Welcome back to Most Amazing Top 10.
Todays video is about statues that did something statues arent supposed to do - cry.
It may sound creepy but reports of this happen a lot more than youd think.
Here are perhaps the most famous examples - this is the Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood.
Starting off at number 10 we have Saint Padre Pio.
In 2002, the statue of Padre Pio was said to begin shedding tears that some believed
were blood.
A passer by first noticed it and alerted the priest.
They were unable to wipe away a red substance leaking from the eyes of the statue.
As news travelled of this suspected miracle, hundreds came to see the statue in person.
This happened just a few months before the Pope made Padre Pio a saint, some people said
this was the reason for the supernatural occurrence.
At number 9 we have Cochabamba.
During Holy Week in 1995, a church in Cochabamba Bolivia noticed that their statue of Jesus
appeared to be shedding tears of blood.
Believers claimed that the tears were tested in an Australian lab and found to contain
human blood.
They also said the statue was hollow which was proof that there was no tampering.
According to locals, the Cochabamba Christ has wept blood every good Friday since.
At number 8 now we have Los Naranjos.
In April 2017, a video emerged online appearing to show the Virgin Mary crying tears of blood.
The statue was belonged to a man in the town of Los Naranjos in Argentina.
The owner of the statue said he noticed the blood in March and said that Mary had visited
him in a dream.
The statue was then transferred to the local Church for pilgrims to visit it.
An investigation was launched to look for a natural explanation before it was declared
as a miracle.
The local priest reminded everyone to not jump to any conclusions.
At number 7 now we have Perth.
In 2002, Scientists in Australia failed to find the source of tears flowing from the
eyes of a statue of the Virgin Mary.
The statue was on display in Catholic church in Perth.
It was bought by Patty Powell from Bangkok 8 years before.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until one day, it started ripping a rose scented oil
like substance.
Visitors came from all over Australia to see it for themselves.
The priest any many others claimed it was a miracle but scientists conducted studies
to determine exactly what the liquid was.
Moving on to number 6 we have Fresno.
In May 2016, Maria Cardenas from Fresno California said her statue of Mary had been crying.
She said it all started a year and a half before after her cousin died.
Apparently Maria came home one day and said the statues eyes were welling up with a liquid
- she said it was tears, others have said it could be blood.
Maria said she doesnt understand why the statue is doing it but believes it could be linked
to her cousins death.
Overall, she saw the crying as something good.
At number 5 now we have La Madonnina.
In February 1995, the La Madonnia statue, or little madonna, was said to weep tears
of blood in the town of Pantano, Italy.
The statue belonged to Fabio Gregori.
He said that one morning he heard his 6 year old daughter cry out that the statue was crying.
Over the next few days, the crying was witnessed by dozens of witnesses.
A commission of theologians claimed it as a supernatural event.
At number 4 now we have Jalisco.
In November 2016, a crying statue of the Virgin Mary was reported in the town of Jalisco in
Mexico.
A man there told TV crews that he saw blood coming out of the statues glass eyes.
This came just a few months after the preserved body of a child saint supposedly opened her
eyes in the very same town.
At number 3 now we have Sacramento.
In 2005, it was reported that the Vietnamese Catholic Church in Sacramento had a statue
of Mary that was said to cry blood.
The priest washed off what he assumed were stains but 10 days later they reappeared.
The statue now was placed outside for pilgrims to visit.
Over the years, the rain rendered the tears as a small smudge on the statues face.
Still, that doesnt stop people from visiting the statue even to this day.
Moving on to number 2 we have Akita.
In 1973, a convent in Akita, Japan, reported a strange happening with their statue of the
Virgin Mary.
A nun began having holy visions of angels and showed signs of stigmata on her hands
- the same wounds that Jesus received during crucifixion.
Blood also poured out from the statues palms.
Over the next two years, the statue was said to have produced rose scented sweat and wept
tears of blood 101 times - often infront of believers and even a television audience.
At number 1 now we have Another Statue of Mary, In August 2016, it was reported that
a statue of the Virgin Mary in Bolivia had been crying blood.
The local priest claimed that the virgin Mary statue was bleeding from its eyes and hands.
Samples of the substance were sent off to be tested to see if it was human blood.
Church goers were hoping that this would be enough for the Vatican to announce it as a
miracle.
Well there you go guys - what are your thoughts on all that?
Do you believe that statues can cry blood?
Perhaps the belief is a part of your religion?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section - thanks for watching as always, Im
Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video.