Respawn Point

Presented by: Chelsea
Category: Scientific Theory

Content Warning: Child Death

On May 6, 1957, Joanna and Jaqueline Pollock, two young girls living in England were victims of vehicular homicide.

In October of the following year, their parents gave birth to twins, a prediction made by the father, despite the mother having no history of twin in her family and the doctor only detecting one heart beat throughout the pregnancy. This would have been odd enough, but the twins had different birthmarks. Jennifer had mark on her waist that matched one Jaqueline had, as well as having one on her forehead that matched Jaqueline's scar.

Things became weirder as the learned to talk. They asked for toys that belonged to their sisters that had been put away. The made believed having injuries matching the ones their sisters sustained from the crash and had a fear of cars. Their parents had moved from the town they had been living in after the deaths, but moved back later and the twins recognized local landmarks.

Reincarnation, case closed? Not quite. The twins dad was a fervent believer in reincarnation and believed the twins would be reincarnation of his daughters, even before birth. He claimed he never spoke of his daughters to the twins, but it's not impossible they overheard them. The twins also had four older brothers who were old enough to understand what happened and would have been able to talk about their sisters to Jennifer and Gillian.

For further information on research into reincarnation, look into the work of Ian Stevenson.

Takeaway: It's way more interesting to look at things from an academic point of view.

Trivia

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