A teenager claims that in a past life, he perished aboard the Titanic when it sank over a century ago.
Wisconsin college student Jamey and his family have long believed he was among the 1,517 victims of the disaster on April 15, 1912, specifically identifying with Thomas Andrews, the ship’s architect.
His mother shared insights into their life experiences during an interview with an LMN film crew for the show The Ghost Inside My Child.
She recounted an incident where she discovered him watching the latter half of the iconic 1997 film Titanic, featuring Kate Winslet as Rose Dewitt Bukater and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, with his babysitter.
The following day, she noted, “He started drawing and painting picture after picture of the Titanic. Within the first two weeks, he had probably painted 50 pictures.”
His artwork featured the ship with over 100 windows, and other pieces illustrated the various levels inside the vessel.
“He knew the ship by heart. You can’t learn that by watching the movie. The movie was actually more about the love story,” she commented.
“Jamey was deeply upset over the fate of the people in the boiler room, as if he felt responsible for their entrapment.
“He began discussing the tragedy, expressing that it was avoidable, highlighting errors and shortcuts, and lamenting that the men in the boiler rooms should not have been trapped. It moved him to tears.”
Jamey appeared in the documentary to share his own perspective.
At 19, he stated: “I would like to think that I was probably Thomas Andrews, just because of the personality traits and what he did is what I would’ve done.”
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“He sacrificed himself so others could escape the ship.”
“It was a terrible historical tragedy, but I find peace in believing I died on the Titanic.”
However, some online viewers were skeptical after the documentary was posted on YouTube.
One commenter remarked: “I’d have believed this more if he started talking about Titanic BEFORE he watched the second half of the movie.”
Nonetheless, this phenomenon seems to be more common than expected: “He sounds like a normal Titanic kid.
“We all develop an interest at a young age, create numerous Titanic drawings, and at some point, many of us have believed we were a reincarnation of someone onboard.”
One individual humorously responded: “I can’t tell if this is sarcastic or not? If so, well done. If not, I literally know Zero people like that.
“I’ve met thousands of people. Zero of them drew a bunch of Titanic drawings as kids and thought they were reincarnated from a passenger.”