During the preliminary testing done by IIG Anita will be asked to identify who out of a multitude of human test subjects are missing internal organs. If Anita is successful she can then go on to the formal test for IIG’s “$50,000 Challenge.” Potentially if she then passes this test she will then go for a one million dollar prize offered by the godfather of skepticism — James Randi.
IIG Chair and CFI-Los Angeles Executive Director Jim Underdown is excited about the upcoming testing to be done with Anita. “With Sylvia Browne, Allison DuBois, and John Edward running around making outrageous claims, and refusing to allow any outside scrutiny,” says Underdown, “it’s quite refreshing to see someone come forward and put their money where their mouth is.“ Anita Ikonen is a class of applicant that the IIG refers to as a ”medical dowser” — people who claim to be able to sense the inside of the human body and detect illness or defects in the anatomy. ”No one has been able to display this kind of ability under controlled conditions,” claims Underdown, “so this will be history in the making if Anita is able to perform properly.” “We look forward to putting Anita’s claims to the test. Regardless of the outcome, this will be quite an event,” promised Underdown.
On hand for these demonstrations will be a number of members of the IIG, scientists from UCLA and representatives of the media. If Anita then succeeds in there trials it would represent a substantial challenge to the practice of medicine and the underlying scientific principles of physics.
