From a child who remembers his past life to the peculiar lives of children of kings and
political rulers throughout history, here are 6 kids shrouded in mystery:
Number 6 James Leininger When he was still just a two-year-old, James
Leininger from Lafayette, Louisiana, began having vivid nightmares about a World War
II aerial battle.
He would wake up screaming ‘airplane crash’ and ‘plane on fire’ much to the concern
of his parents, Bruce and Andrea.
When asked about the crash, James told his feather that the Japanese had shot down his
plane.
While flicking through a book he pointed at a picture of Iwo Jima and said that it was
the place his plane had been shot down.
The boy knew structural and operational details about WWII aircrafts that were uncommon for
a child to know.
James insisted that in a previous life he’d been a pilot, also named James and that he’d
flown off a ship called Natoma.
Bruce Leininger was the first to be highly skeptical about what his son had told him.
That was until he discovered that there had been a pilot, Lt. James Huston Jr, who had
flown off the USS Natoma Bay aircraft carrier and who had been shot down by the Japanese
during the battle of Iwo Jima.
The family had never watched WWII documentaries nor had they ever heard about the pilot before.
The child’s recollection of the battle had produced accurate information.
The pilot’s family was contacted by James’ parents and even they were amazed by what
he knew.
The boy’s family became convinced that his spirit had become intertwined with that of
the fallen pilot and that his memories came from a past life.
When others heard about his case, they also suggested reincarnation as a possibility.
Nevertheless, the child went on to have a normal life and reportedly never had similar
experiences.
Number 5 Louis-Charles For roughly 200 years no one knew for sure
what happened to Louis-Charles, the younger son of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI
of France.
During the French Revolution both his parents were executed by guillotine.
At this time, 8-year-old Louis-Charles was imprisoned at Temple, in Paris.
After his feather was executed on January 21st, 1793, the child became King of France
in the eyes of the royalists.
However, by then France was already a republic and young Louis never governed.
In 1795, news of the young prince’s breath reached the public.
Shortly thereafter, rumors started circulating that a lookalike had been put in his place
inside the prison or that the guards had taken pity on him and helped him escape.
Since then many people came forward claiming to be the long lost prince and the rightful
ruler of France.
DNA tests performed in 2000 eventually confirmed that Louis had succumbed to tuberculosis at
the age of 10, while still in prison.
The tests were performed on the child’s heart which had been preserved by the doctor
who had performed his autopsy.
The samples from the heart matched with the genetic material taken from Marie Antoinette’s
hair.
The heart was buried with full royal honors close to the grave of his parents.
Number 4 Uberboy A boy was born in Germany in 1999 with unique
physical features that amazed doctors and nurses.
Instead of baby fed, the boy had well-developed muscles similar to those of professional bodybuilders.
His unique case was included in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The boy suffered from a genetic disorder that eliminates the myostatin gene which limits
muscle growth.
His mutation resembles the one that farmers use to breed very muscular cattle.
The child was nicknamed Uberboy as his parents chose to keep his identity private.
When he was 4 years old, Uberboy already exhibited 6 times the strength for a child his age.
At 5, he could already lift and hold 7 pounds with his arms outstretched.
Genetics is also believed to have played a role in his strength.
His mother was a professional sprinter and his grandfeather could allegedly single handedly
lift paving stones weighing around 330 pounds.
Uberboy’s life today is largely a mystery.
He is reportedly still monitored by doctors who wonder if his condition might affect his
health in the future.
Scientists believe that by studying the development of his muscles, they might one day be able
to create therapies for patients suffering from muscular dystrophy.
Number 3 Caesarion Born in Egypt in 47 BC, Caesarion or Little
Caesar is known to the world as the only biological son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
It’s still unclear whether the Roman ruler acknowledged the boy as being his son.
Caesarion ruled Egypt alongside his mother from 44 BC until 30 BC.
Oddly enough, there aren’t any historical records of him for roughly ten years during
that time.
As a teenager Caesarion became a prawn in the power struggle between Marc Anthony and
Octavian, Caesar’s grandnephew and adopted son.
Anthony had had three children with Cleopatra.
He gave them and Caesarion lands and titles and touted the latter as the true heir and
son of Caesar.
Octavian’s own family ties to Caesar gave him his own claim to power.
He and Anthony shared rule of the Republic but tension was building up between them.
The fight for control culminated with the Battle of Actium in 31 BC in which Octavian
triumphed over Marc Anthony’s army which was backed by Cleopatra.
Anthony and Cleopatra died, traditionally suggested that by committing suicide, shortly
after the defeat.
Octavian captured Alexandria in 30 BC and annexed Egypt to the Roman Republic.
By that time, Caesarion, Egypt’s last pharaoh, had already fled his homeland.
What happened to him is still a mystery.
Some sources say he was lured back under promises of mercy and executed by the Romans under
Octavian’s orders.
Other theories claim that he continued to live under an assumed identity.
His body was never found.
Number 2 Green Children of Woolpit At one point during the 12th century two mysterious
children, who were brother and sister, appeared in the village of Woolpit, in Suffolk, England.
They were found by one of the wolf pits that gave the village its name and their appearance
was normal except for the fact that their skin was green.
They also spoke in an unknown language.
Sir Richard de Caine reportedly gave the children refuge in his manor around six miles north
of Woolpit.
For several days the two refused all food until they came across raw broad beans which
they eagerly ate.
As time passed, they adapted to regular food and lost their green color.
The boy, who seemed to be the younger of the two, became ill and died shortly after the
children were baptized.
The girl was given the name ‘Agnes’.
She learned to speak English and explained that they had come from a place called St.
Martin’s Land where the sun never shone and where the light was like twilight.
Agnes said that they were tending to their father’s cattle before being guided to Woolpit
by the sound of church bells.
There have been a number of theories regarding the green children of Woolpit.
The more conservative ones explain their green color as a dietary deficiency and that the
language they spoke wasn’t otherworldly but just one that the villagers hadn’t heard
before.
Others propose that the entire encounter was a folktale or that they were parallel dimension
children, Hollow Earth children or extraterrestrial beings.
Number 1 Kim Jong-un’s Children The recent summit in Singapore where Kim Jong-un
has made a historic appearance with US President Donald Trump has reignited past conversations
regarding the North Korean leader’s family.
It’s been seven years since Kim Jong-un became the world’s youngest head of state,
following the breath of his father in 2011.
Throughout this time his personal life has been shrouded in secrecy and controversy due
to the militarized state’s tightly controlled media.
His exiled half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International
Airport on February 13th, 2017.
He was attacked by two women with VX nerve agent and it’s been theorized that the assassination
was commissioned by the North Korean government.
Most of the information regarding the current state of Kim Jong-un’s family comes from
South Korean intelligence and uncorroborated independent reports.
So far it’s believed that him and his wife Ri Sol-ju have had three children since their
secret marriage in 2009.
It’s suspected that one of the children is a boy that was born in 2010, which would
mean that Kim Jong-un has at least one male heir to successfully continue the dictatorship
dynasty.
Kim’s second child is a girl born in 2013.
Dennis Rodman, a former NBA star and one of Kim’s best friends, has talked about holding
Kim’s baby, following a visit to North Korea in 2013.
Rodman told a media outlet ‘I held baby Ju-ae and spoke with Ms. Ri as well.
Kim’s a good dad and has a beautiful family.’
There are also rumors about a third child born in 2017 which seemed to be supported
by Ri’s prolonged public absence.
So far, state-controlled media hasn’t released any details regarding the first family and
even Kim’s own birth year remains unknown.
Kim has promoted his younger sister, Kim Yo-jong as the head of propaganda of the Worker’s
Party of Korea.
Some have speculated that, should something happen to Kim Jon-un, his sister would assume
control of the country until his children are old enough to rule.