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Discussions => General Paranormal Discussion => Topic started by: ghostlight on Sep 21 2008 - 02:42PM
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Julia Buccola Petta died in childbirth in 1921, at the age of 29. The life-size statue depicts her in a wedding dress, a reproduction of a wedding photo that also appears on the front of the monument.
Shortly after Julia's burial, her mother began experiencing strange dreams nearly every night. She dreamed that Julia was telling her that she was still alive. For six years these dreams continued until the mother received permission to open the grave. Finally, she was able to have her daughter's remains exhumed. The coffin was opened, and the body was found to have not decayed at all.
A photograph was taken at the time, showing Julia in her coffin, and placed on the front of the monument. The body in the photo appears fresh - neither bloated nor desiccated, with no discoloration of the skin. The rotted and muddy appearance of the coffin, however, attests to the time spent in the ground. Around this photo are the words "Questa fotografia presa dopo 6 anni morta".
A body that does not decay is called incorruptible, a condition which has been observed in several saints.
There have also been many reports over the years of an apparition of a woman in a white dress near Julia's grave and walking along the inside the fence after dark on the Harrison street side of the Cemetery.
I then found this on another site
The "incorruptible"
state in which she lay is often associated with saints,
but is in fact a phenomena called adipocere,
sometimes known as grave wax.
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk277/starrkatt/Freemason%20Medallion/8ae1801f.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk277/starrkatt/Freemason%20Medallion/98bf0b1a.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk277/starrkatt/Freemason%20Medallion/b572f37c.jpg)
You decide!
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How very interesting GL! I would say that this girl was obviously a very holy person else they would not have even considered it and with the proof of the photograph after years in her grave and no decay. She has my vote for being special and more than likely "Saintly". How wonderful.
At a time when there isn't a lot on the Internet that I haven't seen .... I am so glad that you found this and posted it. I had never seen nor heard of this woman or cemetary before. :Y:
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She was also buried with a baby that DID decay, I believe.
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She was also buried with a baby that DID decay, I believe.
Really..that is interesting. Was the baby hers?
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I just went an saw here for the first time last weekend.
I love that cemetery, I could spend days and days just looking at everyone's photos on the monuments.
My daughter and I moseyed around separately for awhile, and then drove about looking for her. I came to a screeching halt when I saw this... a bit off topic, but this young man's far too real monument couldn't be passed up. I was so drawn to, and yet creeped out by how life like it was that I didn't even realize that it was based on his actual picture until a day later....
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What a marroon... helps if I attach the picture, eh?
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That photo is gorgeous Rachael. I LOVE old tombstones. It is always ups the creepy factor when it's a child too, doesn't it?
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Thank you! There are actually 3 children there, Francesco was the first.
We went to Mt. Carmel, Woodlawn (just Showmen's Rest) and Waldheim that day, and I couldn't stop taking pictures of children's gravestones.
Especially the ones that have pictures on them. So sad, and there are SO MANY at Mt. Carmel.
The back half of Waldheim blew me away, there are literally hundreds of stones piled up on top of each other back there. I'll post some pics when I have time.
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Here are the pics of Julia Buccola I took.....
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Very good photos Racheal
Great Job