2. Three Shepherd Children Predict Sun’s Strange Behavior
On October 13, 1917, tens of thousands of people gathered near Fatima, Portugal because Lucia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Francisco Marto predicted that a great miracle would take place. The shepherd children had earlier claimed that a lady who had appeared to them several times had revealed the prophecy to them. After a period of rain, many of those gathered saw the sun appear more opaque and spinning in the sky. Then, in a zigzag pattern, the sun seemed to careen towards the earth, resulting in panic as the people thought the world was ending. When the phenomenon ended, people claimed that their clothes, which had been soaked by the rain, suddenly became completely dry as did the previously muddy ground. Critics attributed the unexplained episode to various phenomena including mass hysteria, a sandstorm, and optical illusions. But on October 13, 1930, the Church certified the event to be a genuine miracle.
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