posted May 31, 2004 08:30 AM         

I swear on my mothers grave it was me. I looked exactly the same. I had the same clothes, jewellery, hair style, make up everything. She even had my ring on. The same one that my sister had given me for my 15th birthday. It was absolutely identical.

Nobody believed me when I said I didn't go to the concert. My father would never in a million years allow me to a concert so far from home. Not at that age anyway. Even my best friends accused me of lying and refused to speak to me for ages. I was in total shock and awfully upset. It was like looking at a clone. I don't know why, but, I kept thinking perhaps it was a sign I was going to die, or perhaps a sign of imminent doom.

I'd like to know if any of you have had similar experiences? It only happened to me that once. Later in life I read about dopplegangers. I think that scared me even more. Obviously I'm still around.... how do I know I'm really me?

posted August 26, 2004 01:21 AM         

would you care to elaborate on what you've read about doppelgangers? what is it about them that is scary?

posted August 26, 2004 04:42 PM         

The concept of doppelgangers has always facinated me.

Mine is a strange one.. I was about thirteen, in a science lesson at St Teresa's in Effingham, you may know it Gia. The class was leafing through a science book section on teeth, and there on the bottom left picture, was a smiling photo of what appeared to be my teeth. I was baffled, I mean your teeth are pretty distinct, right? I stared at it for ages, even nudged the girl to my right, and demonstrated the precise similarities like a grinning idiot too.

Oh well I'll never really know, unless I sift through lots of science books!

Here's a strange quote I found on doppelgangers;

quote:

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Doppelgangers are ghostly doubles of living people and look very similar to the ghosts of the deceased. In some cases a person will come upon his own doppelganger who is typically engaged in some future activity.

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Hmmm.. Not sure what to make of that

I found a rather smug site upon searching for Doppelganger info. It entices you about amazing stories but can't access them! See if you have more luck;
http://www.psychics.co.uk/coincidences/homepage.html

posted December 30, 2004 09:35 AM         

Yes, you're right - one of the sites doesn't have a link anymore *shrugs*

Love to you tril

posted December 30, 2004 10:42 AM         

Good to see you
Yes I think you may be right about the doppelgangers and twins. The Goethe story tugs at my memory, although I can't quite remember it..

posted December 30, 2004 10:46 AM         

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In a case that suggests that doppelgangers might have something to do with time or dimensional shifts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the 18th century German poet, confronted his doppelganger while riding on the road to Drusenheim. Riding toward him was his exact double, but wearing a gray suit trimmed in gold. Eight years later, von Goethe was again traveling on the same road, but in the opposite direction. He then realized he was wearing the very gray suit trimmed in gold that he had seen on his double eight years earlier! Had von Goethe seen his future self?

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posted December 30, 2004 12:15 PM         

Yes ~ I knew that story was different ~ thanks for clarifying!

I think it was Goethe's doppelganger in the story you related, yes. Do you know remember what happened to Goethe after seeing this doppelganger though?

I've heard of doppelgangers almost being like mystical warnings - only they end up startling the person who hasn't a clue it's a warning until the situation actually happened!

I recently heard a tale of a medical or law student called Robert, who practiced at Lincoln-Inn-Fields, London. The brief of the story as I recall it;

This is based around the 18th century. Robert wasn't that keen on his studies, and preferred to gamble, play and drink liquor till late ~ thus his studies falling by the wayside.

One night upon falling asleep with the candle on in his uni room. He awoke to a dark figure leaning over his bed, to his horror, on closer examination, he realised the face was his own - just battered, bruised and severley cut.

This bothered him greatly. Robert felt it was a warning to regain his time with his work. However 3 weeks later, he began to fall into old habits. He got into bad gambling debt with his peers and he ended up being beaten to a pulp.

Later in hospital, he asked the nurse for a mirror. The reflection was that exactly of the figure leaning over his bed 3 weeks previous, he noted with the same marks and bruises.

The nurse was the only one he told before he died and the story relates back to us today.

So doppelgangers ~ a strange phenomenom huh, Tink?

If this particular case with Robert was a warning ~ then why didn't it come with an audible message?

posted December 30, 2004 01:33 PM         

As the story goes, once Goethe had overcome the doppelganger, he was fortunate enough to live the rest of his life without its influence. A rare accomplishment.

posted December 31, 2004 04:22 AM         

Here ~ I'll help you find it.

posted January 11, 2005 06:38 PM         

You could very well say that Linda never really left at all. It was just the illusion.

Gia