Letters From The Time Traveler: The Third Man

Dearest,

There is a phenomenon that has played out for hundreds of years. It’s called “The Third Man”.

It’s when someone is in a catastrophic accident or mishap and someone saves them.

Third Man Syndrome is reported by scores of accident victims, people who get lost and injured in the wilderness, and others who find themselves in deadly scenarios, and it is so far unexplained.

As the YouTube video below details, there are scores of documented cases of Third Man Syndrome spanning eons from all sorts of people — sailors, explorers, and survivors of not only accidents but also terrorist attacks like 9/11.

According to John Greiger, it is not a hallucination:

“It’s not a hallucination in the sense that hallucinations are disordering,” he told NPR in 2009. “[The Third Man] is a very helpful and orderly guide.” And while he acknowledges that there is “some very interesting science behind” Third Man Syndrome, he feels “clearly there is a spiritual or religious explanation to this…