Absolutely amazing, long ago the same thing happened to me many times, in San Francisco, in Jacksonville, in Barcelona, in Naples, in Genoa, in a little seaport in Greece, what the heck was the name of that town, in Marseilles and in many other places. I finally realized that what was causing it was the fact of having money in my pocket, when I had no money it never happened...unless I was in the company of some generous friend who had money and was willing to share it. Isn’t that astounding? I swear this is true.
Since then I have learned that the same thing can happen even without the money in the pocket, it started happening again when I began to carry one or more pieces of plastic in my wallet! I wonder if anyone other than you and I has ever experienced this eery happening.