Do you believe in fate or you believe in coincidence, well! Foe me, I believe a lot of things are just to intriguing or creepy in some cases to be just coincidence. Here are few events I came across and I thought I should share and then hear Steemians view.
First and foremost, is the case of a certain Joseph Figlock (1937, Detroit Michigan) who unknowingly saved a free-falling toddler from a four (4) story window when the baby fell and struck him on the head and shoulder. As if that wasn’t ‘wow’ enough, history repeated itself a year later (1938) when another free-falling baby struck him on the head while he was carrying out his daily job of sweeping alleys.
For me, that is just too good to be mere coincidence. In any case, those babies had an heroe in Joseph Figlock.
I found another story of Major Walter Summerford intriguing or is it shocking I should say. He was a sportsman who was struck by a lightning not once, not twice, but four (4) times, three (3) times while alive (1918, 1924, and 1930) and once when already dead and buried in his gravestone (1934). How can a lightning had struck a gravestone of a man who has already been struck three (3) times during his lifetime! Coincidence indeed.
Now, for fellow lovers of football (soccer), the name Mesut Ozil will ring a bell, He is a German that plays professional football for both the German national team and ArsenalFC of England.
Do you all know He was born 15th Oct 1988, three (3) month after the death of an iconic Italian, founder of Ferrari sport cars. Enzo Anselmo Ferrari was born in Modena, Italy 18th Feb 1898 and died 14th Aug 1988. Widespread believe it to be the reincarnation of Enzo Anselmo Ferrari and gosh I wouldn’t blame them; the semblance is just so incredible. A whole lot still believe it to be a mere coincidence, a normal case of lookalike.
Pictures of Enzo Ferrari and Mesut Ozil side by side
My final case study fate or coincidence is a tragic story of two (2) brothers killed exactly a year apart, at same age of seventeen (17) years old, by same taxi driver carrying same passenger, at the same junction.
Lawrence Ebbin (1975, Hamilton, Bermuda) was 17years old when he was killed while riding the same moped his late brother Neville Ebbin (17 years old) rode last year when he was killed by this same taxi driver carrying the same passenger, at the same junction. If this is a coincidence, it is one creepy coincidence surely.
So Steemians, these are few out of so many jaw dropping stories of case of either fate or coincidence.
What are your thoughts Steemians?
It is always interesting to me to see how the character of man creates the effects that occur in their lives.
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Well digested Peman, i would like to add that Fate is that power that is believed to control what happens in the future (things unforseen) while Coincidence can simply be a situation where two or more similar things happen at a time, much in a way that is surprising. Both fate and coincidence are two things that cannot be controlled by humans. I think that fate is considered to be predetermined or planned (mostly by a supernatural power) whereas coincidence is accidental and unplanned. I believe in fate.
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