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A Turkish soldier died in the trenches of Korea in 1951. Two years later, he "woke up" in the body of a newborn in a remote village 5,000 miles away
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A Turkish soldier died in the trenches of Korea in 1951. Two years later, he “woke up” in the body of a newborn in a remote village 5,000 miles away


I’ve been digging into the research of Dr. Ian Stevenson from the University of Virginia, and I found a case that’s honestly hard to brush off as just "childhood imagination." It’s about a kid named Adnan Kelleçi.

Back in the 50s, when he was just 2 or 3 years old, Adnan started acting like an old soldier. He used military terms a toddler shouldn't even know and insisted he died in the Korean War while fighting for the Turkish Brigade (the North Star).

Here’s the part that really creeps me out:

  • The Archives: Adnan named specific soldiers he served with in Korea. When researchers checked the actual military records from the war, the names and ranks matched perfectly. How does a rural kid with no TV or books know that?
  • The Marks: He had birthmarks on his body at the exact spots where he claimed he was shot. Stevenson documented this in several cases, calling it "physiological memory."
  • The Details: He described the uniforms and even the weather in Korea with terrifying accuracy.

I’ve always been on the fence about reincarnation, but this feels like more than just a "story." It’s like some kind of data transfer or a glitch in how memory works.

Has anyone else looked into Stevenson’s work? And do you think it’s possible for a physical trauma to "print" itself onto a new body in a next life?

Sources for the skeptics:

by bortakci34

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  5. OldCorax on

    One idea is that when we’ve died we either choose to go on in the “afterlife” (which is very different from how we define life in our mortal bodies) or we go back to live another life in this world (for learning; may it be emotions, feelings etc.)

    If you want to dig even deeper this explains how extradimensional beeings (aka aliens) works; spawning in through veil of the afterlife, how the humans have immortal “souls”, but even though the “soul” can’t be erased it can be scrambled into disorder by emense forces etc.

    Worthy a lifetime of exploring the subject, if you got all the time in the world… which we all do but at the same time we do not.

  7. Ok_Reputation3298 on

    I’m actually a reincarnated hamster. I’ve come back to warn all of you the time of humanity is over, the time of hamsters is upon you.

  8. Arceuthobium on

    This idea that birthmarks sometimes determine previous lives’ wounds is prevalent in cultures all around the world, from Africa to Tibet to Native Americans. UVA researchers like Stevenson, Tucker and others have documented thousands of cases.

  9. Gamer30168 on

    Yes, I am aware of Stevenson’s work at the University of Virginia. James Leininger is another case that is very convincing as well. He was able to recall being a pilot that was shot down in WW2. He remembered the name of the ship, the Natoma Bay, that he served on. 

    He signed his doodles of aerial dogfights he made as a young boy with the name “James 3”. The airman who died? He was real and verifiable. His name was James II. 

    The boys parents said he frequently awoke from nightmares about his plane being shot down in flames…he crashed into the water and his parents recalled that he would scream “Little Man can’t get out!!” 

    Freaky stuff to be certain. Normally I would be inclined to think it was an elaborate hoax on the parents’ part but the fact that this phenomenon is worldwide and documented by people like Dr. Stevenson PHD suggests otherwise.

  12. Judojackyboy on

    It’s common knowledge in my culture and we believe in reincarnation. My grandma is reincarnated and she now is married and has her own family. She passed away when I was about 9 or 10 and later reconnected with us later in life.

  13. 8anbys on

    How frustrating it must be to research this realm of interest as a mental health professional.

    You get exposed to enough situations and patients/clients with a similar enough issue that you think there’s something there. You dig in, find more highlighted weirdness. You look around, find that highlighted weirdness aligns with other experiences from similarly interested professionals.

    You publish and discuss it after years of exposure, having finally hit the point where you firmly believe there is something there.

    “lol let me know when we can mass spec a soul you fuckin weirdo” – science.

    “Yeah, we can’t financially support this research” – academia.

  18. AlwaysBored1990 on

    I have a cyst in my fallopian tube or somewhere in my uterus I can’t remember which, but it makes me wonder if I died in childbirth in a past life. It’s kinda weird cus i don’t want to have kids, i wonder if it is connected.

  19. LittleKachowski on

    There’s nothing conclusive about this. Your links go to journalist websites, not research papers with evidence.

    I also find the details of this story dubious. A 2-3 year old toddler is relaying detailed, actionable information? How do we very that what he said lines up to reality? Even if he said names, the sheer scale of wars statistically guarantees you’ll coincide with real people.

    Pointing at birth marks and calling them gunshot wounds is something a child would say out of imagination or creativity. I have a lightning-shaped birth mark under my lip that I told other kids was because I was “struck by lightning.”

    If this kid was really an incarnation with full lucidity, where is he now? Why hasn’t he absolutely shattered the news globally that he’s living another life? Surely he would be able to know his home address, the locations of personal items, and the names/past of his family.

  20. kiwifulla64 on

    I feel this sort of thing, dreams, and dejavu are all interconnected in some way. So many times where I’ve felt like I’ve experienced things before as im experiencing it, almost like distant memories.

  21. VeryThicknLong on

    I watched a podcast called the Hard Yarns about past lives with Boris Walter. It’s fucking fascinating tbh. Makes be truly believe.

  22. Awkward_Cheek_7209 on

    Well that seals it for me. Right before I die, ill inflict wounds on certain parts of my body and hopefully my surviving relatives can find me 😆
    This could be a thing in the future maybe