05/12/2020
When you see a gorgeous tropical beach like this, I am sure the last thing on your mind is a brutal civil war but in 1971 the country was thrown into unrest with an uprising by the oppressed and impoverished lower class.
As with any rebellion the causes were many and complicated many people were against the uprising and believed the rebels to be no more than opportunists and criminals who coerced simple minded, poorly educated people to join their fight
Unawatuna beach, now Sri Lanka’s most popular beach, during the 1971 rebellion was firmly under rebel control. Two local rebels were crucial to the cause in the area, Robert and Johnny would create bombs and test their effectiveness on this beach away from prying eyes and would be informants
As is the case with so many, it was crushed, and these two men had to take to hiding in caves from authorities.
Two weeks later, the pair tried to leave Galle, but police captured them. Enraged, they returned to the police station where they beat Johnny to death. He died of the beating on April 19, 1971. A few days later, gasoline was poured on Johnny’s body, which was set on fire, then buried.
7 years later and in a village about 10 miles away, a family was celebrating the birth of twin girls. When Sivanthie started talking at 2 ½ years of age, she described how she had to hide in a cave with “Johnia.” Sivanthie said that she and Johnia had been arrested and that their hands were handcuffed behind them.
She said she had been shot while trying to escape by leaping into the sea. When describing this incident, Sivanthie pointed to the birthmark on the right side of her abdomen.
When Ian Stevenson asked the twins, what was used to make bombs, the twins recited, “nails, paper, tins, wire, broken bottles,” which indeed were used by the rebels in making home-made bombs.
Is this all coincidence or something much more?
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