I guess I am the critical one...the knee thing isn't impressive to me (age makes wrinkles that are very similar to many people) nor the looks. he could have made up a lot of the feelings he had ( people do want attention) or he just had some painful days that occurred during certain times. I don't believe in reincarnation either. My honest opinion is that the guy had some pains the day he visited the battle field, he bought a book, decided not to read it and finally when he did, he noticed a resemblance. Our brains can imagine a lot of things with just a little coincidence thrown in.