I read an odd story once, from a man who began his trip in an airplane that was about to crash. In terror, he shut his eyes and told himself that he was dreaming. Then to his surprise he woke up in bed, a different person, next to a strange woman.

Again he was surprised, because he suddenly knew the entire context of his new life, his new history, who she was and everything, with clarity. And, he noted, because he could not "refresh" the memories of his old life, they became increasingly tenuous. Yet he remembered the big things.

He did everything he was supposed to, going to work in an office, where everything was familiar and he knew what was expected of him. And this lasted about a month. Then one day, driving home from work, a large tanker truck was in an accident, and was burning and coming right at him. And he shut his eyes... And woke up in yet another life, as another person.

In our reality. And at the time of his writing he said he had been here about three years, at first spending a lot of time journaling his former lives of every detail he could remember. He said his first life has really faded, so he can only remember the really big stuff, like the airplane about to crash.

But he has no real answers, and is wondering if he will stay here for the rest of his life, or just disappear in the blink of an eye.