Coincidences that can only be explained by sheer dumb luck

Have you ever had a moment happen in your life that really should not have happened based on probability? A moment so unlikely that it made you question the very reality you were living in?

If so, I hope you had your camera at the ready to snap a photo for posterity. Moments like that don't come around all that often. Everyone on this list happened to have their cameras ready when coincidence struck.

A Near Miss

tree nearly missed car
Photo Credit: superhero112 / Reddit
Photo Credit: superhero112 / Reddit

If a tree falls in a parking lot, does it even hit a car? Well, the answer to that question is usually yes, but in this case, strangely no.

It was really, really close though.

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Matching Numbers

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numbers match on shirt and race number
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Photo Credit: Sneaky-Goat / Reddit
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Not only did this guy randomly get a number at the Washington Marathon that matched the number on his shirt, but he also finished the race in 3 hours, 36 minutes, and 07 seconds.

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What does it mean that all of these numbers matched? Probably nothing, but it sure is odd.

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Gone Fishing

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Photo Credit: F1ngo / Reddit
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This person lost his walled in a lake 20 years ago, and then he caught it while he was fishing 20 years later.

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This is what we call dumb luck.

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A Perfect Place To Land

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butterfly landed on butterfly guide
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Photo Credit: officialbearbear / Reddit
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This adorable butterfly thought that the perfect place to take a rest would be right on top of the picture of himself on this butterfly spotting guide.

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Maybe he thought he was making a friend.

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Increasing Spots

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This dog had three puppies, and each of the puppies had an increasing number of spots on their rear ends.

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The first puppy has one spot, the second has two, and the third has three.

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A Close Call

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tree missed car when it fell over
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Photo Credit: pincheloca / Reddit
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This tree fell across the road after an intense storm. If the tree didn't have a bend in it, it would have totally destroyed this car.

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Luckily for the driver, the tree is a little curvy.

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Matching Mountains

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Photo Credit: tomboski / Reddit
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The mountain landscape in the photo on the back of this truck perfectly matches the actual mountain landscape that the truck is driving through.

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It almost looks like the back of the truck is just a frame around a clear window.

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One After The Other

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Photo Credit: warshadow / Reddit
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These two cars parked next to each other are exactly the same make, model, and color. Also, their license plates are one letter apart.

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They basically came off the assembly line one after the other.

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Totally Rekt

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Photo Credit: ParadiseSquared / Reddit
Photo Credit: ParadiseSquared / Reddit
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What are the chances that a door that says "rekt" on it would be right next to a broken glass door that was actually totally wrecked?

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This is kind of cool, even though that broken glass looks dangerous.

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A Balloon Mid-Burst

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Photo Credit: mh00259 / Reddit
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Someone managed to capture a photo of this balloon right as it popped while it was being blown up.

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It's so cool to see how the balloon totally broke apart.

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He Matches The Art

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This guy visited the Art Institute of Chicago and found that he accidentally matched one of the paintings.

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Do you think his jacket was modeled after this piece of art?

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There's The Moon

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What are the chances of this "moon" street sign pointing directly to a full moon?

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Full moons don't come around all that often, and someone had to be at the perfect angle to take this photo.

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Fitting For A Blood Bank

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This car parked outside of a blood bank has the license plate "vampyr." Do you think that the person who owns this car is a phlebotomist?

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Because that would make a lot of sense.

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Awkward Yearbook Quotes

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Photo Credit: asaver / Reddit
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These two must have teamed up when it came to deciding on their yearbook quotes. There's no way that this just happened by accident.

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Plus, these two guys look like they would be friends.

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Whoopsie

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Photo Credit: Bierrr / Reddit
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It's pretty interesting that this car's license plate says "whoop c" when the whole rear bumper is hanging off of the car.

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Well, that is a real "whoop c" indeed.

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A Hero's Wings

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Photo Credit: Ibleedcarrots / Reddit
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This firefighter climbing up a ladder looks like he has a pair of golden wings, but that's just because he's standing in front of a sign with wings on it.

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Whoever captured this photo had a great sense of timing.

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A Line Up Of Cars

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Photo Credit: VakkudaTribe / Reddit
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This silver car is stuck behind four white cars that are all the exact same make and model.

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Is there something that makes slow drivers get these white minivans? It's always white minivans holding up traffic.