Streetlights
Turn off when I walk by. I know, I'm just one of those paranoid weirdos like I'm sure you have seen on the interwebs, but it does happen with a freakishly high frequency.

Is there a rational explanation yet? Just a bit of loose wiring under the pavement maybe?
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:26, 13 replies)

You're a SLIder
paranormal.about.com/od/telekinesispsychokinesis/a/aa052508.htm
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:26, closed)

Hurrah!
They have labelled my neurosis!
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:31, closed)

Are you walking along at daybreak?
That usually does the trick.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:35, closed)

OK, so my answer now is....
I have zero talents :(
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:47, closed)

this happens to me as well.....it freaks me out.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 15:53, closed)

Me too!
It's creepy and I don't like it sometimes.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 16:14, closed)

Rational explanation, you say?
Confirmation bias.
(hadr0n Craic whore, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 16:28, closed)

This freaked out my mate once
We were walking along, and the streetlight went out as he passed it. He freaked, so I told him to stop being a dick; if there was anything weird going on, the next one would go out too.

It did.

Bugger.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 17:04, closed)

Snap!
I once made three in row turn off once. Been doing it since I was kid. Happens more when I'm cycling for some reason.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Thu 18 Nov 2010, 17:12, closed)

Me Too
Ayresome road in Middlesbrough seemed particularly susceptible to my light-quenching charms. My best effort was to have a skeptical friend approach a light, which remained lit when he reached it. As soon as I arrive, *pof!*, out it goes.

However, as I'm aware that the paranormal just isn't true, my best guess is that I trigger some sort of motion-detecting emergency light elsewhere which tricks the streetlight sensor or something. It's a bit weird. Doesn't happen to me now I live in the States.
(Mousy Tongue ...Generally bemused by life..., Fri 19 Nov 2010, 7:16, closed)

Could be a very plausible reason for this -

(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 9:28, closed)

I think this is the council
fucking with your heads -

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9173729.stm
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 9:29, closed)

Tesco in Cambridge
There is one lampost that keeps going out when I walk past (cyclepath towards the river - for Cam folk). I merely mutter "Expecto Patronum" and carry on walking.
( The_Commander_of_Skips wears his sunglasses at night, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 9:53, closed)