Eerie Gut Feelings That Ended Up Saving People’s Lives
Gut feelings can pop up in an instant, and even though some people may attribute them to bad digestion or a case of the jitters, some people consider them signs of impending doom.
The stories that follow were shared by people who considered their gut feeling to be the one thing that saved their life, or someone else’s, from total ruin.
Not a Normal Family
When I first met my wife, she seemed to have a normal modern family with two moms and two dads. Over the years, it became apparent that her stepdad was never around that much for holidays, birthdays, you name it.
He’d pop in, say hi, grab a nap or whatever, then take off again. This was just normal to my wife’s family.
But it all gave me a strange feeling.
It was just the way it had always been since they were teenagers. He claimed to have a job following FedEx trucks around the state as security.
But to me, it was strange, and I started making jokes about him having another family. Well, that got my sister-in-law thinking because she was owed a favor from the PI at her firm.
Sure enough, he had not one but three other wives around the state with five other stepchildren between them. My sister-in-law told her mother who then immediately changed the locks and filed for divorce.
They haven’t spoken since. The divorce was even uncontested. They also sent the report to let his other wives know.
Dream Job
I was offered a dream job at almost double my salary in a different city. It was only two hours away, but something told me not to take the job.
I had a number of people tell me I would never have another opportunity like this, and my fear of leaving my hometown was holding me back.
Two months after I turned it down, that division of the company was sold, and everyone in that department lost their job.
I would have been stuck in a new city with no friends or family nearby, and no job prospects.
Like a Soap Opera
I literally almost lost my life in the most soap opera way imaginable. I was waiting for an elevator at my hotel on the 12th floor.
I was on my phone, playing freaking Angry Birds of all things.
I was hardly paying attention when the door opened, but then I got a weird feeling and looked up to see that the shaft was empty.
An Eerie Feeling
I lived in a basement suite out in the burbs of Vancouver with two friends. They both had plans to stay elsewhere for the night, so I was hanging out by myself.
It was late into the night, and I was halfway through the movie Stir of Echoes when I kept getting this eerie feeling I was being watched through the window right by me.
I never lock my door, but something in me told me I better get up and deadbolt it. Not more than a minute later, I heard a terrifying sound.
I looked over and saw the door handle turning super slowly. Thankfully, they did not get in.