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The universe is full of unanswered questions, but one of the most asked ones is what happens to us after we die. There are so many different beliefs out there, including the possibility that we are reincarnated and born as someone new. Of course, there isn't really a way to prove reincarnation, but a two-year-old has a lot of folks convinced that it can happen, thanks to a video his mom shared on TikTok.
Kelsey Pomeroy captioned her clip, "Do you think this is a true past life memory or just his imagination?" and in it, she explains how out of nowhere, her toddler, Theo, stated, "I used to be an adult but then I sunk, and I became a kid." He went on to give more details, saying, "When I used to be an adult, I had a map, and I was traveling through the sand to try to find water. But when I found water, I sunk, and then I became a kid again."
Little Theo has also been talking about things that happened to him "when he was an adult," and they are things that he has never experienced during his (current) lifetime.
Having seen the post, Kelsey's local news station, FOX8, caught up with her to talk about Theo. She told them that she has no idea how her son could come up with this story, saying, "I'm watching the shows that he's watching, I'm reading the books that he's reading and nothing he's doing is talking about this life to death cycle."
Theo sometimes mentions "his other mommy and daddy." In addition, he hates the sand, refusing to walk on it in bare feet. and he's also obsessed with maps. All of these characteristics could potentially be carryovers from his past life. As for that life, Kelsey thought that, based on Theo's story, he was describing someone who drowned in water, but Theo, who doesn't even know what drowning is, corrected her and said, "No I sunk in the sand."
Commenters on the post are convinced Theo is describing a past life, and some people related similar stories about their own kids. One wrote, "When my kid was two she saw a fire on the news and said, 'I was in one of those before. I miss my sons, will I ever see them again?'" and another wrote, "My son does this too. He told me, 'When I was big, I worked on cars like daddy. Then one day I went into the woods and didn't come back."
It's not the first time a story like this has gone viral either. In 2015, a boy not only remembered details of his past life in which he was a Hollywood actor, but he was able to identify exactly who he was and even meet that person's family.
Of course, plenty of people think that these stories are just the result of children's imaginations and their inability to tell the difference between dreams and reality.
Either way, you can keep up to date with Kelsey and Theo on TikTok.