Illinois Water Well Is Said To Cure All

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Would you take a drink just in case?

It may not be the Fountain of Youth, but a water well in a suburban Chicago neighborhood is being touted as having magical health benefits.

Located in Schiller Woods, the water well has been drawing scores of visitors. who having been lining up with empty bottles every day for the better part of 10 years. Regular visitors say drinking the special water has cured them of a variety of ailments, ranging from headaches to cancer.

From ABC7 Chicago:

Schiller Woods.Just west of the intersection at Cumberland Ave. and Irving Park Road, a seemingly endless stream of Chicagoland believers get in line to fill up empty bottles with untreated water from a local aquifer. But they don’t trust all wells, just this one. Regulars say that the well water improves their health. Some swear the water helped them deal with illnesses ranging from chronic headaches to cancer.

Others, like Nick Karapournos, even say the water can make you ten years younger. Karapournos first visited the well over 10 years ago to save money. “I come here over ten years,” Karapournos said. “I start here and I not change.” Robert Ryan hasn’t touched tap water for decades. “It’s coming straight out of the aquifer,” Ryan said. “They said these wells are 85 feet deep. So it’s drawn all the way up through, it’s fresh water all the way up the pump. After several months at the well, Ryan said “everything changed” and he started feeling less run down.

While Cook County Forest Preserves officials stop short of confirming the well’s miraculous properties, they say the water is clean and drinkable. “Due to this specific pump’s popularity, the Forest Preserves tests its water quarterly,” communications director Carl Vogel says. “We are always happy to see that an amenity in the Forest Preserves is enjoyed and popular with residents.”

Susan Saunders 10/15/19

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