Third Man Syndrome: In Life Or Death Scenarios, Survivors Report A Helpful Person Appearing

https://www.iflscience.com/third-man-syndrome-in-life-or-death-scenarios-survivors-report-a-helpful-person-appearing-67508

This I share more for the bizarre phenomenon and less for the article itself

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Sheeple@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It might be quite literally survivors bias at play. Those who didn't have the helpful person appear, died. Therefore they weren't there to report

feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

That's a very good point.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Could've used this kind of apparition a few times in my life.

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y

Couldn't we all 😭

kamenlady@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

I would love to either see a person or hear a voice, often providing helpful information on how i should escape my situation ...

I don't do well in situations.

ax_xa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This is not quite the same, but once, as I was getting into a boat, I heard a loud voice proclaim, “there is a snake in that boat.” I was alone with my wife. It was a male voice. She did not hear it. I told her I thought there might be a snake and we briefly investigated, but I felt a little weird about it and didn’t investigate as well as I should have.

There was a snake in that boat.

feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

That's unusual.

pimento64@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

All we know about him is his magnificent bouffant