| For hundreds of years, the entire Christian world spoke | | | | silhouette, it would sometimes appear that "light doves" |
| of saints' apparitions, especially the Virgin Mary. The | | | | were flying and they would first appear as a blue light |
| most amazing part of seeing ghosts is that these | | | | which later took human form. This figure would often |
| apparitions have no explanation. At midnight on the 2nd | | | | float around the dome, appearing as if it was blessing |
| of April 1968, two workers were walking on a | | | | people down below. For hundreds of years, we |
| suburban street in Zeitoun, Cairo. One of them was | | | | have been witnessing people having such visions and |
| looking across to the church of Saint Mary and noticed | | | | those apparitions were usually identified as being the |
| a "strange figure, in white clothing, standing on the roof | | | | Virgin Mary. Such ghosts were usually seen by one or |
| of the church. I thought she was going to kill herself | | | | two people, but what made the Zeitoun phenomenon |
| and I shouted at her to pay attention. My friend called | | | | be so special is that it was seen by thousands of |
| the police and I woke up the gatekeeper. He came out | | | | people. |
| and started screaming <<It's the Virgin Mary>> | | | | |
| and went inside to call the priest." By the time the | | | | The most popular vision has to be the one that |
| police got there, lots of people were already gathered | | | | Bernadette Soubirous witnessed on the morning of |
| to see the strange figure. The chief of local police said | | | | February 11th 1858. She was a 14 year old girl back |
| that what they were witnessing was nothing more | | | | then, coming from a simple family. Two of her friends, |
| than reflection of street light and ordered that they be | | | | as well as herself were gathering plants near the |
| all turned off. | | | | Gave de Pau River, located close to Lourdes, France. |
| | | | | At the base of a hill, called Massabielle by the locals, |
| Even so, that reflection was still standing and the vision | | | | there was a small cave. Bernadette later wrote "I |
| of Virgin Mary become even clearer. The chief of | | | | heard a sound… I saw the trees were not moving. I |
| policed got scared and said he wanted nothing else to | | | | looked at the cave. I saw a woman… she was |
| do with this event while others got close to have a | | | | wearing a white dress with a blue belt and a yellow |
| clear view. In the next 3 years, that apparition started | | | | rose on each leg. When I saw her, I could not believe |
| coming out in unpredictable moments. Around that | | | | my eyes, the apparition started praying". |