This is one of those events in life that makes you say "wow, what are the odds of that happening?".

Shortly after I graduated high school, I moved to Phoenix, Arizona to start college at DeVry in July 1997. I was the first of four roommates to arrive, and since the apartment was in my name, I was the one going through the paperwork process. One of my new roommates, whom I hadn't met yet, was Clint Carlson from Alaska, who was also going to be attending DeVry and was scheduled to arrive that same day. I was in the apartment management office waiting for my turn to sign some papers when I overheard the guy in front of me say he was Clint Carlson. So I of course introduced myself and asked him if he was from Alaska (to make sure it wasn't some other random Clint Carlson), and he replied "yes".

"So I guess we're going to be roommates," I responded.
"Um, no, my roommate is so-and-so."
"Uh.. you're Clint Carlson from Alaska, right? Are you going to DeVry?"
"Yeah, start in a few days."
"Um.. I think you're my roommate then. I'm rooming with Clint Carlson from Alaska who's going to start DeVry next week."
"Well, my roommate is so-and-so, so maybe you got the wrong guy.."

Yeah right. So I asked the apartment manager if there was more than one Clint Carlson moving today.

"Yep, I guess there are."
"Two Clint Carlsons from Alaska, moving into the same apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona on the same day and both attending DeVry? AND I happen to be in the apartment management office when the wrong one is here signing papers?"

"Yep, two Clints from Alaska moving in today."
"Wow, what are the odds of that?"

So there you have it. That's probably the strangest coincidence that's happened to me. I'd like to hear some other stories.

p.s. I don't believe in any voodoo or fate stuff, so my statistics-oriented mind chalks this up to random chance alone.