Most people have at least one story that they tell quickly, only to people they trust, because it sounds so crazy it might get them sectioned. They noticed a pattern or saw a vision, had a weirdly specific dream, or even had technology have a mind of its own. Each one, more inexplicable than the next. The only thing that makes sense? "It's a sign!"
Someone on Threads asked people to share the biggest sign they ever received that made them think there was absolutely no way it was a coincidence. Songs, numbers, names, moments of impossible timing, all of it shared by people who are not, for the most part, particularly mystical. Just people who had a moment they could never fully explain away, no matter how hard they tried.
#21
I dreamt my dog d**d a week before she d**d in real life, out of nowhere. In the dream she d**d in my arms on the way to the vet. In real life she d**d in my arms on the way to the vet. Turns out she had cancer and we had no idea until the day she d**d.
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Animals are always popping up as signs, and across almost every spiritual tradition in human history, they have carried meaning beyond their physical presence. Spirit animals are believed to appear, in life or in dreams, when their particular message is needed.
Hawks represent protection and trust, appearing when someone is feeling uncertain. Lions represent courage and leadership, showing up at moments of transition. The specific animal matters less than the consistency with which people report the right one appearing at the right time. It just feels too precise to be entirely random!
Sceptics will point out that all of these animals exist in nature and appear regularly regardless of anyone's emotional state. But let us believe in something! Especially if it is something that brings a little joy.
#22
My first Mother’s Day without my mom, this bird was on a ledge outside. I walked over to it and it hopped in my hand and sat there for five mins while I cried. So I got it tattooed on me with my mom’s handwriting.
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#23
After my dad d**d I started running to deal with the grief. I was out for a run one day and for some reason was very tearful and ended up having to walk. I was walking, praying and talking to my dad when suddenly a pest control van crossed in front of me. In big letters it said Termite, my dad’s nickname for me since I was a little girl. I laughed and found the energy to run home!
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#24
In 2016 my goddaughter was driving and involved in a head on collision with zero injuries. We were so grateful. My parents had both p****d (Dad in 2008, mom in 2014). I thought they must have been there and protected her. Also they often send us pennies from heaven. My police officer husband wanted to go & check out the scene. When we arrived, I immediately found two pennies, both with heads up and in their years. Tax below.
23points
Dreams are perhaps the oldest and most universal form of sign-seeking in human history. If you are being chased in your dream, then you are probably avoiding something in real life. Falling reflects a loss of control. Teeth falling out signal anxiety about image or how others perceive you. Flying represents freedom or the overcoming of an obstacle. The list goes on, and the coincidences keep growing.
The consistency of these dream symbols across different cultures, languages, and centuries is one of the more extraordinary things about human psychology. The specific imagery varies, but the underlying emotional content is almost universal. Keep dreaming, kids!
#25
My stepbrother committed s*****e. On the first anniversary of his d***h, I was driving to work, thinking of him, and at that exact moment the car that he used to drive drove in front of me with the license plate that read, “Miss you”.
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#26
Mine was a literal sign!
Was considering going back to school to finish my Bachelor degree. Applied to a couple of schools but didn’t get in. Driving to work one day I saw a billboard for University of Richmond School for
Professional and Continuing Studies: “Do you need to finish your degree?”
Applied that night. Was accepted and graduated with my BA in 2019.
Was considering going back to school to finish my Bachelor degree. Applied to a couple of schools but didn’t get in. Driving to work one day I saw a billboard for University of Richmond School for
Professional and Continuing Studies: “Do you need to finish your degree?”
Applied that night. Was accepted and graduated with my BA in 2019.
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#27
One day as a kid we were all left in the house with nothing to eat. Six kids and not a drop of food to be had.
It had been a day or two without food and starting to feel hopeless.
Then our next-door neighbor, Steve, knocked on the door. He claimed they had two extra pizzas delivered and was curious if we wanted them.
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When everything is said and done, we know that confirmation bias is real. And so is pattern recognition. Grief also makes us look for meaning in places it may not exist, and the brain is extraordinarily good at finding what it goes looking for. All of that is true, and none of it is the whole story.
Because the whole story and the feeling that came from it will always make you feel that something in that moment was not entirely random. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe the most honest answer is that we don't fully know, and that sitting with that uncertainty is more useful than collapsing it prematurely in either direction.
Have you ever experienced a sign so clear you simply couldn't explain it away? Tell us in the comments!
#28
6 months after my mom p****d, I was at work one day. An older woman came up to my bar and wanted to order takeout. We chatted as she waited and it came up she was about to turn 70 on Feb 4. I said, my mom would have been 70 that day too! Well the day came, and the woman came back, and brought me a small succulent, chocolates and a card! Her name was Gloria Jean. Such a sweet woman. My mom was the exact same way, if the tables were turned somehow she would have done the same thing. I miss her.
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#29
My mother and I were at a “garage” sale, inside a gigantic barn at a fairground, a couple months after my father had p****d away. Barn was filled to the brim with all kinds of stuff to benefit our local animal rescue. We circled around a couple of times, looked at everything. Just as we were leaving, I hear mom gasp and say, “Cindy, LOOK!” On the table right next to us, were 4 baby blocks (the only baby blocks in the whole place) that spelled out D-O-U-G, my dad’s name!!!
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#30
Had some off-tasting shrimp on NYE, then had a vivid dream (visitation) from my Nana, who just kept telling me “everything is going to be okay”. Chalked it up to mild food p*******g until I missed my period. I was 40, people. Anyway, the bad shrimp just had his seventh birthday, and everything is indeed okay. Thanks, Nana.
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#31
Scrolling Facebook one evening, I see the ‘people you may know’ section and a face jumps out at me. Gary Bailey. I click, thinking “maybe I’ve met this guy” and look at his friends to see if we have mutuals. He has five or six friends and a pretty dormant profile. First name on the list? Same as an old boyfriend I always felt was The One. I reached out, wondering if it was him. He replied an hour or so later.
We celebrate ten years married next January.
I’ve never found Gary Bailey again.
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#32
My mother was sick and in the hospital and told me she needed someone with her at night. I went home to make arrangements for someone to be there with her, but in the meantime prayed that an angel/divine love could be with her and watch over her for the night. In the morning when I saw her she thanked me for sending someone to sit with her. She said whenever she woke up in the night she saw him sitting in the chair in the corner. In the morning, he was gone.
18points
#33
I attended the NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade the Nov. after my beloved dad had p****d. We both LOVED this parade. Walking back to our hotel afterwards many roads were still blocked off and it was pouring rain. We turned onto an unfamiliar street and for whatever reason I looked up. I was standing in front of HAROLDS restaurant. My Dad’s name! On the way home, I looked out the car window & in huge letters on the side of a building was HENRY construction. My Dad’s name was Harold Henry.
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#34
My son d**d from s*****e in 2010. He was 21 years old. His father and I were divorced and we both had bedrooms for him. He asked if I wanted to come up to help clean out his room. I was very anxious and had an actual anxiety attack over it but I went. The first thing I picked up in his room was a notebook that immediately opened up to a page that said, "I love you Mom" I cried my eyes out. I have it framed in my office.
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#35
Backstory-years ago playing cards with dear friends and the question arose who the artist was for the song “Spirit in the Sky.” Using slow, screeching dial-up internet we researched the answer, Norman Greenbaum. Years later our friend d**d suddenly. On my way to work the next morning, grieving and crying, Spirit in the Sky suddenly began playing on the radio. When the song ended the DJ said “that was ‘Spirit in the Sky’ by Norman Greenbaum.” I knew my friend was ok.
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#36
A few years ago, I had a vivid dream where I was with my cousin, trying to reach my destination in a snowstorm. It turned out I was heading to a daycare. When I arrived with my cousin, I found a little boy with curly hair who told me he was waiting for his mom, and that I was there to pick him up. He told me his name: Clarence. Three weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. I later learned it was a boy, and I named him Clarence.
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#37
I was devastated when I had to put my beloved dog down on a Fri evening. As I approached my house coming home from work on Monday, I realized it was the first time in 13 years that he wouldn’t be there to happily greet me. As I sat in the living room sobbing, a robin landed on the window screen - actually clung to the screen with its claws. That robin followed me to the kitchen and sunroom. I know it was my sweet Fitzy trying to comfort me.
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#38
Just happened few weeks ago. I'm in my last year in my master degree. I was getting burnt out badly in my old university. My husband made a comment abou transferring to another one for this fall. 2 days, after that conversation, he met a univ recruiter by accident while taking our kids to optometrist. That recruiter called me and told me their university is looking for students in their last year, because they have federal grants they need to use or they'll lose it next year. And that's how I am.
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#39
Asked my best friend who p****d away last year for a sign that he’s here. The next morning, I drove past this Wendy’s (which he loved). It said “Bello Mendy” for the Minions movie, but we said “bello” instead of “hello” and Mendy is my last name. He was a meme lord, so of course it was on a Wendy’s sign.
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#40
I was in 2nd & 3rd grade from 1980-82. A classmate and friend was Mike. I moved away in 1983. In the spring of 2001 I hiked and skied Mt Washington. I stopped for a rest towards the end of the day next to a stranger. Skied on another few minutes then took another rest. That stranger skied up to me and asked if I was My Name. I said yes, he said, it’s me Mike. Wearing a ski hat and goggles, and separated by 19 years he somehow recognized me.
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