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Woman Woke up After Being ‘Dead’ for 27 Minutes Then Scribbled Spine-chilling Message
What happens when you die is one of life’s age old mysteries, and still, no-one knows the answer.
However, one woman might have gotten close to finding out.
Now, I’m sure that a near death experience is unique for everyone, but what happened to Tina Hines will certainly send a shiver down your spine.
Hines suffered a cardiac arrest back in February 2018, and despite the best efforts of her husband Brian to resuscitate her, she died.
On the way to hospital, effectively died for 27 minutes in total, and was revived six times by medics.
However, after being intubated at hospital, she eventually woke up, and what she did next shocked everyone.
As soon as she regained consciousness, Hines asked for a pen and paper to write down a message for her family.
Eager to make note of what she’d just seen, she scribbled down ‘It’s real,’ on the paper. When asked what she meant by that, she just nodded upwards.
“It was so real, the colours were so vibrant,” Tina told AZfamily.com
She said she saw a figure that she believed to be Jesus.
Her niece was so amazed at the message, she even ended up getting the writing tattooed on herself.
As bizarre as it may sound, this experience isn’t unusual.
According to studies, while most people have no memory of the period during which they were technically dead, around 10 to 20 percent have some sort of visual or sensory episodes during the time.
And as more and more is found out, scientists are one step closer to truly finding out what happens when you die.
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‘Mystery Caller’ Tries To Lure Woman Claiming To Be Madeleine McCann to Portugal
Polish woman Julia Wendell has been receiving calls from a mystery caller, who is reportedly attempting to lure her to Portugal.
According to a private investigator, the 21 year-old woman previously fled her home country and escaped to the US after receiving a number of death threats and threatening messages online.
Wendell also deactivated her original Instagram account that originally gained over 1 million followers.
She is currently living in a ‘safe house’ in California with private investigator Dr Fia Johansson, who is working along side Wendell in investigating her claim.
Her calls are now being investigated by the police, after it is thought that the calls could be linked to s*x trafficking.
Johansson said that the woman caller wanted Julia to “fly away to Portugal”.
She told RadarOnline: “She wanted her to fly to Portugal and be with her and saying that you should not be telling Fia Johansson that ‘I did talk you about it, you have a passport, I can buy you the ticket and you can come to me, all you need is love’. She’s so mad that she couldn’t get Julia out of the safe house.”
Julia added: “This woman said that she always wanted to have a child and that she could be my mother because I need love in (my) life, and this the only thing that I need love and caring – and she can give it.”
For Wendell, her claims all started with her Instagram account named (@iammadeleinemccan), where she uploaded a series of photos and videos comparing her physical similarities to Madeleine and her parents Gerry and Kate McCann, urging people to believe that she is the long time missing girl.
Wendell claimed to have similar freckles and beauty marks, as well as sharing the same distinct mark on her eye as Madeleine.
She was also using the account to fight for a DNA test with the missing girl’s family. Although Madeleine’s family haven’t commented on her case, it’s been reported that taken a series of DNA and genetic tests that she’s currently awaiting the results of.
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‘The Simpsons’ Predicted Florida Parents’ Outrage Over Michelangelo’s David Back in 1990
Time and time again The Simpsons‘ relevance to real-life events never fails to shock viewers, and this week, it’s happened again.
This time, it’s involving Michelangelo’s David.
A principal at a charter school in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to resign last week, after parents complained about a Renaissance art lesson that involved Michelangelo’s iconic, unclothed David statue.
One parent even called it “pornographic.”
Where have you seen this before you ask? Well, Simpsons’ fans have realized that situation is eerily similar to a 1990 episode of “The Simpsons” titled “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge.”
The episode focuses on getting the cartoon ‘Itchy & Scratchy’ to remove violence from their show. Marge then forms an activist group together called Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding and Helping to petition the creators of the show to listen to their demands.
Members of the organization later ask her to also lead a petition “against this abomination” that is the statue of David after it arrives in Springfield, as they feel he “graphically portrays parts of the human body which, practical as they may be, are evil.”
However, Marge then does a whole 180 on her stance on censorship. Instead, she becomes a champion for free expression, even defending Michelangelo’s David.
After the events in Florida last week, fans of the show soon realised the similarities between the episode and real life, taking to Twitter to share their thoughts.
”The Simpsons predict everything,” one user proclaimed.
Another chimed in with, ”They always anticipate what will happen in the future!”
A third user agreed, saying ”That episode came right to my mind, too!” in reply too the original tweet.
Have you seen the episode? What do you think?
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Woman Passes Her Driving Test on Her 960th Try After Spending Almost $13,500
If you didn’t pass your driving text the first time around, fear not, you’re not alone!
In fact, one woman in particular, took learning to drive to a whole new level.
Cha Sa-soon, 69, from South Korea, has finally passed her driving test after trying 960 times and spending almost €12,500 ($13,468.56) in the process.
How long has she been learning you might wonder – Well, she actually began with her written text first back in 2005, but unfortunately failed.
Following this, she remained undeterred, and continued to retake the test every day, five days a week, for three years, with a total of 780 attempts.
Credit: Youtube After three years, she then took the test twice a week until she eventually passed!
Next was the practical test, which actually took a lot less time to ace, taking her 10 attempts before she was successful. Quite a drop from the earlier 780.
According to reports, she spent a pretty penny in the process, totalling almost $ 13,500 to secure her driving license.
Her driving instructor at Jeonbuk Driving School expressed his relief when she finally got the license.
“When she finally got her license, we all went out cheering and hugged her, giving her flowers. It felt like a huge burden falling off our backs. We hadn’t had the guts to tell her to quit because she kept showing up,” he said.
Despite the long journey it took to get where she is today, Cha Sa-soon became a national celebrity in South Korea after several attempts at taking the test.
She even appeared in a Hyundai commercial, and the South Korean car manufacturer gifted her a brand new vehicle worth around $14,000.
If you were looking for a sign to not give up, then maybe this is it!
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Mississippi News Anchor Removed After Quoting Snoop Dogg While Live on Air
Mississippi morning news anchor Barbie Bassett has been absent from the air, after blurting out a Snoop Dogg quote during a live broadcast.
After doing so on March 8th, she has not appeared back on air; And as reported by the Clarion Ledger, Bassett is no longer listed as a news team member.
The incident took place while discussing Snoop Dogg’s latest venture into the California wine market, Snoop Cali Blanc,
Bassett and her colleagues at NBC affiliate WLBT were making jokes about his latest business venture, and co-anchor Wilson Stribling joked that a newsroom journalist may get a tattoo like Martha Stewart inspired by Snoop Dogg.
In response to this, Basset merrily chimed in with “Fo shizzle, my nizzle,” seemingly unaware that “nizzle” is slang for the n-word.
Bassett, who is White, also tweeted the phrase in 2011, but the post has since been deleted.
This isn’t the first time she’d found herself in the centre of controversy either; Back in 2022, Bassett issued an apology after using the phrase “grandmammy” while speaking with a Black female reporter, who she also called “girl” and “sis.”
“Though not intentional, I now understand how my comment was both insensitive and hurtful. I have apologized to Carmen Poe,” Bassett said at the time. “Now, I would like to apologize to you. That is not the heart of who I am. And for that, I humbly ask for your forgiveness and I apologize to everyone I have offended.”
“I will learn from this and participate in training so I can better understand our history and our people. I can’t mend the hurt my comment caused. I pray you’ll forgive me and that you’ll extend grace through this awful mistake,” Bassett added.
As for her latest slip up, it’s uncertain what this means for the future of her career, and WLBT have not commented on the matter further.
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Woman Claiming To Be Madeleine McCann Answers Big Questions Over Identity on Dr Phil
Julia Wendell, the Polish woman who believes she is Madeleine McCann, has seen a huge breakthrough in her case.
She recently appeared on Dr Phil, where she answered some major questions about her supposed identity, and where it all began for her in thinking she could be the long time missing girl.
Then-three-year-old Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007 while on vacation with her family, and her case still remains unsolved almost 16 years later.
21 year-old Wendell blew up on social media, after claiming to be Madeleine on Instagram originally, drawing attention to their physical similarities and urging for a DNA test to take place.
Wendell claimed to have similar freckles and beauty marks, as well as sharing the same distinct mark on her eye as Madeleine. She also drew attention to featured that she believes she shares with Madeleine’s parents, Gerry and Kate McCann.
She is currently awaiting DNA testing results to further confirm her identity.
As she waits on this, she appeared on the Dr Phil chat show last night, where she was quizzed in detail about her life, and had her chance to explain her side the story.
When explaining her childhood in more detail, Wendell claimed that she never bonded with her mother, who would often ‘change the subject’ when she asked her about missing pieces in her memory.
As well as no photos of her mum pregnant, she also claims to have no birth certificate.
Another key factor of Wendell’s case is also some of her earliest memories, which even host, Dr Phil, said is ”eerily similar to the place where Madeleine McCann was last seen alive”.
She described it as: “It was the beach and water, like sea or ocean, and there were turtles and children…”
“And I remembered light-coloured buildings, like white or very light colours, sunlight on these buildings.”
However, despite continuing to fight for her case, Wendell’s parents have released a statement saying otherwise.”
“For us as a family it is obvious that Julia is our daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and step niece.”
“We have memories, we have pictures. Julia also has these photos because she took them from the family home with the birth certificate, as well as numerous hospital discharges.”
“We always tried to understand all situations that happened with Julia – threats to our address from Julia, her lies and manipulations, activity on the Internet.”
“The Internet won’t forget, and it’s obvious that Julia isn’t Maddie. We are devastated at this current situation.”
As for Gerry and Kate McCann, they are yet to comment.
What do you think?
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Dick Van Dyke Gives Update on His Condition After Car Crash: ‘I’m Sore All Over’
Dick Van Dyke is on the road to recovery, after recently crashing his car.
The Hollywood legend crashed his car into a gate in Malibu on 15th March, and has recently caught up with TMZ to give an update on how he’s been recovering.
At the time of the accident, it was reported that his nose and mouth were bleeding and that he might have suffered a concussion.
He explained to TMZ that “the airbag did not deploy, so I just did a face plant right in the steering wheel, and I have two stitches here. Other than that, it just made me a little numb.”
“I’m doing okay. I’m 97 — all my friends are dead,” he later joked.
As for how he’s doing now, all seems to be ok. But he did tel TMZ that he’s feeling ”sore all over.” Ouch.
Van Dyke was driving a silver 2018 Lexus LS 500 when the vehicle slid into the structure, according to authorities. The area has been experiencing record rains.
Paramedics treated Van Dyke at the scene, police said, though he was not taken to hospital.
This comes after he recently appeared on the hit TV show The Masked Singer.
Credit: @PageSix – Twitter When talking about his experience, he said: “I had never even seen the show when they asked me. So I checked it out and it looked like a lot of fun,” he told PEOPLE, after his exit from the Fox series. “I was positive they wouldn’t be able to guess who I was. And I was right!”
“They wanted me to do something current and I know nothing from rock,” Van Dyke admitted. “So we picked out one which typifies me. She’s the one that came up with it and I liked the song, too.”
“Every day my beautiful wife sings,” he said. “There’s a lot of duets going on around the house most of the day.”
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Gwyneth Paltrow Has Been Accused of Lying Under Oath During Ski Trial
On Friday (24 March), Gwyneth Paltrow finally took the stand in court amid her ongoing ski crash trial.
Back in 2016, the actress was involved in an incident in a ski resort in Utah with Terry Sanderson. Sanderson, 76, is suing Paltrow for allegedly crashing into him and causing him life altering injuries.
However, Paltrow has countersued. She testified that he collided with her and left her feeling “hurt and violated”. It seems the two have very different accounts of what happened.
Sanderson is seeking damages of $300,000. with Paltrow seeking just $1 and compensation for her legal fees.
When asked to recall her turn of events, she has said she was skiing at a moderate pace, before hearing something coming towards her from behind.
She then claims two skis that were not her own appeared next to her and a body which she described as ‘large’ pressing into her back.
“I was confused at first, and I didn’t know exactly what was happening,” she said.
“It’s a very strange thing to happen on a ski slope, and I froze, and I would say I got very upset a couple seconds later.”
Paltrow also added that she was confused at first, and was unsure if the ‘assault’ was of a ‘sexual nature’.
“That was a quick thought that went through my head when I was trying to reconcile what was happening.”
“I was skiing, and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart, and then there was a body pressing against me, and there was a very strange grunting noise,” she continued.
“So my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening. I thought, ‘Is this a practical joke? Is someone doing something perverted? This is really, really strange.”
Later on, Paltrow reiterated that she is not accusing Sanderson of sexual assault.
However, after this, her accuser’s attorney said: “She’s lied under oath a number of times.”
Paltrow’s attorney immediately hit back – “Your Honor, that is slanderous and I want it withdrawn this moment.”
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Elon Musk Says Twitter is Worth Less Than Half of What He Bought It For
Elon Musk has reported a pretty big loss in the worth of Twitter.
After buying the site for a whopping $44bn in October of 2022, just six months later, it’s lost more than $20bn in value, according to calculations based on a leaked memo from the billionaire.
The Chief Twit made the new estimation in a company-wide email he sent to remaining employees. This comes per the NYT, which says it got its hands on a copy.
In the internal memo, EM says Twitter is currently worth $20 billion … $24 billion less than his purchase price.
This loss might not come as a shock to most, however, as many advertisers have actually left the platform since Musk’s takeover.
The measure of Twitter’s worth was based on Musk’s offer of stock grants, according to Platformer and the Information, which first reported on the memo.
What are stock grants you ask? ”Stock grants are an opportunity to buy shares that cannot be sold until a set point in time, as opposed to stock options, which – depending on the conditions applied – can be more flexible. The aim is to encourage staff to reach a set valuation by a point in time so that they can sell their shares for cash.”
The stock grants could be “sold every six months, based on a third party valuation,” another separate internal email to Twitter staff said.
This also comes after Twitter HQ say a huge amount of layoffs in order to save money, with the headcount being cut from about 7,500 to about 2,000.
Musk reportedly referenced this in his memo, saying that the “radical changes” he imposed were necessary to save money.
It’s safe to say it’s been a turbulent 6 months for Twitter since Musk’s takeover. Who knows what’s in store for the future of the social media platform.
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Woman Claiming to be Madeleine McCann Set to Expose Evidence on Dr Phil
Polish woman Julia Wendell, 21, has taken the media by storm over the last month, going viral after she claimed to be the famous Madeleine McCann.
And now, she plans to put it all on display for millions of people on the American chat show Dr. Phil.
It all started with an Instagram account, named (@iammadeleinemccan), where she uploaded a series of photos and videos comparing her physical similarities to Madeleine and her parents Gerry and Kate McCann, urging people to believe that she is the long time missing girl.
Wendell claimed to have similar freckles and beauty marks, as well as sharing the same distinct mark on her eye as Madeleine.
Then-three-year-old Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007 while on vacation with her family, and her case still remains unsolved almost 16 years later.
Her appearance is set to air on Dr Phil tonight.
”Is it possible that Madeleine McCann has finally been found?” Dr Phil asks in the promotional video for the episode.
It also shows an exclusive interview with Wendell herself, where she is questioned about what she found when she conducted a ‘simple records check’, the results of which are set to be revealed on the show.
“In an exclusive interview, Wendell reveals what else she discovered that made her believe she is the girl who vanished in 2007 at 3 years old,” a description on the Dr Phil website reads.
The site continues: “However, Wendell’s parents in Poland insist she is their biological child and deny she was kidnapped. McCann, who would be 19 years old now, was abducted in 2007 while on vacation with her family in Portugal and is presumed dead.
“Has McCann finally been found? Or, is this a cruel hoax?”
Dr Fia Johansson, a doctor of psychology and human behaviour who has been working with Wendell, is also present on the show with her.
Johansson claimed the Dr. Phil interview would also see Wendell shed light on her ‘violent and abusive past’, while ‘hopefully bringing her closer to justice’.
Wendell is still awaiting the results of DNA and genetic testing to help her case in proving her identity.
