Subject: Re: three thoughts
From: news@cs.nott.ac.uk
Date: 1991-06-19, 12:21
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jun17.075053.5531@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, wd5j@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
|> Things to do while procrastinating at work:  I looked up
|> doppleganger in the Britannica, where it said (this is from a fried
|> cortex) a doppleganger (which means "double goer") is a spiritual double
|> that all humans and animals have.  It is not a ghost, but an "apparition"
|> or a "wraith".  And if you happen to _see_ your doppleganger, it means
|> your death is imminent.  The moment good Coop turned around in the hallway
|> and made eye contact with bad Coop was a moment of significance.

This explanation seems a bit far-fetched (didn`t check the Britannica,
though). Basically, doppelganger or rather "doppelgaenger" is german
and means something like double, i. e. a copy of a human being. This
implies a copy of the body, too, and not only a spiritual double.