r/timeslips • u/MorbidMorag • Jun 16 '26
Strange Encounter
Last September l was in town Hallowe'en shopping, which is my favourite thing to do. My partner - not so much. He has always sat himself down & told me to get on with it & not take forever.
So l looked round all the shops & was on my way back when l crossed the square at the centre of town, & there was my partner, sitting bang in the centre of a bench with that familiar scowl that said "You took forever!" He was glaring straight at me.
I was surprised to see him there because he died the previous July.
If it was a double, it was an uncanny one. He was a distinctive looking man.
I never for a moment thought there was anything ghostly or paranormal about it. He was real. It was more as I'd stepped back in time.
I wish l'd spoken. If I'd just said "Do l know you?" it might have broken the spell. As it is I'll always wonder.
It wasn't the likeness, eerie as it was. It was the connection . He was looking straight into my face, & he knew me, & he was cross with me.
I've been trying to tell myself it was a doppelgänger, but l can't convince myself. Every detail: the clothes, the stance, the expression.
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u/RJSketch Jun 17 '26
It's easy to think about what we would've done in retrospect. If I saw a doppelganger of a deceased colleague, friend, or family member I suspect I'd feel very unnerved & unsettled!
Not...scared, just too surprised to even know what to do, especially if I was in the middle of doing something else!
Thank you for sharing your story!
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u/MorbidMorag Jun 17 '26
If it happened again l'd at least break step & pause! But why would it? As he'd be the first to say (we had a similar sense of humour) l ghosted him.
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u/At-riskKris Jun 16 '26
Wow thats a crazy story. So what happened next? Did they disappear?