The Unsolved Diaries: People Talk About Their Life’s Lingering Mysteries

Brewed Connection

My dad and I have always had this strange connection that we’re never been able to explain. The top three bizarre events in our lives are as follows:

when I was 4, my parents and I were at a hotel. My dad was sitting next to me as I was getting my shoes on. He was thinking “I wonder if those people are walking to get coffee from the lobby.” I turned to him and asked, “What’s coffee?”. My dad said he felt violated in a way he had never felt before.
when I was 9, my dad was telling me about this teacher he had when he was very young. He paused telling his story to try to remember her name. I turned to him and asked, “Was is it Mrs. Cow?”. He looked up at me with a shocked expression, and said “Yes! How did you know?”. All I did was say the first thing that popped into my head.
when I was 19, I had a horrible dream one night. It was very vivid. I remember dreaming that there was a big hairy scorpion climbing up the walls in my bedroom. It dropped down and fell next to me on my bed before I woke up. In the morning, I came out to the living room and saw my dad checking under the couch. I asked him what he was doing. He said, “Just checking for scorpions.” I told him about my dream, and he looked up at me with a slight smile. “Was it hairy?” He said. We had the exact same dream.