Josephson is of the opinion that the tests were set up to discredit Demkina, and that the odds of Demkina managing four matches from seven by chance alone would be 1 in 50. However, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the director of University of Cambridge's Mind-Matter Unification project, Brian Josephson, has also added his voice to the criticism of the tests carried out in New York. The research team responded by asking why Demkina had been unable to detect a metal plate inside one subject's head, especially as its outline was visible beneath the person's skull. Demkina herself was extremely critical of the conditions under which she had been tested and the way in which she was treated. Acrimonious disputes arose between Natalya’s supporters, who believed she had been unfairly dealt with, and the investigators. In the event Demkina was able to match only four of the seven correctly and thus the researchers concluded that she had failed the test and left it at that.īut matters were not to be so straight forward. Natalya was given seven diagnoses written by doctors and was required to match at least five of these to the corresponding patient in order to prove that her abilities were unusual enough to warrant further testing.
The 4-hour long investigation involved seven test persons, one of whom was a ‘normal’ control subject. The test, which was part of a Discovery Channel documentary entitled The Girl with X-Ray Eyes, was carried out by researchers Ray Hyman and Richard Wiseman from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) and Andrew Skolnick of the Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (CSMMH). The best known and most controversial test performed on the X-Ray Girl’s paranormal powers was that organized by the Discovery Channel in New York in May 2004. He discovered that although the scan did show a possible tumour in his intestines there were no serious health problems. Somewhat shaken, Dr Chris underwent a scan at a local hospital to discover how accurate Natalya’s diagnosis had been. show Doctor Chris, initially making correct identifications of previous medical operations he had undergone, and then stating that the Doctor was suffering from various ailments including "gall stones, kidney stones, and enlarged liver and an enlarged pancreas". While in England Natalya also examined resident medic of the This Morning T.V. This newspaper brought Natalya to England in January 2004, where she allegedly demonstrated her diagnostic powers successfully on Sun reporter Briony Warden, who had received multiple injuries after being hit by a car the previous October. Secondary examination revealed that Natasha had been right and the woman did not have cancer.Īfter the news of Natalya’s incredible ability spread, the story was picked up in 2003 by a local newspaper and TV station, and eventually by British tabloid newspaper The Sun. When Natalya examined the woman she only saw a “small cyst”. She also apparently corrected a misdiagnosis made by a doctor at the hospital on a female patient who was told she had cancer. Since the age of ten, after an operation to have her appendix removed, Natalya (also known as Natasha) has been making accurate medical readings in Russia, in her own words “for a fraction of a second, I see a colorful picture inside the person and then I start to analyze it.” Natalya’s abilities were tested by doctors at a children’s hospital in her home town, where she was reported to have correctly diagnosed the illnesses of several patients, including one of the doctors.Īfter using her special vision to examine the patients, sometimes down to molecular level, Natalya is said to have drawn pictures of what she saw inside their bodies.
It is reported that the ‘X-ray Girl’, as she was nicknamed by the Russian tabloid newspaper Pravda, is able to see organs and tissues inside human bodies and discover medical ailments the person may be suffering from. Born Natalya Nikolayevna Demkina in Saransk, western Russia, in 1987, this paranormal talent claims to be able to make medical diagnoses by using ‘special vision’.
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