Photograph coincidence
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When I was 4 years old a photographer from the local newspaper came to my school to take pictures of our easter bonnet parade. The photographer decided to take a close up picture of myself and a class mate, which featured on the front page of the newspaper.
Roughly 10 years later I went on a secondary school visit to the local newspaper office. Upon entering the main office I noticed several large photographs on the wall which looked familiar. When I looked closer I could see it was the photograph taken of me and my classmate many years before. Not only did it show the original photograph, but in order to show the process used to print photos in the paper, it got closer and closer to my face, until there were around 5 pictures zoomed into my face. I was as shocked as everybody else in the room at the coincidence.
Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:04:03 +0000Coincidence ID:6127
