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Miracle of the Sun: October 13, 1917
The Miracle of the Sun was a supposedly miraculous event which, it is claimed, was seen by an estimated 70,000 people on October 13, 1917 in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima, Portugal. [1] Estimates of the crowd size range from "thirty to forty thousand" by Avelino de Almeida, writing for the Portuguese newspaper O Século [2], to one hundred thousand, estimated by Dr. Joseph Garrett, Professor of Natural Sciences at Coimbra University [3], both of whom were present that day. [4]
The miracle was attributed by believers to Our Lady of Fatima, an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in 1917, as having been predicted in advance by the three children on July 13 [5], August 19 [6], and September 13 [7], 1917. The children reported that the Lady had promised them that at mid-day on October 13 in the Cova da Iria the Lady would reveal her identity to the children [8] and perform a miracle "so that all may believe." [9]
According to many witness statements, after a downfall of rain, the clouds broke and the sun appeared as an opaque, spinning disk in the sky. [10] It was said to be significantly less bright than normal, and cast multicolored lights across the landscape, the shadows on the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. [10] The sun was reported to have careened towards the earth in a zigzag pattern [10], frightening some of those present who thought it meant the end of the world [11]. Witnesses reported that the ground and their previously wet clothes became completely dry. [12]
According to witness reports, the alleged miracle of the sun lasted approximately ten minutes [13].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_the_Sun
The miracle was attributed by believers to Our Lady of Fatima, an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young shepherd children in 1917, as having been predicted in advance by the three children on July 13 [5], August 19 [6], and September 13 [7], 1917. The children reported that the Lady had promised them that at mid-day on October 13 in the Cova da Iria the Lady would reveal her identity to the children [8] and perform a miracle "so that all may believe." [9]
According to many witness statements, after a downfall of rain, the clouds broke and the sun appeared as an opaque, spinning disk in the sky. [10] It was said to be significantly less bright than normal, and cast multicolored lights across the landscape, the shadows on the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. [10] The sun was reported to have careened towards the earth in a zigzag pattern [10], frightening some of those present who thought it meant the end of the world [11]. Witnesses reported that the ground and their previously wet clothes became completely dry. [12]
According to witness reports, the alleged miracle of the sun lasted approximately ten minutes [13].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_the_Sun
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Actually, a lot creepy.
No photos taken then?