Real-Life MIRACLES That Made Skeptics Believe

There are things that we attribute to the unexplainable, things that can't be possibly only explained by science and sometimes just take a little bit of faith. Whether it be ghosts, spirits, aliens, or other supernatural events, they're always shocking and sometimes really can't be explained by logic. However, some of these things aren't always bad. From miracles that inspire to divine punishment settlement Today, we'll be talking about some of these unexplainable miracles from long, long ago and some that still happen to this day. Crime, conspiracy, serial killers, cults, and murder, all things that I love to consume. And I know you do too, you sick, beautiful, intellectual miracle. Did I stare too long? Probably. Anyway, today we're talking about miracles and one of them being you. I'm happy you're here. You're my little miracle. I can't speak, I can't speak. I'm excited, I'm excited to talk about this. So without further ado, let's unbuckle our seat belts, go Mach 5 down the highway, slam on the brakes, and bust through this windshield into these beautiful miracles together. ♪♪♪ I feel like this does fall under my deep dive type videos because technically, I mean, these are conspiracies because most of them just aren't really explainable. So I feel like it falls under that. That is my argument. Anyway, let's get into our first miracle, and that is the miracle of the sun. This miracle specifically is known as the miracle of Fatima or the miracle of the sun. And according to the story, three Catholic shepherd children in 1916 were near a place called Fatima in Portugal where they reported that they saw an angel and their names were Lucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto. And it wasn't until May of 1917 when they would see or experience apparitions of the Virgin Mary from the Bible. She was also known by the name of the Lady of the Rosary, which is just another way to say her name, mostly used by the Roman Catholic Church. Anyway, the Lady of the Rosary would prophesize that by praying, a great war would end. That great war being the First World War. However, she also supposedly told these children that on October 13th of that year, 1917, she would reveal her true self to perform a miracle. And there are newspapers that spread this claim apparently, though I could not find these postings that were prophesized before the event took place. However, people apparently believed these children and began to travel to this area to experience this event that would happen five months later on the date the children stated. And there were obviously people that were like, these kids are crazy. Like, you know, there was people that didn't believe them. But at the time, I mean, during the war, a lot of people were just, you know, hoping for miracles. Religion was very prevalent, especially in this time period and in this area. So I mean, I wouldn't put it past people to believe in something at this point. But the exact secrets Mary revealed supposedly were these three things. One, a vision of hell. Two, a prediction of the end of World War I and the beginning of the worst war to follow, World War II. And three, a vision of the Pope along other spiritual leaders being killed by soldiers. And according to this article, July 13th, 1917, it was said, and the quote is as follows. In October, I will tell you who I am and what I want, and I will perform a miracle for all to see and believe. And it spread throughout the lands and many believed it was going to happen. And supposedly around 70,000 people were there waiting through terrible weather to see what would transpire on this day. So on the day of this actual event that the three children stated, this Virgin Mary is gonna come back on this day, the Lady of the Rosary, this huge crowd got around and a storm was happening and it was raining and pouring. The weather was terrible, but it would eventually disappear on this day. And the sky would be opened, showing the sun as an opaque spinning disc in the sky. And the crowd supposedly was able to stare directly at the sun at this time, describing it as the silver sun and saying that it was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of the broken clouds. And the sun then supposedly began to dance, zigzagging across the sky while others stated that it displayed rainbow-like radiant colors. It was like ping pong and back and forth in the sky, like a fricking EDM light show. Ping pong tournament? That's a terrible analogy. But all these people were saying they were seeing the same thing and that was that the sun was literally dancing in the sky. And other witnesses even described that once drenched and wet clothes suddenly out of nowhere became dry, along with the muddy ground that was absolutely drenched and flooding completely became dry as well, once the sun came up. It started dancing in the sky and ----. Father Joaquin Lorenzo said, I feel incapable of describing what I saw. I looked fixedly at the sun, which seemed pale and did not hurt my eyes, looking like a ball of snow revolving on itself. It suddenly seemed to come down in a zigzag, menacing the earth. Terrified, I ran and hid among the people who were weeping and expecting the end of the world at any moment. That sounds terrifying, man. I'd be running for the hills. I wouldn't be hiding amongst people. But those who mocked everyone who traveled to the location were mocked by the others who also showed up, where their minds were changed and were suddenly paralyzed with fear. People were trembling and just falling to their knees, not understanding what was happening, but assuming that it was some sort of miracle that was happening in the sky. But tons of people had different reactions. Some believing that it was a sign or some sort of miracle, and other people were paralyzed with fear. Some calling out, stating that we shall all be killed. It's a way to kill the mood, man. What the hell? And others praying for Mother Mary to save them, confessing their sins. And one story from a Protestant had her own testimony. She was supposedly living in Portugal for the last seven years, and she was in doubt, assuming nothing was going to happen on that day. However, she describes hearing a great cry from a crowd of people, and even noticing the sudden disappearance in rain to be very odd. She said, quote unquote, I saw the rain cease suddenly, not as rain usually ends. Then the clouds were pushed back from the sun in every direction, as if by invisible hands, and the sun appeared in color like the blade of a knife, luminous, but not dazzling. Then as I looked, the sun described a swift circle, paused, described another, paused, described yet a third, and then the clouds began to sweep over it again. Why don't people talk like this anymore? That was magical. That was great. I like that a lot. Um, also terrifying. I feel like this is like us nowadays, just looking at all those UFO drones that are going around. We're like, what the? But we're not describing it like that. We're just like, what the in the sky? What is that? And the three original children who had claimed to have heard about the miracle before it all happened, stated to have seen visions of the event itself, including those of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which are just different depictions and descriptions of Mother Mary and St. Joseph, the husband of Mary, and the legal father of Jesus. And they were there blessing the crowd, which was told to the group almost a year before it happened, according to her own memoirs. And many people accused Lucia of lying. However, it's nearly impossible to gather the full events and accusations set at the time, just because it was so long ago. However, many people tried to rectify her claims and get Lucia to claim she was lying, especially a lady named Maria Rosa, who, on principle alone, truly believed she was a liar. However, after the events that transpired that day, many minds were changed. And newspaper articles would document the strange phenomenon, calling attention to the strange miracle that had happened. Tons and tons of people had their own views on what happened, describing the events in slightly different ways, but nearly all lining up with other accounts. But the story wasn't fully recognized by the Catholic Church until 1930, describing it as a supernatural event that was direct evidence of a miracle. And the Pope at the time approved of these apparitions in 1940, declaring that the event truly happened as he experienced something much later on, October 30th, 1950, with handwritten notes describing himself as awestruck. And the location had been remembered with a shrine dedicated to the event in the town it happened in, Fatima, Portugal. And for years to come, it's remembered and thousands gathered to this place. And from May 11th to May 13th of 2017, many went to this place to remember the events that had happened 100 years ago. And this really marks the significance and belief that on the day, a miracle that was unexplained, shocked the town folk and those who traveled there. But scientists naturally would begin to question what could have actually happened, if not a miracle. Trying to understand the multiple different claims of the sun's behavior. The dancing sun around the sky surely would have been reported by the rest of the world, right? Because we all see the sun at the same time, which is kind of a miracle in and of itself. Look at your window right now. Look at the sun. I'm looking at it with you right now. But I'm in the past, which is also kind of cool. Getting off track. But the fact that we can all see the sun at the same time would just point to either the clouds disturbing the view of the sun and confusing a lot of onlookers and or the colors could be described as a phenomenon known as perihelion, where rainbow colors are displayed in the sky due to the sun's rays. And the movements though, like where the sun is dancing in the sky could only be described as retinal after images. It happens when you stare at a bright light source for too long and the image is almost burned into your eyes for a certain amount of time. We've all looked at the sun when we're not supposed to. That ----, you could see that ---- everywhere you look for a while after you do that. But what isn't described is the sudden weather change and the clothes and the mud suddenly becoming dry as well. Unless multitude of people and eyewitnesses were starstruck and locked in a lie. It can't really be explained otherwise though. So what did this event actually solve? Well, a miracle doesn't always have a purpose necessarily. Sometimes it just inspires hope and reaffirmation. Whether it happened or not, people continue to argue it to this day. However, it's still fascinating at the very least. I think personally. I mean, I think it's very interesting like for little three little children to gather people on a specific day to witness something like this. It's pretty strange. I want to believe in miracles. I want to be whimsical and fantastical and believe that miracles could happen. You know, who's to say? Who's to say? What do you say? Let me know down in the comments below what you think about that event. If you have any explanations or if you know anybody that maybe saw it or if you know more about it, let me know down below. But let's get into our next miracle. Or should I say divine punishment? And that is the dancing plague of 1518. That's right. It's as weird as it sounds. In July 1518, residents in the city of Strasbourg, which was part of a Roman empire, were all suddenly struck with the feeling of dancing, which like sounds great, but it's not. It was sudden and uncontrollable and they all began to boogie down and break down until they died, basically. But we'll get into it. This was started by a single woman by the name of Frau Troffea, who wandered into the street and began to dance uncontrollably, seemingly out of nowhere. And according to witnesses, she was estimated to have been continually dancing for a week, eventually collapsing in the street from exhaustion, which I don't know how that's possible to like continually dance for a whole week straight. I'm assuming she had to have slept at some point, otherwise she literally would have died. And if she didn't drink water, she would have died. So I don't know if she was like, you know, like a marathon where people were handing her drinks while she was dancing or something or like sleep dancing too, I don't know. But either way, she was dancing continuously for a week. Let's just leave it at that. But she would eventually collapse in the street from exhaustion after dancing for a week straight. I mean, who wouldn't? But after a bit of rest, assuming that it was just a strange habit, she immediately began to dance again in the compulsive activity. And this went on for days and others eventually joined her as well in her flash mob, dance-a-thon, whatever you want to call it. And people were dancing like no tomorrow. Okay, this was like a rave up in here. Numbers were growing from a measly 30 people to supposedly 400 by August, which was a month after the first lady started dancing. And witnesses stated they began to collapse from either strokes, heart attacks, or just from pure exhaustion. And they were drenched in sweat, thrashing violently in the streets with swollen feet that continued to bleed. And onlookers described their eyes as almost vacant and empty. This just sounds like walking down the street of any Vancouver street, basically, on a Saturday night, honestly. But they all seemed seemingly under a spell. And at the height of the dancing plague, around 15 people were dying per day from it. However, the exact amount of people that died isn't actually totally clear. But they were so desperate that professional dancers and musicians were hired to play music and dance with the crowd. And a new stage was built to house them. And the guild halls were refurbished to hold the dancing. Like this place was like lit, but like it was horrible. Like people couldn't stop dancing. Like it was very strange. I mean, it was me after I basically just look at a bottle of tequila, I'll start dancing. But still, these people, it seemingly came out of nowhere. And there was no answers at this point. But after a certain amount of time, all of this music and other dancers coming in, it was banned later on with religious leaders and believers assuming this was a punishment from St. Vitus. So they began to dance until their feet bled as well, despite not being plagued. And St. Vitus, also known as a guy who was a Christian martyr from Sicily, who is known as the patron saint of dancers. And his name was used to name a neurological disorder, which was Sidenheim's Chorea. I'm probably saying that wrong. Sidenheim's Chorea. Also known as St. Vitus dance. And this is described as a neurological disease of uncontrollable jerking affecting the hands, face, and feet. And this would just make matters worse because now everyone was dancing. And this was immediately shut down and dancers and musicians were now banned in the area to try and help slow this strange plague. And assuming they were being punished by this St. Vitus, they were given small crosses and red shoes sprinkling holy water on them to try to stop their dancing. Because at the time, of course, they didn't know that a disease was prevalent in making them do this. They just thought it was a punishment, a divine punishment of sorts. So was it better to allow them to dance the plague away or be sent away so that no more people could catch this? No one knew and the death toll would just keep climbing. But they tried everything to figure out how to stop this phenomenon. However, all else failed. By September, the plague began to subside. However, it was only due to the remaining dancers being banished to a mountaintop shrine to pray for absolution, forgiving them of any sins they committed that could be the reason for their divine punishment. So why the frick did this happen? How could a whole town suddenly be plagued by something that makes you dance? Besides yet tequila, you know? This isn't the only documented case of hysteria like this though. Dancing mania had been happening in the 14th to the 17th century and was seemingly unexplainable. From Aachen, now Germany, to other parts of Europe, all explaining and documenting all the same characteristics. And all are documenting hundreds, if not thousands, all suddenly beginning to dance completely spontaneously or out of their own control. Well, there are a lot of different guesses and explanations for this, beginning with the food poisoning theory. Some believe that the food supply could have molded and created a fungal chemical product, ergo fungi, which develops in a grain or rye. So what is the actual simple definition? Well, this also contains a molecule linked to a drug you may be familiar with or not, I don't know your life, dude. I don't know what you do on your off time, okay? But I'm talking about LSD. And the actual breakdown is slightly tricky, but it's pretty much a precursor to developing LSD. And this really doesn't explain why people would dance for days necessarily, but it's funny to imagine, funny in regard to dancing that is not death, obviously, that a bunch of people were just on LSD and didn't know it. But that's one theory. But the most plausible one seems to be that everything points to it as stress-induced hysteria. Just imagine going through the most stressful time of your life, aka constant plague and loss of your family members and starvation. It wasn't a great time to be alive at this point of time in history because medicine and access to clean drinking water was nearly impossible. And there were many struggling to just make it to the next day. They, like we got it made today, comparatively. And this would then explain people completely losing their minds and dancing due to a full mental breakdown, basically, with many onlookers seeing dancing as a way to find joy. So mental break, dance the pain away, be completely unconscious and dance until you feel better, which was probably until you just dropped dead. So they were all just having a good time until they just weren't alive anymore, basically. And that scientific explanation isn't really fulfilling necessarily as it raises more questions than answers. But other moments of these hysterias have been marked as people just acting like wild beasts, parading around naked, performing intercourse or hopping and leaping about. And this was also believed that they could have been possessed by demons due to the divine punishment that everyone thought it was, which is why many just let them dance to death or dance themselves out of fear that they would upset the saint or God, despite not being plagued with the desire to boogie at all. But there are rumors, however, that the person who was one of the people to document this was a physician by the name of Paracelsus, who coined the term dancing mania. And according to his account, the story I just told you was the same. So could he have fabricated this story? Doesn't seem entirely likely as it was happening all over Europe before and after the event in Strasbourg. Although dancing mania is kind of, I mean, funny in a sense, why would a multitude of people fabricate stories throughout the centuries to continue a lie? I'm not really sure, but it's definitely a strange and interesting phenomenon that seems to be divine punishment during those dark, dark times. But let me know what you think down below while we move into our last and final and much more recent miracle, which is the miracle of Callie Hardig. And this one is terrifying and keeps me up at night, but it's also, it ends well. This one actually ends well, okay? So stick with me. But anyway, in July of 2013, a 12-year-old by the name of Callie Hardig experienced something truly horrible. Like many children her age, she had spent a carefree day at a local water park in Little Rock, Arkansas named Willow Springs, but hidden within the warm freshwater environment was a microscopic threat. Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba. And within days, Callie became one of the youngest victims of primary amoebic meningonis, I can't say that. Meningoencephalitis. Otherwise known as PAM, a rare but nearly always fatal condition caused by the amoeba. And this disease progression was terrifyingly swift. After entering her body through her nasal passages, after enjoying her day at the water park, the amoeba would travel to her brain where it began to just destroy and eat away the tissue. And she first complained to her mom, Tracy, about experiencing a headache. And she stated that she accidentally fell into the water earlier, which caused a rush of water to enter into her nose. And I mean, this literally could have happened to anyone. I know I've been in the lake and I've gotten all sorts of water like plunged up my holes and that's, you know what I mean? And now this is a new fear unlocked. It's absolutely terrifying. But that's all she had at first was just a headache and she remembered that water just went up her nose. And the next morning she would still have that headache and it would just continually get worse and worse. And her mother then checked her temperature and it supposedly read 104.3, 104.3, which is terrible. And her mom quickly gave her Motrin, aka ibuprofen, to help her fight against a possible infection that could have developed over, you know, the couple of days that she had this headache. But then she would begin a projectile vomiting onto the floor. And Callie would state that if her mother had not raised her head for her, she would not have been able to lift it herself. And her eyes would just roll into the back of her head. And so she would immediately be rushed to the ER where doctors stated that she had just had the flu. The symptoms of sore muscles, nausea, sensitivity to light, the high fever, and vomiting were just all symptoms of the flu. So they would just start her on a regular IV. But after that wasn't working, they supposed that it might be worse than the flu and decided to do some more tests, thank God. And eventually to determine if she had meningitis, they did a spinal tap, which I've had one of those before. Those are terrible. You got a needle this big going into your spinal cord to get fluid out. Oh, it's horrible. Worst nightmare. Anyway, actually, you know what? No, a brain eating amoeba would be my worst nightmare. However, the results of the spinal tap would go to the lab and they would find out exactly what was wrong with her. Something absolutely awful. Callie had contracted PAM, as we know. And historically over 97% of patients diagnosed with this infection did not survive. Out of more than 150 documented cases in the United States, only two people had survived before Callie. And her parents were absolutely devastated and didn't inform Callie of the diagnosis, especially since she might've not even made it through the weekend at that point. But later they would break the news of the disease to her, explaining to her she had less than a 1% survival rate to beat this disease. The solution to her disease was to induce her into a coma medically, so her body could fight the infection more easily. And this coma would lower her temperature to slow her body, reducing the ability for the amoeba to spread. And she also received an experimental drug known as miltofosine, which wasn't meant to treat this exact type of infection, but had a promise in treating other parasitic infections. So they thought, you know, why not? Especially with the only 1% survival rate. And a child named Zachary Reyna died a month before of this exact parasite, even taking this experimental drug miltofosine, but to no avail. So it was kind of a last ditch effort. They were like, it's probably not gonna work, but we might as well give it to her anyway. However, by September, she was speaking again and her family described it as a miracle of beating the odds and coming out on top. She had to go through rigorous different rehabilitation techniques. And she was so terrified of the water due to the association of getting a parasite due to water that she had a very tough time even going into the shower at that point, which is completely understandable. Eventually she would work her way up to even submerging herself into a pool to face her fears of water. And she would eventually make a full recovery after all of that rehabilitation and just strength. And she would return to school, walking about with only scar tissue on her left eye. And thanks to the recovering, she's been able to live a full fruitful life. And at 23 years old, as of 2023, she states she only has blurring vision sometimes, but that's the only long lasting effect she got from the amoeba. And what's insane and what truly makes it a miracle are the odds of her survival. The treatments that she received weren't so different from others who tragically perished. However, she is one of four or five people to survive this horrible and terrifying parasite over about 157 cases. But she beat the odds and recovered and actually became a mother. And she has a picture with her daughter, Adeline, and it is so cute. But the miracle is that she could get through this horrible brain eating amoeba and survive, let alone have a family of her own after the fact. And out of all the horrors and unexplained miracles and divine punishments, hers definitely takes the cake as one of the rarest and scariest miracles to overcome, which is a brain eating amoeba, aka my worst fear. But I am so happy that she was able to get through that. She has a beautiful family now and I very much appreciate you watching this video or listening on Spotify as well. That is all I have for miracles today. It was a little bit more positive than other deep dives, but if you have any other deep dives that you want me to do, let me know down in the comments below. Nothing is off the table, maybe some stuff. I don't know what it is yet, but I'll read it. If it is, I won't do it. But anyway, let me know down in the comments below what else you want me to deep dive on. But until then, I will see your beautiful face in the next video. All right, bye.