Y’all…I got sooo into it.
The term “Third Man Syndrome” comes from the T.S.
Whatever the answer is, it seems to be a more common experience than you might think.
He was so happy and peaceful, with the biggest smile and a bright aura to him.
He always came straight to me as soon as the bell rang.
The staff were very confused, even after my description of him.
Anonymous
2.
“I once fell about 10 feet from a ledge overlooking a lake.
Suddenly, I felt a large hand on my back that caught me and pushed me against the wall.
Surprised, I turned around to thank my savior…and no one was there.
“Twice, in my twenties, I fell asleep while driving on a highway.
“I am disabled and I survived the attacks on the twin towers.
I was buried under the debris for about 15 hours, but I was never alone.
I kept hearing from a voice that said his name was Michael.
When I was weakest, he would just keep me talking to him.
I still wonder the voice was that saved me from becoming another death of that terrible day.”
When my husband was finally rescued, there was no sign of the kid.
The police said that no one had called them they just came because the power was out.
“A few years ago, we were on a family vacation in Virginia Beach.
“My sister is pretty petite, so my husband ended up carrying her piggy-back style back to shore.
They were both pretty scared and tired.
It looked like a reverse sunburn, in the perfect shape of a hand.
Someone was definitely looking out for then that day.
“Emilie, Ohio, USA
7.
The foam was super deep under the machine and the floor was super slippery because of the soapy bubbles.
My friend slipped into the foam and I fell down to the floor, under the bubbles with her.
When I tried to breathe, it was like I was drowning the foam filled my lungs like water.
I was slipping all over on the floor holding onto my friend’s shirt.
Just as I thought we were going to drown in the bubbles, someone pulled us up.
I was way too slippery Heather and I couldnt even hold hands, our skin was so slick.
I was lucky just to hang onto her shirt.”
When I wiped my eyes clear, there was no one there except the other people dancing around us.
Needless to say, I never went to a foam party again.”
“I was driving north from Portland to Seattle for a last-minute appointment.
I was very tired and the rainy weather wasnt helping at all.
I was on a major freeway, and in my tired state started to scramble to find the phone.
I know its dumb, but I didnt know where I was going.
I popped back up to see what was going on.
pollenandsalt
9.
“I was driving back to college my freshman year and got totally lost in a heavily wooded area.
This was before GPS and cell phones, so I was just stuck on these roads alone.
The rain was so heavy I could barely see the road.
Suddenly, a house with all the lights on appeared.
“A woman opened the door and invited me inside.
The house was empty except for a big bean bag chair in the kitchen.
Johanna, Georgia, USA
10.
“Years ago, I was heading back by train from my parents’s house to university.
It was late, and I had my head resting on the window with my eyes closed.
Suddenly, a voice started telling me to move.
The other few passengers were all minding their business.
The voice in my head got louder and louder, more and more urgent.
Just then, a bullet came through the train window, right where my head had been.
I’d have been done for had I stayed where I was.”
Someone caught him literally mid air.
He turned around and no one was there.
He is sure someone saved his baby that day for some reason.”
agatatakmeneva
12.
“I was a teenager in the ’80s and was driving alone at night in a rainstorm.
I hate driving at night, especially in rain.
Anyway, I ended up hitting a pothole and my tire popped.
I was kind of in the middle of nowhere, but I somehow made it to a parking lot.
It was empty from what I could tell.
There was a man’s voice saying, ‘You need a hand, miss?’
I felt my car being jacked up and heard the sound of someone messing with my tire.
As suddenly as he appeared, he was gone.”
“I sat in my car again, still thinking.
My dad showed up with a spare tire only to tell me all my tires were totally fine.
So now, I always wonder if any of it was real at all.”
“It was the summer of 1986 and I was about 5 when this happened.
Little 5-year-old me had my hot dog and went for a walk on the trail.
I knew I was done for.
I was trying my hardest to push or vomit it out.
I began to think, ‘I’m gonna die.’
That very second, I felt the urge to look up.
To my left not three feet away was a tiny little old lady.”
I quickly motioned to her that I was choking and needed help.
In her soft sweet smiling old lady voice, she said, ‘Oh I know, I know.
you oughta just relax, everything is going to be fine.’
Seeing her happy calmness made her instruction to just relax seem like a good idea, so I did.
When I looked up again, there was no bench and there was no old lady.
When he asked what was wrong, I blubberingly mumbled out through tears what happened.
“I was driving on a somewhat rural road on a very windy winter’s day.
This caused me to fishtail and I lost control.
I shot across oncoming traffic, off an embankment, and rolled the car into a field.
As I was airborne, I felt someone sitting next to me in the passenger’s seat.
It was everywhere…except for the passenger’s seat.
There was only glass bits around the edges of the seat, like someone had been sitting there.”
“I didn’t have a scratch or a bruise on me.
“I’m nearly 75 years of age, and haven’t thought of this incident for years.
I was raised in North Alabama, the youngest of three brothers.
Our family would often vacation on the panhandle of the Florida Gulf Coast near Destin and Panama City.
I was wading and stepped off into water deeper than I realized.
I didn’t say anything to anyone at the time, not knowing what to say.
To this day, I can’t quite grasp what really happened.”
“When I was about 18, I was in a terrible car accident.
The car was a wreck and my legs where trapped.
I was also declared deceased by the first emergency vehicle that stopped.
I was the only one to see the old man.
I am still grateful to whoever he was for helping me get out of that car.”
“It was 1 in the morning.
I was only a day away from my due date with my first pregnancy.
My husband and I were sleeping, anticipating the many sleepless nights that would soon become the new normal.
I felt a sweet kiss on my cheek, and a comforting, warm feeling.
Were both named after her.”
elizabethl4ec8eca0e
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“Years ago, I was stopped at a toll booth where I had to grab an exit ticket.
To reach the ticket, I had to unbuckle my seat belt.
I heard a male voice say, ‘Put your seat belt on.’
My female friend in the car was asleep.
I ignored the voice, then heard, ‘Put your seat belt onNOW!
The car was totaled, but my friend and I survived.
I had bruises where the seat belt kept me in the car and saved my life.
If it weren’t for the seat belt, I would have gone through the windshield.”
Nikki, Pennsylvania, USA
19.
She went to bed early and I stayed up playing video games on the other side of the house.
My car skidded 20 feet from the sheer force of the massive truck hitting my sad little 1996 Escort.
The seat I was in broke.
I was immediately crying in shock and confusion.
The woman that came to comfort me was nowhere to be found.
“I was in the Uyuni Desert in Bolivia, doing a four-day tour in the salty desert.
Out of nowhere, a couple appeared on a tandem bike.
They were French (like me) and were crossing the desert like that.
Everyone saw them, but they were completely gone in an instant.
My mom believes they were sent by my guardian angel.”
“I was alone downstairs watching TV, and my son was asleep upstairs in his crib.
I heard a male voice very close by say two words, ‘Go now!’
No sound came from the monitor we had.
If not for that clear warning, he wouldnt be 37 years old now!”
We were really young and arguing over how much he spent on a TV.
Suddenly we began hydroplaning the car went sideways on the highway and then straightened back out.
There was a semi coming out of a subdivision and we barely missed hitting it.
We started heading straight for a small group of trees.
I remember hearing this voice that sounded urgent saying, ‘You have to pick up your legs!
You have to pick up your legs now!’
I immediately pulled them into the front of my seat.
I looked forward and time was no longer slowed down.
I watched in horror as we headed straight for the trees and slammed into them.”
“The next thing I remember is this wave of pain shooting up my spine.
I threw my head back and screamed.
I also quickly realized my foot was hurting, but was stuck.
My right foot had slipped out of the seat and was stuck between the dashboard and my seat.
I eventually managed to dislodge it.
It was broken in three places and my back was broken in five.
I have been permanently disabled ever since.
My husband also broke his right femur in half.
Luckily, our young son was unharmed.
We believe we hit the trees at 80mph, at least.
If I hadn’t picked up my legs when I did, then they would have been completely crushed.
Everyone that has seen pictures of the car says how lucky we are to be alive.
They really have no idea how right they are.”
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