https://projectavalon.net/forum4/ en Wed, 13 May 2026 08:44:58 GMT vBulletin 30 https://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/misc/rss.png https://projectavalon.net/forum4/ https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131218-Personal-premonitions&goto=newpost Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:58:08 GMT Dear Friends, I thought this new thread might be an interesting one. It's NOT about predictions per se, more about strange personal feelings about something about to happen to oneself which then do actually occur — or maybe don't :).

This post was sparked by something that happened yesterday, which I'll recount in a moment. The feeling was very similar to a couple of experiences I had many years ago. I've posted about them before (somewhere!), but the short stories bear retelling.

1)

Long ago, I was working for a company (before I became self-employed), and woke up one morning with the VERY strong feeling that I would suddenly be fired that day. The feeling persisted ad grew to a degree of near certainty. As soon as I got to my desk, I copied all my client contacts to a floppy disk (this was before the internet) and in my coffee break I walked down the street and posted it to myself at home.

An hour later, I was called into the CEO's desk — and was fired. The next day, the floppy disk I'd posted to myself arrived at home, and I immediately started my own business. :)

2)

A mountain story. I'd agreed to take a young friend of mine to climb Ben Nevis in winter for her very first time. (Ben Nevis is Britain's highest mountain, famous for its snow and ice climbing, and I knew it well.) The weather was fine, and we were in good spirits and well prepared.

We were half way to the mountain, and I suddenly had a premonition that there'd be a sudden fierce storm, and we really had to turn back. Though it was just a feeling, I was certain about this, and announced that we had to turn around. My enthusiastic young friend could not understand this, and she was disappointed and really upset. But I insisted.

An hour and a half later, exactly when we'd have been half way up an exposed climb, an almighty storm blew up out of a clear sky. If we'd have been on the mountain as we'd planned, we'd have been in very serious trouble, especially as my friend was a novice. (My friend was bewildered and impressed! :) The next day, when all was well, we returned and completed our planned climb.)

3)

Yesterday, it happened again. I was planning on going to the high mountains today (so yesterday, this would have been 'tomorrow') — not for anything serious at all but just for a regular hike with my dog Mara, something we do often and which features no objective dangers at all.

I got an extremely strong feeling that I HAD TO STAY AT HOME. It wasn't a 'message' of any kind — just exactly the same kind of inner certainty as in the two experiences I shared above.

So I'll be staying right here today. We're going absolutely nowhere. :)

Of course, I tried to figure out why, and came up with very little. The most likely possibility seemed to be a road accident. My battered old 4x4 is mechanically sound (the brakes work, the steering is solid, the tires are okay, and the wheels won't fall off!), but trucks and buses sometimes careen down the mountain road in the opposite direction way too fast, and occasionally there's rockfall, cyclists with no lights, or families of llamas wandering on the road in the fog.

Or maybe, something was going to happen today at home — like a water or gas leak, an electrical fault starting a fire, or some other domestic emergency I really can't think of.

I also wasn't completely sure if the embargo on going anywhere was just for today, or for a few more days as well. So my strategy is just to sit tight right here where I'm perfectly happy and comfortable, and wait for the all clear.

The problem with this kind of premonition, of course, is that if nothing happens at all there's absolutely no way of knowing if one avoided some kind of disaster, or if the entire thing was imagined. I'll post an update in due course!!

:ROFL::fingers crossed:

~~~

Has anyone else had this kind of experience? And if so, what did or didn't happen?

(Closely related may, or may not, be this thread: When Angels lend a hand. But that's about sudden unexpected narrow escapes from catastrophe, not really about personal premonitions. If anyone's not seen that thread, the stories members have shared are fascinating to read.)

:flower: ]]> Predictions and Prophecies Bill Ryan https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?131218-Personal-premonitions