If it's not a hoax, I'll simply chalk it up to synchronicity. Pigeons probably go a-wandering all the time, it's just notable when it happens to this degree. It's not like Sweden and Norway are that far apart; practically walking distance.

Thanks to Boo, we already know that pigeons are incredibly stupid...and crash into bridges and things. I'm surprised this one even got itself into the air!

No bird is that smart, except mine...'nuff said

Right, Wrong...let's not squabble...squab ble...forget it

you know the reporters of this story are a bit loony when it starts with

"A homing pigeon bound for Norway landed in Sweden instead, but the bird's mistake showed signs of unusual intelligence."

unusual intelligence?? unusual intelligence for a pigeon means it was the one that got out of the way of your car this morning, the ones with usual intelligence are the ones who did not.

Also, I am confused, the story states that the bird ended up at a house with a nearly identical street address but no mention of the street in question. The only similarities i see are the town names Tangenveien, Norway and T

I don't think I want to dignify the question of whether birds can read with a response.

Nonetheless, the story could be true (but not because the pigeon read street signs!). Enough pigeons surely get lost every day that sooner or later one is likely to stumble onto a street with a similar name by sheer random chance, especially if it's a common street name (in Anglophone lands, for example, nearly every town has a street called Main or Elm or Wood).

The same thing happened to me in Minneapolis- St. Paul once. I think it's definitely possible. BTW, pigeon is good eatin'. Vote for Pedro!

If it was a numbered street (5th, 42nd) it would be even more common.

Uhm, Chuck, the end veien/v

The chain of events interests me: firstly, why pick up a pigeon and check where it's supposed to be going to...is this normal behaviour for anyone?

secondly, why report this to the press, and why would the press make an ass out of themselves by printing it as true fact?

I'm thinking somebody is after self-publicity. maybe the owner is a pigeon breeder and wants his pigeons to be thought of as super smart.

Doesn't it make more sense that homing pigeons are used as a delivery service of sorts and that the person filling out the paperwork and the person selecting the pigeon had different ideas about what city to go to?

Homing pigeons, as far as I know, go to one spot all the time. That bird was trained to fly to that address. This suggests to me that whoever intended it to go to a different address selected the wrong bird.

If it went off course so far, how did they even find it to know it went to the wrong place? Did they follow it?

I seem to remember that, under a NATO exercise, some hundred Italian soldiers made a similar mistake. They were supposed to occupy the airport of Kristiansand in Norway but flew to the airport of Kristianstad in Sweden. Since Sweden isn't a NATO member, it was a bit embarrassing.

Strange coincidences DO happen. It would be weird if they did not.
Friend of mine wanted to buy a boat, and found one one the Net. He called the seller, and it turned out they both lived on the same floor, the same street, and the same street number. Only on opposite sides of the country.
I don't see the need to attribute this totally useless coincidence to "synchronicity" or any other theory. In fact, I fail to see why it needs to be explained at all.

The story is absolutely true. The pigeon mentioned belongs to a neighbour of mine. You can call it a strange coincidence if you like, and it may so be, but so called syncronicities happens far too often in many peoples lives to be mere coincidences. The odds are greatly stacked against it. The psychiatrist Jung wrote a book dedicated to the subject.
Personally, I think it can be explained by the syncronizing factor the occultists call Higher Self, The Buddhists; Universal Mind, Hindus call It Brahman and Jesus called it Father Within. I'd say Oneness is a good word for It. The Conscious Substance of All form and phenomena. Pretty simple to understand right?:)

I live in Tangenveien, Norway and the people mentioned is my neighbours. The story is true, but i dont have any stupid explination. Only a funny coinsident.

Obvisly this mr. K. is an crazy neighbour of mine, and even more strange, i dont have a clue who mr. K is. I am pretty shure i know most of my neighbours pretty well, its not so many of them here. Im not shure he is for real...

You are free to check my adress online.

Comments: Page 1 of 1 pages