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In 1954, British Pathe did this amazing segment on Catherine Bent, a water diviner whose gift gave her the gait of a woman possessed. “Girl Water Diviner”, an original 1954 reel from British Pathe. Catherine Bent is a female water diviner whose body is highly sensitive to nature and physical elements. She identifies spots where water and underground streams can be tapped into, using a bizarre zombie-like walk which throws her body around so violently that “sometimes she falls flat on her face”.