| Call it an "inner voice." Call it your "guardian angel." Call | | | | that I wanted her to check my driving. I was |
| it whatever you want. I'm referring to that little voice | | | | concerned that maybe whatever had happened |
| that seems to talk to you every now and then.I | | | | down at the base of the hill was the thing that I was |
| think most people have had an experience where | | | | being warned about. However, in the back of my |
| something has "told" them about an impending event | | | | mind I was also thinking that maybe whatever had |
| that was about to impact upon their lives. I have.My | | | | happened below might just be a distraction to me for |
| guardian angel has "spoken" to me several times. Let | | | | something else. I guess you could say that I had my |
| me share with you the most graphic example that | | | | radar well and truly turned on.A few minutes later we |
| occurred quite a few years ago now. This is a true | | | | arrived at the scene. It was the main intersection at |
| story. You can believe it or not. But this really | | | | the foot of the hill where a highway intersected |
| happened to me.It all began at a seminar that my | | | | several main roads including the road that we had |
| wife and I were attending. The seminar was | | | | descended on. We were confronted by a sea of |
| conducted at an inner city suburb in a meeting | | | | flashing lights - police, ambulances and fire trucks. |
| room.It was decided that about twenty leaders of | | | | There were people everywhere. Remember this was |
| the large gathering would travel into the eastern hills | | | | at 2.00am. The intersection would normally be |
| area of Perth (Western Australia) to have further | | | | deserted except for vehicles travelling through |
| discussions with the presenter. The time was | | | | it.Traffic was being re-routed by police manning the |
| approximately 10.00pm when we left the meeting to | | | | intersection. We saw our friends' vehicle just ahead. |
| travel in a bit of a "convoy" up to the hills address.As | | | | We learned later that they had witnessed the entire |
| I was walking to my vehicle I heard a voice that | | | | event but, eerily, something strange had also |
| seemed to be behind my left shoulder. It said just | | | | happened to their vehicle as they approached the |
| two words: "Be careful!" I turned around to see who | | | | intersection. As they were about to make a right |
| had spoken but there was nobody there. That | | | | hand turn their vehicle mysteriously stalled. So they |
| perplexed me. In fact, I don't mind saying, it kind of | | | | had sat there for a minute or so trying to get their |
| spooked me.I thought for a moment then remarked | | | | vehicle re-started. They saw the whole thing as it |
| to my wife that I wanted her to check my driving | | | | happened.A stolen vehicle full of drunken under-age |
| and make sure that I was travelling safely to the | | | | youths had been driven with its lights off on the |
| address. I remember that she asked me if I was too | | | | wrong side of the highway. It was being pursued, at |
| tired to go to which I replied: "No. I just want you to | | | | more than 100mph, by many police vehicles. Others |
| make sure that I drive safe."Eventually, after about | | | | had converged from other directions.The youths |
| three-quarters of an hour, we arrived at the hills | | | | crashed the stolen vehicle that they were racing into |
| destination - a place called Kalamunda. More than a | | | | the vehicle of a fairly well-known Perth identity. He |
| dozen vehicles had either already pulled up or were | | | | was killed outright along with several of the youths. |
| arriving at around the same time as us.We went | | | | Pieces of both vehicles lay strewn all across the |
| inside for further talks with the marketer. It was a | | | | intersection. I remember seeing the front seat of one |
| fairly casual affair and everybody got some individual | | | | of the vehicles sitting in one of the lanes on the |
| attention, which was good. We got all our questions | | | | highway itself. . There was glass, oil, fuel, water and |
| answered then it was time for a bit of socialising. | | | | mangled bodies everywhere. It was a disaster of |
| Before long we were all just having a good time | | | | massive proportions.Our friends who had witnessed |
| together.At around 1.30am my wife remarked that | | | | the entire chase and subsequent crash were later |
| she was very tired and wanted to go home. | | | | summoned to Court to give an eye-witness |
| Immediately the words "Be careful!" rang in my ears | | | | accounts. As it turned out they were about to follow |
| again. Now I was really concerned. I seemed to be | | | | the vehicle of the victim when their vehicle |
| having some sort of "para-normal" contact with | | | | mysteriously stalled, thereby probably saving their |
| somebody or something. In fact, it is making me feel | | | | own lives.This is a remarkable but true story for |
| rather weird right now just thinking and writing about | | | | three reasons: |
| it.This happened again about fifteen minutes later. | | | | I had been pre-warned of something dangerous on |
| The same words.At around 2.00am most of us were | | | | three separate occasions |
| well and truly ready to leave. I had wanted to go | | | | One group of friends was unable to start their |
| myself but I was very reluctant to leave due to the | | | | vehicle, preventing them from leaving |
| "voice." Now, here is where things really started to | | | | A second couple, also friends, stalled their vehicle at |
| get interesting. I never put all the events together | | | | the very intersection of the crash.Were these |
| until later. Here is what happened...One couple were | | | | incidents random? Somehow, based on my |
| unable to start their vehicle. They had excused | | | | experience with the voice, I think not. There is one |
| themselves ten minutes before. When we arrived at | | | | thing that I believe - someone or something alerted |
| our vehicle they were still trying to get the motor in | | | | me to danger that night. Our friends were also being |
| their vehicle going. We later found out that they | | | | "protected." Was it my guardian angel? Was God |
| managed to do so soon after several other vehicles, | | | | speaking to me? I do not know.What I do know is |
| including ours, departed.Another couple who led us | | | | that three separate incidents caused none of our |
| out of the semi-rural property took off fairly quickly | | | | vehicles to be at the precise impact point where the |
| and was well in advance of us. I was driving very | | | | stolen vehicle crashed into Mr A's vehicle. I will refer |
| cautiously as I was still being influenced by the | | | | to this gentleman as Mr A. Even though the crash |
| warnings that I had received. Again, I asked my wife | | | | occurred in 1990, I still remember his name. He has an |
| to be very conscious of my driving. "Be careful!" I | | | | award named in his honor for service to the sporting |
| had heard those words three times and I knew not | | | | community in Western Australia. May his soul rest in |
| where they came from.Half way down Kalamunda Hill | | | | peace.If you hear that "little voice" talking to you, |
| we saw a most amazing sight. We caught a view of | | | | please...listen to it.This article comes with reprint rights |
| dozens of multi-colored flashing lights in red and blue. | | | | providing no changes are made and the resource box |
| We knew straight away that they belonged to police | | | | below accompanies it. |
| and ambulance vehicles.Again I mentioned to my wife | | | | |