# I keep seeing 11:11 on the clock-- spooooky **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174 "2015-12-11T16:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/1 "2015-12-11T16:21:13Z")
For the last few weeks it seems like I’ve been checking the clock and seeing 11:11 or 1:11 a _ **lot** _. Now, I’m not superstitious, and I understand the concept of confirmation bias, but just for fun I googled “what does it mean when you keep seeing 11:11 on the clock?” and got various stuff about the universe trying to get my attention or angels trying to let me know I’m at a spiritual crossroads or something. I also read something about making a wish, so just in case I’ve made the same wish every time I see that time. Hasn’t come true yet. Maybe I have to wait until next November 11? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/2 "2015-12-11T16:30:43Z")
It sounds like it’s time to put a new battery in your clock. If it still doesn’t advance past 11:11, it’s time to buy a new clock. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/3 "2015-12-11T16:39:46Z")
> [@CoastalMaineiac](#): > > It sounds like it’s time to put a new battery in your clock. If it still doesn’t advance past 11:11, it’s time to buy a new clock. Hey, you solved the mystery! That is, if it was the same clock every time, and if it was an old-fashioned flippy-number style clock that could show the time with the battery dead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/4 "2015-12-11T16:44:28Z")
Well, I’m always checking the clock at a minute passed 10 to see if the little man is still there, watching me from inside the device: [|0:0|] ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/5 "2015-12-11T16:48:44Z")
I have that happen often enough to be noteworthy. Also, 12:34. Right now, though it’s showing 10:50. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/6 "2015-12-11T16:53:08Z")
It’s 4:20 for me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/7 "2015-12-11T16:58:05Z")
It’s 8:20 for JFK. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/8 "2015-12-11T17:35:40Z")
I used to have that with 22:22 when I was a kid. Double the fun 🆒. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/9 "2015-12-11T19:11:53Z")
Omg, I had that same thing years ago and googled it too. I was a little freaked out by it (if I’d checked the clock at 11:03 or something I would make SURE it HAD to have been more than 8 minutes before I looked at a clock again). I also googled it and found out I wasn’t the only person that got freaked out by it. I also realized I was sort of going down the OCD route and MADE myself get over it. I have friends that still tell me, "Every time I see 11:11 on the clock, I think of you!) ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/10 "2015-12-11T19:14:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Well, I’m always checking the clock at a minute passed 10 to see if the little man is still there, watching me from inside the device: > > [|0:0|] Ooh! Now I’m going to start seeing that! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/11 "2015-12-11T19:21:56Z")
I [see](http://www.dimension1111.com/eleven-eleven3.html) that if you are prone to confirmation bias it “means that you are aware of synchronicity. Your mind is open and aware. You are probably a very intuitive or spiritual minded person, or perhaps even a bit eccentric! Many individuals having 11:11 experiences may have always felt different from other people throughout their lives. In fact, many 11’ers are drawn to spirituality, nature, metaphysics and science.” No surprises there. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/12 "2015-12-11T19:34:40Z")
I’m a Pisces. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/13 "2015-12-11T19:37:30Z")
My business partner mentioned one time, many years ago, that he sees 3:11. Now I have been seeing it since then too. I see it in more places than on clocks, too. Anywhere I see numbers. I actually bet on 3 and 11 on roulette the one time I went to Vegas and ended up winning! ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/14 "2015-12-11T20:08:19Z")
I remember an episode of the Leonard Nimoy-hosted “In Search of…” that focussed on Bishop Pike. His son died at 8:19 one day and for the rest of his life, reportedly, he had the tendency to become suddenly aware of time at that time. Spooky stuff. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/15 "2015-12-11T20:22:58Z")
It’s 3:33pm for me. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/16 "2015-12-11T20:36:22Z")
Rufus Wainwright woke up at [11:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJhuF5zaLAU). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/17 "2015-12-11T20:37:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Today, 02:22 PM > MoonMoon > > It’s 3:33pm for me. How can you get 1:11 out of sync? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-seeing-11-11-on-the-clock-spooooky/740174/18 "2015-12-11T20:57:47Z")
> [@solost](#): > > For the last few weeks it seems like I’ve been checking the clock and seeing 11:11 or 1:11 a _ **lot** _. > > Now, I’m not superstitious, and I understand the concept of confirmation bias, but just for fun I googled “what does it mean when you keep seeing 11:11 on the clock?” and got various stuff about the universe trying to get my attention or angels trying to let me know I’m at a spiritual crossroads or something. I also read something about making a wish, so just in case I’ve made the same wish every time I see that time. Hasn’t come true yet. Maybe I have to wait until next November 11? :dubious: You’re holding it upside down.