Hello! I've been a long time reader of Fortean Times, stumbling upon it back in my Uni days and have been hooked ever since.
I've occasionally experienced strange phenomenon, and can be classed as a skeptic when it comes to supernatural explanation.
I've signed up to the site to relay an experience I had late last week, which I still pops back into my head.
I'm a commuter, and often get the same train each evening from East London to my home town in Essex. Getting the same train means I usually see the same group of commuters.
Thursday last week, I had managed to get out of work slightly early and catch the train before my usual. I got on the train, moved along the aisile to a free space to stand which happened to be opposite a young couple I normally see on my 'normal' train, and went back to looking at my smartphone.
The young couple were talking, not in any sort of distressed way or with bad language, just normal chatting. Something made me look up from my smartphone and I immediately looked at the young lady in the couple and as I did a very strong voice in my head instantly, with no hesitation at all, said 'She is going to be very ill'.
It was then I noticed a red splotch on her chest, but I also then noticed that her partner was bright red from sunbathing. Seeing this, I assumed the redness on the young lady was a result of being in the sun, so went back to my smartphone, thinking nothing of the voice in my head, dismissing it as something silly.
I eventually got a seat, again, staring at my smartphone, and we pulled into a station a few stops from where I, and the other couple would normally get off. I looked up to see the young couple getting off the train and walking along the platform, hand in hand.
It was that moment that the young lady collapsed. Not a slow, gradual collapse like a faint, but it was as if all the strings on a puppet had been cut. She went straight downwards, and it was like the light in her eyes went out for a moment. Luckily there were bystanders, and they put her in the recovery position; unfortunately as I was on the train, I don't know what the outcome was and I havent seen the couple since.
I relayed it to my partner when I got home, and it had a massive effect on me - I was shaking and felt weak. Even now, I feel a slight chill writing down the event.
My partner thinks it may be something to do with my health condition - I am a type 1 diabetic and I know the signs of things like Hypo and hyperglycaemia but I'm not so sure its related.
I keep thinking back to if there was anything I could have done, but what could I have done? If at the moment I had said to a couple that they young lady was going to be ill, I'd be thought of as a loon - especially if nothing did happen, but I keep feeling as though there was something I could or should have done.
I've occasionally experienced strange phenomenon, and can be classed as a skeptic when it comes to supernatural explanation.
I've signed up to the site to relay an experience I had late last week, which I still pops back into my head.
I'm a commuter, and often get the same train each evening from East London to my home town in Essex. Getting the same train means I usually see the same group of commuters.
Thursday last week, I had managed to get out of work slightly early and catch the train before my usual. I got on the train, moved along the aisile to a free space to stand which happened to be opposite a young couple I normally see on my 'normal' train, and went back to looking at my smartphone.
The young couple were talking, not in any sort of distressed way or with bad language, just normal chatting. Something made me look up from my smartphone and I immediately looked at the young lady in the couple and as I did a very strong voice in my head instantly, with no hesitation at all, said 'She is going to be very ill'.
It was then I noticed a red splotch on her chest, but I also then noticed that her partner was bright red from sunbathing. Seeing this, I assumed the redness on the young lady was a result of being in the sun, so went back to my smartphone, thinking nothing of the voice in my head, dismissing it as something silly.
I eventually got a seat, again, staring at my smartphone, and we pulled into a station a few stops from where I, and the other couple would normally get off. I looked up to see the young couple getting off the train and walking along the platform, hand in hand.
It was that moment that the young lady collapsed. Not a slow, gradual collapse like a faint, but it was as if all the strings on a puppet had been cut. She went straight downwards, and it was like the light in her eyes went out for a moment. Luckily there were bystanders, and they put her in the recovery position; unfortunately as I was on the train, I don't know what the outcome was and I havent seen the couple since.
I relayed it to my partner when I got home, and it had a massive effect on me - I was shaking and felt weak. Even now, I feel a slight chill writing down the event.
My partner thinks it may be something to do with my health condition - I am a type 1 diabetic and I know the signs of things like Hypo and hyperglycaemia but I'm not so sure its related.
I keep thinking back to if there was anything I could have done, but what could I have done? If at the moment I had said to a couple that they young lady was going to be ill, I'd be thought of as a loon - especially if nothing did happen, but I keep feeling as though there was something I could or should have done.