Great stories!!! Really interesting! Wish I knew someone like that around here!!!
Actually, in truth I've got a slight ability... I don't really talk about it, but sometimes I just "feel" things. It's usually infrequently but it still amazes me and I wish I could improve upon it! I don't "feel" thoughts or emotions, but I do on "objects" or colors. So to speak, was walking home one night with a couple of friends, and the subject of food came up. Pizza immediately popped into my mind and I didn't know why! Turns out, my mother brought home pizza! Was talking to someone over the internet (who lived on the other side of the world) and I got this 'image' of a navy blue/dark blue sweater with red and white stripes. Didn't know where the stripes were located but I was thinking on the cuffs of the arms... they were actually on the chest, left side. One other time, a friend of a friend got 3 (or 4) dragon tattoo stickers, and I knew what color each dragon tat was before he opened up the 'case' they were in to show them off.... One I wasn't particularly sure on (but was 'leaning' towards one color over the other), but only because blue and yellow are interchangeable colors - so to speak, if you take a certain yellow and a certain blue, and make them 'black and white' they appear to be the same.
It's not the same as communication, and only happens infrequently, but I still find it amazing! I don't really say anything about it cause not a lot of people will believe it (specially when I can't immediately prove it) but I've got a few friends who've witnessed me with these 'feelings' enough times so they believe! Being a 'novice' with no hopes of 'advancement' I at least enjoy hearing stories that include the 'gurus!'
Got a "feeling" someone got a green cheek conure! [True] Now I wanna know if it's a normal or a pineapple! (or some other color).

(leaning towards pineapple, wasn't given confirmation on color, so waiting on that end! just had an 'intense' feeling of red, yellow, and green, like a sun conure, but not the same, so green cheek!)