One morning, his mother, Val, noticed how long he had been working on a picture and asked to take a look. It was not the first time the boy had claimed to remember a past life as a German pilot. ‘But I’m your mother,’ Val would say whenever Carl got too carried away, her voice gently breaking. When Dr Stevenson examined the boy, he found a birthmark on his throat where the bullet had entered, and suggested checking for an exit wound. Dr Stevenson was immediately enthralled by Carl’s case, and in particular the birthmark on his right leg.

Source: Daily Mail October 19, 2018 21:29 UTC