Fortean Times

Seeing Gilbert's plane, the farmer fetched his gun and fired on the aviator

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forearm. A few days later a branch of mistletoe appeared in the same spot, with gui, the French word for the plant, just above it. Shortly after this, the signs became more frequent, appearing on her arms, legs, and forehead. While chatting to Raymonde, M Jourdain, a farmer, saw his name appear on her calf. Sometimes entire phrases appeared referring to daily events in the village. The girl was able to tell the Christian names of visitors and persons whom she had never seen before, the names appearing on her arm. A passing visitor saw his initials appear, L & M, on her temples. Henry Vidal of Le Matin went to see her. “What is my Christian name?” he asked her. A few minutes later, the name ‘Henry’ appeared on her knee, letter by letter. Before the lettering disappeare­d, Vidal took a photograph of it. La Tribune de Lausanne, 16 Nov; NY Times, 17 Nov; Feuille d’Avis de Vevey, 21 Nov; Lausanne Artistique, 22 Nov 1913.

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