Whether it's a chance encounter with a long-lost friend or an unexpected meeting with a complete stranger, the unexplainable coincidences that can occur during these moments can leave us with a feeling of unease and disbelief.
From uncanny connections between people to strange occurrences that seem to defy explanation, these eerie coincidences can be both fascinating and down right creepy. A Twitter user named Jennie Stevenson shared her disconcerting experience when she rocked up at a secluded AirBnb in Sweden.
“Just arrived at our secluded rural B&B to find a painting of our youngest child depicted as a small girl,” she wrote. A picture alongside a side-by-side picture of the painting and her son, honestly, shows them up like two peas in a pod.
“There’s absolutely no terrifying precedent for this, so it’s probably fine.” Except for the part where your son looks like a painting created prior to the visit.
Just arrived at our secluded rural B&B to find a painting of our youngest child depicted as a small girl.
— Jennie Stevenson 🕷 #FBPE #GTTO (@JennieStevenson) April 8, 2023
There's absolutely no terrifying precedent for this, so it's probably fine. pic.twitter.com/VMg0h62hvD
It is noted that whilst seated at the dinner table with her three kids, something caught their eye; perhaps it was the creaky floorboards but it was the fact that they felt something off.
Stevenson told the Mirror: "My daughter just went, 'Mum, there's a picture of Barney on the wall." It was in this moment that Jennie took a closer look to find a painting of a child who resembles her seven-year-old son.
The artwork by a Swedish painter Carl Larsson depicts a little girl who looks remarkably similar to the youngster, except for her long hair.
Stevenson gave twitter users an update on their stay: ‘’Update: we all survived the night and are now safely 300 km south. Did wake at on point to hear an unusual papery sound, as though someone was flipping the pages of a book 🤔 Locked the door, obvs, and was tempted to lock the children in their own room, but, ftr, I did not 😅’’ she wrote.
Update: we all survived the night and are now safely 300 km south. Did wake at on point to hear an unusual papery sound, as though someone was flipping the pages of a book 🤔 Locked the door, obvs, and was tempted to lock the children in their own room, but, ftr, I did not 😅
— Jennie Stevenson 🕷 #FBPE #GTTO (@JennieStevenson) April 9, 2023
Do you dare to stay at an Airbnb that might give you goosebumps or a portrait of yourself? I believe it's worth a shot. After all, who wouldn't want to be perched on a secluded wall of B&B fame? However, it's not my cup of tea.
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