It's from the book called Phenomena: A Book of Wonders by John Michell. I'm not sure what his sources were, but there were a lot of stories in there about strange coincidences, and some hard to explain happenings. Pretty cool, though.
https://www.amazon.com/Phenomena-Wonders-Michell-Robert-Rickard/dp/B000LQCFRE
https://www.amazon.com/Phenomena-Wonders-Michell-Robert-Rickard/dp/B000LQCFRE