BDC #28 - Pupula Duplex: Is it real or merely a myth?

Have you ever imagined yourself, having a super power? Being invisible, having laser eyes, flying? Well, in my point of view, it's a really common thing to happen. But, how about if this super power is for real? How about if you have the "Evil Eyes"?

Evil Eyes? Yup, Evil Eyes, as scary as in the movies. Something that allow you to "see more" than normal eyes. Something that looks like picture above.

HOLLY MOLLY!!!!

Is that what you say? You think I am joking?

NOPE!! This is a real medical condition called Pupula duplex. It is a condition where the eye develops double irises, corneas, and retinas in one eyeball. It can be happened either on both or only one eye of the patient. As you can guess, this mutation is way too weird to be happened for real. It is not even officially accepted in the medical literature, since there is no evidence if there is a person ever have this symptom. People merely believe that it is a mythological condition, where there is only one person in history ever had it, and it was the famous Chinese Emperor, Liu Ch'ung. Check the Ripley's Museum!!!! AND If you guys check more details, there is a claim by Robert Ripley himself that he met a real double-irises man in 1931 named Henry Hawn who lived in Mills Kentucky.   

 

Emperor Liu Ch'ung's statue at Ripley's Museum

To put it more real, there is actually a real medical condition named Polycoria. It is a condition where the eye may has several openings in the iris that result from local hypoplasia of the iris stroma and pigment epithelium. Those multiple pupils all have a sphincter and the ability to contract like a pupil in normal eyes.  

However, there are still lots of debates regarding the truth of this condition. Some ophthalmologist even say it a HOAX...

So, it's up to you to believe it or not...