To ask you “no one will ever believe that happened” story?

[GingerAndLemonn]

This will probably rile up the troll hunters but Aibu to ask if you have a story that people are like “yeah, sure that happened!”

I’ll go first.

I was chatting to a guy on WhatsApp, we had met a few times and I was really into him. I was replying to a message to him and was sat on the toilet at the time. I dropped my phone and in the scramble of grabbing it before it fell on the (tiled) floor I had deleted the message I was typing and pressed the little microphone button next to the text box. So instead of sending him the flirty message asking for date number 3, I sent him a very panicked fart int he form of a voice note. I blocked him and never saw him again.

Sorry, just realised several posters have already mentioned the camera obscura explanation.

Yes!! Mine was a chink of light between or at the top of the curtains too. There was a window that opened out in such a way (hinges at the top rather than on the side) that it could have provided a reflection from either another open window or the glass conservatory roof below. I don't get all of the intricacies, but I'm glad it's a thing and that people believe me now! My mum didn't, and I expect my grandparents thought I was talking nonsense. I was a pretty silly child!

My brother found a dead body when walking his dog
killed by a famous serial killer (UK)
he had to go to court about it

She said they were a pop band and not her type of thing.

Could be any from the 80s, Duran Duran, Spandau, haircut 100, kajagoogoo 😁

I identified the wrong suitcase in a flight to Germany at the height of the IRA and terrorist bombings . The whole plane had to disembark, all the luggage removed from the hold and reidentified by the passengers. Delay was 2 hours. My name was mud

I’ve had three premonitions in the past 9 months that came true. One involved an armed robbery, I had the premonition in the building involved, the day before it happened.

I believe you, we know a guy who is a falconer and runs several bird of prey centers (supplies and is the keeper for all the local zoos bird section and does shows for fayres etc...) and this is really not that uncommon.

If theres been any shows in the area or you live near a bird cnter/zoo that does displays, then bird regularly get bored and fly off mid display, if its local to where they live they usually just go for a day out then return home themselves.

Also while training young bird they are taken out to fielded areas to fly, young not greatly trained bird will often take off after rabbits etc... and get themselves lost for a bit thats usually in the countryside though.

On top of that you have other breeders (the ones who supply the keepers) and occasionally their birds get out, most breeders and keepers in an area know each other so birds are often found pretty quick but its not that uncommon.

People buy birds of prey as pets with zero idea how to look after them (although usually owls especially barn owls after the popularity of harry potter, an eagle would be unusual) then they escape or people just try to set them free, its a huge issue most bird rescue centers have to deal with.

Just remembered another weird one. My parents and 2 siblings went on holiday a few years ago to Spain (I'm a bit older than them so had grown out of family holidays by that point) and were out walking one day. They passed a restaurant and saw someone sitting inside that they were utterly convinced was me - same type of clothes, same hair, same build, same facial features. They thought I'd flown out to surprise them. They actually went into the restaurant and it was only when they got up very close that they realised it was someone else, but still to this day they say that the resemblance was uncanny and it was definitely my doppelganger.

Ha I suprised my DH like that once. Took him away for a weekend for his birthday, secretly arranged for our two sons who were away from home at the time to come the next day. Had a lovely evening out and kept pointing out random people who looked a bit like one or other of them. Next day went to a pub for lunch and pointed out another ‘random’ person who looked like DS2 at the bar, he was like ‘ omg that one really does look like DS2 its uncanny’ random bloke walked over kissed him and said hello Dad, he cried and when he looked up DS1 was stood next to him too, he cried some more 😁

it's so sad that you live in 2022. if you lived in 1683 you would be the village or tribe fertility lady and people would cone to you with troubles would come to them with the happy news.

When I was living in Northern Spain as a student, I was walking down the street one evening and came across something on the pavement that was the size and shape of a small snake (such as an adder) but looked like an earthworm. It didn't have a head or eyes that I could distinguish, and it was kind of ridged along its body, like earthworms are, rather than scales. I poked it very gently with my toe and it sort of recoiled the way earthworms do if you touch them. This was the days before smartphones so I couldn't take a picture but I looked at it for a good while before walking off. It was maybe 40cm long and probably about 3cm in diameter I'd guess.

But since then, I've tried to google "giant snake-sized earthworms" and the only ones I can find that are native to Europe are long but much too thin. This one was maybe 3cm in diameter. Every time I tell anyone they just say "are you sure you weren't drunk?" But I definitely wasn't drunk!!

Years ago I went out for drinks with someone and we both bought a friend with us. We were all living in London and my friend mentions her parents living in middle of nowhere Yorkshire Dales. The guys friend then says his parents live in Yorkshire too, and launches into a story about their nightmare neighbours. His dad took their plant pots and binned them after the latest slight.

Turns out of was my friends parents.

3 background factors to my weird experience. I was pregnant with DC2 and had a 2 year old. A time of high emotion - I had anti natal depression and our marriage was under a lot of stress, as it so often is for couples with little ones, and we were seeing DH's old friends, which at the time used to trigger all sorts of negative thought processes in me (they are absolutely lovely, it was me, not them). We were staying in a place in the south of Gran Canaria, which was adjacent to a helipad - search and rescue helicopters would come and go all the time. Last, the weather was terrible, described by the locals as a "hurricane" (I think I am right that all hurricanes originate in Ethiopia, so it would make sense for the beginnings of one to pass over the Canaries on the way out across the Atlantic - I've certainly experienced some pretty wild weather there on a number of occasions). Anyway, there was a lot of pressure - emotional and atmospheric - in the air.

DH's friends were staying with us this stormy evening and they were just talking over a glass of wine (not me as pregnant), when I felt this pressure on my left hand ring finger. My wedding ring - a band of solid gold - has completely warped from a perfect circle into a perfect oval and was squeezing my finger. I hadn't touched it, hadn't been squeezing my finger, and it was a very sudden thing, it was fine one second, and the next had changed shape. No amount of squeezing manually would get it back to its usual shape. When we got home, I took it to a local jeweller who was mystified and had no idea how a person could have done that without taking it off and squeezing it in a vice or something. I asked him if helicopter vibrations or extreme stormy weather might have done it - he looked at me like I was nuts!

Funnily enough, I mentioned the incident to DH just last week. Frustratingly, he has no memory of it happening at all, although he does vaguely remember me taking the ring to the jewellers . We were barely holding it together, so it wasn't really high in his list of important things to think about (and it was 12 years ago).

Well either that, or dunked in the river for being a witch, the minute someone powerful experienced infertility or miscarriage and they were looking for a scapegoat.

It sounds very much like a Slow Worm:

Oh god, I'm so sorry to have been a tease with my handsome singer! I hate when people do these posts and just allude to a famous person, so annoying! But I respect his privacy as he was a decent person... even if he did have quite a high opinion of himself!

But yes, it was the 2nd half of the 80s.

Interestingly enough (or not, maybe) when I went to uni and started working in a bar the singer of the Bay City Rollers, Les, came in a couple of times. He acted like he was something special, though nobody cared. It was about 14 years since he'd been in the public eye. I didn't have a fling with him.

I also wanted to say:
*camera obscura
*Backswimmer rather than water boatman
*Yes ladybirds can bite! and
*DH and I also saw a panther, in the field opposite our house. It was far too big to be a cat.

Also, just a general I believe you!

Oh, and the UFO in Australia... could it have been aurora australis?

A friend of mine found a very important piece of evidence in a famous serial killer investigation! She had to go to court too. She doesn't like talking about it though as it was quite traumatic for her. One of the victims was a friend.

If it's Duran Duran I'm SO JEALOUS! I always had a crush on him when he was younger 😊

I was once buying something online. I had arranged to call the seller at a particular time. I was on a train so I knew the signal might be in and out. She answered and was also on a train. We talked for a bit, apologising for each other’s signals and then realised we were on the same train… all very weird. She was in a different carriage so I went and found her.. It was obviously meant to be so I bought the item she was selling.

I don't really have any stories like this unfortunately. My only story is about infertility.

We'd been trying for ages, and had experienced losses and all sorts. An issue was found with my eggs (genetic so pretty unchangeable!) And was told that I'd likely need to have IVF and likely with a donor egg as vast majority of my eggs would be affected so it would be unlikely I'd get a "good one".

Had my appointment booked for the IVF clinic then Covid hit, was devastated as it meant a delay again. I was told not to have sex to avoid any pregnancy which was likely to end in miscarriage. Doctor said due to the delay of Covid I could try one last time if I wanted but obviously I'd been putting myself through more heartbreak.

Anyway, got pregnant and my literal miracle is 2 🙂 had to have a lot of tests and probing and prodding throughout but she's perfect and a very literal miracle! My "good egg" that they said I was unlikely to ever find.

Wow. This is amazing. I don't have any story like this, but I really like yours.

Many years ago I was standing at a bus stop minding my own business when a man walking past suddenly stopped, turned to me and said “you’re going to give birth to a son. A gift from God. There you are isn’t God good?” And walked off. I was a bit spooked, because I was struggling with infertility and going through IVF. I never did get pregnant though. Either he was mentally unwell or he’d picked the wrong person to give his message to!

This is a great thread ignore the naysayers OP. Right my contribution. I will stick with an animal theme. I lived years ago in a terraced cottage in the middle of a big UK city. It had a back yard that I had made into a small garden. A bit of decking and pot plants. It was single storey so my bedroom faced onto this garden. I had been very ill in bed. When I started to feel better I got up and opened the curtains. On the decking hopping about right under the window was a robin. BUT it’s breast wasn’t red it was bright blue. My cat at the time also caught and killed a mink and brought it into the garden. I also worked at a primary school in the same city. It had a wildlife pond that was completely overrun with African clawed toads. They are used in research laboratories I believe. How did they get into a city centre pond? I guess many wild animals are taking up residence in cities so I can understand the mink getting there under its own steam but the toads?