I'm Portuguese. I've read the account published on the newspaper the day after the event. Not convinced.
At best, sooner people saw the sun wobbling in the sky... While people right next to them saw nothing.
So, I'd wager that there's a better explanation to the phenomenon than good did it. If God did it, then everyone would have seen the same thing.
The place is called "Cova da Iria", cova meaning Hole in the ground.
It's a hole, a large dip, which after the heavy rain of that morning and the hot sun that followed, would produce some nice up-draft of moist air... The kind that produces mirages...
Do you know what a mirage is?
At best, sooner people saw the sun wobbling in the sky... While people right next to them saw nothing.
So, I'd wager that there's a better explanation to the phenomenon than good did it. If God did it, then everyone would have seen the same thing.
The place is called "Cova da Iria", cova meaning Hole in the ground.
It's a hole, a large dip, which after the heavy rain of that morning and the hot sun that followed, would produce some nice up-draft of moist air... The kind that produces mirages...
Do you know what a mirage is?
