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Have you ever had the feeling that something wasn’t quite right? Maybe you decided to wait a few minutes to leave the house or drive to work on a different route, then later heard about an accident… These gut feelings can’t be explained, but somehow, they prove themselves time after time. Below, you’ll find dozens of stories of inexplicable intuition kicking in at just the right moment to save the day. From not making it to work that faithful day at the World Trade Center to randomly deciding to wear a seatbelt, these gut feelings helped save the day.

#1: Heeding a Gut Feeling Saved Us from a Scary Ordeal

This story makes me wonder if the people who did the mugging were already there. That would make this less intuition and more observation. You can often tell when people are giving off bad vibes, and if they were planning to mug an entire party, it would have been somewhat obvious.

That said, was this a violent situation? Or did they just rummage through purses and pickpocket wallets before strolling out the front door without a second thought? I mean, the result is the same, but the execution matters! It would be a lot scarier if they took what they wanted using a gun or knife instead of sneaking around.