Case file · High strangeness
The possessed children of Illfurth
From 1864, the brothers Théobald and Joseph Burner of Illfurth in Alsace were said to speak unknown languages, levitate and react to hidden holy objects; they were exorcised in 1869.
1864 CE · 47.67, 7.26 · status: account
The account
A monument in the village still records their deliverance. The case is a favourite of Catholic demonology.
The sceptical view
The accounts were written by clergy convinced of possession; no independent observers documented the alleged phenomena.