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2003-12-12 - Wireless Flash Weird News
Researchers Declare Miracle Of `Guadalupe' A Fake
AMHERST, N.Y (Wireless Flash) -- Today (Dec. 12) is the 471st
anniversary of the miracle of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" in Mexico, but
researchers are saying those who believe in the miracle are pretty
"lupe."
As the legend goes, the Virgin Mary appeared to an Aztec man named Juan
Diego and told him to relay a message to the bishop that a temple should
be erected on Mt. Tepeyac in her honor. To prove Diego wasn't lying, the
Virgin imprinted an image of herself on his cloak as a sign.
But according to senior researcher at "Skeptical Inquirer" magazine who
examined the cloak in 1985, it's a fraud. Joe Nickell says
infrared-photos revealed sketchmarks on the cloak and cracks in the
image that indicate the image was painted.
He says the most recent research debunking the miracle comes from
restoration expert Jose Sol Rosales, who in 2002 stepped forward with
evidence that showed the image was made with paint.
Nickell says science has never proven a miracle, and, admittedly, no one
would know what would constitute a miracle. Still, one thing he's sure
of is that "it wouldn't look like anything ordinary like a human
painting."
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Gregory Gadow
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-- Benjamin Franklin
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