What's going on here? Psychic powers...? Angelic abilities...? Magnetic phenomenas?

Question

I know a LOT of people experience the occurrence that whenever they glance at a clock or maybe a random number written in graffiti on the wall they see the time 11:11 or the number 1111. So I understand this isn't that uncommon. But it happens to me ALL THE TIME. Also, whenever I go on a walk, most of (if not all) the street lights will go off as I pass and come back on once I'm about 20/25 feet away. I live in NY, so I go on walks through Central Park around 12:00 or so, it's noticeable that the lights are going off. And I'll watch as some other people will walk right past one and nothing happens to them, but then when I pass by it turns off till I'm about 20/25 feet away. And it is honestly almost every single light! I swear, the one will come back on right as the next one turns off. What is going on?!? This numbers thing and the constant turning off of the lights are really freaky. Please help!

Answer 1

I'm watching the movie 'Groundhog Day' as I write this.  Can't help but wonder if you are somehow going through some kind of repetitive remembrance that compounds.  That's only an hypothesis though.  I am not familiar with what you have been going through, but giving some kind of explanation, they all sound like signs to me, and if they are so persistent, it sounds like you are not paying attention to change that is needed for you to move past that point.  Faites attention mon ami!  Your guides, spirits or former or future selves are instructing you to make note of events that are happening and since you aren't it means you need to WAKE UP to yourself!

My boyfriend just read your question over my shoulder and is freaking out here saying it happens to him all the time, the same thing with the lights... and frankly, knowing him as I do, I would give him the same advice, don't do things the same way as you have been, find new goals, different things to be motivated about, get off your butt and live life!  Sorry it went a different way, but I do have to pay attention to signs, especially when they are so blatantly loud beide me saying what you are saying.  You have to make a change in your life.

Answer 2

I agree with 2,4 and your Dad.You really should add a video to this question.Seems like it would have been easy enough.It's really not fair to make claims like this without backing it up.It makes it harder to believe.

Answer 3

Have someone go with you and keep track of how many of the lights go off.  You'll see it's not nearly as many as you think  It's the confirmation effect at work - you remember when it happens and forget when it doesn't.  You see hundreds, even thousand of numbers every day - if you wrote every single one that you saw down, you'd see that there's nothing special about 11:11.

There's no psychic powers, especially not here.  If you had some sort of angelic ability, I'd hope it would be a little bit better than the ability to make lights blink sometimes.  And no, you're not magnetic.

Answer 4

It's called SLIders Phenomenon.. Several people in this section can also do that. Here's a link..

http://paranormal.about.com/b/2008/05/25...

Answer 5

The exact same thing happens with me with the lights, its not confirmation bias, like you i went out every single night with friends and we did so many experiments with it....

I used to think it was some paranormal thing, but its not...The effect comes from the energy that is coming off your body.. We went to every street light , the first place was a brand new estate, where every single street light was brand new... we parked the car up the top of the hill looking at all the street lights, down the street...they were all normal functioning.... as soon as i got out of the car and stood under the first one, within seconds, it started blinking, from a light blinker to more of a flash, soon as i walked away, it stopped and returned to normal, i tryed every light up and down that street, with all of them doing the same thing....Then we tested it with another person, and nothing happened...Since then we have demonstrated it in so many different areas, with so many street lights..all having the same affect with me, but not the other people im with.....

Then we worked out, at the time this was going on, i was under alot of stress, and my energy, adrenalin was very high, the more worked up i was the more impact it has....Now that im in a much more relaxed state, it doesnt happen anywhere as close....Now if im worked up over something, i will go outside and walk down the street purposely and see if they react, and they do, If im calm and go for a walk, they dont react....Just keep doing your own experiments with it, and yes it does amuse people when they actually see it happen...take note of your moods when it happens..trust me it has everything to do with it....People wont believe you until they see it for themselves, im going to record it soon...

Answer 6

You have provided two fine examples of confirmation bias.

The 11:11 phenomena has been pretty well covered, but I'll go over it again briefly.  Unless you only look at the clock twice a day you see times that aren't 11:11.  You don't remember these other times because their number sequences don't hold any significance to you.  You do remember when you look at a clock when it's 11:11 because this time holds significance for you.  It's also possible you have a schedule that affords you an opportunity to look at the clock at those particular times.  Also, remember this is unique to the 12 hour digital clock.  Do you think Europeans would consider 23:11 as significant as 11:11?  Probably not.  Do you think people looking at an analog face clock at 11:11 would see anything special?  Again, probably not.

The SLIder thing is confirmation bias as well.  The fact is that all street lights blink on and off.  How often this occurs depends on what kind of street light it is and how long the bulb's been in there.  As with the 11:11 thing, you remember only the times they blink in your proximity but disregard the times they don't.  Like you said it's *almost* every single night.  Unless it happens almost every time to almost every street light I would consider this normal on/off cycling.

You can read this for a good explanation:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_...

You could also take it on yourself to conduct an informal test.  Define a consistent street light behavior (i.e. flicker, blink, turn off completely) and then keep track of exactly how many lights behave this way when you are within 20 feet of them.  Also keep track of exactly how many street lights don't behave this way.  Then do the same for someone else.  I predict the results of such a survey will put this all in perspective.

Answer 7

I think that the Angels are trying to get your attention with the 1111 thing. You should start working with them. You think that what's happening to you is amazing, start working at it and see what happens.

Your energy field is buzzing at a level that effects certain lights...maybe fluorescents.

Learn how to ground and shield and see if that stops the lights from going on and off.

I am sure that there is a way to put this to good use but first you have to figure out how to control it and use it. The Angels obviously want to help you with that.