In 1968, a mysterious luminous image of the Virgin Mary was seen to stroll the ramparts

of a coptic church in Cairo.

It happened not once, but many times, to the point that tens of thousands of witnesses

showed up each night for the spectacle.

From the description, it sounds like it can only be absolute proof of divine miracles.

However, we have a singular inside advantage to learn the truth of what happened.

Among the eyewitnesses was a legitimate Western anthropologist who showed up at the scene

armed with the tools of modern science.

Our Lady of Zaytune is coming right up on Skeptoid.

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I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Illuminating our Lady of Zaytune.

It happened in 1968 in Zaytune, a district of Cairo, Egypt.

In the twilight of the evening of April 2, some mechanics across the street from St.

Mary's coptic church saw what they thought was a woman atop the church about to jump

and commit suicide.

They made some phone calls and soon police were there breaking up a crowd of onlookers.

At some point, somebody said it looked like the Virgin Mary, and that new identification

raced through the crowd.

But soon she was no longer visible.

A week later, she appeared again, and this time the locals were ready.

But again, she faded before many could arrive.

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