Poltergeist girl Eleonora Zugun (7 photos)

There are many controversial cases of obsession in history. But this one is special because its heroine is an illiterate teenage girl, who simply could not come up with a grandiose plan to fool society.





Back in 1925, a resident of the Romanian village of Talpa 12-year-old Eleonora Zugun was exposed to some kind of dark force, which the child's grandmother immediately identified as machinations devil. The air in the room where the girl was, became icy. Small objects randomly moved through the air, and on the roof of the house the stone city collapsed.



Eleonora Zugun

Marks began to appear on the body of the child - scratches and bites that are very difficult to inflict on yourself. Parents turned to the priest, who performed the rite of exorcism. But oddities didn't stop. Eyewitnesses claimed that furniture was flying around the girl, wind blew. And literally out of nowhere, wounds appeared on the body - scratches, cuts, bites. In terms of documentary evidence, the Zugun case became almost the most detailed in the history of cases of possession.

Crazy or obsessed?



claw marks

Not finding support from the church, the relatives decided put your daughter in a psychiatric hospital. Learned about an unusual patient an influential woman of her time - Countess Zoya Vasilko de Seretsky. The aristocrat was fond of all sorts of otherworldly things. And her main the task was to study the girl, and not a sincere desire to help.

Eleanor became the object of careful study. Based the data collected during this time will subsequently write several books and filming a documentary.



Eleonora Zugun

A bright moment demonstrating the girl's abilities is described in the book by Victor Gollants:

Back at home, the Zugun family had dinner in their kitchen, when a stone flew in through the window... The stone was wet and round. It looked like that once he was in the river, which was a few meters from them Houses. The family called the priest, who marked the stone with a cross and threw it back to the river. A little later, the same stone flew through the window again. IN there was still a priest in the house, he identified the stone by the same drawn cross.



Eleonora Zugun with the Countess

While traveling in Europe, the girl is getting brighter demonstrated the ability to telekinesis. Vasilko de Seretsky wrote down, that her ward could move objects. And not only to force flying through the air is a different trifle, but also moving furniture with the power of thought.

In addition, in the presence of a girl on the walls appeared inscriptions, sounds were heard and smells were felt. On the body unexpectedly wounds appeared - bites, abrasions, scars. Completely illiterate girl fell into a trance and began to scribble entire messages in Romanian - connected and very knowledgeable.

Mystic or hoax?



Wounds on the girl's body

Researchers in various fields and journalists repeatedly carried out observations of Zugun. In addition to the expected version with by deceit, scientists put forward assumptions about the ghost of their own aura and emotional disorder.

One of the doctors who studied the girl said that Zoya herself scratched the poor girl's face and neck to stir up interest in the ward. The enraged Countess sued him. While the trial was going on Eleanor's abilities began to gradually fade away. Eat the assumption that around this time the girl had her first menstruation. Outbreaks of paranormal activity occurred less and less, and Nora asked the patroness to take her home.



Adult Eleanor

In Romania, the girl received the profession of a hairdresser, went out married and led a normal life. By its end, the woman became deeply religious and did not like to return to the history of obsession with her youth. But the case of Zugun continues to be one of the most credible examples of manifestations of paranormal activity of our century.