The Antonie Gay Case

By Crusader1307

Antonie Gay was a French Carpenter who lived in Lyons, France in the early 19th Century. Having been born in 1790, Gay had always been a ''religious'' Man, who fought in Napoleon's Army and afterwards had a ''honest life and honest trade''. His fervor for Religion led Him to wish to become a Religious Brother. He applied for and was accepted to a Monastery in Lyons. Then ''things'' began to happen. Gay began to to ''speak to Himself'', but not as a ''normal dialogue'' (as One would have). Gay was said to be ''conversing in two separate voices''. One was identified as ''Angelic'' the other – a Demon name ''Isacaron''. The ''conversation'' was often an argument over ''Heaven, Hell and The Earth''. In addition, Gay seemed to know ''secret things''. He could ''find long missing items'' and also could speak Latin fluently (having no real classical education to give Him such talent). It was soon determined by The Clergy during many examination that Gay was ''possessed''. He was released from His Monastery. Going Home, He became despondent. So much so His friends tried several times to have The Church perform the Ancient Rite of Exorcism. For some odd reason, they refused. Gay would grow steadily worse in His ''condition'', often wandering The Streets in Town ''barking as a Hound''. He began to act violent in the 1860s, so much so He was jailed and sent to an Asylum. Later ''cured'' (but by means never revealed), Gay would return to Lyons where He died in 1871.