Human brains have a way of noticing patterns. Indeed, it’s a pretty important part of our survival. So it probably shouldn’t be any surprise that most of us notice those interesting little incidents that seem too convenient to be real.
We’ve gathered stories from people who had their “glitch in the Matrix” moments, when some weird repetition or coincidence all came together to make them think twice. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own stories in the comments down below.
#1

I met a man while working that I thought was really handsome. Had a bit of love-at-first-sight. We talked and I secretly wished for a sign to pursue. The next day I walked outside my apartment at a time I normally am relaxing after work - my crush is parking his car across the street. I suspiciously ask “what are you doing here…” he said “I live here!” We had lived RIGHT across the st from each other for 3 YEARS. We are now married.
63points
#2

When I was like 3 months pregnant with my first child, I had a vivid dream about standing in a bathroom and hanging up shower curtains and a little boy walked into the room and asked "what are you doing Mummy?" And I replied back with an explanation. I remembered his face, his blueish green eyes and curly dark blonde hair.
About 3 years after I had my son, I moved across Canada and got a little apartment unit, my mother went shopping for supplies to stock up with and one of those items was a dark green plastic shower curtain. I didn't think anything of it, and went to the bathroom to hang it up. My son walked in, looked up and said "what are you doing Mummy?" And before I could stop myself I was reciting word-for-word what I said in my dream. To my son, who has blue-green eyes and curly dark blonde hair.
About 3 years after I had my son, I moved across Canada and got a little apartment unit, my mother went shopping for supplies to stock up with and one of those items was a dark green plastic shower curtain. I didn't think anything of it, and went to the bathroom to hang it up. My son walked in, looked up and said "what are you doing Mummy?" And before I could stop myself I was reciting word-for-word what I said in my dream. To my son, who has blue-green eyes and curly dark blonde hair.
46points
#3

One day I was walking home, and a random old “homeless” man jumped in front of me. I stood, frozen in fear as we both stared each other down until he finally says “hey..don’t go that way. Turn around” for some reason my entire soul said to trust him, so I did. When I turned around to thank him he was gone. Literally vanished into thin air..I Got home to find out a girl was m**dered on that
Very same street I was supposed to take at the exact moment I met the man.
Very same street I was supposed to take at the exact moment I met the man.
46points
#4

Newborn stage dreams are vivid. One night I had a nightmare my baby drowned in his bassinet, which was right next to my bed. I woke up in shambles and took him out immediately. held him in the rocking chair. “He’s safer in my arms “ is all I could think in my head. About 20 minutes later I woke up panicked because I realized I had dozed off with him in the chair. I went to lay him back down, and his bassinet was filled with water from a leak we didn’t know about that was right above it.
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44points
#5

One time I woke up in the middle of the night to what I thought was someone calling my name. I could’ve sworn it was my deceased grandma so I knew I had to be dreaming and went back to sleep. The next morning my sister told me she had the weirdest dream that our grandma had called her name from downstairs and it felt so real. I told her I’d experienced the same. Later that day my daughter who never met our grandma said “I dreamed an old sweet lady was lost in our house and I helped her”.
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42points
#6

I’ve lost things, only to find them somewhere else. Like in another state, or somewhere I’ve never been. I once lost an engraved pocket knife and looked everywhere for it. I gave up and two weeks later I went to a house party of someone I just met that night, and when I got out of the car I stepped on something in the dirt. I bent down to scrape it off of the ground/dirt and it was my knife. Dried mud and all. I opened it and my name was on the blade. Wild.
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32points
#7

I once received a voicemail from a friend, asking if we could get together and catch up over a drink or something. Except there were two problems. 1) I was 16 or 17 and definitely not old enough to drink (or at least outside people’s basements where I’d actually “get drinks” with a friend. 2) The voicemail came from me. It was distinctly, without a shred of doubt, my voice. But I never made that call or left that voicemail, for anyone.
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30points
#8

Year 2000. I was pregnant, coming home from my best friend’s funeral, was off balance and wearing heals… bad combination. Got off a bus, walked behind it to cross the road straight in front of a truck going about 80kms. Felt like I got shoved or thrown backwards. As though someone threw me out of the way of the truck. Landed on the ground on my bum. Then walking up the stairs to my apartment, still shaken up, I lost balance, fell backwards, hoovered in the air, was pushed forward to safety. 25 years later I still think about that day a lot. I assume it was my best friend watching over me, or some sort of glitch in the matrix, or I wasn’t fated to die that day.
Decided against wearing heels for the rest of the pregnancy.
Decided against wearing heels for the rest of the pregnancy.
30points
#9

The day after my mum died in hospice, I was in her room gathering her things. I was about to bend down to pick something up when a whoosh of pure light and energy flooded straight through me. It was mum. I know it was.
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28points
#10

I had a dream I punched a friend in the eye, odd but didn't tell anyone. The next day I was hanging out with that person and they just brought up out of the blue that they had a dream where I punched them in the eye.
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28points
#11

My big one that I always think about is that once or twice a month I’ll be reading a word at the exact second someone says it on tv or in real life. Out of the billions of words in the world, how does that keep happening.
23points
#12

Before he was born, I vividly dreamed of dying during my c-section with my son, I saw my son swimming in blood in my belly. I told my doctors that I was going to die and to make sure they had my blood type on hand. I told my doctor of my dreams. She ended up severing an artery during my surgery, I crashed. Four blood transfusions. 16 days in hospital. my son was in nicu/picu for over two months. I know that my dreams were just a premonition of what was to come.
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23points
#13

I left my house to walk to work one day, completely on time to be there 5 minutes early to unlock. I lived less than a 5 minute walk away through a neighborhood. Nothing unusual happened on the walk. I arrived twelve minutes late to work with a bunch of upset coworkers waiting for me. I’ve never been able to explain that unexpected time loss.
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21points
#14

I was 12 when my mom passed away. It was just us two in the house.
That morning, I decided to sleep in late. I woke up to the sound of my door knob turning as if someone was trying to get in my room.
The coroner said my mom had passed early in the morning but I think it was her spirit waking me up.
That night, I don’t remember falling asleep but suddenly I was in a field with her. She said bye and that I would be okay.
That morning, I decided to sleep in late. I woke up to the sound of my door knob turning as if someone was trying to get in my room.
The coroner said my mom had passed early in the morning but I think it was her spirit waking me up.
That night, I don’t remember falling asleep but suddenly I was in a field with her. She said bye and that I would be okay.
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21points
#15

Shazam was a movie that Sinbad starred in and was released in the 90s. Now people are saying it never existed.
20points
#16

This is not something I’ve shared publicly before. One day, I was walking with a friend who was worried her boyfriend was about to call it quits, and as I’m listening, a completely unrelated thought flashed in my head and I burst into full, heavy tears. I said, when my dad dies, my boyfriend won’t be able to be there for me.
Two weeks later, my dad died in a sudden accident. My boyfriend broke up with me the day after his funeral because he wasn’t emotionally equipped to handle my grief.
Two weeks later, my dad died in a sudden accident. My boyfriend broke up with me the day after his funeral because he wasn’t emotionally equipped to handle my grief.
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20points
#17

I was 13 (1973) my mom was driving us from Phx to Scottsdale. It was 12:30 as we left. As we rounded the curve going E all of a sudden we were going W & it was 2:30. She looked at me white as a sheet. I said “Mom! What the F just happened. Mom?!!” She said, “I know. I know. I have no idea. We are going home.” I said, “Mom! We lost 2 hours! WTF OMG!” She said, “Shhh, we are okay. idk honey but we are okay. I am okay. Are you okay?” I looked at my body, checked in with myself. “I am ok” Two hours?
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20points
#18

Lived in NYC for 30 years, through blackouts and terrorist attacks but never felt scared of other NYers. One day during morning rush hour, I'm on the platform, the subway pulls up and I step aside to let people exit the train before I get on. One guy steps off and I'm paralyzed with fear. He didn't even see me, but my brain screamed, "He **lled me." Past tense. I couldn't get on the train. Just watched this benign nondescript man walk away, oblivious to me. Never felt that before or since.
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20points
#19

11/6/2024 I seriously felt like I shifted timelines when I saw those horrid results of the election. I never felt so off in my own skin. I felt a real physical shift. It was 4am & I walked over to the window to look outside & it looked omnious & I was in Hawaii at the time. I will never forget it. 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😩
19points
#20

The same person walked past me 3 times on a street within 5 minutes from the same direction there’s no way that was possible
18points



