Help us out. We can’t figure out “coincidences.”

Many, it seems, have a spiritual orchestration.

The good ones are Godly. Destiny. The others are perhaps from another source.

There are those who call meaningful coincidence “synchronicity.”

Whatever the case, some sail far beyond the logic of happenstance.

When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, a worker named J.G. Tierney died during construction—on December 20, 1922, the very first day of construction prep.

The last man to die during the project?

Patrick Tierney, his son—and on the same date: December 20, 1935.

If you’re asking why, you’re not alone.

We couldn’t confirm this one, but it’s said in World War One, a British soldier was saved when a German bullet lodged in his breast pocket Bible. In World War Two, his son carried the same Bible into battle—where it again stopped a bullet, saving his life.

(The story may be based on other incidents. For example, Leonard Knight, a 17-year-old British soldier, was saved when a bullet lodged in a pocket Bible given to him by his aunt, Minnie Yates, during World War I. The Bible, with the bullet still embedded, was passed down through his family.)

More plausible:

In 1997, author Steve Jackson released a card game called Illuminati: New World Order. One card, “Terrorist Nuke,” depicted the twin towers exploding in a way eerily similar to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The game’s creator insisted it was purely fictional satire — but the resemblance still chills people.

Adding to the intrigue, Steve Jackson Games was raided by the Secret Service in 1990, before INWO’s release, due to an unrelated issue involving employee Loyd Blankenship, a hacker who had access to stolen documents about the 911 emergency system. Conspiracy theorists have speculated this raid was an attempt to suppress the game, but the official explanation ties it to Blankenship’s hacking activities, not the game’s content.

Steve Jackson and his team have consistently maintained that the game is satirical and fictional, designed to poke fun at conspiracy culture.

Jackson, a known enthusiast of conspiracy theories for entertainment, not belief, drew inspiration from contemporary fears about terrorism, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Illustrator John Grigni, who worked on the “Terrorist Nuke” card, explained that it was inspired by concerns about post-Soviet Russia and groups like Hamas, not al-Qaeda.

But still…

[resources: Lying Wonders, Strangest Things]