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"It was 1992, and I had moved to the Greek island of Crete. I was told there would be a room to rent by the month (unusual in summer months) and that the occupant was moving out that day. I waited outside for them to leave, and as she appeared we recognized each other. We had met at a party in the UK the year before and had chatted in a hammock in the garden. She had traveled to the UK to get away from the tensions in Yugoslavia. It was actually her stories of travel that evening that inspired me to leave the UK in the first place, and there she was, moving out of my new home on Chania’s Harbor in an entirely different country."
"In 2019, I was especially overwhelmed with my job and with life in general. We had over $25,000 in outstanding medical bills for my son, so quitting was not an option. On a whim, I bought a lottery ticket but forgot about it and accidentally threw it away in the bag it was in. Two nights later, I saw on the news that someone had won a large Powerball prize at the grocery store where I purchased the ticket from, but the winner had not yet come forward.....I thought, That person is so lucky. Then I remembered that I, too, had purchased a ticket. I emptied the gross outdoor garbage can to try to find it. I checked the numbers. Then I double-checked the numbers. Then I sat on the floor, sobbing. I was the winner!!!! I won the Powerball!!! I paid off all of our outstanding debt two days later, put the rest in savings, and have never told a soul."
"I met a guy online. We emailed (this was before texting was a thing) and went out a few times. I liked him, and he called me pretty regularly (again, this was pre-texting). I didn't get a call from him one day, which was odd, so that night I called and left him a message. No return call. I called his work the next day, and he hadn't shown up. I called the police, who did a well-person check at his house, but he wasn't there. The next day, the police called me back. They'd found his body. He'd been murdered by one of his neighbors. I had to testify at the trial. It all felt like a movie."
"My mom has been struck by lightning. Twice. She was INSIDE her house both times and in two different houses!"
"When I was a kid, my dad faked his own death. We spent years thinking he was dead until he reached out with his new name and identity like nothing had happened. A few years later we also found out he had put in place a plan to have us killed. He ended up fleeing and living in hiding for years!"

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