Case file · Apparition / miracle
'Nature mourns' Kim Jong Il
State media said that when Kim Jong Il died in December 2011 the ice of Paektu's crater lake cracked with a roar, a glow lit Jong Il Peak, and a crane circled a statue in Hamhung.
2011 CE · 41.99, 128.08 · status: claim
The sceptical view
These are propaganda claims in a long tradition of linking the leaders to heavenly signs; none were independently observed.