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The Moving Statue of Ballinspittle

Ballinspittle, County Cork

Thousands of people saw a statue of Mary sway and move.

In July 1985 people praying at a roadside grotto in Ballinspittle said the statue of the Virgin Mary was moving and swaying. That summer up to 100,000 people are said to have come to see it, and similar reports spread across Ireland.

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When
Summer 1985
Where
51.6600, -8.5900
Group
Unexplained

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The grotto is beside the road just outside the village.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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