Is Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon a real miracle?

Common questions

Is Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon real or fake?

Miracles Jar's verdict is Explained: it happened — likely coincidence. It happened — best read as remarkable timing, not the miraculous. On the evidence, the record is strongly attested.

Has Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon been explained?

The event appears to have happened, but a natural explanation accounts for it — the leading account is coincidence & the law of truly large numbers. It reads as remarkable rather than miraculous.

What is the evidence for Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon?

Miracles Jar weighs 3 sources for this case. Points that cut against it: Neither event needs a mechanism: a premature infant survives with neonatal care, and a man is cut from a burning car by the fire crew nearest the call; and The base rate is larger than it looks: a local pediatrician and a local paramedic of the right ages shared one small coastal community for thirty years.

What is the natural explanation for Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon?

The leading natural account is coincidence & the law of truly large numbers. With enough trials, the wildly improbable becomes expected. The trick is almost always the size of the denominator nobody counted. The full breakdown shows where that explanation holds — and where it stops.

When and where did Chris Trokey and Michael Shannon happen?

It is said to have occurred March 29, 2011 in Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, California, USA.