| THE KNOTTED BONE | |
| The ancient and overcrowded cemeteries of Paris were disinterred in the 18th century and their bones deposited in the catacombs under the left bank of the Seine. When they were later sorted by a dedicated eccentric, 16 strange knotted bones were unearthed. | |
|
|
|
|
Osteopaths and bone specialists agree that the bones were knotted during the life of the individual, that the knotting was sudden, not gradual, and that the bones had not been broken. Whatever caused it did not kill the individual, either, as there is evidence of further growth after knotting. They defy medical explanation even today. One wild theory proposes a medieval healer with some sort of Uri Geller-type power, placing his hands on people's bad legs and curing the pain, whilst inadvertently knotting the bone. |
 |
