Dougall
01-31-2010, 07:33 AM
I had an strange experience recurring between 1995 and 2005.
I was approached by several people I had never met before and they would tell me that my spitting image had just been there before me. The first time it happened I was looking at some Gun Mags at the grocery store and a man came up to me and asked if "I was still looking at those magazines?" After talking to him for a few moments I realized he had mistaken me for someone else. I didn't think much of it although I did have an odd feeling about it.
This continued to happen every so often maybe 8 or 9 times in all. One day I walked into an appliance store to buy a toaster oven. (I had never been there before.) While I was choosing the one I wanted the lady behind the counter asked me if I had made up my mind. I told her laughing I had only been her for 3 minutes and she said "You were here for an hour yesterday". She went on to explain that a man who was my mirror image had been looking at the same items the day before. Sometimes people would call me by this guys name and strike up a conversation. One time the owner of a sandwich shop followed me to work (about 10 miles) and when I got out of my car he said "Hey William I straightened out that problem with the employees and the ATM cards." At first he couldn't believe I was not William. Then he told me the story and it was a long one. To top it all off one time I saw William, I was walking out of the locker room at the Gym, and sitting at a preacher bench doing curls was my look alike. The fact that these places are wall to wall mirrors kind of intensified the effect. Let me say that I am sort of odd or distinctive looking. I was standing and he was seated. It was not a good feeling. It freaked me out so bad I turned on my heel and walked back into the locker room. Once I gained my composure I went back out into the weight room and he was gone.
No one I have talked to about this can relate and I get the feeling people don't believe me when I tell about it.
Thats why I am posting it here. Has any one had or heard of something like this happening in day to day life?
I was approached by several people I had never met before and they would tell me that my spitting image had just been there before me. The first time it happened I was looking at some Gun Mags at the grocery store and a man came up to me and asked if "I was still looking at those magazines?" After talking to him for a few moments I realized he had mistaken me for someone else. I didn't think much of it although I did have an odd feeling about it.
This continued to happen every so often maybe 8 or 9 times in all. One day I walked into an appliance store to buy a toaster oven. (I had never been there before.) While I was choosing the one I wanted the lady behind the counter asked me if I had made up my mind. I told her laughing I had only been her for 3 minutes and she said "You were here for an hour yesterday". She went on to explain that a man who was my mirror image had been looking at the same items the day before. Sometimes people would call me by this guys name and strike up a conversation. One time the owner of a sandwich shop followed me to work (about 10 miles) and when I got out of my car he said "Hey William I straightened out that problem with the employees and the ATM cards." At first he couldn't believe I was not William. Then he told me the story and it was a long one. To top it all off one time I saw William, I was walking out of the locker room at the Gym, and sitting at a preacher bench doing curls was my look alike. The fact that these places are wall to wall mirrors kind of intensified the effect. Let me say that I am sort of odd or distinctive looking. I was standing and he was seated. It was not a good feeling. It freaked me out so bad I turned on my heel and walked back into the locker room. Once I gained my composure I went back out into the weight room and he was gone.
No one I have talked to about this can relate and I get the feeling people don't believe me when I tell about it.
Thats why I am posting it here. Has any one had or heard of something like this happening in day to day life?