An individual presentation for my English class about Weeping Statues

1. Mysterious Event – Weeping
Statues
BY: JARIYAPORN SEENAY (58-51024-2552) FOR IGE114
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH 4

2. Content
 What is a Weeping Statue?
 A list of Weeping Statueses
 Cases
 Hoaxes and Skepticism
 Conclusion

3. What is a Weeping
Statue?
 A statue which has claimed
to be shedding tears or
weeping by supernatural
means.
 Tears of a substance which
appears to be blood, oil,
and scented liquids.
 Other phenomena are
sometimes associated such
as miraculous healing, the
formation of figures in the
tear lines, and the scent of
roses.

4. List of Weeping Statues
 Lake Ridge, Virginia - Catholic pastor is claimed the statues of
the Virgin Mary to weep tears or blood.
 Kerala, India - Tears of blood, appearance of oil, honey, milk.
 Louisiana, United States - Appearance of dripping blood from
hairline.
 Ontario, Canada - Appearance of oil, "smiles during the day"
and excreted oil claimed to heal.
 Batangas, Philippines - Appearance of blood in face, and
excretes oil in palm of the statue.

5. Cases
 Virgin Mary statue that is
seen to be crying a single
tear of blood caused mass
pilgrimage towards a small
Colombian town.
 Locals say that they have
seen a miracle as others
swarm to catch a glimpse
 An interviewee said, “'I
saw that the Virgin had a
tear of blood. I was
surprised. I felt joyful,
sad... everything!‘”

6. Cases
 Jane Sia was the first
to have witnessed the
incident on May 26th
2015.
 She went to the
chapel, located in the
town of Catarman, at
6 a.m. with her baby.
 She said she was
drawn to the statue
after noticing that her
child's eyes were fixed
on the image.

7. Hoaxes and Skepticism
 A number of weeping statues have been declared fake by Catholic
church officials
 Skeptics point to the fact that making a fake weeping statue is relatively
easy.
 Weeping statues have also been dismissed by rationalists as a purely
psychological phenomenon.
 The witnesses are said to be deluded by their own state of mind or
strong group suggestion.
 The tears that statues appear to weep are said to actually be beads of
condensation from microscopic cracks on the surface of the statues.

8. Conclusion
• There are many cases.
• Some have been debunked while the others remained
unverified/unsolved.
• It depends on the believer itself.

9. THANK YOU!!!