sufficiently impressed
(they had checked with the local police, and found that the woman
who had provided it had given them some useful information from her
visions) to try to ward off fate by changing the number. The ruse
had failed, and 'they had officially logged it all as an "amazing
coincidence."' Life is full of coincidences, some are minor, but
often, like the one above, they are extraordinary. Whether they are
random events or meaningful cosmic moments which have a purpose, we
don't know-it remains a mystery. But what is certain is, a lot of
people have them, and they never cease to amaze us. In Coincidence:
A Matter of Chance - or Synchronicity? Author and historian, Brian
Inglis has compiled a collection of fascinating accounts that will
uplift, confound, and leave the most committed sceptics scratching
their heads.
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