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afternoon. (My wife, upon hearing of the visit, said flatly it was not possible, could not be so because Doctor Bradshaw was home in bed sick.) With Mrs. Bradshaw on the phone, I asked the simple question. She stated that roughly at four twenty-five they were walking out of the house toward the garage. She was going to the post office, and Doctor Bradshaw had decided that perhaps some fresh air might help him, and had dressed and gone along. She knew the time by back-checking from the time they arrived at the post office, which was twenty minutes to five. It takes roughly fifteen minutes to drive to the post office from their house. I had come back from my trip to them at approximately four twenty-seven. I asked what they were wearing. Mrs. Bradshaw stated she was wearing black slacks, and a red sweater which was covered with a black car coat. Doctor Bradshaw was wearing a light hat and a light-colored topcoat. However, neither "saw" me in any way or were aware of my presence. Doctor Bradshaw had no memory of saying anything to me. The great point is that I had expected to find him in bed, and did not. The coincidences involved were too much. It was not important to prove this to anyone else. Only to me. It proves to me—truly for the first time—that there might well be more to this than normal science and psychology and psychiatry allow—more than an aberration, trauma, or hallucination— and 1 needed some form of proof more than anyone else, I am sure. It is a simple incident, but unforgettable. In this visit to Doctor Bradshaw and his wife, the time of visit coincides with the physical event. The autosuggestion hallucination factor is negative. I expected to find Doctor Bradshaw in bed in the house, but did not do so and was puzzled by the inconsistency. Identical reports with conditions of actual events: (1) Location of Doctor Bradshaw and his wife. (2) Position of the two relative to each other. (3) The actions of the two. (4) Wearing apparel of the two. Possibility of unconscious preknowledge through earlier observation of the above: (1) Negative, had no information of their change in plans or time habits of post office visits. (2) Indeterminate, consciously at least unaware of who walks first.