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Pareidolia Roundup: August 2008
Status: Pareidolia
It's time for the monthly pareidolia roundup:
Toronto Virgin MaryChristopher Moreau was having a beer in his garden, when he realized that scarring on a tree limb in his yard looked kind of like the Virgin Mary. His neighbor is a bit skeptical, but doesn't really care as long as the religious sightseers stay out of her yard.
JC in Cell PhonePensacola resident Linda Square thinks an image stored on her cell phone shows her in silhouette with Jesus Christ beside her. She swears that no one sent her the photo, and she didn't take it herself. The phone created it! Congratulations to anyone who can see ANYTHING in this image.
Jesus WoodNadine Ostroff calls this round slab of sycamore her "Jesus Wood." She's had it for 12 years but only recently decided to go public with it. Back then people might have thought her a bit odd for having a Jesus Wood, but nowadays it's no big deal.
Rockwell JesusMembers of Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Rockwell, North Carolina think there's an image of Jesus in a knot on an oak tree in front of their church.
Knotty Virgin MaryAntonina Filipertis of Lockport, New York heard a voice in her head telling her to "Look in your tree." She did and, lo and behold, saw images of the Virgin Mary in the knotholes of the tree. She's still hearing the voices in her head. People tell her that she's blessed.
Basswood JesusAt first David Reed of Birch Run, Michigan couldn't see the Jesus face in the tree in his front yard, though his girlfriend kept pointing it out to him. But now it's clear as day to him. He says, "If the price is right, I might be willing to part with it."
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Categories: Pareidolia, Religion Posted by Alex on Thu Aug 28, 2008 |
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october 2008?
Posted by anon on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 02:58 AM
Hmm.. the toronto and the Jesus wood ones are actually some of the better ones I've seen.
Posted by Robin Bobcat in Californian Wierdo on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 05:35 AM
Well, I can see something vaguely face-like in the second photo.
The Basswood Jesus? Nada. Looks like a tree stump to me.
And yeah, Toronto & Jesus Wood are good. Rather blatantly obvious.
Posted by Smerk in to mischief on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:52 AM
The Basswood Jesus? Nada. Looks like a tree stump to me.
And yeah, Toronto & Jesus Wood are good. Rather blatantly obvious.
Full of grace, full of grace.
Posted by Memama in Baltimore on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:54 AM
I'd like to offer this one of the FSM taken by a local pastafarian at a 4th of July fireworks display this summer:
Posted by JoeDaJuggler in St. Louis, MO on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 08:51 AM
anon -- Oops! Corrected.
Posted by Alex in San Diego on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 09:39 AM
The Toronto one looks more like Death then Mary to me.
Posted by Suki in Madison on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Where do you hear voices, if not in your head?
Posted by JayBee in Spain on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Jesus wood looks too phony... Looks like it was burned into that wood with a soldering iron. Must be the reason most of these whack-jobs submit such crappy photos when announcing their "find" - it leaves a "doubt" in the minds of the suckers willing to fall for this .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Posted by Christopher in Warm, sunny Florida on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 05:01 PM
I duno, Christopher. If I were trying to fake a Jesus Wood, I don't think I'd give Jesus three arms and one and a half heads, as in the one Ms. Ostroff has. 
Posted by Big Gary in San Juan, Texas on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I dunno either, Big Gary... Perhaps Jesus Wood is meant to simulate animation or something, ya' know, kinda like what they do in the comic strips;0)
Posted by Christopher in Warm, sunny Florida... on Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 07:20 AM
Is it just me, or is that Basswood Jesus more like the face of a lion?
And if so, should I claim that Aslan lives, or get in the car?
Posted by DFStuckey in Auckland New Zealand on Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 09:38 PM
And if so, should I claim that Aslan lives, or get in the car?
The jesus from the cell phone looks like a dog with a flashlight behind it...
Posted by hfrr on Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:47 AM
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