~ Natasha Demkina ~
The Girl with Very Normal X-Ray Eyes
The Girl with Very Normal X-Ray Eyes
Natasha Demkina has an extraordinary gift which means she can quite literally see right through people. Her story sounds like it has come straight from the pages of a science fiction comic book, but doctors have yet to disprove her amazing abilities. Natasha is able to look into people’s bodies and correctly diagnose their medical problems, without any help from ultra-sound or x-ray equipment.
Natasha’s mother, Tatyana Vladimovna, says that her daughter appeared to be like any other child as she grew up although she was mature for her age. Natasha learned to do things more quickly than other children; she was able to talk at just six months and by the time she was a year old she could recite Pushkin. At three she had learned the alphabet and mastered how to operate a snow mobile.
Natasha’s mother, Tatyana Vladimovna, says that her daughter appeared to be like any other child as she grew up although she was mature for her age. Natasha learned to do things more quickly than other children; she was able to talk at just six months and by the time she was a year old she could recite Pushkin. At three she had learned the alphabet and mastered how to operate a snow mobile.
When she was ten Natasha went into hospital to have her appendix removed. There were complications and it was discovered that cotton swabs had been left in her abdomen. Natasha had a second operation to remove the swabs and one month later she began to remark on the fact she could see inside people. She told her mother she saw what looked like a vacuum cleaner hose, two beans and a tomato inside her. Tatyana believed that although she didn’t know the correct words what her daughter was describing were her intestines, kidneys and heart.
At the children’s hospital in her home town of Saransk in Western Russia, doctors ran a battery of tests to find out if the little girl really did have x-ray vision. In one case Natasha drew a picture of what she saw inside a doctor’s stomach, marking a dark spot exactly where he had an ulcer. She also disagreed with the diagnosis of a cancer patient, saying all she could see was a small cyst. Further tests on the woman proved that Natasha was correct.
Natasha was brought to England by a national newspaper and she successfully spotted all of the fractures and metal pins in a woman who had recently been in a car crash. The woman was fully clothed and had no visible signs of how or where she had been injured.
Natasha is an icon in Russia. She receives dozens of phone calls each day and people queue outside her parents tiny flat to wait for consultations. Now 17 years old, Natasha wants to go to medical school in Moscow to train to be a doctor so she can continue helping people. But the only way her family will be able to afford to send her to university is to charge 400 roubles (£8) for each consultation she gives.
Natasha often has headaches after these sessions and finds it emotionally exhausting because of the illnesses she diagnoses. Ironically the only person she is unable to use her x-ray vision on is herself.
Related Web Links...
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/humanfiles/feature2.shtml
http://www.csmmh.org/demkina/
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/demkina.html
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/483/
At the children’s hospital in her home town of Saransk in Western Russia, doctors ran a battery of tests to find out if the little girl really did have x-ray vision. In one case Natasha drew a picture of what she saw inside a doctor’s stomach, marking a dark spot exactly where he had an ulcer. She also disagreed with the diagnosis of a cancer patient, saying all she could see was a small cyst. Further tests on the woman proved that Natasha was correct.
Natasha was brought to England by a national newspaper and she successfully spotted all of the fractures and metal pins in a woman who had recently been in a car crash. The woman was fully clothed and had no visible signs of how or where she had been injured.
Natasha is an icon in Russia. She receives dozens of phone calls each day and people queue outside her parents tiny flat to wait for consultations. Now 17 years old, Natasha wants to go to medical school in Moscow to train to be a doctor so she can continue helping people. But the only way her family will be able to afford to send her to university is to charge 400 roubles (£8) for each consultation she gives.
Natasha often has headaches after these sessions and finds it emotionally exhausting because of the illnesses she diagnoses. Ironically the only person she is unable to use her x-ray vision on is herself.
Related Web Links...
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/humanfiles/feature2.shtml
http://www.csmmh.org/demkina/
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/demkina.html
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/483/
