{"id":1389,"date":"2013-09-17T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoddsmustbecrazy.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2013-09-17T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T20:00:55","slug":"circling-a-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tombc\/2013\/09\/17\/circling-a-coincidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Circling a Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Submitted<\/strong> by reader David Sauder<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Last<\/strong> month I arranged with an old friend that our families would meet\u00a0for a picnic lunch near Ampthill, about 80 kilometres north of London.<\/p>\n

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Aerial View of Millbrook Proving Ground<\/p><\/div>\n

I<\/strong> am not all familiar with that area (I’m from Canada, and we are\u00a0living in London temporarily). \u00a0I looked at the satellite view of\u00a0Google maps to see what type of landscape we would be lunching in. \u00a0On\u00a0the satellite view I could see a large nearby circle, which was about\u00a0one kilometre in diameter. \u00a0This perfect circle looked like a road,\u00a0and had smaller roads and roundabouts inside it.<\/p>\n

I<\/strong> wondered what it\u00a0was, so at the picnic I asked my friend. He didn’t know what it was.\u00a0We tried to see it from the hilltop where we were eating, but couldn’t\u00a0find it. I figured I’d do some more searching later to satisfy my\u00a0curiosity and left it at that.<\/p>\n

A<\/strong> couple of days later we left for a family vacation at Disney World,\u00a0in Orlando. \u00a0One of the first rides we took was a “Test Track” ride at\u00a0EPCOT. \u00a0This ride is a simulation of a vehicle test track. Before\u00a0getting on board the vehicle, the next group of ‘drivers’ is brought\u00a0into a large room where they stand and watch a video that explains\u00a0what to expect during the ride. As the video was ending, and the\u00a0lights in the room were fading to black, I noticed the picture hanging\u00a0on the wall right behind me. It was an aerial photograph of my\u00a0‘mystery circle’. As the room went black, I had just enough time to\u00a0read the label on the bottom of the picture, which said “Millbrook\u00a0Proving Ground”. \u00a0When I got home, I looked it up and that’s exactly\u00a0what that circle was.<\/p>\n

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[EDITOR:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes it’s fun to just read the coincidence story without any analysis. This one is a cutie. Submit your own coincidence story when you are visiting The Odds Must Be Crazy. Click on the Submit a Story link on our homepage! –\u00a0Wendy]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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