- Hey, it's a new year and what better way to start
the new year than with a topic
that's completely noncontroversial.
Let's begin.
So the history of mankind is full of documented events
that many of us would consider extremely strange
or even hard to understand.
And most of the time those events can be explained
through scientific examination,
but that isn't always the case.
Some events are inexplicable by
natural or scientific law and those events
are simply known as miracles.
So today I gathered the strangest events
that have ever happened that defy explanation
that many call miracles.
So here they are, 10 Bizarre Unexplained Miracles
from around the world.
Number one are incorruptible corpses.
Over the last few hundred years there have been
many documented cases from across the globe
of people dying but their bodies do not decay.
The bodies that have not been embalmed
or preserved in any way remain flexible
unlike regular corpses that become stiff and rigid.
Given the title of incorruptible,
these bodies are considered by many
to be a sign of sainthood.
In fact, there are hundreds of saints
whose bodies have been found to be incorrupt
sometimes hundreds of years after
they originally died.
This picture is of Saint Bernadette
as she appears today, 136 years
after her death.
It's even been said that some of these bodies
exude a sweet aroma known as the odor of sanctity
which as creepy as that sounds
is probably still a lot more pleasant
than a regular dead body.
It's all just farts and nastiness.
Number two is Our Lady of Akita.
Located near the city of Akita, Japan
this famous statue of the virgin Mary
has gone through several events
that are beyond weird.
On July 6th, 1978 nuns heard a voice coming from
the statue of the virgin Mary in the chapel
where it resides.
On the same day, a few of the sisters
noticed drops of blood flowing from a wound
on the statue's hand.
Shortly after, the wounds disappeared
only for the statue to begin sweating
on it's forehead and neck.
Two years later on January 4th,
the statue began to weep which
it continued to do in intervals
for the next almost seven years.
The most interesting thing about all of this
is that scientific analysis of the blood,
sweat, and tears from the statue
confirm that they were all from a real human.
Now I'm sure that this story provides
a lot of hope for religious people,
but if that were me and I saw liquids
coming out of a statue, I would tip out the door.
I'd be knocking over all ladies and stuff
and just it would not be good.
Number three is Our Lady of Lourdes.
In Lourdes, France in 1858, three sisters
reported a vision of a woman in all white
holding a golden rosary while they were out
collecting firewood.
According to the girls, the woman directed them
to dig near a rock after which a large
spring of water appeared,
however that's not the strange part.
The strange part is that that source of water
which still exists today miraculously heals people
without explanation.
Every single year millions of people
visit this spring, many of which have incurable diseases
or injuries, some of which are cured without explanation.
In fact the Lourdes Medical Burrow has declared
a total of almost 70 individual cases
of inexplicable cures.
So basically if you think about it,
this is the real life fairy fountain
from the Legend of Zelda.
I want to throw a rupee in it.
Number four is the Miracle of Lanciano.
In the city of Lanciano, Italy
around 700 AD, a priest was assigned
to celebrate the Eucharist when
something unexpected happened.
During the mass when he said the words of consecration,
it's reported that the bread was turned
into live flesh and the wine into blood.
To this day, evidence of the miracle,
specifically the host flesh remains in Lanciano
in an artistic silver ostensorium.
In 1970, Professors of the University of Siena
conducted a scientific investigation into the miracle.
It was confirmed that the flesh
was human cardiac tissue and that the blood
was type AB and if that wasn't bizarre enough,
the blood type AB is also the blood type
found on the Shroud of Turin.
Well this is one of two things.
Either it's an amazing scientific discovery
or there's someone out there missing
a couple pints of blood with
a really sick sense of humor.
Number five is the Miracle of the Sun.
The Miracle of the Sun is an event that occurred
on October 13th, 1917 in the Cova da Iria fields
near Fatima, Portugal.
According to witnesses of the event
which was attended by about 65,000 people,
there was extraordinary solar activity,
the likes of which had never been seen before.
After a downfall of rain, dark clouds broke
and the sun appeared as an opaque spinning disk
in the sky.
It was said to be significantly less bright than normal
and cast multicolored lights across the land,
people, and surrounding clouds.
It was reported that the sun then careened
towards Earth, frightening witnesses
who thought it was the end of the world.
The event lasted of a total of about 10 minutes
and was documented by multiple credible sources
including multiple doctors and newspaper writers
who were all present that day.
Now this may or may not have been
divine in nature but if it was god,
why would he use his powers to put on a light show
for a bunch of people?
He must be bored up there.
Number six is Joseph of Cupertino.
Joseph of Cupertino was the Italian conventional
Franciscan friar who lived in Naples
between 1603 and 1663.
He began having visions as a child,
leaving him with reduced external awareness,
but increased internal mental and spiritual awareness.
After being ordained as a priest in 1625,
his visions and spirituality increased
to the point where he would regularly levitate
while participating in mass.
This ability gained him a widespread reputation
of holiness among the church and beyond,
however his inexplicable levitation
led him to being deemed disruptive
by his religious superiors and church authorities.
This ultimately led him to being confined
to a small cell, forbidding him
from joining any public gatherings in the community.
However, he was eventually canonized as a saint
in 1763 and today is the penchant saint of air travelers,
aviators, and astronauts.
Frankly I'm surprised he was only deemed disruptive
for levitating by the church during a time
when you could be called a witch and
burned at the stake for sneezing the wrong way.
Yeah, lucky dude.
Number seven is Martin de Porres.
Martin de Porres lived in Lima, Peru
between 1579 and 1639.
He was known for performing miracles
like healing sick patients with his hands
and having miraculous knowledge among others,
but what gained him notoriety is his ability
to be in multiple places at once.
Witness statements account for him being
in Mexico and Japan while still remaining
at his home in Peru.
In addition to the witnesses that saw him,
de Porres would provide proof of his journeys
in his other body means of a detailed description
of the locations that he visited.
Because of the deeds that he did in those countries,
he canonized in 1962 and today is the patron
saint of mixed race people and those seeking
interracial harmony and wizards, obviously.
Number eight is Therese Neumann.
Therese Neumann lived between 1898 and 1962
in Bavaria, Germany and was born
into a large family with very little income.
Through a series of accidents,
she became paralyzed and lost her eyesight.
As her condition worsened, she was approaching death
and began preying to a nun named Therese of Lisieux.
On May 17th, 1925 Therese of Lisieux was canonized
as a saint and just days after Therese Neumann
was cured of all ailments.
From there until her death in 1962,
she consumed no food except the holy Eucharist,
not even water.
Medical doctors and four Franciscan nurses
routinely checked on her during this time.
They confirmed that she consumed no more
than one consecrated host a day,
yet she suffered no weight loss, ill effects,
or even dehydration.
But remember kids, this was a miracle.
Don't go all Jesus diet on yourself
because you're going to die.
Yeah, don't do it.
Number nine is Apparition in Zeitoun.
Beginning on April 2nd, 1968 supernatural apparitions
of the virgin Mary began appearing
in the Zeitoun district of Cairo, Egypt and continued
for a two to three year period.
The first sighting only lasted a few minutes,
however over time the length and frequency
of the apparitions grew.
This events were witnessed by millions of people
with various faiths over this time span,
making it one of the most witnessed miracles
of all time.
The event was captured in several videos and pictures
and was even verified by several sources
as a legitimate apparition.
Now some skeptics say that those who witnessed
the event were predisposed to interpret
the light shows as the virgin Mary
because of religious background or social expectation,
but even if that's true I think they're missing
the point here.
Big bright lights in the sky shouldn't be there,
shouldn't dismiss it, definitely worth investigating.
And number 10 is the Voice of Saint Clelia Barbieri.
Clecia Barbieri lived between 1847 and 1870
in Bologna, Italy .
Just two years after doing so, in 1870 she died
of tuberculosis, however since her death
an unusual and unexplained occurences
have often been reported in homes and parishes
that she frequented.
Throughout the years, people of various backgrounds
have all reported hearing a voice
that is unlike anything on this Earth.
Look, this sounds lovely and I'm sure
that these people may or may not being hearing
this voice, but if you hear voices,
you should probably seek help.
Especially if they tell you to burn things.
And that's it for this video, guys.
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