October 10, 2012 1:44 AM PDT
Like a few others, I have to say, that when I don't "listen" to my gut, I end up regretful. And it used to pizz some people off. "What makes you so special, that we should listen to you", kinda thing. But here's an example...
My sister and I were driving down the expressway, when we both heard a very loud hissing noise, followed by her feeling a wobble in the steering wheel. I told her to pull off the road, as one of her "new" tires, was going flat...fast.
She pulled off, but I "felt" like it wasn't far enough off the road, and I asked her to pull farther off. So she did.
Then before she could even get her phone out, I told her to come around the car, and sit on the passenger side.
I had this "vision" of something flying off the back of another vehicle. She looked at me funny, but did that, too.
As we were sitting there waiting for the tow-truck, I glance behind the truck, just in time to see a passing S-10,
loaded down with stuff. This "stuff" decided, right at the very moment to be liberated from the bed of the truck,
and came flying off. The first thing was one of those heavy old metal wheelbarrows...
It flew right at us, but something stopped it, inches from the driver side window. All of the other stuff, too light to do any real damage did bounce off the truck.
I went out and grabbed the wheelbarrow, as it was going to cause a "bigger" problem, if I let it lay there. There was a pack of cars coming up the road...
I got it, with only seconds to spare, and no one was really the wiser, as they went on their way.
To this day, my sister always asks me, "what does your gut say about this"? If we're about to do something.
I never really got any "feelings" like you described, when I was on the bike. But there were times, for some unknown reason, I would deviate from a normal route. Intuition? I'd like to think so...
Ride Free
Tweek
October 10, 2012 3:02 AM PDT
My gut feelings are usually on target. My husband will tell people I have ESP though I think this time was one of the more random possibilities at work. I ride along with him and I have to admit I'm a scaredy-cat passenger so I'm always on the watch for anything that might make for a risky situation. We were on our way to a bike night about 20 backroad miles from home. We climbed over a mountain and on the long stretch down hill, were picking up speed. My peripherial vision became sharper than ever as we sped down the straight away. I couldn't hold back that gnawing feeling and even though it was broad daylight I asked my husband to take it easy because of deer possibly jumping out (I've seen two at night on that stretch of road in 20 plus years). He nodded and slowed down a meager 5 mph or so to ease my mind. And then, yup you guessed it, a deer jumped out. We were fine. We had enough time to react. But had I not said something he would have taken advantage of the smooth ride down hill and picked up speed rather than easing back and possibly too close to call with the deer jumping onto the road. Not as amazing as some of the other stories I've seen here but still...
October 10, 2012 4:00 AM PDT
Not sure what causes the "gut" feeling, but I always listen to mine. I think in reading many of the posts above the gut feeling comes from wisdom and experience. After you been around for a while, especially if you do a lot of a certain thing (like riding) you have a feel for what COULD happen and in what situation. So like I said I don't know where these gut feelings come from, but when something inside tells me to do or not do something, I normally listen.
And glad you're ok TearDrops. That was a combination of gut to tell you to be more alert and experience telling you how to handle it. Two very important things that help keep us alive!
October 13, 2012 3:50 AM PDT
Quite often. Especially when extremely hungry.
October 13, 2012 4:45 PM PDT
gut feeling, deja vu..., sixth sense, keep using which ever medium...suits your purpose......must have worked again back in August.....
