Does she shit a brick?

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Does she shit a brick?

Postby Shining Eye » Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:23 am

Indian girl who weeps stones in plea for help
By Justin Huggler in Delhi
19 October 2004


The girl who wept stones: it sounds like something out of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel. But according to reports from Jharkhand state in eastern India it is all too real.

A 15-year-old girl called Savitri been admitted to hospital suffering from tiny stones that emerge from the corners of her eyes. Doctors say they have never seen anything like it, and they cannot explain it.

At the girl's village in Jharkhand, they have two explanations. Either she is possessed by an evil spirit, or she is an incarnation of a goddess. But for Savitri, the condition is anything but a blessing. Before the stones emerge, she suffers from excruciating pain in her head. Tiny stones emerge from her ears, nose and mouth as well.

"In some cases, stones have come out from the nose and the ear of some people," said Dr Ragho Saran, an ear, nose and throat specialist who has treated Savitri. "But this is the first time I have even heard of stones coming out of the eyes. Stones are formed due to the high level of calcium in the body. But they are generally found in the gall bladder and kidney."

Savitri and her family are desperate for a cure. Her bedside at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science has been overrun by reporters, but the family say no one has been able to offer medical help.
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Postby Toasty McGrath » Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:25 pm

I've seen this before. Some guy claimed to cry glass. There's a pocket in the tear duct connecting your eyes and nose, you know, so that you ger all anotty when you cry and stuff. He his the small glass pieces in that duct (which couldn't have been comfortable), and then forced the glass out, so it looked like he was crying. They claimed he was real, but it seemed odd that they only showed one glass tear at a time per clip.
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