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On the back of the "paranormal" thread

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Starlight86 · 22/01/2021 12:58

Has anyone's intuition saved them from a bad situation or what could have happened.

I have a story that cant be explained and dont want to out too much so will loosely explain.

When i was younger my gran phoned me and asked me not to do something i had been asked to do (perfectly normal thing i was to do with something regarding work), she had a terrible feeling about it, told me not to go, spoke to my mum and dad about it also.

I didn't listen and something quite awful did happen.

I haven't really experienced intuition like that myself on that kind of level.

Can never explain how my gran knew what was going to happen....neither could she, she just has a terrible feeling about it.

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iklboo · 22/01/2021 13:06

When I was young my nana (who used to live with us) liked to go 'treat' shopping. One day she wanted to go to Manchester town centre. I didn't want to go. Just flat out didn't - and I usually loved it. I couldn't explain why - I just didn't want to go, so was crying my eyes out. She tried everything to persuade me - the escalators I liked, nice lunch etc. I still refused. She got really angry with me and we ended up going to the local market instead.

When we got home she put the tv on and there was coverage of the fire at Woolworths which had killed people. Mainly in the area where we'd have been having lunch at the time if we'd have gone.

FrostyChocolateMilkshake · 22/01/2021 13:09

Nothing like this has personally happened to me. However, when I was working in America a woman I worked with told me her husband was due to go into work one day as usual. Out of the blue one of their children woke up ill that morning so he decided to work from home.
Later that day the planes flew into the Twin Towers.
His office was in one of the towers.

Sometimes fate steps in when we least expect it.

Riapia · 22/01/2021 13:54

Person 1. “Do you believe in coincidence?”
Person 2. “ Yes.”
Person 1. “ So do I. Wow! Now what are the chances of this happening.”

Londonmummy66 · 22/01/2021 18:00

When I was about 11 I just knew that I wouldn't need to buy my (not elderly and fit and healthy) aunt a Christmas present. She was knocked down by a bus and died in mid-December. Sad

Staffy1 · 22/01/2021 18:08

Where is the original paranormal thread please?

Pundemmic · 22/01/2021 18:15

Many times - a potential relationship that had more red flags than a bunting but cleverly disguised, gut feelings around certain people that proved to be correct, around taking a job that has been cancelled due to covid etc etc. I can just see things three steps ahead. It’s not very exciting because I’ve avoided any danger.

I will say in a previous relationship I felt sick every day with gut churning fear and that relationship did end terribly. Going through many hard times made me more aware of what is out there.

Pundemmic · 22/01/2021 18:21

Right now there is a situation which to me it’s blindingly obvious that it doesn’t ring true and that certain people have a hidden agenda and are not being entirely honest. I can’t say anything about it though as I wouldn’t be believed.

MirandasMumIsSuchFun · 22/01/2021 18:36

Once when on holiday in Thailand DH and I were going to grab a drink by the beach in the evening and see the fireworks. As we started to walk down the stairs I had this overwhelming feeling that something bad was going to happen and said to DH not sure this is a good idea I have a bad feeling but DH said dont be silly we are just going to grab a drink. After we sat and ordered our drinks I was hit by a firework in my face and rushed to hospital with burns and cuts, luckily no long lasting damage but was pretty traumatising, the bar guys said its never happened before was just a fluke.

Cuntitinthebin · 22/01/2021 18:37

I feel like your story would be better with specifics.

Tallybeebloom · 22/01/2021 18:57

These weren't my instincts, but my dog's.

I have a dog who is reactive, this means I tend to take her out her 'big walk' at night after dark. Have been doing this for years and never had any issues. One night when I was walking her i started to walk towards an open grass area that's surrounded by trees. As we started to get towards the trees she started pulling to go back, I tried to pull her on and was literally having to drag her. Her hackles raised and she was growling into the shadows, almost frozen to the spot. It was too dark so I couldn't see anything. Then she turned in the opposite direction and started sprinting away. I decided to go with her instincts and started walking quickly away with her but as we walked away she kept turning her head and looking over her shoulder back to the woods and then crying/yelping almost and trying to go faster than I would walk (she was on the lead) so eventually I started running with her.
I ran home and locked every lock I could in the house as I was so freaked out. She hadn't ever done anything like it before.

The next day a woman's body was found in a nearby park. I'll never know what she was actually growling at or if it was in anyway connected (it was very near but not the exact same place) but I always think I did the right thing going with her instincts regardless.

BashfulClam · 23/01/2021 02:11

I wheats say in front upstairs seat of the bus. I loved being able to sit and watch as the bus drive through town. I’ve day I climbed the stairs and turned to the front as normal. Something was telling me ‘no!’ I set in the seat behind the stairs and had my knees braced against the little wall bit separates the seats from the stairs.

My bus crashed, people were thrown from their seats and injured (I would have been thrown if I’d sat in my normal seat). I don’t know what made me sit elsewhere and I barely felt anything as I’d ‘braced’ myself by propping my legs up.

dillydallydollydaydream7 · 23/01/2021 02:20

When I was younger I had been with my boyfriend at the time for years. We had an argument (more me being stubborn) and he rang me late at night to talk. I told him I was going to bed and didn't want to speak but when i went to put the phone down, something in my head told me I HAD to tell him that I loved him, so I did, quietly. That night he was killed in a car accident. I'll never know if he heard me tell him I loved him or not.

Offskki · 23/01/2021 06:11

I feel like your story would be better with specifics

Quite! I was imagining a thread full of, “Yes OP. I can’t go in to specifics but once, there was this thing and I decided not to go. Thank god I didn’t because something happened.

GallowsHumour · 23/01/2021 06:23

@Pundemmic

Many times - a potential relationship that had more red flags than a bunting but cleverly disguised, gut feelings around certain people that proved to be correct, around taking a job that has been cancelled due to covid etc etc. I can just see things three steps ahead. It’s not very exciting because I’ve avoided any danger.

I will say in a previous relationship I felt sick every day with gut churning fear and that relationship did end terribly. Going through many hard times made me more aware of what is out there.

Maybe you’re just a very cautious person?
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