two things you need to know to understand this event
first is that i live in a medium sized city in england, this city has a system of trams (council run public transport) that run in a line through the centre so that people can reach destinations in the city easier. normally you have to pay about 2.5 quid for a journey however since there are rarely ever any ticket collectors most people dont, especially if they are broke vagabond freeters (me). when i have to take a journey into the city centre for something (rarely) i usually dont buy a ticket to save money, around 5% of the time there is someone collecting on the tram but i never worry about it too much, it is something that is on my mind whenever i travel though.
the second thing you need to know is about me. its that i have a very strange and intense tendency to daydream, not in the normal way, tbh it borders on a mental health issue and its really something i should solve at some point. its so bad that whenever i have to go to the toilet i have to spend a few minutes mentally working up to it for fear of how embarrassing and undignified it would be to just suddenly squat and take a shit in whatever daydream i am having. (i've heard hallucinogenic addicts do a similar thing).
i didnt really consider this at the time of receiving although the glimmers of doubt were there, since it all happens in the mind its difficult to find a resolute memory, even more difficult to ground it in time.
on one occasion, about two months ago, i was taking the tram a few short stops into the city center, i think to deposit birthday money or something. at that time i was thinking about ticket collectors, and naturally as i do i played out the scenario in my mind. i wondered what i would do if they turned up and asked me for the ticket i didnt have. i wasnt particularly worried about this since im not the type to stress out about this kind of thing. anyway, i visualised that i would talk about the ticket, ask to be let off and finally, if they didnt have a way to track me, i would give them very nonchalantly a fake name and be on my way. i dont remember giving them anything about my address. now the name i gave was Robert.S my real name is William.S (same surname, fake firstname). the tram journey ended and i thought nothing of it. the daydream fades into the recesses of memory's memory.
about a month after this happens, i receive a letter in the post directed to one Robert.S being told that i was found without a ticket and needed to pay the required fine to the council. at the time i thought that it was either a scam since they had my name wrong, or the council had messed up and sent me someone elses letter since we have the same last name. i did briefly remember my daydream but i thought nothing of it until today when i once again took the tram to the city center and was reminded of the strangeness.
i kept the two letters they sent (both to the bad name, one as a follow up to me not paying after the first), i can provide pics. at the time because i thought i might need them for legal reasons since i didnt plan on paying although now i keep them since i feel they are manifests of some strange twist of reality. a confusion of wires or realms or whatever the hell it was. anyone know of anything similar to this? what happened here? chances of coincidence?