Most days, life feels pretty normal—same routines, same places, same people. But every once in a while, the universe throws something so unexpected our way, it jolts us right out of autopilot.

That’s exactly what happened to these Redditors, who recently shared the most surreal “this can’t be real” moments they’ve ever experienced. From bizarre coincidences to magical landscapes and unbelievable animal encounters, you’ll find them all below. And if you’ve had one of your own, don’t forget to share it in the comments!

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#1

It was dangerously freezing temps. I had just gotten off work and was broke, was a dollar short to get on the bus to get home and it was too cold and icy to walk home safely. My rich dad wouldn’t send me the dollar I needed for bus fare. No reason,  he just didn’t want to. I went to the library to warm up and try to figure out what to do.  Grabbed a random library book, opened to a random page and there was a folded up dollar bill inside. Not as crazy as some of the other stories here,  but I was very grateful. .

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#2

Delivering pizzas in my 20s and knocked on a door, realized *after* I knocked that I was at the wrong address. We’ll call it 9th St SW instead of 9th St NW. So I was exactly on the other side of town from where I needed to be. As the guy opened the door I was about to do my “oh sorry I didn’t mean to disturb you, have a nice day” thing I usually do at a wrong address but the guy didn’t look confused and was holding money ready to go…

Turns out he ordered pizza and accidentally put his address in wrong. Which means I was ***accidentally*** at the right place… Our two mistakes perfectly cancelled each other out.

To this day I wonder about the actual odds of that happening, it feels like it’s way more than one in a million.

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#3

Having a phone call with my moms attending doctor in emergency saying she’s got about 5% chance to live based on the damage COVID did to her lungs. She gave me power of attorney and I had the final say if they had to pull the plug or not.

She f*****g beat those odds and is still healthy to this day *mf fist pump*.

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#4

My son and I were riding the train in Chicago. He said , “dad, don’t you have a friend from Chicago, maybe we will see him.”

“I serious doubt it son,Chicago is huge!”

He got on the next stop.

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#5

I got a message from a stranger saying, “You saved my life.” Turns out I’d responded kindly to their random forum post a year prior.

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#6

I once hugged a stranger on the street because we started crying at the same time for totally different reasons then we laughed like idiots for 10 minutes straight.

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#7

Honestly? Watching Jan 6th on TV. I kept thinking “how can this be happening in America in 2021?

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#8

I’m 30 and on a European vacation with my grandma and every few minutes I cannot believe how fortunate I am to be 30 with a grandma healthy enough to travel.

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#9

Seeing Saturn with my own eyes through my telescope. I cried it was so beautiful. Still really cannot believe it.

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#10

I was on a trip literally halfway around the world, walking around the city by myself. I popped into a tiny museum. There was only one other person there, another woman about my age. We started chatting. I’m from the US, she was from Australia, and we were in Singapore. She mentioned she’d gone to university in the US. I asked where. Turns out she went to the same small college I had, and at the same time. Got even crazier when it came out she’d been friends with my college roommate and *had been to my apartment*.

It is a small freaking world.

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#11

I got a post card in the mail in 2018. It was sent by my parents when they visited China in 1997. I was dumbfounded and thought I was being pranked. It just took a very long time to get delivered.

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#12

Had a really down and out moment a few years ago. Just totally broke. Wanted to buy flowers and chocolates for my wife for her birthday. It was about $80.

Has $6 in my account.

Sat out side on a bench and got really sad. It was really windy. And like a movie, I was just sitting in this desert town….Something struck me in the face, and “stuck” to me. It was a $100 bill.

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#13

Was on random acts of kindness subreddit

a young lady was looking for some love & support because it had been a tough year and her birthday was coming up (it was on 9-11)

once we established i wasn’t a serial k****r i dm’d asking where i could send a nice card & gift

she sends me the address

i stop and stare into space for two minutes because i can literally see the building from where i am sitting. it’s 2 buildings away from mine!

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#14

Getting a phone call offering me a job I didn’t even remember applying for right when I was about to give up looking. I thought it was a prank at first.

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#15

One spring afternoon on about 2013, there had been tornadoes in Oklahoma in the morning. Being in SW MO I was looking towards to skies for any exciting looking clouds and I think we were under a tornado watch.

The local news had told of one tornado in OK that had destroyed the attics of several homes and lofted material way way up into the atmosphere and was caught in upper level winds, with some pieces of a roofing felt and paper landing here in Springfield, MO.

As I walked down our street about 5 houses away from home I saw something tumbling down out of the increasingly gnarly looking sky. It came down a few yards away and I leaned over into the yard to grab it.

It was a piece of paper about an inch x an inch. A neatly cut piece of a page from some kind of school textbook..
The cut had been through a paragraph so it was only portions of sentences but the words were:

..and causes hot air to rise..
..the formation of tornadoes..

I honestly thought I was losing my mind.
I kept it with me for many years until it disintegrated.
It sounds just as ridiculous every time I retell the story.

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#16

This is a bit long but hopefully worth it.

Where I live, there is a castle just down the road. The Lord of the area still lives there. He’s a bit younger than me and our sons attended the local state primary school together and became friends. I became friends with his dad – he’s a normal bloke, just knows who his ancestors were for 800 years.

He gets invited to a lot of stuff and was invited to take part in a local regatta – in a rowing race. There would be him, the invitee and he needed 2 more rowers – it was a paired relay. He asked me if I would do it. I said I would – but explained that I sail but don’t really row. That was fine, it was just for fun.

Another rower was found. We were to row the first leg together. The other rower and I only met on the evening of the race and it wasn’t until we were on the water that I realised he was taking this seriously. Bless him, he soon had to temper his expectations when he saw how bad I was. He made no fuss at the change in approach but coached me along – we came in last for the changeover. It turned out that this guy was a gold medalist in the British rowing championships…

The second leg didn’t go any better – our other pair were also very amateur and we were competing with – obviously enough – seasoned rowers. We were last, by a long way.

We stayed for the presentation of cups. The Lord Mayor of the town was presenting these. By chance, his wife had previously been my teaching assistant…and, there was a cup for the first boat that entered from a local town (not the town where the regatta was). There was only one boat from there – us.

So, there I was. With a Lord of the realm, a British gold medalist and a local historian. Being presented with a cup (despite coming dead last) by the wife of the Lord Mayor, who had previously been my teaching assistant. For rowing – my first time in about 20 years. Not my usual day.

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#17

I went into my local pub around the corner for a pint before a taking a taxi into the city, went to a random bar and was served by exactly the same barman that had served me in the pub. Turned out he’d served me as his last customer in the pub and then started a shift at the other bar. I thought he had a twin or something. We both found it really funny.

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#18

Was hiking alone in the mountains when a sudden fog rolled in. Complete white-out conditions. As I was trying to figure out my bearings, I heard bells jingling, and out of the mist appeared an old man with a staff leading about 20 goats. He nodded at me without saying a word, walked past, and disappeared into the fog with his goats. The entire encounter lasted maybe 30 seconds.

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#19

Going to spain one year, then going back two years later and staying in the same hotel and seeing the same man both times. i spoke to him and he had just traveled there both times at the same times i did. insane.

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#20

Driving in a white out blizzard (that came out of nowhere) and seeing a vehicle flipping headfirst multiple times headed opposite bound on a stretch of the road that was one lane each way. There was nowhere safe to pull over and check on them either. I had to drive another 3 miles to work to call the sheriff and let them know.

Turns out the driver, her husband and their two toddler passengers were all fine, with just bumps and bruises. They came and ate at my restaurant the next day and while talking it came up they had an accident, we spoke and I said I was the one who called it in. It was surreal.

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#21

My sister and I are 8 years apart (she’s older). When I was in 11th grade, we had to read the great gatsby (she loves the book and movie and even has a tattoo for it). When you get a book from school, you have to write your name in it so if you misplace it, someone should know who it belongs to

Well when I got my copy the start of the unit, I flipped it open and got my sisters copy and saw her name handwritten 8 years later!! So cool!!

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#22

I walked into a bookstore, picked up a book, and it opened to a page with my full name written inside it. In someone else’s handwriting.

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#23

Elephants wandering around just outside of my Midwest town. I figure they they must have gotten out of a train car to walk around, but looking over and seeing 4 full grown elephants was surreal!

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#24

Seeing a moose smack dab in the middle of a river in the city center. Just chillin’ whilst the police was just sitting there with pikachu shock faces. Sounds like something that would only appear in a stand-up comedian’s show, but no. River moose.

Happened in Vilnius, Lithuania

Funny how the Polish people have Bobr, krv. Now neighbors got Briedis, krv.

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#25

I always check copies of Harry Potter to see if they’re rare.

Just a habit, obviously the odds of finding a rare one are so low….

Until I actually did.

Goosebumps. Sold for just over 6k.

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#26

I wasn’t even looking up when I was in the passenger seat of a head-on collision. All I know is a big bang happened and when I looked up it was a red metal wall on fire. I look to the right of me and it’s open street and there’s debris all over the road. Still none of this makes sense. I have no idea where I am and why is blood pouring out of my face and into my hands? I am looking trying to figure out what the burning red wall was for. Then I look to my right again and a young blonde lady is screaming into a phone. I’m still trying to figure out why is there a red wall?! Then I see a fireman and he manhandled me a lot, I am jostled around and asked a bunch of questions, something about my age. I’m loaded onto a gurney and as I’m wheeled away I see the whole smashed car and suddenly I realized I was in an accident and the red wall was the hood of the car smashed up vertically and the battery was on fire. 

Like none of it made sense at all until I saw the whole car. .

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#27

I once dropped a plate and it bounced perfectly upright… twice… then stayed standing.

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#28

I matched with my ex on a dating app while still dating them. We were both “testing” each other.

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