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“I don’t understand. Why I am I the only one who can see her?” asked Adele Brise.
Adele’s parish priest rubbed his chin, trying to read her face. The young woman from Belgium looked genuinely puzzled. She truly believed she had twice spotted a stranger—a lady dressed in white—in the Champion, Wisconsin, woods, even though both her sister and friend swore they hadn’t noticed anyone during the second “sighting” earlier that day, Sunday, October 9th, 1859.
“She was there,” Adele repeated.
Although her sight was impaired due to blindness in her right eye, the 28-year-old had unmistakable conviction in her voice.
“Did the lady ever speak to you?” the priest asked.
“No, never.”
“How about this,” he said. “If you should have another of these encounters, say to this lady, ‘In God’s name, who are you and what do you want of me?’”
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Adele’s parish priest rubbed his chin, trying to read her face. The young woman from Belgium looked genuinely puzzled. She truly believed she had twice spotted a stranger—a lady dressed in white—in the Champion, Wisconsin, woods, even though both her sister and friend swore they hadn’t noticed anyone during the second “sighting” earlier that day, Sunday, October 9th, 1859.
“She was there,” Adele repeated.
Although her sight was impaired due to blindness in her right eye, the 28-year-old had unmistakable conviction in her voice.
“Did the lady ever speak to you?” the priest asked.
“No, never.”
“How about this,” he said. “If you should have another of these encounters, say to this lady, ‘In God’s name, who are you and what do you want of me?’”
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“I don’t understand. Why I am I the only one who can see her?” asked Adele Brise. Adele’s parish priest rubbed his chin, trying to read her face. The young woman from Belgium looked genuinely puzzled. She truly believed she had twice spotted a stranger—a lady dressed in white—in the Champion...
