Sumitras psychic possession with scientific evidence of paranormally obtained knowledge
Real X-File ID: 7282
Report Date: 03/28/2023
Country: India
Place: Sharifpura, Farrukhabad District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Fingerprints: Paranormal activity anomalies, Other unexplained phenomenal occurence, Psychic Possession
Existing Facts Sources: Scientific whitepaper, Internet article, Internet video (Youtube, Vimeo…)
Summary Report:
In the small village of Sharifpura, in the Farrukhabad District of the State of Uttar Pradesh, India, a young married woman, named Sumitra Singh first showed strange behavior in a trance-like state like episodes of loss of consciousness with eye-roll movements and clenching of the teeth. Sometimes she would speak during these trance-like states, and one day in July she predicted that she would die three days later. When the predicted day (July 19) came, she seemed to die. At least members of her family and other villagers considered her dead, because she was pulseless and apneic, and her face was drained of blood like that of a dead person. They had begun grieving and also preparing for Sumitras funeral, when she unexpectedly revived. After a period of confusion, she stated that she was one Shiva Diwedi who had been murdered in another village.
She gave enough details to permit verification of her statements, which corresponded to facts in the life of another young married woman called Shiva. Shiva had lived in a place called Dibiyapur about 100 km away, and she had died violently there – either by suicide or murder -about two months before Sumitras apparent death and revival. Subsequently, Sumitra recognized 23 persons (in person or in photographs) known to Shiva. She also showed in several respects new behavior that accorded with Shivas personality and attainments.
For example, Shivas family were Brahmins (high caste), whereas Sumitras were Thakurs (second caste). After the change in her personality Sumitra showed Brahmin habits that were strange in her family. Extensive interviews with 53 informants satisfied the investigators that the families concerned had been, as they claimed, completely unknown to each other before the case developed and that Sumitra had had no normal knowledge of the people and events in Shivas life. The authors conclude that the subject demonstrated knowledge of another persons life obtained paranormally.
The Case was extensively studied by by the following scientists:
– Ian Stevenson from the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
– Satwant Pasricha from the Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
– Nicholas McClean-Rice from the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
Their study was published in a scientific whitepaper called “A Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge” in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol.3, No. I, pp. 81 – 101, 1989, Pergamon Press plc. Printed in the USA. The link to the whitepaper can be found in the facts source section.
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_possession
Facts Source Details:
Details of Scientific Whitepaper: A Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge, Ian Stevenson, 01/01/1989
Details of Internet Article: Ian Stevenson,01/01/1989,https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2015/11/STE29Stevenson-1.pdf
Details of Internet Video: John Allen (MrBallen),05/28/2018, 01/29/2023,https://youtu.be/uuWL5bJGXWk?t=1335, https://youtu.be/21pIWH_Kspg
Other Facts Details:
The scientific documentary “A Case of the Possession Type in India With Evidence of Paranormal Knowledge” was written and published by Ian Stevenson in cooperation with Satwant Pasricha and Nicholas McClean-Rice.
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