Intrigued and appalled at the same time

[Crow]

Has anyone else known about this incident before? I was just searching for UFO sighting information, because that sort of stuff really fascinates me, and I came across this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_the_Sun

I haven't actually ever heard about this before. I mean, this sort of thing should be popular especially here in Pakistan since it concerns itself highly with religion, but...nothing, nada. It's a scary thought, looking at the sun "dancing" if you ask me.

 

[Chandoo]

thats intriguing

reminds me of that yeti thingy

 

[iNF3RN0]

Do you actually believe on this stuff?

 

[devilscallmedad]

Joe Nickell, a skeptic and investigator of paranormal phenomena, claims that the position of the phenomenon, as described by the various witnesses, is at the wrong azimuth and elevation to have been the sun[30]. He suggests the cause may have been a sundog. Sometimes referred to as a parhelion or "mock sun", a sundog is a relatively common atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with the reflection/refraction of sunlight by the numerous small ice crystals that make up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. A sundog is, however, a stationary phenomenon, and would not explain the reported appearance of the "dancing sun". Nickell suggests an explanation for this and other similar phenomena may lie in temporary retinal distortion, caused by staring at the intense light and/or by the effect of darting the eyes to and fro so as to avoid completely fixed gazing (thus combining image, afterimage and movement).

 

[Conscript]

I smell bullcr*p. Portugese were always a bit wierd.

 

[Crow]

Do you actually believe on this stuff?

Well, since I'm a strict supernatural believer, yes I do. I don't think that it was a miracle but it's not entirely fake either.

Joe Nickell, a skeptic and investigator of paranormal phenomena, claims that the position of the phenomenon, as described by the various witnesses, is at the wrong azimuth and elevation to have been the sun[30]. He suggests the cause may have been a sundog. Sometimes referred to as a parhelion or "mock sun", a sundog is a relatively common atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with the reflection/refraction of sunlight by the numerous small ice crystals that make up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. A sundog is, however, a stationary phenomenon, and would not explain the reported appearance of the "dancing sun". Nickell suggests an explanation for this and other similar phenomena may lie in temporary retinal distortion, caused by staring at the intense light and/or by the effect of darting the eyes to and fro so as to avoid completely fixed gazing (thus combining image, afterimage and movement).

That didn't really satisfy me much. Here is a much better explanation:
http://www.anatheist.com/Articles/fatima3.html

 

[Conscript]

We hear stuff like this all the time. But no proof. UFOs, yetis , bigfoot, crop circles but no proof or massive aknowledgement.

 

[Fahad007]

^ Not everybody thinks what you think so Enjoy Whatever it is what the hell i have to do with it

 

[Conscript]

Why the hell what I enjoy yetis or bigfoot ??