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Some eight years ago, on three nights in a row, I awoke only once. For some reason I chose also to raise my head to see my bed-side digital clock, which could not be seen from my pillow. The times of these incidents were 3:33, 11:22, and 4:44. It has never happened again, although I do regularly awake to digits such as 5:55 and 4:44 and 2:34, and 1:23.
Clearly one cannot be clock watching while asleep. In more recent years my sleep pattern is more disrupted, but originally, eight years ago, I was a very sound sleeper.
Date submitted:Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:15:50 +0000Coincidence ID:6046
