Mind Blowing Coincidences So Wild They Are Almost Unbelievable

LunarSaffron Updated 2025-09-11

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9. James West and James West

What happened: Two inmates with matching appearance
Where: United States, Kansas, Leavenworth.
Two unrelated men named William West arrived in 1903 looking almost identical, confusing staff.

Both William West and William West on Reddit r/nevertellmetheodds
The case helped push fingerprint use. Although similar, each set still held unique pattern detail.

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Comments

EmberGlyph 08/25/2025

A pragmatic realism thread.
QuantumSprout 08/31/2025

Friction-aware semantics.
MosaicRanger 07/30/2025

Frames tradeoffs candidly.