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doriana_ wrote:Is the statement said? yes written? thought? By a H/A/M? H/A/F? H/C/M? this H/C/F?

Biograd1 wrote:I might know this one from recognizing the quote... unlikely, as no relevant quote was the statement made to the boy's father? mother is a picture of a car involved? no changing diapers? no I'm trying to be as cryptic as I can be without giving away the actual context, and yet saying things specific enough that they are likely to be completely off base if it's NOT what I remember. no, you don't need to worry about this. If these are yes then I'll refrain from asking more--if you're perplexed why I'm even asking the last two then I'll continue. So all BUWT

Biograd1 wrote:For those thoroughly confused by my weird questions, there was a relatively famous case of a boy who claimed to be his own grandfather. no, but explore One time when his father was changing his diaper, he said something like "I remember when I was big, I used to change YOUR diaper". no The father was naturally taken aback by such a comment, and tested to see if his son remembered other things from the grandfather's life, including whether he could identify his grandfather's first car from pictures in the family album.

I'm kind of glad the puzzle isn't about this, as it's not so much lateral as just weird, maybe spookily so depending on what you do or don't believe. Aha, well... explore

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled puzzle... did the boy mean "big" in the sense of physically larger? adult? this popular (as in "the next big thing")?

doriana_ wrote:Relevant how old the boy is? If so, 3 or younger? 3-4 4-7? 8-11? 12 or older?

Did he recently transition from primary school (where he was one of the "big" kids) to secondary school? no Was he the oldest kid in the family yes but then older step siblings got added to the mix? no

GalFisk wrote:Big as in larger? Grown-up? yes Mature? Was he relevantly called a "big boy" for some reason? As a motivation to act more mature? Does he remember something from minutes ago? Hours? Days? Wekks? Months? Years? Before being born? yes Unknown? Not real?

Sundowner64 wrote:Did the boy believe that he is a reincarnation of someone? At 3 y/o he would've been unable to conceive of this... but explore was he told that he is? no
Is he going to be the new Dalai Lama? no, not AFAIK!

GalFisk wrote:Relevant how old he was in his memories? yes How tall? adult

GalFisk wrote:Is the statement said to anyone besides the mother? No Is anything else said about the memories of being big? yes Does the mother belive the son is reincarnated? the mother doesn't know what to believe Does anyone else? Idk Relevant? no