Is it really magic to meet a doppelganger of an ex-husband. The most famous cases of meetings with twins (11 photos). A person with an average face is easier to find a double

According to legend, to see your double means to meet the creature of the devil. Out of envy of God's abilities, he tries to reproduce his creations exactly, creating copies that are almost indistinguishable from the original. In addition, a meeting with a double portends a quick death.

Optionally, a meeting with a double promises death. Most often, according to researchers, such a meeting leads to serious twists of fate. It can be a serious illness, a career take-off or, on the contrary, a fall. An example is a case that occurred at the end of the 20th century in France.

Who are twins and where do they come from? This question has troubled the minds of mystics throughout the ages. In accordance with the development of science at that moment, theories of their origin were built. By the way, even modern science is not able to explain this fact. At the very beginning of this century, a very strange incident occurred in Prague. Someone Jiri Gloubek, working as a tram driver, ran over himself. Not only the appearance of the double completely repeated the resident of Prague. A forensic examination established the identity of the DNA and blood of the victim and the unwitting killer. A year after the accident, Gloubeck died of a heart attack, bequeathing to bury his body next to him. Who was the mysterious stranger, the investigation has not established.

Perhaps it was just an astral projection, or the doppelgänger traveled through a time loop. Pundits attribute the appearance of doubles to the mental disorders of the originals, not wanting to listen to the evidence. Interestingly, the investigation team in Prague was tested for mental illness?

Nevertheless, science is well aware of the existence of a paradox. Moreover, there are at least 4 facts, documented, indicating the presence of a certain phenomenon.

For example, a homeless person was admitted to the Minsk psychiatric dispensary a few years ago. After sanitizing, it turned out that he was a complete copy of the head of the psychiatric examination department. For a week, the physician and absolute materialist tried to find the "roots" of his double. However, recidivist criminals soon escaped from the hospital. The mysterious bum disappeared with them. He was not seen again. The doctor died six months later.

There was a train accident. One of her unwitting victims was in the hospital when he was informed of the death of his twin brother, who was traveling in another carriage. The patient had to undergo self-identification. Despite all the signs, at present the man feels great and runs a large French bank.

Sergei Yesenin once spoke about communicating with a double. The double calmly paced around the palace when the original, Empress Anna Ioannovna, was dying. To declare, I saw a double, could another ruler of the Russian Empire, Catherine the Great. Can all these cases be explained by a simple visual disorder or mental illness that manifested itself simultaneously in many people?

With the light hand of Foma Biskupa, a researcher of intangible entities, doubles began to be called doppelgangers, double wanderers. It is believed that these are people from another world who are able to take on the appearance of a person. Their special activity has been noticeable over the past 100 years. The reasons for the increase in activity are, of course, unknown.

These creatures are ephemeral creatures that take the form of a person when absolutely necessary. They are almost constantly present next to the selected person in the form of a shadow or an indistinct silhouette. These are personal twins that hide faces, as they completely repeat the face of a person at the time of his death. Another theory claims that each person is born in several copies. The goal is to complete a specific mission. Those who fail to fulfill it are rejected. With an unplanned meeting of twins, annihilation occurs.

Culling is done by violent death or accident. By the way, some people who saw their doubles said that at that moment there was a strong desire to cross the road, go into the gateway, get on the bus. Something interfered, and as a result, a double died in the gateway from a maniac's knife or in a car accident.

Do not think that a meeting with a double necessarily brings misfortune. Humanity does not know why they appear in this world. In addition, participants in wars often talk about the appearance of doubles, diverting enemy fire to themselves and thereby saving their originals.

There are many folk signs that have been known since ancient times. Many of them are related to the behavior of birds. The titmouse is considered a good and kind bird, and therefore the signs associated with it promise to be blessed ...

A photograph of your face accompanies you on your documents. As you get older, your friends you haven't seen in years will unmistakably recognize you in the crowd on the street. Sometimes it seems that our appearance is so individual that we will never have the chance to meet a similar person. However, in one moment all these illusions can be shattered.

The Neil Douglas Story

Neil Douglas, who once flew to Ireland for a wedding, recalls: “I was one of the last to enter the cabin. Moving towards my place, I saw that someone was already sitting there. I had to ask the stranger to move. Imagine my surprise when I looked this man in the face. Our resemblance was striking. For a moment it seemed to me that I was looking into it, as if into a mirror. This silent scene was noticed by the rest of the passengers. Soon the whole salon erupted in loud laughter. I couldn't resist and took a photo with my doppelgänger as a keepsake."

A thought that has occupied the minds of people for several millennia

There is an opinion among the people that there is a copy of every person somewhere on earth. Many of us rarely leave the borders of our native place, so we do not have a chance to meet our “reflection”. The chance to find a double falls only to the elite. However, in many literary works, the thought of a chance meeting of two identical people can be traced as a red thread. Some of the royalty at one time were scared to death of the possibility of meeting their own copy. Somewhere out there, in another city, and maybe even in another country, there lives exactly the same person, he has your mother's eyes and this mole above the lip that you so want to reduce. But you are not a royal, and you should not worry about a place on the throne. The only thing you want to know is the truth. What is the potential chance of finding your doppelgänger?

Until recently, few people cared about the answer to this amazing question. A person similar to you lives somewhere - and lives, what do you care about this? But if we consider this problem from the point of view of forensics, what is the likelihood for an innocent person to be in the dock for a crime committed by someone similar? Tegan Lucas, an employee at the University of Adelaide, decided to tackle this problem. The woman and her colleagues accessed a collection of photographs in the US military database and methodically studied the facial features of nearly 4,000 people. The main criterion for similarity was the distance between the eyes and ears. However, seven additional parameters were considered. And only then, with mathematical precision, was the probability calculated that the faces of two people could be identical.

The results of the study will encourage some and discourage others

If you expect to find your double, we hasten to disappoint you. According to Tegan Lucas, the chances of meeting his exact copy is less than one trillion percent. And these results were calculated only for eight indicators. However, the employees of the criminal investigation department will be delighted with this circumstance. Their conscience will remain clear. A confrontation or an existing identikit will point to the real criminal with absolute accuracy. And there is almost certainly no mistake here. And if earlier in the courts it was customary for the victims to be interested in what if the suspect is simply strikingly similar to the real criminal, now such questions can be considered inappropriate. Almost 7.5 billion people live on our planet. There is a negligible chance (one in 135) that at least one pair of people will be found whose faces are completely identical.

"The Infinite Monkey Theorem"

These results may well be explained by the "infinite monkey theorem", which has become widely known in scientific circles. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you put a primate at a typewriter and teach the animal to hit the keys? Is it really possible to get the complete works of William Shakespeare through a chaotic set of keys? It's like looking among the endless faces in the crowd for your identical double.

From a purely mathematical point of view, both of these statements are correct. Now let's look at the practical component of the issue. In order to really repeat all the masterpieces of the English classic, the monkey would have to pore for an incredibly long time. Even if we turn a blind eye to individual grammatical nuances of the author, the probability of correctly typing the first letter in the tragedy "Macbeth" will be one in 26. Someone may exclaim: "Not so bad!". However, soon you will be disappointed. Already by the second letter, the chance for complete identity will decrease to 1/676. To completely copy four lines, the monkey, with its chaotic character set, needs extraordinary luck. The chances of repeating a Shakespearean masterpiece drop to one in thirteen quintillion.

The diversity of human faces cannot be determined by eight features

Creating the human form, nature did its best. To discover the complete similarity between people, only eight basic features and characteristics are not enough. So, according to our today's expert, none of the people living on Earth has an identical copy. Our idea of ​​human similarity is also purely individual. Sometimes you just look at someone and mistake that person for someone else. When you look at these people individually, you think of their striking resemblance. However, once you put the doubles side by side, you will immediately find several significant differences. At some point, you will catch yourself thinking that these people are not at all similar.

A person with an average face is easier to find a double

If you have short blonde hair, brown eyes and a meaty nose, you are more likely to meet your counterpart in the UK. In addition, in Foggy Albion, according to statistics, there are most bearded men. Therefore, if a man has a bushy beard, the chance of finding his double is potentially increased. If we look at the numerous "clones" of celebrities, maybe we will believe this theory.

A unique appearance is the main parameter, thanks to which even people who have not seen each other for years can recognize each other in the crowd. It is the individual facial features that help a modern person unlock his smartphone. A photograph of a person is an obligatory component of a passport that helps to identify a person.

We are used to the fact that our appearance is unique. However, sometimes illusions about one's own uniqueness are shattered by reality. And in rational nature there is a failure, as a result of which it periodically stamps out doubles. Who are the twins? Is it a mistake of nature or their occurrence is due to a higher purpose?

The phenomenon of the existence of twins

According to geneticists, the probability of the existence of two people remarkably similar to each other is quite high. After all, all living individuals are descended from a much smaller number of ancestors. This means that the set of genes inherited by descendants is rather limited.

Yes, their number, taking into account constant mutation and evolution, is enough for people to differ from each other. But theoretically, to provide more than 7 billion people with a unique appearance, they may not be enough. And the cases of the meeting of twins are excellent proof of this. A double is a person who is very similar or almost indistinguishable in appearance.

In addition, it is believed that the human genome matches 99.9%. And only 0.1% is responsible for the individuality of each of the people. There are even fewer genes responsible for appearance. Therefore, even, it would seem, with a huge number of variants of DNA combination, the chance of formation of similar external data has the right to exist.

First of all, all humans are members of the same species. We are connected by approximately similar proportions of the body, the structure of the face and our needs often coincide.

In addition, from a mathematical point of view, all people are related to each other to some extent. The calculations helped to find out that after 8 generations each person can have about 250 relatives, and after 30 generations this number can exceed 1 million. Therefore, it is logical that there is a possibility of meeting with some fifty-cousin, who has the same genetic set from the ancestors in an amazingly pronounced way.

How high is the chance of meeting your doppelgänger?

In fact, the chance of meeting a human double is extremely small. The diversity of races significantly reduces it, because it is impossible to imagine that a Chinese will look like a Nigerian.

But the probability of getting to know your double increases markedly among people belonging to common ethnic groups. In addition, similar features are more common among mestizos, since the number of combinations that combine the characteristic features of the two peoples is very limited.

Among the ghosts that people encounter, the most sinister are the twin ghosts that appear before the premature death of a person, warning him of imminent death. In Germany, there is a belief: anyone who wants to know who will die next year should stand near the church on the evening of April 24, on the eve of St. Mark's Day. Exactly at midnight, the ethereal doubles of all those who will be taken away by death this year will follow in a solemn procession directly to the temple. If someone sees himself among them, then his days are numbered. And in Russia, the most fatal omen was to see his double, who comes from the other world as a messenger that a person will soon have to answer for his misdeeds. He passes through the "world of the living", as a rule, without speaking or even noticing the doomed. In some cases, only the person marked by fate sees his double, in others, people next to him also notice an ominous ghost. But in any case, after such a meeting, no precautions and tricks can no longer save.

Especially often there were doubles to kings and emperors. And this is no coincidence. It was believed that power was given to the king by God, and in all Christian states there was a ritual of anointing, symbolizing the transfer of power by God to the ruler.

Historical chronicles are full of examples of the appearance of the fatal ghosts of the king or emperor, who usurped power.

For example, Tsar Vasily Shuisky, who took the throne during the Time of Troubles, saw a double shortly before his death.

Empress Anna Ioannovna also met her fatal double. On October 8, 1740, the sentry in the throne room reported to the officer on guard duty that he had seen with his own eyes the Empress on the throne in all regalia, although everyone knew that she was ill. The officer wished to verify this and entered the throne room. Indeed, the Empress sat on the throne in full dress. This was reported to the queen's favorite Biron, who at that time was at the bedside of the sick Anna Ioannovna. Biron persuaded the empress to go to the throne room. Here they were horrified to see a woman standing motionless, strikingly resembling Anna Ioannovna. "Daring!" Biron shouted. but the double did not move. The empress, after standing for a minute in amazement, went to this double woman and asked: “Who are you? Why did you come? Without saying a word in response, she began to retreat back to the throne and, without taking her eyes off the empress, ascended the throne. "That's a cheeky liar! Here is the Empress! I order you to shoot this woman!” Biron shouted to the guard. The confused officer ordered the soldiers to take aim. A volley struck... The double was not damaged by the bullets - it simply disappeared before the eyes of the astonished soldiers. Anna Ioannovna turned to Biron and said: “This is my death!” She died soon after.

A fatal ghost came to two more empresses. Count Peter Shuvalov saw the ghost of Elizabeth I walking in the Summer Garden, while, according to the testimony of the courtiers, the queen was in a completely different place.

In November 1796, two days before the death of Catherine II, the ladies-in-waiting, who were on duty at the door of Her Majesty's bedroom, saw the Empress in a night dress and with a candle in her hands leaving her bedroom, walking towards the throne room and entering there. A few minutes passed, and they were surprised to hear a call from the Empress's bedroom! Rushing into the bedchamber, they saw the empress lying on the bed. Hearing the confused story of the courtiers, the empress jumped up and ran to the throne room. The door was open, and the vast hall itself was bathed in a greenish light. A ghost sat on the throne - another Catherine! The Empress screamed - and fell unconscious. From that moment her health failed, and two days later an apoplexy stroke interrupted her life.

But not only the Russian empresses were visited by doubles. In the winter of 1603, a ghost that suddenly appeared predicted the death of the English Queen Elizabeth I. The queen was ill with pneumonia, and the court doctors prescribed bed rest for her. On the night of the appearance of the double, Elizabeth slept peacefully in her bedroom. The lady of the court, Lady Guildford, was walking along the corridor at that time, when she suddenly saw the figure of Elizabeth in front of her, slowly walking towards her. Lady Guildford looked away for a moment, and when she looked back in that direction, the corridor was empty. The court lady hurried to the royal bedchamber and saw Elizabeth sleeping peacefully. A few days passed - and England plunged into mourning: the queen died.

Perhaps the most striking encounter with the double took place in Moscow at the end of December 1923. At night, the ghost of Lenin unexpectedly appeared in the Kremlin, who had been living without a break in the Gorki estate near Moscow for several months.

In December, it gets dark early, and twilight begins to thicken immediately after lunch. The special government courier Boltnev, who also worked in the Cheka, was in the guardroom. He had just returned from the cold and was warming himself near the hot stove. Suddenly, Vladimir Ilyich quickly walked past the guardhouse along the corridor. He was in his usual dark-cloth suit, waistcoat, shirt and tie. Bowing his head thoughtfully, Lenin began to climb the stairs to the second floor.

“Lenin just passed,” the courier said in surprise to the head of the guard. He quickly jumped out into the corridor and also saw the leader walking. He hesitated, but nevertheless decided to call out to him. He, ignoring the call, continued on his way.

"Damn knows what's going on!" the boss swore and rushed to the phone to report to Genrikh Yagoda, who was in charge of Lenin's security. At this time, Vladimir Ilyich, or rather, as it turned out later, his double, silently walked along the Kremlin corridors to his office, accompanied by the surprised looks of the employees of the Council of People's Commissars.

“Lenin is in the Kremlin, we just saw him,” the head of the guard finally called. Why is he unguarded? What? He hasn’t traveled anywhere and is in Gorki?”

The mystical story about the leader's visit to the Kremlin spread throughout Moscow the very next day. A major scandal was brewing, because the appearance of a mystical double began to be linked with the imminent death of Lenin.

The sinister role of double ghosts has always attracted the attention of scientists who were interested in mystical phenomena. Among the hypotheses put forward by them, one is interesting, based on the fact that a person is a creature consisting of several bodies. In addition to the physical, or, as it was also called, the gross body, there are several more. One of them - ethereal - is, as it were, an energy double of the physical body. The second - the astral - the abode of sensitivity, imagination. The astral body can leave the physical and etheric shells and travel on its own. As a person approaches the last line, his astral double takes on more and more distinct outlines and sometimes becomes visible to people nearby.

The separation of the double occurs in a dream, during an illness, in a stressful situation, that is, when a person’s consciousness does not function in a completely normal mode - muffled or, conversely, extremely aggravated.

The reality of the existence of double ghosts of doomed people was unexpectedly confirmed in the first years of Soviet power in a department that seemed to be very far from any mysticism - in the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK), where a special department was created that dealt with extraordinary research. The special department was headed by a member of the board of the Cheka, the former head of the Petrograd Cheka, Gleb Boky, the inspirer of research into human psychic abilities. One of the most secret areas studied by this department was the study of photographs of political figures in Soviet Russia. Stalin set a special task for the secret laboratory - to determine whether the person depicted in the photograph is alive and, if alive, whether there are signs of his imminent death in the picture.

This was done by a specialist who appeared in official reports as "X". He developed a unique projector attachment that allowed the negatives to be viewed in infrared light, revealing a surprising pattern. Behind the backs of people who were soon dying, a dark, ominous shadow clearly appeared in the pictures - that very astral double. He was first seen in a photograph of Lenin taken a year before his death. After that, his earlier photographs were carefully studied. On those that were made before Lenin's stay in Gorki, there was no dark silhouette. And in later photographs (while living there), dark spots that were increasing over time were found behind the leader's back. As they approached the fatal line, they merged and each time more and more resembled the silhouette of a person.

Interested in the work of the laboratory and Lavrenty Beria. He looked through photographs of famous Soviet figures with dark silhouettes behind their backs and gave the order to continue research on this topic. On his personal instructions, the employees of the secret laboratory were forbidden to maintain contact with anyone. Their memoirs contain interesting information. It turns out that Beria saw in his post-war photographs ominous spots over his left shoulder, reminiscent of a human silhouette. But the people's commissar only shrugged his shoulders and said the historical words: "Ah, it will shatter!"

In the spring of 1952, a photo was brought to the all-powerful Minister of the Interior. On it, he saw Stalin taking the parade on the podium of the Mausoleum. Behind the Generalissimo's back was a familiar black silhouette. Beria hid the picture from the Owner. Soon Stalin was gone, and Lavrenty Beria boasted to Molotov: “It was I who removed him!”