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Justinas Keturka

100 Extremely Unlikely Moments That People Somehow Managed To Capture

Just because something is incredibly rare doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Every now and then, the odds line up in such a ridiculous way that you’re left wondering how on earth anyone was lucky enough to be there when they did.

We’ve rounded up some amazing photos of curious sights and wild coincidences people managed to catch on camera. Scroll down to see the moments that probably made their photographers do a double take.

#1 Bubble Got Stuck On One Small Strand Of A Spiderweb

© Photo: BioLizard_Venom

#2 Sat On A Bench Outside An Office And Noticed My Reflection In The Window Perfectly Fit In The Chair

© Photo: ScummyMoney

#3 My Wife Was Wearing The Right Jacket At The Right Time. Pleasanton Ridge, CA

© Photo: Purp_Skurp_349

#4 This Pilot Found Out That The Oh58 Kiowa Helicopter He'd Been Flying Was The Very Same Aircraft Which Made Him Want To Become An Army Pilot In The First Place

© Photo: etymologynerd

#5 What’s The Purpose Of This Device? Check The Serial Number

© Photo: [deleted]

#6 Uhmmm

© Photo: OriannaSable

#7 She Is A Perfect Fit!

© Photo: keith2301

#8 This Photo Of A Shirtless Dude Looking Like A Beautiful Bride Was Perfectly-Timed

© Photo: imgur

#9 I Found A Piece Of Driftwood That Looks Like A Dragon's Head

© Photo: MarliePwns

#10 Found A Treble Clef In My Arby’s Curly Fries Once

© Photo: bisforbodkin

#11 He’s Just Not That Into You 🍸

© Photo: ishuah

#12 The Sun Shining Through My Fish Tank Aligned Perfectly On Each Knob

© Photo: kjh4087

#13 A Leaf Fell In Front Of My Phone The Second It Took A Timed Photo

© Photo: BringBowlCutBack

#14 These Two Guys

© Photo: m0rris0n_hotel

#15 Grand Rapids, Mich.–ben Carpenter Got The Ride Of A Lifetime When His Electric Wheelchair Became Lodged In The Grille Of A Semi-Trailer And Was Accidentally Pushed Down A Highway For Several Kilometers At About 80 Km/H And Survived Uninjured

© Photo: Smoked_Out24-7

#16 My Bacon Looks Like Seahorses

© Photo: mbp231

#17 Now The Stonehenge Face Got Swag!

© Photo: [deleted]

#18 My Friend's Phone Case Blends In With This 1982 School Library Circulation Desk

© Photo: iamnotchris

#19 This House In Norway Where A 89-Year Old Woman Lived Was In The Direct Path Of A Rockslide In 2004. Somehow The Two Largest Boulders Deviated Just Enough From Their Paths To Narrowly Miss Her House, On Each Their Side! She Was Inside, Sleeping At The Time

© Photo: FetchTheGuillotine

#20 Fish Photobombs Pic Of My Friend

© Photo: ProtectionAdorable89

#21 Well That Was Easy

© Photo: realbestusernameever

#22 This Caterpillar Cocooning In A Beak Of A Cast Iron Bird Statue

© Photo: Needsomejeans

#23 I'm A Woodturner & Found A Lovely Bowl In A Vintage Store, Made By The Guy Who Inspired Me As A Kid. On Closer Inspection I Felt The Bowl Was Very Familiar, So I Flipped Through The Very Book That Inspired Me, 31 Years Ago, & There It Was!

© Photo: DalbergTheKing

#24 Not Like That

© Photo: [deleted]

#25 Oh The Irony!

© Photo: [deleted]

#26 My Friend Took This Photo Right As Lightning Struck

© Photo: newFUNKYmode

#27 Lens Flare In This Photo Looks Like Eric Cartman

© Photo: Edders_19

#28 Who's There?

© Photo: Hot_Independent_1683

#29 Found A Street That Is Oddly Symmetrical With Its Colors

© Photo: AwesomeExMachina

#30 The Picture On The Left Is A Painting We Have Had In Our House For A While Now, The Picture On The Right Was Taken Last Weekend. Took Me Until Today To Realize We Took It At The Perfect Moment With The Bird Flying By In Just The Right Spot

© Photo: ryborg22

#31 I Was At My Government Transport Department, Swapping My Old Plate With A Personalised Plate. This Was The Ticket That I Received From The Machine, And Below Is The Old Plate I Was Taking Off My Motorcycle. Mind Blown

© Photo: Rhinotteros

#32 My Girlfriend And I Both Took Pictures From The Same Angle At The Same Show... 3 Years Before We Met Each Other

© Photo: Slayer_Of_Anubis

#33 3 Planes Crossing The Exact Same Spot On The Sky Within Short Time

© Photo: Bst1337

#34 This Is Such A Weird Coincidence

© Photo: keith2301

#35 Perfect Timing

© Photo: [deleted]

#36 Got An Onion Ring That Actually Looks Like A Ring

© Photo: helloworld_html

#37 Must Be Kansas

© Photo: Eagleheart585

#38 Heated Up Politics

© Photo: Muhammagaming

#39 Rare Volkswagen Harlequin Golf That Perfectly Matched My Gfs Pants

© Photo: jones-indiana

#40 The Homer Simpson In My Welcome Mat Fits The Floor Tile Perfectly

© Photo: [deleted]

#41 This Is A Tomato That Accidently Grew Inside Of The Fence

© Photo: [deleted]

#42 My Brother Hit Every Pin Except 7 8 9 And 10. How Odd Is That?

© Photo: Codycreatedchaos

#43 This Puddle Is The Same Shape As Australia, In Australia

© Photo: Anne1Frank

#44 The Way The Veins Of The Leaf Align On The Creases Of The Hand

© Photo: admiralwan

#45 My Grandma (Left) Went To A Wine Tasting & Met Her Two Friends There & They Were All Wearing The Same Dress

© Photo: stonedscubagirl

#46 The Police Facebook Page Posted A Picture Taken By A Speeding Camera. The Bird Saves The Day

© Photo: Aeogor

#47 The Irony Here Is Amazing. Never Tell Me The Odds

© Photo: ARF_Trooper_

#48 Customer Said All 4 Of Them Were Uninjured But We Can’t Say The Same About The Car

© Photo: Misterr_Carlos

#49 Can Any Physicist Or Cat Expert Tell Me How This Is Possible?

© Photo: suppordel

#50 Phew

© Photo: anonymous

#51 In The Netherlands, Two Trucks Got Stuck On Opposite Sides Of The Same Bridge At The Same Time

© Photo: DareYouGo

#52 A Totally Safe Place For Birds

© Photo: A_Old_Rolling_Stone

#53 Coincidence?

© Photo: [deleted]

#54

© Photo: [deleted]

#55 A Stool Bus Behind The School Bus

© Photo: vinayakggupta

#56 Fantastic Coincidence

© Photo: sandely65

#57 Went To Take A Picture Of The Rainbow And Lightning Struck At The Same Time!

© Photo: jerm1323

#58 Bubblevision

© Photo: Lavidius

#59 Girl’s Shirt Matches A Coffee Mug Perfectly At Purdue University

© Photo: TheJoker12349

#60 My Wife And I Both Broke A Glass The Same Way, The Same Day

© Photo: Kurtoa

#61 That's What I Said...1934. What's A Dollar From Then Worth Today?

© Photo: randomepsilon

#62 Where’s Daddy?

© Photo: SafeCurrency3519

#63 The Serial Number On This Pizza Cutter

© Photo: wolfshozzer

#64 This Glass That Broke In Exactly The Right Way

© Photo: imgur

#65 This Egg My Chicken Laid Looks Like A Kinder Surprise Egg

© Photo: FeelsLikeBatMan

#66 Broken Sign Still Accurate

© Photo: SavedStarDate_68415

#67 Make Up Your Mind, Mcdonalds!

© Photo: EndersGame_Reviewer

#68 My Little Sister's Hair Formed The Number 5

© Photo: FiezJam

#69 What Beautiful Eyes

© Photo: phillip_gloomberry

#70 When Your Girlfriend’s Weight Matches The Sample Photo

© Photo: olivierhoran

#71 She Was The Show

© Photo: TheSaih

#72 Charm At Flea Market Fit Perfectly On My Friend's Tattoo

© Photo: sailinXrailin

#73 Phone Fell Out Of His Pocket While Riding

© Photo: australia-on-redditx

#74 These Two Identical Strangers Who Were Seated Next To Each Other On An Airplane

© Photo: leebeattie

#75 After The Storm

© Photo: AmmianusMarcellinus

#76 Was Told This Might Belong Here

© Photo: LowRenzoFreshkobar

#77 R.i.p

© Photo: dadNigga

#78 Mr White!?!?!?!

© Photo: Grayscale1776

#79 There Was A Perfect Number 8 Cooked Into My Corn Somehow

© Photo: [deleted]

#80 This Penny Missed The Press Half Way But Somehow Made It Into Circulation

© Photo: gavanator2345

#81 A Pole Flew Through My Friends Windshield While Driving Down I-80 Outside Of Berkeley, California Almost Impaling Him

© Photo: walterwilter

#82 This Spider-Web Looks Like Spider-Man

© Photo: nephelodusa

#83 My Vanity Mirror Fell In My Bathroom. It Was Saved From Shattering By My Toothbrush

© Photo: ChadFlenderman

#84 A Fan Bet $50 On Eugenio Suarez Hitting A Home Run, And Ended Up Catching The Home Run Ball Live At The Game

© Photo: 1021986

#85 Parked My Truck In The Dark Last Night

© Photo: SameAir8235

#86 So Many 2s

© Photo: DANNYG548

#87 My Friend Drew Me A Card For Another Friend's Baby

© Photo: faracly

#88 I Kicked Over My Glass Of Water And It Looks Oddly Like America

© Photo: incrediblekrampus

#89 This Hourglass Somehow Jammed

© Photo: [deleted]

#90 I Dropped And Cracked My Batman Mug. Then The Chipped Part Looks A Like The Bat Symbol

© Photo: justdontknowwhattopu

#91 I Dropped The Coin In The Tip Box, Watched It Bounce Twice Before Landing On Its Edge. No One Else Saw It Happen

© Photo: CthaDStyles

#92 My KFC Chicken Tender Looks Like The USA

© Photo: Bikesbassbeerboobs

#93 Went Axe Throwing Today, Somehow I Embedded It Handle First

© Photo: Fliggerty

#94 These Burned Out Lights Perfectly Align

© Photo: Jigsawz_

#95 I Found A WWII Collector That Had The Uniform Shirt My Grandfather Was Wounded In

© Photo: Patches_Mcgee

#96 What A Coincidence!

© Photo: [deleted]

#97 The Total And The Message Couldn't Match Up Better

© Photo: Kossine

#98 Now That’s Nice

© Photo: ClunkiestSquid

#99 What Are The Chances Of This Happening?

© Photo: Bioth28

#100 I Took The Photo Before 1|3 Symbol Appeared On His Phone Screen

© Photo: t20i9m13

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