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Bride Gets Sick the Night Before Her Wedding. What Bridesmaids Do Next Shocks Her (Exclusive)

When Haley Price flew to Italy for her dream wedding, falling ill with a fever the night before her big day was the last thing on her mind. Halfway through her rehearsal dinner, hours before walking down the aisle, Price suddenly came down with a fever. Between the body aches and the nausea, she began to worry she wouldn’t make it to the altar at all. “In my head, I'm thinking like, ‘Come on, this cannot be,’ I have my wedding tomorrow,” Price tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I was sweating, I was nauseous, I was lightheaded — at that point, I was like ‘Do I have the flu?’” Price’s bridesmaids stepped in and quickly leaned into their intuition — what she jokingly referred to as “witchcraft" in a viral Instagram shared in June detailing the experience. On the ride back to the villa where they were staying, one of her closest friends pulled out a kit of tinctures and essential oils, including colloidal silver drops, often used as an immune support supplement. “When we got there, they laid me on my bed and she started giving me these drops,” Price recalls. “My other friend was the one with the Palo Santo, so she started [smudging] my arm, and when she got to my left side, which is the feminine side, [the smoke] turned completely black. She was like, ‘Oh my God, well that makes total sense.’” Price recalls her friend saying there was “some really bad feminine energy” where they were, which isn’t unusual given the number of women in the room, being surrounded by her bridesmaids. She also points out that the villa where they were staying was very old and possibly haunted.“The house we were in was built in the 12th century,” she says. “It had like 20 rooms, it was massive, so I don’t know if it was evil eye.” Price is no stranger to paranormal experiences, however. Growing up with a mother who she says frequently saw ghosts, the two would visit haunted locations for the mere thrill of the experience. “I’ve always been very spiritual,” she says. “My mom and I would go and stay at haunted hotels on purpose and stay in the haunted rooms.” Still, instead of panicking, her friends worked together to create the right environment for Price. Some bridesmaids prayed, others massaged her head, while others burned Palo Santo and turned to natural remedies. “They were massaging my head, washing my face and just being my best friends,” she says. What's your sign? Subscribe to our free newsletter to get your unique weekly horoscope delivered straight to your inbox. Price remembers feeling so ill that she dozed off as her bridesmaids prayed over her head, but when she woke up the next morning, she was as good as new. “The next morning, it was my wedding day and I kid you not, I woke up at like 7:00 a.m., and I felt f------ amazing,” she says.