excerpts from Nexus
Falling Baby in Luck
In 1930s Detroit, a man named Joseph Figlock was to become an amazing figure in a young (and apparently, incredibly carless) mother’s life.
As Figlock was walking down the street, the mother’s baby fell from a high window onto Figlock. The baby’s fall was broken and Figlock and the baby were unharmed.
A year later the selfsame baby fell from the selfsame window, again falling onto Mr. Figlock as he was passing beneath. Once again, both of them survived the event.
Revenge Killing
In 1883 Henry Ziegland broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who then, out of distress, committed suicide. The girl’s enraged brother hunted down Ziegland and shot him. Believing he had killed Ziegland, the brother then took his own life. In fact, however, Zielgand had not been killed. The bullet had only grazed his face, lodging into a tree. It was a narrow escape.
Years later, in 1913, Ziegland decided to cut down the same tree, which still had the bulet in it. The huge tree seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland’s head, killing him.