Finding a t-shirt (yours) in a faraway land
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I heard this coincidence story third-hand, from a professor teaching an undergraduate-level conservation course. She was lecturing about Tambopata, Peru, and went on a tangent about a former student who had been studying (or perhaps doing fieldwork) there. The student was at a market that sold used clothing, and while sifting through the piles of clothes, happened to find a t-shirt emblazoned with the logo of his youth sports team with his name and number on the back. The amazing thing was, he had been under the impression that he still owned the shirt, and that it was in his dresser drawer back home. His mom had apparently donated it to Goodwill (or something similar) while he was away, and it had made its way to this foreign country.
I always wondered if the student purchased the shirt and brought it back home with him.
Date submitted:Fri, 06 May 2016 21:10:23 +0000Coincidence ID:8540
