29 Creepy ‘Past Life Memories’ Uttered by Children

‘Preschooler having detailed understanding of mass executions via guillotine’
29 Creepy ‘Past Life Memories’ Uttered by Children

Regardless of what Al Pacino says, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding what happens when we die. And while reincarnation can’t be proven, it can’t be disproven either, which is why the concept of “past life memories” continues going strong. How else can you rationalize a toddler who has vivid memories of — and can explain in detail — being killed by guillotine? 

You can’t. Babies aren’t supposed to know about that stuff. 

A number of Redditors have recalled the creepy things kids said to them that sounded like past life memories, including a lot of children who remember the war.

Scubapro54 4y ago In 2006 my best friend Nick was KIA in Iraq. We used to wrestle/fight until one of us submitted. These sessions would start randomly and always be initiated by showing your fangs. This involved pointing your pointer and middle finger down in front of your mouth while growling at the other person. A couple of weeks after his death some family from the other side of the country that we only see every 5 years or so was visiting. My cousins's son who was about 5 and who I never met prior to this visit comes over.
d0gf15h . 4y ago . Edited 4y ago - Was watching an old video of a jazz drummer playing a solo. No idea who it was but he was really good. My daughter, probably age three, was looking over my shoulder for minute before she said I used to play the drums like that when I was a man
LonePaladin 4y ago When my son was 3, he told his mom that he was a cosmonaut the last time he was a grown-up. Not an _astro_naut, the Russian version. We're 99% certain he hadn't heard the word before. + 1.5K ...
break_in_the_clouds 4y ago My youngest (4-5) would tell about how warm and cozy she was in my belly, how cold and scary it was to be born, and how the hardest part was that she used to know everything but now she doesn't know anything. I would give her space to talk. Her frustration at almost being able to remember everything was almost palpable. + 1.1K ...
TheOgMark e 4y ago e My little brother said when he was 3 or 4: When I was a grown up, I went to war, and I never came back. + 20K ...
jlt131 4 4y ago My nephew, around 2 or 3, would talk about his other mom and then look confused when you asked him to elaborate. She's not here now. + 18K ...
Sleepybear1314 4y ago My middle son used to talk about having a different mom before me. Не would say she was blond and looked nice but wasn't nice. Не would bring it up randomly and only ever got a bit emotional when he would tell me that when he was with her he never got to grow up. Не said he chose me to be his mom this time because I would let him grow up and get old. When he would say the last part it was as if he was looking for reassurance. He'd ask me like right,
4y ago Edited 4y ago My 5 year old daughter said to me I was in your belly twice, Mama. The first time | died before I came out...but I came back. I did lose my first pregnancy 8 months before getting pregnant again. She was never told. I don't know what it was but- that's what happened.
Raspberry_Sweaty 4y ago . Edited 4y ago . My daughter asked me, Remember my fancy hat, and when I said no, she said, Yeah, before I was dead, I used to work in a bank. I saved my money and bought a hat in a round box. I was on the bus and a man almost sat on it. Then the bus crashed and I died. She was about three and totally casual about it.
KLWK 4y ago My son said once, Mommy, when I was big and you were little, I remember when we danced in the kitchen. The only person I ever danced in a kitchen with as a child was my grandfather. + 17K ...
Jesader22 4y ago When my son was 4 we had driven past a cemetery. Не asked me if I remembered when he died and was buried. I said no and asked him what he meant by saying that. Не said he had died, was buried in a cemetery and that's when he started growing in my belly. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up when he said this. Не doesn't remember say this. + 15K ...
rougeonreddit 4y ago When I was 3 I used to tell my mom stories about my other family every night before bed. The siblings I had and the dog too. One day she took me to target and I told her I wanted big girl undies and she said she would buy them for me and I could wear them when I was potty trained. I told her that my other family already potty trained me so I can start wearing them now. I put them on that day and never had an accident after that. She never potty trained
mellonians 4y ago Edited 4y ago Didn't believe in ghosts and shit until this day but it's fair to say that now I have a slightly more open mind. Our 2/3 tear old daughter was playing on her own but like she was playing hide and seek with an imaginary friend. Asked are you playing hide and seek? She said yes. Who are you playing with? Uncle Andrew My wife's brother Andrew was 7 when he drowned when my wife was 5. Didn't like to talk about it so we never mentioned it. + 13K ...
mariam67 4y ago I don't have kids but when my brother was a toddler he said something to my mom about throwing hay in the window for the horses. My grandfather died before his birth and was a farmer. The barn had windows and he would just throw the hay in the windows for the horses to eat. My mom was really freaked out but he never said anything else similar again. + 13K ...
qazwsx127 0 4y ago e Edited 4y ago . My little brother was born just after 9/11. When he was a toddler one time, he went on about how he used to work in a tall building and wore a suit and tie. Freaked my parent out. + 12K ...
EntropicPie 4y ago According to my Dad, when I was around 5 I was staring out of the window during a heavy thunder storm. When he asked me what I was doing I answered when do the bombs drop? Are they gone yet?. I grew up in Germany, and my dads dad used to alert the city for incoming air raids. My grandpa died three days before I was born, and at five I had no idea about the war, or my grandpa. Really freaked him out at the time. A couple moments later I forgot what I said when
eyespeeled 4y ago My coworker has a son who, when he was about 3, told her he used to grow rice and lived in a place where two rivers met. Не was able to name the rivers, and she located it on a map of East Asia. Pretty wild. + 10K ...
Banksy0726 4y ago My middle son (5) is named after my wife's grandfather. Не just looked at her a couple of weeks ago and said I remember when you were little and you sat on my lap. Не also once gazed into my mother in law's eyes (at 3-4 years old), stroked her cheek and said my daughter. + 9.5K ...
Planksgonemad 4y ago None of mine have, but back pre-pandemic I was watching my friends then three year old for her and he saw a big military ship and he got this kind of far away look and said I remember when my boat sank. There were so many sharks. I said what? Не blinked said what, and then started asking questions about the boat. I mentioned it to my friend and she said yeah, he does that sometimes. + 9K ...
swesus 4y ago . Edited 4y ago . My little brother when he was little (like three or four) said that he was in the jungle saving animals and one day he had to decide if he would stay with the animals or come live with us. Не chose us, but reminded my mom that he couldn't stay forever. Just for a little while. Не passed this last January at 26 years old.
Skyhornet 4y ago I was driving my family across the state to visit family. Some commercial on the radio about Vegas came on and I started singing Vivaaaaaa Las Vegas in my best Elvis impersonation. My son was about 3-4 and he says I don't like Vegas. I lost my life and a lot of money there. His mom and I glanced at each other like WTF? Не never said anything else about it. 7.5K ...
littleonesoyousay 4y ago My son was little (about 4 years) and he was playing with his toys and talking. I asked him: Who are you playing with? Не replied with my sister's name. My sister died when I was young. 6.9K ...
amlstillHere 4y ago Preschooler having detailed understanding of mass executions via guillotine. Не described a large field with many guillotines. And their blades all came down together in a mass execution. Не was among them. + 1.4K ...
Efficient_Ease_4768 4y ago My daughter is deathly afraid of fire because the fire at school killed my sister and my other mom was really sad. When she started preschool at 3 they had a fire drill and she cried hysterically until it was over and she was convinced there was no fire- I had to go pick her up and on the way home she told me she's glad they have fire drills so all of the kids don't die like at her last school. I'm still freaked out. 7.9K ...
4y ago Edited 4y ago When I was little I saw a picture of my great grandfather, smiled widely and said that's the funny train man. When I was asked what I meant (mind you he died before I was born, he died before my mom was born) I told my mother that he had brought me to them, and he wore a blue train costume. I had also told them he had he had a purple ribbon in his hand. (Не was buried with his Purple Heart in his hand) freaked my family out. I was to young
WinstoNilesRumfoord 4y ago When my daughter was about 3 years old she would say the word Specs all the time...like constantly. I'm thinking this is so bizarre why would a child randomly start saying this. Then my wife told me that her grandfather used to work for a company called Specs. The grandfather has been deceased quite a long time and was never even alive since my daughter was born. She used to say things to me all the time like when I was an adult I used to do xyz... 806 ...
FigGnuton 4y ago My daughter had an assignment to describe a family tradition. She wrote about Hanukkah citing her great grand father celebrated it and passed it down. We are not Jewish. We have never celebrated Hanukkah. However, this past year I learned my grandfather was not the person who I thought he was and instead my real grandfather was Jewish. 470 ...
what_the_hell_right . 4y ago 0 My daughter used to randomly start crying, and when asked what was wrong she would say she missed her brother John, genuinely upset. She was an only child then. She was maybe 3 at the time and it happened on multiple occasions over the period of about 6 months. 460 ...
PryzeTheBest 4y ago Answer for my parents When I was 4 my parents and I went to my aunts farm. The wind started picking up and I looked back at my parents and said gotta tie the hay bale down in the wind. That's how David died. To this day no one knows who David is. + 20K ...

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