When is the last time your intuition or "your spider sense," saved you from something?

[Anonymous]

I pulled into work one morning and there was this van parked in our parking garage. I did not recognize it among all the other employee cars, and ever since I started driving as a teen, my parents had always said do not park near vans especially at night, because someone may be waiting and watching for you to get out and then try to grab you or rob you. So as I pulled in, I looked at this van, and decided to listen to my spider sense, and I ended up backing up and parking 10 cars down.

Fifteen minutes later, I'm in my office, when one of my staffers tells me the parking lot is on fire. I thought he was joking but he really Really REALLY wasn't!!! That same van I'd moved away from, was engulfed in flames which were now licking at the roof of the structure. Everyone was running with fire extinguishers, but we had to pull back when the tires started to explode. Luckily the fire station was like 5 minutes away and with our proximity to the medical center, they were there in seconds. Had I not listened to my parents, to my intuition, my car would have absolutely been destroyed by smoke and flame. The van took out several cars (which all turned out to be those of the nearby construction crew working next door to us, and not my staff), and caused thousands of dollars of damage to the garage which was shut down for 2 weeks while they made repairs to the second level and repaved a couple spots.

[Anonymous]

There were 3 times with cars, one time I was at a red light and it turned green and I waited for a second and a car whizzed by at 100 mph (I don't know the exact speed, but very, very fast), another time I was about to turn onto an empty street and I hesitated and another car came out of nowhere and blew by in the same way, and a third time I was at a parking meter outside my car and I turned around to cross the street and a car blew by and would have run me down if I had taken the first step across the street. Something held me back each of the 3 times and now I intentionally pause in those kinds of situations.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

It's usually just a business or investment decision.

When my "spider sense" told me to think twice, I ran and re-ran the numbers on my mind and returned to what my intuition told me to do.

I believe the most recent time I experienced that was last Monday.

[Massageman]

Decades ago, my now-brother-in-law fell for this song-willed gal. Something just seemed "off" about her. After divorcing him and taking a bunch of his money and child support for kids that stayed with HER name, she married a total of 4 times (he was #2, apparently) , toted up dumping the guys, collected the kids and the money.

I knew SOMEthing was off. But, my tombstone will likely read "I TOLD you I felt sick", since no one listens to little ol' me.

[DryGermanGuy]

People certainly over the drinking limit offering rides.

[jazzy34]

I’m quite intuitive so all of the time. I’ll share a specific instance, though.


A few years ago, I worked at a store in my local mall. After my shift was over and I was leaving, I decided to go to an eatery that I frequented often. This time, however, my gut kept screaming at me to not go this particular evening. I pushed that feeling aside and proceeded to the establishment. As mentioned above, this was an established that I went to often so I didn’t see what the problem was. Anyway, I got there, ate, but when I finished ad got up to leave , a couple approached me out of nowhere. The man said that they were watching me (😬) and he said they noticed that I walked unevenly (I’m flat footed in my left foot so my gait is slightly off). He then offered to pray for me that my left foot would “grow” an arch. At this point, I was freaked out, but felt trapped and I didn’t want to be rude to them. He didn’t just pray for me, he knelt down and placed his hand on my foot. I was extremely uncomfortable, but allowed him to pray. When he finished, I quickly thanked them and hurried out of there. I was able to make it to my car without incident. I’m a Christian and I’m fine with people praying for me, but that encounter felt off. Since then, I’ve never ignored a gut feeling again.

[jennifer_bloom]

I was late and the bus ride home was 2 hours and a guy from church offered to giveme a ride home, but I said no be cause I thought he wanted to date me. I later learned he was a suspect in a murder investigation of a girl he picked up at night when there were no witnesses around.

[Amy_Mi]

When I stopped romanticizing red flags that looked like potential.

My intuition whispered before my heart caught up and this time, I listened.

It saved me from mistaking attention for intention, and charm for consistency.

The older I get, the more I realize intuition isn’t a feeling, it’s wisdom wearing silence.

It never screams, it simply knows.

And every time I trust it, peace follows.

[DishLady]

Literally all the time, 24/7 my spider sense is “on”…. Always trust it.

[Likes2drive]

I think I’ve had situations where something just told me to look just in time so I wouldn’t hit something with the truck

[DrPepper12]

It was replying to an email. Something didn't seem right. I was correct.

[Anonymous]

I always have this senses where trouble is. So I don’t go near them. But my friends and family always drag me into that place and I get into trouble.

[ShyAndFun]

Whenever I go to a college party I get bad feelings so I leave

[Anonymous]

I can't remember, but it was a few times.