True Reincarnation Files: Nicole
The following is a true story…
By age two, Nicole demonstrated an atypical familiarity with horses. The first time her mother lifted her onto a saddle, she gripped the saddle horn with one hand, grabbed the reins with the other, tapped her heels on the animal’s side, and signaled it to walk with a click of her tongue. Nicole’s parents were impressed, but they didn’t think too much of it at the time. Perhaps their daughter was simply mimicking someone she’d seen on TV.
Shortly after her third birthday, Nicole began talking about a her other house, the one on C Street. The family’s hometown didn’t have a street with that name. Nicole explained the house wasn’t nearby, but in a very sunny place. She desperately wanted to go there, but couldn’t because the house had burned down, she said.
When Nicole’s mother asked her daughter questions about the house on C Street, the girl began sharing more details. She said she’d lived there with her father and three sisters, one who was named Jackie. She remembered her father getting married in a black suit in a large church—one so big it took up an entire block on the street—with a very tall steeple. Fortunately, the fire hadn’t completely destroyed the church, she reported.
Nicole’s parents believed their daughter may have been remembering a past life. But how could they verify her story? So many American towns have a C Street and a big church. Without more specifics, how could they identify the place Nicole had described? Or even pinpoint the time period she was referencing?
Soon, Nicole offered two additional clues. Her father’s job, in these past-life memories, involved cutting down big trees and floating them in the water. Also, while visiting an antique shop, Nicole saw an old phonograph with a Victrola speaker horn and declared, “Oh my gosh, I haven’t seen one of these in years!” She claimed she’d had one, when she lived before on C Street. Commercial log flumes—waterways used to transport timber over long distances—and gramophones were both popular in the late 1800s.
A Google search identified Virginia City, a small town in sunny Nevada that had experienced a devastating fire in 1875. The blaze destroyed most of the town’s C Street, except for a very large Catholic church that spanned an entire block. Investigators took Nicole and her mother to visit Virginia City to see if the trip would trigger more memories.
From a local historian, they learned the town had originally sprouted during the gold and silver rush, two hundred years before. Massive amounts of lumber was needed to construct supports for the mine shafts, and without any forests nearby, wood had to be brought in from far away. To do this, crews floated the huge logs on flumes.
Was a young girl from the Pacific Northwest truly remembering a past life as the daughter of a lumberjack in a prosperous, 19th century mining town? Nicole cried as her visit to Virginia City came to an end, convinced it had indeed once been her home. She felt a powerful connection to this town, and she knew she’d miss it after she left. She’d particularly miss the many wild horses. The stunning creatures freely roamed the area, just as they had for centuries.
I reviewed many fascinating cases like Nicole’s while conducting research for my new novel, DON’T GET CLOSE.
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