New York’s finest exorcist

16 July,2023 08:35 AM IST |  Mumbai  |  A Correspondent

A former NYPD officer has taken on a new profession as a real life ghostbuster

The cop-turned-exorcist performs a ritual to “banish demons.” Pic/Youtube


He went from NYPD blue to NYPD ghoul. Chris DeFlorio, a 19-year-veteran of the department, is sounding the Ghostbusters siren after 36 Colombian children reportedly fell ill after using a Ouija board to commune with the shadow realm. The demon-daring kids of San Francisco de Asis School in Timbiqui, Colombia, supposedly were hospitalised after fainting, temporary loss of sight and anxiety - with a splash of holy water from a school's rector proving ineffective to stop their symptoms and quell their souls.

The incident followed another reportedly paranormal, Oujia-related incident in the South American nation. This was in the town of Galeras, which resulted in 28 schoolgirls being hospitalized. "When looking at what's happening in Colombia, there is something deeper going on that cannot be ignored anymore," DeFlorio, now a "demonologist" who performs exorcisms, told Jam Press.

"There are just too many coincidences of identical incidents from different towns across the country … The claims must be seen as credible until proven otherwise," said the former NYPD officer, who now runs New York Demonic Investigation, which promises to "send your demons packing." DeFlorio, a devout Catholic, says that the devil preys on children in particular because they are "the closest thing that we have to innocence in this world."

"The devil would like nothing more than to bring pain and suffering in this way. He knows it not only affects the children but also the parents, people around the world, as well as God." "There are no answers. It's time to recognize that there are events that take place outside of human understanding," De Florio said.

Enormous petrol pump

The title of ‘world's largest gas station' belongs to a 74,000 square foot facility in Tennesee, USA


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BUC-EE's, the world-famous giant gas station chain that dominates roads across the American south, operates dozens of gas stations, but none as big as the recently opened one near Sevierville, Tennessee. At 74,000 square feet, the world's largest gas station features a massive shopping center, a full barbecue restaurant, spacious bathrooms, and a massive rest area.

And, like any respectable gas station, it has plenty of gas pumps, 120 to be exact. The Sevierville Buc-ee's was inaugurated on June 26 and has already become a massive tourist draw.The company wil l soon build an even bigger 75,000-square-foot station in Texas.

Body hair, don't care


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Body hair activist Esther Calixte-Bea has opened up about the cruel judgement she's faced as a hairy woman- and how she learned to love her body after years of trying to hide it away. Now, aged 26, Calixte-Bea has learned to love her body hair, and she's on a mission to inspire countless other women to do the same through work as a visual artist and body hair activist.

Cheese-cheese-cheese burger


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An unusual Burger King menu item offered in Thailand is going viral after the fast food chain confirmed the "real cheeseburger" features 20 slices of American cheese - and no meat. The "real cheeseburger" launched Monday at Burger King locations across Thailand, and the fast food chain took to social media to explain: "This is no joke. This is for real."

God or Fraud?

A Spanish man stands accused of taking advantage of an overly-religious woman by posing as her Lord and Savior and asking her to deposit money at His "Church of Heaven". The woman never suspected that she was being scammed and lost around 300,000 euros to the scam over six years.

A lump in his throat

An unnamed Singaporean man realized something was wrong when he started vomiting following a meal that included a raw octopus. After inserting a tube down his throat, doctors found a whole half-eaten octopus stuck in his esophagus.

Treasure-hunter finds diamond

A man on Myrtle Beach had been preparing to propose to his girlfriend when he realised the ring had been lost in the sand. He received help from Isaiah Krekeler, 15, who had brought his metal detector for some beach treasure-hunting, and was able to locate the ring in under a minute.

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