300-year-old mummy of a saint 'opens eyes' in a Mexican church

The mummy of a young girl who died 300 years ago inside a church in Mexico suddenly "opened her eyes", surprising onlookers.

The mummy of a young girl appears to be looking straight at the camera lens. Screenshot: YouTube.

The body of a young saint named Santa Innocence, placed in a transparent glass coffin at the Guadalajara Cathedral in Jalisco, Mexico, opened its eyes and then quickly closed them, Mirror reported on September 24. A visitor to the cathedral recorded the scene and shared it on YouTube, attracting more than nearly a million views.

In the video, the young saint's body initially appears to be a statue, with its body covered in wax for preservation and its face showing no signs of decay for 300 years. When the camera zooms in on her face, the body appears to "open its eyes" and look straight at the visitor.

Most viewers believe that this is just a staged fake video while some others are sure that the incident is completely real.

300-year-old mummy "opens eyes" then quickly closes them

There are many different stories about Santa Innocence’s death. According to the most popular story, Innocence wanted to attend church with her classmates but was strongly opposed by her father. When summoned by the nuns, she escaped to the church. When the father discovered his daughter’s deception, he stabbed her to death.

Admiring the young girl's devotion to God, the villagers took her body to the church, embalmed it, placed it in a glass case and canonized it. She has become a symbol of loyalty to God to this day.

According to VNE