The Possession of Anneliese Michel

In late 1952, a girl named Anneliese Michel was born in Leiblfing, Germany, into a catholic, Pentecostal family. She lived a fairly normal life, being described as "withdrawn and religious" and eventually graduating from college.
By early 1972, she had experienced many seizures, leading to her being diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy and depression. She started to become secluded from her family, and had become intolerant of religious objects. She even began to hear voices she described as the devil's. Despite having severe cases of arachnophobia and ophidiophobia (the fear of snakes), she became obsessed with snakes and spiders.
By 1973-1974, she had become very skinny and underweight due to malnutrition and dehydration. She also began to speak fluent Latin, despite never learning how to. Her family became concerned when she drew hundreds of ouroboros on the wall. The catholic church, upon hearing of this strange case, decided to send a bishop and an exorcist. When they saw her, they believed her to be possessed by 47 demons. 
She tried to stay away from these religious leaders, stating, "Everything is pain, let this innocent girl die," in fluent Latin. She also chanted, "Valac will damn you all to hell."
At some point, maybe a year later, she spoke backwards in Latin and drew Pentagrams and upside-down crosses on the walls of her room, which she locked herself in. She also spoke in tongues, which some believe is a sign of the unholy, even to this day. On July 1st, 1976, Anneliese died of starvation and dehydration. Before her death, she underwent 67 exorcisms, all of which apparently which failed. Her parents and the catholic church were both charged with neglectful homicide, the former being sentenced to 6 months in jail and a 3-year probation. To this day, Anneliese Michel is buried in Friedhof Klingenberg am Main, Germany.
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