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SAINT'S RESURRECTION
Creepy moment corpse of child saint OPENS her eyes 300 years after she was killed by her father
Tourists terrified by sudden change in long dead girl's appearance
THIS is the spine-chilling moment the body of a little girl who died 300 YEARS AGO appears to suddenly open her eyes.
Tourists were visiting the Cathedral of Guadalajara in Jalisco in Mexico, where the preserved remains of Santa Inocencia (St Innocence) are encased in a glass coffin.
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One visitor was allegedly recording the tour of the building on his camera when he claims to have captured the moment she appears to open her eyes.
The terrifying clip was posted on YouTube where it has been viewed nearly a million times.
In the footage the corpse, that has been wax-treated for preservation, looks like a statue but is in fact the real body of the small dead martyr.
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But as the camera moves pans her body it focuses on the face - and the dead girl appears to open her eyes.
While some viewers claim the video is faked – others believe it is a sign from God.
Many viewers have called it out as being a fake but others believe it may be a sign.
There are many different stories about how the girl died.
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The most popular version is that she was a Mexican girl named Inocencia (Innocence) who wanted to take her First Communion with her classmates but it was strongly forbidden by her father.
She began studying religious texts and praying in secret – but one day was heard by nuns and invited to be included to take it with them.
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When her dad found out she had done it behind his back he stabbed her in the chest, ending her short life.
The locals took her body to the cathedral and where she was laid to rest being a silent witness of a young girl’s deep love for Christ.
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