Ok, this happens to me too. Weird synchronicities. I notice it most with words. I will be reading and watching TV or surfing and watching TV and the word I am reading it what the TV person says. Weird random words like "mullet" or "Carnegie Hall" or "giraffe." Not words like "the" or "and."
But also with observations. Much like the Michigan thing.
I think it's our brain's connection to the Akashic record. Something triggers a sense of importance. That mystery essense of unexplainable life. Who knows why it's important? But it starts the train rolling and the Akashic record/library starts trying to match your thought with like things. Maybe it's a hiccup in the manifestation process. Like a skip in a record album.
Jennifer