Over the past couple months, I've discovered......or should I say, been a participant in something very strange.

Let me start by saying, I'm fairly new to doing alot of things like Instant messaging, and chat rooms. Only in the past several months have I really started talking to a regular group of friends in a few different "arenas". One friend I'll catch in a chat room, or IM conversation......and another unrelated friend from another group I might catch in another chat room, or a different IM conversation. All in all, I talk regularly, with about 4-5 people among chat and IM's.

Now........as I talk with 2 particular individuals, something odd has been happening.
Not once, not twice....but SEVERAL times during a conversation typically lasting an hour or 2, we would type in the EXACT same thing at the EXACT same time. This isn't your typical "yes" or "NO", or obvious words......this would be something like a full sentence, or several words like "a cowboy hat"..........
This sort of "common thought" thing seems to happen only with THESE 2 individuals. Others that I talk to have not had that same experience.........it's just been your normal day to day conversation, no different than any other,and nothing "weird" going on like that.
Keep in mind......I've never personally met either of these people........both live in a different state than I do. Neither of these 2 friends knows the other......and they are also in separate states from each other.

I've been experiencing this "phenomenon" with one friend for several months now.....and the other friend, just recently over the past week, as we started talking more often.

If this happened with every single person I'd chatted with, then it would be no big deal......I'd chalk it up to coincidence..............but why would that only happen so reliably with 2 complete strangers I've only known for several months, and with no one else? Is it possible for certain individuals to have some form of mental "link" that they don't understand and are unaware of?
What could something like this mean?? does it even mean anything???? Am I throwing some sort of energy out there......or am I picking up something from them........or is it just a common "frequency" much like the radio waves I deal with every day.....and I just happen to be tuned into the right "channel"?
Its a very very neat experience............but also a confusing one too.

One thing is certain.......the world is a mysterious place.