3:33, a strange marking on the clock.

Yesterday I woke up at 3:33 a.m... this unto itself is not a remarkable thing since a I'm a light sleeper and usually wake up, at least, once in the night. What is nonetheless quite puzzling is the fact, that although this is a common occurrence, my brain made a mental note of the time. I know, like any person with a wild imagination, that I am a slave to darkest recesses of fantasy; to those little things that spook us and later, in retrospect, we blow out of proportions; creating from a tiny insignificant fear, a near debilitating phobia.
For the fact that a couldn't wrestle the Sandman down for an hour, after I saw my luminous clock display on my bed side table no matter how many sheep I counted, I blame the film: "The Exorcist of Emily Rose"... in reality I only saw this movie once, about when It first premiered out, and to this day I barely recall it, nonetheless I must have trapped something of its sinister narrative; the subconscious is truly a horrible partner in this life.
Well, the movie would have us believe that seeing as there are no 66 minutes after six o'clock (or that the screen writers never took into account our mathematical proficiency in mastering that small riddle... can we all say 7:06), the Devil, demons, or whatever monster you choose to scare yourself with, use this timeframe to raise a little Hell.
Hence the reason why so many of us are startled awake at this acursed hour; our intuition warning us of possible evil.

The truth behind the Myth.

There are two ways to actually approach the story: as a skeptic or a believer; either shake the supernatural's metaphorical hand, or attack it with crucifix of science.
Since I am a man who loves the mundane, but relishes in the Heavenly, I discover that it is best to lay down the hypothesis or theories, and let each choose their sides... I simply desire to play and taste from both parties... In the absence of proclaming something, I leave myself open to surprises.

Mystic Explanation:

The number three has a large numerological mythology: it is the angelic number, the number of "The Holy Trinity", the hour when Jesus died, and, frankly, about a thousand more examples of this particular number's influence show up throughout history; it truly is a fascinating numeral... Well, after eons of civilization the same could be said about its siblings.

- It is said, that given as how Jesus Christ died at 3pm... 3:33 in the morning, the exact opposite hour of his sacrifice, that most Demons, and evil entities roam the earth in search of prey; a sort of mockery at the Lord... They must be quite active, and perhaps a bit drained, seeing as 3 a.m repeats about a dozen or more times a day, depending on your geographical position.
- Most Alien abductions occur at this time, or at least those starring Milla Jovovich.
-Witches consider it the Devil's Hour... so internet traffic on the occult and grimoire related websites is at an all time high on this nightly period.
-Then there is the claim, by some demonologist, that states: "...it is a trying period between the crossroad of the spiritual plane and the physical one".

- P.S: lets not forget the fact that Jesus died at a young age, 33.

Palpable Details:

- There are over 7 Billion people living in the world, statically speaking, it is only natural that a small percentage of that population woke up once, or a number of times at 3:33... and more so, that a portion of that piece has seen or heard something concerning this odd tale.
- Circadian clocks or synchronizations:  programs which our body, without the use of external sources predetermined by us, assimilate into our existence certain timeframes and natural alarms. In other words, they are untrainable reactions to our biological rhythms. All these process are closely joined to the environmental cues, different in each local of planet Earth, that embrace us (what is known in the field of chronobiology as: ZEITGEBER).
-Trained and subconscious conducts: the same way, we sometimes, start falling asleep at a determine hour, or we have to take a bathroom break at 10 a.m, or after our daily coffee, we unnoticeably teach our body certain biological imperatives. Studies have shown that we can actually instruct ourself to wake up at a predetermined time, and not even know it, if said time has a special meaning to us; "Gee, will you look at that, it's 3:33, what an odd and particularly weird number".
- Digital clocks: depending on the light they emit, the number 3:33 is one of the most potent displays on a clock's face; specially, at that murky and dark hour. If you add up: the stark glow, your befuddled mind and the gloomy expand of your room, it is no wonder that those numbers will burn straight into your retina and scar your unconscious, and faulty, directives... Once again creating a faulty wiring in your system, a small spark that will go off at 3:33 in the morning, every so often.

So if you ever do catch yourself waking up at 3:33, depending on your beliefs, either reach for a bible or a gin & tonic.