miracles
Pen Recovered From Woman's Stomach 25 Years Later Still Writes
Seth Abramovitch · 12/20/11 12:10AMI have a cup on my desk filled with approximately two dozen pens, which at any given time yields a total of maybe one working writing instrument whenever I need it — usually a dull pencil or crayon. That's just my crappy luck. So you'll forgive me if I experience just a twinge of envy when relaying the tale of the 76-year-old woman from England who checked herself into a gastroenterologist's office complaining of diarrhea, only to learn from an CT scan that she had been carrying around a pen inside her for approximately 25 years. And it still wrote.
The Great K-Mart Layaway Payoff Miracle
Hamilton Nolan · 12/16/11 04:41PMJust Another 'Dog Rescues Half-Smooshed Bag of Kittens' Story
Seth Abramovitch · 12/06/11 09:51PMFor your daily dose of internet uplift, we bring you the amazing story of Regan — a friendly Yellow Lab who happened to notice a bag lying on the side of an Iowa highway, and proceeded to drag it all the way home. Regan plopped his gruesome delivery — a Meow Mix bag covered in blood and guts with something moving around inside — on his master's doorstep, and whined until they reluctantly opened it.
African Famine Baby Makes Miracle Recovery
Seth Abramovitch · 11/10/11 09:19PMThree months ago, new images of a skeletal Somali baby named Minhaj Gedi Farah shocked the world. When taken by the International Rescue Committee from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp and a severe famine zone, to a safer and better-equipped camp in neighboring Kenya, the seven-month-old weighed just 7 pounds. Minhaj's condition was so severe, he instantly became "the face of famine." Minhaj was given three blood transfusions and put on an intensive feeding regimen with Plumpynut, a fortified peanut paste, and now weighs a healthy 18 pounds and is crawling. Look at those chubby cheeks!
Beagle Survives Gas Chamber, Seeks Loving Home
Seth Abramovitch · 10/30/11 09:46PMOn October 4th, a stray Beagle mix in an overcrowded animal shelter in Florence, Ala., was loaded into a gas chamber with 18 other dogs marked for death. 21-year-old Cody Berry, the worker assigned this awful task, locked the door, turned a key and pressed a button that releases carbon monoxide into the chamber. He returned later, The Star-Ledger reports, and heard something moving inside the chamber.
Chilean Miners Unemployed and Depressed, Like the Rest of Us
Seth Abramovitch · 10/12/11 02:57AMThe NY Times has a follow-up on the 33 rescued Chilean miners, most of whom are unable to find jobs and find themselves poorer than a year ago, when their 69-day ordeal began. The sponsored trips to Israel, the U.K. and Disney World have all but dried up. What's left is a group of men suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Stabbed Woman Saved By Gigantic Breast Implant
Seth Abramovitch · 10/04/11 01:01AMOld Timer Takes Pruning Shears-to-Eye Socket in Stride
Jeff Neumann · 08/30/11 04:54AM95-Year-Old Man Survives Over 400 Bee Stings
Jeff Neumann · 08/25/11 05:31AMEarthquake Cures Man of Deafness
Seth Abramovitch · 08/25/11 12:01AMThe Great East Coast Rumbler of 2011 has, for the most part, produced a lot of bad news. Not terrible news, mind you — just mildly inconvenient, bummer-type news. Cracked monuments. Missed golf putts. Random stabbings. Belching orangutans. That kind of thing. But what's this? Not just a story of earthquake uplift — but a full-fledged miracle. The earthquake gave a deaf man his hearing back!
Boy Under Water for 20 Minutes Is Now Completely Fine
Brian Moylan · 08/10/11 11:12AMPriceless Jesus Painting Found in Tennessee Motor Home
Seth Abramovitch · 08/04/11 12:28AMTelephone Pole Jesus Died For Your Landline Abandoning Sins
Seth Abramovitch · 07/28/11 02:48AMColorado native Don Taylor, who describes himself as "a nonreligious individual," was stopped dead in his tracks when he stumbled upon this divine apparition on his daily routine. Yes, a creeping vine on a telephone pole had taken on the unmistakable form of a crucified Jesus Christ. Local authorities warn potential pilgrimage-makers not to climb the pole to kiss or embrace Telephone Pole Jesus, however, lest they want to receive a 765,000-volt message of peace and love from their Leafy Savior. [7News, photo via Don Taylor's Facebook]
Bear Okay After Three Weeks With Its Head in a Jug
Seth Abramovitch · 07/22/11 02:11AMToddler Falls Ten Stories, Is Caught by Passer-By
Max Read · 07/04/11 11:22AMJesus Appears in Kudzu Near Ma's Hot Dog House
Hamilton Nolan · 06/29/11 04:11PMParalyzed Man Walks
Hamilton Nolan · 05/20/11 09:17AMAmerica's First Face Transplant Recipient Looks Pretty Good
Brian Moylan · 05/09/11 03:08PM80-Year-Old Woman Pulled from Rubble in Japan
Jeff Neumann · 03/20/11 08:28AMNine days after the earthquake and tsunami devastated northern Japan, a 16-year-old boy and his 80-year-old grandmother were pulled alive from the rubble of their home in Ishinomaki City.