A% R/ ^ [( L. s r 令戴夫和米歇尔两人都没想到的是，他们见面后竟然一见钟情，迅速坠入爱河。2005年圣诞节那天，戴夫和米歇尔正式举行了订婚仪式。 4 x, L6 W. @/ N9 W# W/ m$ I
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3周前，在戴夫和米歇尔相识5年后，他们终于举行了隆重的婚礼，共有150名宾客参加了婚礼，向这对通过“最离奇的方式”相识相恋的新婚夫妇进行了庆祝。* B* Z; S6 n: u9 q) l$ r
'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be' 4 Y( }9 a1 h" |0 l) Y l& H2 \* c0 Q+ y4 o6 u- p
Waking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind.5 ?" A1 A1 {+ n2 K* ?. r
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When it refused to go away, he decided to call it. ; Z6 O: W0 e* G0 e! T' l( n7 e7 N
* l7 q; J9 q; `1 S' tIt turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. 3 V4 s8 A# O% w; s" H [: Q. q# I& ], x- f; `
Even the most die-hard romantic would have forgiven her for ignoring a message from a strange man she had never met or heard of before. ) s0 \: z! u% q8 w: N. j
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But she decided to respond and after a string of text messages, a phone call and a letter the couple met and fell in love. 8 `9 I- Z( ?% [$ F n ( n( O$ B- h3 i% o" PNow they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. 1 s" o- H/ R8 {; w& R$ J 3 w1 A( D6 @$ v, p1 q5 F"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. / l- x' \9 M# B# _ r
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Recalling how they met, he said: "I went out for a quiet night with some mates and ended up having a few to drink. When I woke up this number just kept running through my head." # [/ O% A9 G* Z( a
+ x0 g# p. ?' O$ i0 a: u/ NThinking that perhaps someone had given him the number in the pub, Mr Brown decided to send a text message asking: "Did I meet you last night?" ( V* D# Q7 ^8 [6 K* t! w3 M( T
) _+ D& S7 K1 LBy coincidence Michelle was only a few miles away, in a car with her parents travelling through Watford, when she noticed the message. 7 h' H9 R% @* {; n9 C% d * \, p4 y$ ] F9 b0 ~9 pAfter she responded: "Who are you and where are you from?" it became obvious that there was no connection between the two. 1 d4 _- w+ f9 B( h: H- c0 K0 C
: m( l0 p; q( w# b& c9 P: zThey continued to chat by text message, however, and days later she plucked up the nerve to make a phone call. Mr Brown sent her a letter containing his photograph and she agreed to meet so he travelled to her home city of Cambridge. : L# @8 @9 t x4 _, Y2 U5 n% w7 o5 ~; [ k
Arriving early he telephoned the number again, to see a young woman answering the phone on the other side of the road. "It was love at first sight for me - I loved everything about her," said Mr Brown, who moved to Cambridge to be with Miss Kitson. ]: ?) L0 p5 }. T+ i7 P( w, ~& T! W
"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." . @& X+ U! k9 x* x8 Z& x. l $ u/ f: q& y0 O' i8 M2 m" vHis bride said she had found the initial encounter "spooky" but she was captivated from the start. " t$ N5 s# G8 M8 P# S . T- S, c& I! N: r/ G"It was really weird but I was absolutely hooked. My mum and dad kept saying, 'But he could be an axe murderer', but I knew there was something special about it. I hadn't had a boyfriend before. Those first text messages were a real adrenaline rush. 0 c! V% ^: w+ p; V! a; v ' B) P! \6 k6 m! @* ^8 Q"I believe that things happen for a reason. There is no way someone could have said my number in the pub, but he had that number in his head. 7 n6 \2 u1 l% B; {" B. h' M6 I. D
5 t9 A, {' e% t5 S6 U) i/ @2 a! l"I know some people will find it hard to believe, but we know the truth." . }$ s: d8 w0 R. D/ L0 A" ~
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As for the wedding day, the bride - who stands 5ft 4in to her husband's 6ft 7in - said: "It was fantastic, we couldn't have wished for a better day. ) g, h4 K$ t2 y6 I6 X0 W( e/ K2 i9 c, R [4 t
"The weather had been awful, but when we went to the church it was beautiful sunshine." : N* r9 y4 J Q8 r/ E' u4 j - q Q) L) A/ e' B( I% a( XProfessor Heinz Wolff, emeritus professor of Brunel University, said: "Whatever else it is a charming story but I would be against a supernatural explanation. It is likely the number of this girl was mentioned in the pub and somehow this young man overheard it, even without realising, and his subconscious remembered it." 7 Y( ]1 _6 I( d - h8 U; X* `$ ^( m2 a: D8 DHe said the probability of a "random" phone number leading to a suitable woman of the right age was actually quite high. " m0 D, m/ ?5 j! C. B4 Q/ U/ H" x$ i9 B4 ^
"Say for argument's sake that every 100 phone numbers lead to five girls, the probability of the event they describe is not so remote as you might think. A few thousand to one would be my guess. Q0 C( P- m I$ b" ?2 J
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"The sheer romantic background would have increased the chance of some relationship being formed, which would have increased the probability somewhat."
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