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Monday, December 08, 2003`There is absolutely no question about the lizards being found in the girl's stomach, for I have the two largest ones preserved in a bottle in my office,'' McIntosh said. He also reported finding a batch of eggs in a tiny ball. The green reptiles had been in her system a long time, he said. Herman's family told him that she had taken a dip in a ``cool, refreshing spring'' near Millersburg a dozen years earlier, and it must have been there that the girl accidentally swallowed tiny lizards or possibly their eggs, he said. A few days before Herman's death, McIntosh said he had given the woman a strong dose of medicine under the assumption that she was suffering from a tapeworm. That's when, he said, she could feel the reptiles ``crawl up her throat.'' ``They are each 3 ½ inches in length,'' he said. ``One lizard is as well formed as any I have ever seen. I also extracted several smaller lizards from Miss Herman's stomach, but I have kept only the two largest ones. The head, mouth and tail on both are to be plainly seen.' A post-mortem was done, but no evidence of lizards was ever found: Today, the lizard story is regarded as an urban legend, along with similar folk tales about snakes, frogs and other frightful creatures invading the human body and wreaking havoc. Lovie Herman's 1910 death certificate can be found on file at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus. The cause of death has been scribbled out. posted by Sydney on 12/08/2003 08:22:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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