There have been many stories about statues crying, especially the mother Mary variation. As expected, a lot of followers would view this as a supernatural phenomenon that may actually be linked to a possible miracle from God. On the other hand of the coin though, there are also others who believe that there is a logical explanation for the phenomenon of the weeping statue mary.
In order to know more about the phenomenon, it is crucial to look at one of the first cases. Probably the earliest documented one was in a church in Siracusa, Sicily sometime during the year 1953. According to the reports, the Virgin Mother statue cried tears straight from her eyes for everyone in the vicinity to see.
As expected, many people believed that this was a miracle from God and captured the phenomenon on video. As expected, this sparked a lot of controversies and a lot of noise, especially among the followers of the church. While there were those who believed it was a sign from above, there were also others who believed it was some kind of hoax.
This was not the only isolated case though as there was another popular case that popped up in Brisbane in the year 2004. This one involved religious figures inside the Inala Vietnamese Catholic Centre. According to the case, the Holy Mother figure bled a red substance that looked like blood and scented oil. Aside from these two, there were many more cases that popped out.
As expected though, many people have been trying to find a logical explanation for this. One of which was made by Dr Luigi Garlaschelli from the University of Pavia. In order to find the logical cause, he tried making his own holy mother figure and tried to make it weep without any electronic gadget or external help.
He made his own structure out of a plaster material that had a glazing that could absorb water. While the glazing did absorb water, a small crack or a rip in the material could make the water come out. Now, he tried to scratch the eyes portion a bit and found out that the water absorbed by the plaster did come out from the eyes looking like the statue was crying.
As for the one in the Brisbane church, the Archbishop Bathersby already concluded that it was not a miracle made by the supernatural but rather, were man made. First, he concluded that the scented oil was a scented oil that could be bought in any store and applied by someone on said figure. He also concluded that the red substance was not blood. Finally, his team also discovered that there were small holes in the eyes in which liquids could be injected.
As one can see, the Brisbane incident was proven to be a fake, manmade phenomenon. However, the case of Garlaschelli couldn't really be proven because he was never able to make any tests on the original figure as it is locked up in the said Sicily church. What he has is only a possible phenomenon that could explain the strange occurrence of the crying virgin mother figure in the fifties.
In order to know more about the phenomenon, it is crucial to look at one of the first cases. Probably the earliest documented one was in a church in Siracusa, Sicily sometime during the year 1953. According to the reports, the Virgin Mother statue cried tears straight from her eyes for everyone in the vicinity to see.
As expected, many people believed that this was a miracle from God and captured the phenomenon on video. As expected, this sparked a lot of controversies and a lot of noise, especially among the followers of the church. While there were those who believed it was a sign from above, there were also others who believed it was some kind of hoax.
This was not the only isolated case though as there was another popular case that popped up in Brisbane in the year 2004. This one involved religious figures inside the Inala Vietnamese Catholic Centre. According to the case, the Holy Mother figure bled a red substance that looked like blood and scented oil. Aside from these two, there were many more cases that popped out.
As expected though, many people have been trying to find a logical explanation for this. One of which was made by Dr Luigi Garlaschelli from the University of Pavia. In order to find the logical cause, he tried making his own holy mother figure and tried to make it weep without any electronic gadget or external help.
He made his own structure out of a plaster material that had a glazing that could absorb water. While the glazing did absorb water, a small crack or a rip in the material could make the water come out. Now, he tried to scratch the eyes portion a bit and found out that the water absorbed by the plaster did come out from the eyes looking like the statue was crying.
As for the one in the Brisbane church, the Archbishop Bathersby already concluded that it was not a miracle made by the supernatural but rather, were man made. First, he concluded that the scented oil was a scented oil that could be bought in any store and applied by someone on said figure. He also concluded that the red substance was not blood. Finally, his team also discovered that there were small holes in the eyes in which liquids could be injected.
As one can see, the Brisbane incident was proven to be a fake, manmade phenomenon. However, the case of Garlaschelli couldn't really be proven because he was never able to make any tests on the original figure as it is locked up in the said Sicily church. What he has is only a possible phenomenon that could explain the strange occurrence of the crying virgin mother figure in the fifties.
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