10-20-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On October 20th, 1674, an unusual astronomical event occurred that had never been seen before or since by Colonial Americans. It was a crisp autumn morning in Boston Town when the sun rose that fateful day. As folks went about their morning routines, milking cows, chopping wood, one Mister Jebediah Jones paused and stared up at the sky in amazement. Where the sun should have been rising in the east there were two gleaming orbs! Mister Jones let out an alarmed yelp that brought neighbors running. When they arrived they too stood frozen in disbelief, gawking at the shocking sight above - a second sun! Word spread through the colony faster than a prairie fire. Settlers poured out of homes and off streets, all gazing up in wonder and not a little fear at the mysterious twin suns. Was this some sign from God? A trick of the devil!? Tales spread of Native folk seen dancing with soulless eyes turned to the sky. Colonist John Winthrop scratched a frantic note in his diary "The heavens have run madd, for why do we see double? Does the end of all days draw nigh??" After an anxious hour, the second sun slowly faded from view leaving the colonists even more rattled than before. To this day, no reason for the peculiar phenomenon was ever discovered, leaving it one more colonial mystery for the history books.