Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathyPodmore, Frank
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Apparitions and thought-transference: an examination of the evidence for telepathy
Podmore, Frank
Apparitions; Telepathy
"On the afternoon of Wednesday, November 24, I was very uneasy,
could not sit still, and wandered about the whole afternoon with
little purpose. This uneasiness was unaccountable; but instead of
wearing away it increased, and after returning to my room at about
6.45 it turned into positive fear. I fancied that there was some
one continually behind me, and, although I turned my chair around
several times, this feeling remained. At last I got up and went
into my bedroom, looked under the bed and into the closet; finding
nothing, I came back into the room and looked behind the curtains.
Satisfied that there was nothing present to account for my fancy,
I sat down again, when instantly the peculiar sensation recurred;
and at last, finding it unbearable, I went down to a friend's room,
where I remained the rest of the evening. To him I expressed my
belief that this sensation was a warning sent to show me that some
one of my family had been injured or killed.
"While in his room the peculiar sensation ceased, and, despite my
nervousness, I was in no unusual state of mind; but on returning to
my room to go to bed it returned with renewed force. On the next
day (the 25th), on coming to my grandfather's, I found out that the
day before (the 24th), at a little past 12, my father had jumped
from a moving train and been severely injured. While I do not think
that this warning was direct enough to convince sceptics that I
was warned of my father's mishap, I certainly consider that it is
curious enough to demand attention. I have never before had the
same peculiar sensation that there was some being besides myself in
an apparently empty room, nor have I ever before been so frightened
and startled at absolutely nothing.
"On questioning my father, he said that before the accident he was
not thinking of me, but that at the very moment that it happened
his whole family seemed to be before him, and he saw them as
distinctly as if there.
F. H. KREBS, JUN.
"_November_ 29, 1886."
From MR. CHAUNCEY SMITH, JUN.
"I, the undersigned, distinctly remember that F. H. Krebs, Jun.,
came into my room November 24 and complained of being very nervous.
I cannot remember exactly what he said, as I was studying at the
time, and did not pay much attention to his talk.
"On the 25th he came into my room in the evening, and made a
statement that his state the evening before was the consequence of
an accident that happened to his father, and that he had the night
before told me that he had received a warning of some accident to
some one dear to him. This I did not contradict, because I consider
that it is extremely probable that he said it, and that I did not,
through inattention, notice it.
"CHAUNCEY SMITH, JUN."
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