Dermographia on Face and Knee Today we peer into the face of Mrs. Marcil of St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba, Canada, and onto the–well, knee–of a French schoolgirl for some mysterious markings.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 16, 2016
in Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Strange Bodies , Strange Lives , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Abbeville , Bussus-Bussuel , Canadian forteana , derm , dermatographia , dermographia , Dermographia on Face and Knee , French forteana , Mother Shipton , pictures on the skin , prophecy , skin writing , stigmata
The Leech Imposture A picture hung in a Catholic church in France begins to bleed, baffling people, priests, and scientists alike.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 5, 2016
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , medical oddities , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged bleeding image , bleeding painting , Catholic miracles , miracles , Rose Tamisier , stigmata , The Leech Imposture
REM Sleep Repercussions Can dreams physically influence someone besides the dreamer?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
March 19, 2016
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Psychic Research , Scientific Oddities , Spiritualism , Strange Bodies , Witches
and tagged dreams , John William Brodie-Innes , REM Sleep Repercussions , stigmata , theory of repercussion , witchcraft
