Gut Feeling: These Chilling Premonitions Came True
We've all those times when something just didn't feel right. Whether it was walking into a strange place, meeting a new person, or just a moment as simple as brushing your teeth, we tend to have a sixth sense that tells us when we're in danger.
Sometimes these feelings amount to nothing, but other times, we wind up being right on the money. These Redditors came together to share stories about their own experiences when a bad feeling turned out to be true.
Take a deep breath and read on for these stories about times when gut feelings warned people that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
1. Just in Time to Say Goodbye
My grandma got diagnosed with cancer about a month ago. We caught it late so there wasn't much we could do. She was too old and weak for chemo, so we decided against that. Last Sunday I just had a gut feeling I had to fly out to visit her. So, I did that, got back on Wednesday. She passed away Friday, a few weeks earlier than the prognosis predicted.
I'm really glad I was able to see her one last time.
2. Saved By a Lace
While walking down a street in a Nicaragua, I noticed my shoelaces were getting loose. At which point, I had a 'gut feeling' that I should stop and retie them, to avoid untied shoelace related accidents and injuries. In the 10 seconds I took to tie my sneakers, a bus stop with five people at it, about 10 seconds walk from where I was standing, got laid flat by an out of control bus.
The people that had been waiting for the bus were now under it.
3. At Least They Were Already in a Hospital
I work at a psych hospital. I was in the cafe with an adult unit and the adolescent unit was also there. I had known one of the kids from when she was on the children’s and normally we had a good rapport.
I went to say hi and told her I was proud she had been staying out of trouble, and a few of the other girls reacted weirdly to me saying it and the girl looked guilty.
I told the staff on the unit and said they should keep an extra eye on the girls because I had bad vibes about it. The staff kinda brushed me off. It ended up being a fatal mistake. A half-hour later four girls (including the one I knew) literally almost killed the two staff. One of my co-workers got her head bashed in and suffered brain trauma, and the other one was blinded in one eye.
4. What’s the Harm at a Farm?
I had a co-worker who used to go to parties in high school. Several of the parties in her senior year were at some guy’s farm. She went to one and bailed right away, saying it felt weird.
The guy who owned the farm was none other than Robert Pickton.
