Mystery or Miracle that 70,000 came to see 100 years ago
DateLine: October 13th, 1917, Portugal - World War 1 Era
On that day, Oct. 13, 1917, the crowd of believers had swelled to 70,000.
About 2 p.m., some began to see what later became known in the Catholic Church as “the Miracle of the Sun.” The rains that had plagued the day ceased, and the sun emerged from behind clouds to spin and tremble for 10 minutes.
70,000 witnesses of all nationalities, religions, races, believers & non-belvers watched transfixed by the unfolding cosmic sky drama
“Before the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bareheaded, eagerly searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws — the sun ‘danced’ according to the typical expression of the people,” reported O Seculo, a Lisbon newspaper.
The strange phenomena included odd colors.
“Looking at the sun, I noticed that everything was becoming darkened. I looked first at the nearest objects and then extended my glance further afield as far as the horizon. I saw everything had assumed an amethyst color. Objects around me, the sky and the atmosphere, were of the same color. Everything both near and far had changed, taking on the color of old yellow damask,” said José Maria de Almeida Garrett, a science professor from Coimbra, Portugal, who was one observer at the scene.
Eye witness stunned from as far as 25 miles away, increasing the swelling onlookers crowds to approximately 80,000 noted the strange predicted phenomena in the sky.
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Thus the reported evnt came to be known as:
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