Thousands of curious visitors have beseiged an Indian hospital to see a girl who is supposed to be half-human and half-lizard.
Despite denials by doctors that a girl who had been brought in by her mother had actually turned into a lizard the crowds just kept growing.
Staff and patients at the J J Hospital at Byculla tried to turn back the tide of thrill-seekers but the curious managed to get into the building and search the wards for the lizard-girl.
They were even close to breaking into the intensive care unit for heart patients.
The rumour was that the girl, from the Pune area in south west India, turned into a lizard after desecrating a holy book.
She was watching television when her mother knelt down for evening prayers.
The mother asked her daughter to turn off the television, but the teenager kicked the holy book, and turned into a half-lizard-like creature.
No one knows how, when or where the rumour originated.
Dr Pravin Shingare, J J Hospital and Grant Medical College dean, said that he was at first getting phone calls asking for the patient then people started turning up.
He added: "There were many women and youngsters."
Police from the nearby J J Marg station were put on alert to manage the hordes but they proved too little too late.
Some patients complained about the near riot that ensued.
One said: "Everybody is being inconvenienced because of one patient."
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Did the prophet (swh) not say at the end of times some humans would be transformed into animals?
It was reported from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "By Him Who sent me with the Truth, this earth will not pass away until people are afflicted with landslides, are pelted with stones, and are transformed into animals." The people asked, "When will that be, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "When you see women riding in the saddle, when singers are common, when bearing false witness becomes widespread, and when men lie with men and women with women".
Last edited by Ra`eesah; 01-15-2006 at 12:08 PM.
"Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof; yet most of mankind believe not." (Al-Ghafir:59)
I was wondering if anyone else has heard about the girl who turned into a fish? It seems unbelievable, but my neighbour showed me the pictures.
Apparently, during Hajj, the girl's mother told her to recite the Quran but she kicked it (astaghfirullah) and, I don't know the full story, but it resulted in the girl turning into a fish. You can make out the human skeleton under the fish's skin. She has since died.
I don't know what to make of it as yet, and I was wondering if anyone else has heard anything. It is supposed to be on the internet somewhere. My neighbours will be soon visiting the girl's family who live nearby, so I'll find out more laters. *Shivers*
It sounds very similar to this other story which was proved false. It's just a silly urban legend that warns kids not to kick the Quran, under the bizarre assumption that kids would kick the Quran unless they were warned not to.
The pictures were probably photoshopped.
If your neighbours verify the story however, I'll eat my topi.
about a couple of years ago i heard of a story (Allah knows best) about a teenage girl who at Maghrib time kicked the Quran and apparently turned into a pig. she later died. i have no idea whether these are rumours or just messed up stories, but Allah knows best.
about a couple of years ago i heard of a story (Allah knows best) about a teenage girl who at Maghrib time kicked the Quran and apparently turned into a pig. she later died. i have no idea whether these are rumours or just messed up stories, but Allah knows best.
wassalam
They are messed up stories. They all involve kicking the Quran and the culprit being turned into a beast. Check out sites like snopes.com, and you'll see that all these urban legends have common motifs.
I'm ashamed to admit that when my neighbour told me I burst out laughing, she was like "OMG, don't u believe it?!!!!!" It sounded so absurd, cuz I was picturing mermaids.
If there's any truth in it, I'll forgive anyone, anything!
They all rumourz.. we've seen some stuff spread like this before, and its mainly photoshop.
Anyway, we see how most people get shocked when something like this happens, but most dont even care about the akhirah.. So lets just remember that, its good enough to prove that we shouldn't be doing all these bad acts, and should remember Allaah Almighty before doing any action. If we dont, we know the consequences anyway..
They all rumourz.. we've seen some stuff spread like this before, and its mainly photoshop.
Anyway, we see how most people get shocked when something like this happens, but most dont even care about the akhirah.. So lets just remember that, its good enough to prove that we shouldn't be doing all these bad acts, and should remember Allaah Almighty before doing any action. If we dont, we know the consequences anyway..
True! Even if these stories are not true, they make ur blood run cold just thinking about the possibilities and the consequences of our deeds.
ASW
it could be true there is a similar story like this but a female becomes a monkey and the guards and doctors hide the issue but apparently tthey become muslims but dont tell anyone about the incident or somfin like that.
ASW
Has anyone else noticed that it's always females that these things happen to
Yes. Which is further fuel to the argument that these are nothing more than urban legends. I've yet to see one of these things actually backed up with more than hearsay evidence or doctored photos.
It was reported from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam) said, "By Him Who sent me with the Truth, this earth will not pass away until people are afflicted with landslides, are pelted with stones, and are transformed into animals." The people asked, "When will that be, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "When you see women riding in the saddle, when singers are common, when bearing false witness becomes widespread, and when men lie with men and women with women".
a while ago an email was circulating about a girl who yelled at her mum when she was readin Quran and then kicked the Quran or something and was turned in to an animal, almost like a pig... there was even a pic to 'prove' it, however a little research latre and it was discovered that the picture actually originated from a website with many other comptuer generated images.
In other words, it was fake. As on of the brothers mentioned, this is an urban legend, the most obvious proof being that the stories always very similar and yet differ in imprtant detials, such as the location and the type of animal.
Some people just have nothing better to do than spread silly rumours.
-of course, Allah s.w.t. is capable of doing anything he likes and we have been informed in the Quiran of real incidents in which people were turned in to animals (pigs and monkeys)
Hey there! Looks like you're enjoying the discussion, but you're not signed up for an account.
When you create an account, we remember exactly what you've read, so you always come right back where you left off. You also get notifications, here and via email, whenever new posts are made. And you can like posts and share your thoughts.
Sign Up
Bookmarks