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What just happened to me!?

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2wombraiders · 13/02/2023 10:43

I’m prepared to be told I’m mentally unwell and need to see a doctor (last resort) but I’m certain I just entered a time glitch.

I was driving into the countryside to collect my daughter from a sleepover and everything felt like it was really slow. I pulled over as I thought it was the car. I looked up and saw a Concorde flying above me. The type that were a common sight in the 90s and before. I’m 100% it was a Concorde and not a similar looking plane as I grew up near air fields and ports and watched them daily.

The car that was driving behind me had vanished. There was no where for it to go as we were on a very narrow country lane and over taking would have been very difficult. Even the birds were moving slower, like they were hovering not gliding.
I got back in the car and after 10 minutes or so everything was back to normal. I arrived late to collect my daughter so I’m not sure what happened with the time as I set off early. I saw the car behind me as I was pulling into the driveway of the house I was going to.

My husband thinks I’m pranking him, my best friend laughed and said I clearly drank too much last night (I didn’t), I’m confident I didn’t faint or black out so I don’t know what the explanation is.
I’ve Googled this specific place to see if there is anything ‘wrong’ but I can’t find any stories and no mention of Concorde sights. Ive seen a few stories of time stopping still for people but I’m sceptical about this sort of stuff. I just can’t shake the creepiness of it! Has this happened to anyone else?

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2bazookas · 13/02/2023 12:13

You were dreaming after you fell asleep at the wheel. You could have killed yourself or someone else.

CallieQ · 13/02/2023 12:14

Better get yourself checked out OP

Underparmummy · 13/02/2023 12:16

Some type of dissociation? Are you stressed?

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2wombraiders · 13/02/2023 10:43

I’m prepared to be told I’m mentally unwell and need to see a doctor (last resort) but I’m certain I just entered a time glitch.

I was driving into the countryside to collect my daughter from a sleepover and everything felt like it was really slow. I pulled over as I thought it was the car. I looked up and saw a Concorde flying above me. The type that were a common sight in the 90s and before. I’m 100% it was a Concorde and not a similar looking plane as I grew up near air fields and ports and watched them daily.

The car that was driving behind me had vanished. There was no where for it to go as we were on a very narrow country lane and over taking would have been very difficult. Even the birds were moving slower, like they were hovering not gliding.
I got back in the car and after 10 minutes or so everything was back to normal. I arrived late to collect my daughter so I’m not sure what happened with the time as I set off early. I saw the car behind me as I was pulling into the driveway of the house I was going to.

My husband thinks I’m pranking him, my best friend laughed and said I clearly drank too much last night (I didn’t), I’m confident I didn’t faint or black out so I don’t know what the explanation is.
I’ve Googled this specific place to see if there is anything ‘wrong’ but I can’t find any stories and no mention of Concorde sights. Ive seen a few stories of time stopping still for people but I’m sceptical about this sort of stuff. I just can’t shake the creepiness of it! Has this happened to anyone else?

It sounds like you had a seizure in which you retained consciousness. I'm sorry but you need to immediately inform DVLA since they (and your GP) will need to consider if you are fit to continue driving. As you can see in the link below, a seizure in which you lose consciousness is an automatic removal of your driving licence but a seizure in which you retain consciousness (as would appear to be the case here) may be OK to continue to drive.

www.gov.uk/epilepsy-and-driving

I'm sorry but time travel doesn't exist so the only way you would have "lost" 30 mins as you suggest later is that you had a seizure.

itsgettingweird · 13/02/2023 12:18

LickYouLikeACrispPacket · 13/02/2023 10:48

I’d be worried it was some sort of seizure like issue.

Exactly my first thought.

Chooksnroses · 13/02/2023 12:18

AutumnScream · 13/02/2023 10:47

How weird! Everyone will be along in a minute to tell you you're having a stroke. But theres a certain station in Liverpool and one specific area every single time i walk through it i feel like everything slows right down, all my movements slow right down and everything goes into slow mo its most peculiar. Only in one particular area once i get through that part everyone speeds up to normal again.

www.paranormalscholar.com/liverpools-time-slips-and-mysterious-events

199O · 13/02/2023 12:19

2wombraiders · 13/02/2023 12:04

This is exactly what I’m thinking mattdillonseyebrows, thank you. I appreciate the health concerns but I was fully aware of my surroundings and knew it was really happening. I will speak to a doctor but I’m confident it wasn’t a seizure. Sometimes situations have other explanations that aren’t always health or mental related.
I wasn’t driving when it happened.
when I felt a lag I pulled over as I thought my car was having trouble. The noise of the Concorde made me think my engine was damaged. I got out of the car immediately and stood on the field, looked around, the car was gone, looked up and there was a Concorde explaining the noise I thought was my engine. After it flew past I sat in my car but I wasn’t driving until everything felt normal again. Then the car reappeared as I arrived at the house.

My friend had similar happen. One time she thought she had gone from the sofa, into her garden and come back in and sat back on the sofa. I was there, she hadn’t left the sofa. I had been talking to her and she didn’t remember any of that conversation.

She’d had a couple of other similar things happen so couldn’t dismiss them any longer as time slips or whatever. The GP sent her for tests and she was diagnosed with epilepsy.

I really would urge you to see a doctor ASAP.

Cornettoninja · 13/02/2023 12:19

Ionlydrinkondaysendinginy · 13/02/2023 12:00

You need to see if you can figure out a more realistic explanation of what happened before going to the drs as the first thing they will do is contact the dvla and they will take your license

Hope the OP lives near you rather than me.

That’s terrible advice for someone who needs to rule out causes that would make them a massive danger on the roads.

MsDastardley · 13/02/2023 12:19

Ihatethenewlook · 13/02/2023 11:30

I was going to mention bold street in Liverpool

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Me too :) My daughter and I always talk about this when we walk down Bold Street, we want to go back in time and save John Lennon!

TheYearOfSmallThings · 13/02/2023 12:19

You either dozed off or had some kind of seizure.

35965a · 13/02/2023 12:20

Sounds like a seizure

fancyfie · 13/02/2023 12:20

Let's be realistic. It's more likely to be medical than the alternative being the paranormal or time travel.

CoorieInByTheFire · 13/02/2023 12:23

Easy to lose 20 minutes to a seizure, the seizure might have been very short, but you can be really dopey and muddled after.

ItchyBillco · 13/02/2023 12:24

2wombraiders · 13/02/2023 10:57

If it was a long drive I’d maybe consider tiredness, but it’s a 10 minute drive and with a child free night last night I slept for almost 9 hours. Doesn’t explain the vanishing and reappearing car behind me, If I’d fallen asleep wouldn’t there have been a crash?

I could hear it yes and felt the force too, I thought my car engine was about to explode because of the slowness and noise I could hear. I’m not sure on specific names and types that existed, but it was identical to the ones that flew over my house as a child. I’ve posted on my local Facebook group to see if anyone heard or saw it.

I think with the increased auditory and physical ‘pressure’ symptoms this was likely a neurological thing. Whether that’s something that needs investigation, I’m not sure.

MushMonster · 13/02/2023 12:24

You need to go to the doctor, I think, because you mention a time lapse, though I think maybe you stopped and came out of the car for longer than you recall? But
I have been driving while supersonic army airplanes passed ahead and oh! It was weird, very weird feeling. At first I felt it, then heard it (well, I think, I am not even sure!) and it freaked me out, then finally saw it just above me. If I had not seen that plane, I would have been really unsettled.
But no feeling of time lapsed came with it.
If what you describe actually happened, the other car got freaked out too and stopped out of your sight.
But you could have been hallucinating and you better have it checked.

MeganTheeScallion · 13/02/2023 12:25

Forget the woo. You should see a doctor. It's not a good idea to get behind the wheel again while you don't know what's happened. Hope you're okay Flowers

Mothership4two · 13/02/2023 12:26

A friend of mine developed epilepsy as an adult but before she had her first fit she had waking dreams which sound similar to what you have described OP. It was all about to be investigated but she didn't feel her doctor took it (the waking dreams) very seriously. She is on medication and fit free now.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 13/02/2023 12:26

Sometimes situations have other explanations that aren’t always health or mental related.

I'm all in favour of a bit of harmless woo, and if you made up the story I have no problems with that either. But if you have accurately described an experience that you just had while driving several tonnes of metal, then yes, there is a brain related explanation and that is where you need to be looking.

However your lack of anxiety and insistence on a supernatural explanation leads me to think we probably don't need to worry Grin

TallulahBetty · 13/02/2023 12:26

Ohyoudodoyou · 13/02/2023 11:01

Google Bold Street time slip!

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OMG this has given me chills

maddy68 · 13/02/2023 12:29

I actually would mention this to a doctor as it does sound some kind of brain issue.

Girdlebum · 13/02/2023 12:30

Are you sure it wasn’t just a fighter jet? Look up eurofighter as they are a similar shape and have the delta wings like Concorde did

CountryMusicHottie · 13/02/2023 12:30

TheYearOfSmallThings · 13/02/2023 12:26

Sometimes situations have other explanations that aren’t always health or mental related.

I'm all in favour of a bit of harmless woo, and if you made up the story I have no problems with that either. But if you have accurately described an experience that you just had while driving several tonnes of metal, then yes, there is a brain related explanation and that is where you need to be looking.

However your lack of anxiety and insistence on a supernatural explanation leads me to think we probably don't need to worry Grin

Spot on I think.

ItchyBillco · 13/02/2023 12:30

2wombraiders · 13/02/2023 10:59

I was calm yes, just very confused. It felt around 10 minutes altogether but seems like time jumped by 30 minutes as I didn’t arrive until 20 minutes after I was supposed to, I was on target to be 10 minutes early for a chat.

Ok this is definitely neurological. I think you need to see a doctor. There’s a chance they’ll watch and wait, but the loss of time, confusion, strange physical and auditory symptoms all point towards a seizure or syncope-type episode.

Let’s be honest, you didn’t time travel or slow down time so the only explanation is a medical episode.

Oopswediditagain2023 · 13/02/2023 12:31

This is really common - like unbelievably common! And that's just the people who'll admit that it's happened to them.

writemynameinthesand · 13/02/2023 12:31

Dissociation or some sort of seizure? I have strong episodes every so often where I lose time, and everything seems ‘odd’ - unreal or I’m watching from a distance - before ‘coming to’ - has happened since I was a teenager . Sometimes accompanied by deja vu or a hot flush . Have spoken to GPs several times over as younger sister has temporal lobe epilepsy and mother had seizures for years and years, in my case they’re pretty convinced it’s anxiety and trauma related - there’s a strong pattern to it and it’s reasonably provokable .

I did have a funny episode years ago walking on a country road alone on a very hot day, where it suddenly occurred to me that road had never changed in 100+ years (true it hadn’t, other than probably the addition of tarmac!)- but houses etc had been same for 150 odd years . Remember thinking I saw a ghost but I was also and alone and dreaming !!