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War, Covid-19: a mysterious Oise stream has the power to predict calamities

2021-04-02T06:40:27.081Z


The Multru is a stream that rises to the surface after rainy episodes. According to legend, this portends misfortune. Or le ruisse


A ditch hastily dug in the middle of a field, slightly agitated waves that sparkle in the light of day before seeping into the woods a few meters away.

Neither car nor passing animal: only the lapping of the water breaks the surrounding silence.

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On the side of a winding road, between Rieux and Le Mesnil-Conteville (Oise), flows the Multru, a river surrounded by an aura of mystery.

In Mesnil-Conteville, on the doorstep of a small brick house with blue shutters, Anita, 53, and Mireille, 80, are chatting.

"Isn't she overflowing?"

I have already seen it overflow, it flooded the whole field.

It is surely a signal ”, observes one.

"It's been a long time since we last saw her," the other nods.

There are people who watch her, they are riding on it ... "

For a few weeks, the inhabitants of the surrounding villages have been wondering about the return to the surface of this small arm of the river, which had already pointed the tip of its nose last year: could it be linked to the "war" against the Covid-19 announced by Emmanuel Macron?

Or to another conflict to come?

Each time, "it creates a little stress"

One thing is certain here, this appearance is ominous.

Because according to popular belief, when this underground river rises to the surface, war is not far away… "Or tragic events such as famine", argues Eric Tribout, mayor (SE) of Catheux.

Leaning against his house, Martin, himself, gets lost in many conjectures.

"There is the coronavirus, but it can also be a bacteriological war to come, supposes this pensioner aged 74 years.

Afterwards, the conflict will not necessarily happen here in France.

We must also look at what is happening elsewhere ... "

Installed since 1997 in Mesnil-Conteville, this former employee of the ex-Bosch factory in Beauvais, believes "without believing it" in this story.

“When in doubt, you never know,” he breathes.

In any case, in this small village of 80 inhabitants, the arrival of the Multru is always "an event", assures the mayor (SE) of the village, Edmont Gaquerel.

In the crack of his window, he confides: “It creates a little stress.

"

Like Mauricette, all the inhabitants of Mesnil-Conteville have heard of the legend of this stream.

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Here, it is claimed that the Multru would have sunk before the Great War, then the Second World War ... And before that, we would have even seen it appear in the 1870s, to prevent the conflict between the French Empire and the kingdom of Prussia.

The Gulf War, the attacks of September 11 ...

“I remember 1992 and the Gulf War,” adds Eric.

And from 2001 too, before the World Trade Center attacks in New York.

"These are the elders who told us a lot, it is with them that we must discuss to find out more", urges this 53-year-old man from his court.

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Like others in the village, this inhabitant does not believe in the supposed power of the stream.

Eric remembers especially swimming with his friends, “being a kid”.

"I have never been sick after having immersed myself in it anyway," he laughs.

Theo, 23, shrugs his shoulders when asked, a smirk on his lips: “It's just a stream that flows when it has rained a lot and the water tables rise.

But that's a pretty good sign for our soils.

"

A belief that would have been born in the time of the Gauls

Whatever.

From generation to generation, the legend continues to be passed on.

"In the Middle Ages, it took its source in a place called Le Meurtrue, and that meant

bad hole

", maintains Eric Tribout.

A reputation that he believes dates back to the time of the Gallic cults.

“With the Celts, there was a lot of belief around miraculous fountains, believed to heal the eyes or skin, or trees with magical properties.

All these superstitions have endured over the centuries, ”he analyzes.

The chosen one, passionate about history, even tells that a horse-drawn carriage lost its way around Catheux and ended up falling into the Multru (which then became the Saddle), with all its passengers on board.

The crew would never have resurfaced, keeping the place's part of the mystery alive.

"It is a place which remains dangerous, it is surrounded by barbed wire", warns even the elected official.

Source: leparis

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