August: a Busy Month for Religious Sightings!

Posted by Alex in Neatorama Only, Pictures, Religion on August 28, 2006 at 5:09 pm


The Virgin Mary has been busy lately, in the month of August alone, she has appeared in chocolate:

As a chocolatier to the rich and famous, Martucci Angiano has posed with many celebrities. But this month she held in her hand a figure that dazzles her more than any Hollywood star: a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that workers at her gourmet chocolate company believe bears a striking resemblance to the Virgin Mary. Since the discovery at Bodega Chocolates, Angiano’s employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it. Since the discovery at Bodega Chocolates, Angiano’s employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it. "I was raised to believe in the Virgin Mary, but this still gives me the chills," Angiano said as she balanced the figure in her hand. "Everyone should see this."

… on the stomach of a pet turtle named, of course, Mary:

An 81-year-old woman in Chicago said the image of the Virgin Mary appeared to her on the stomach of a pet turtle, according to a Local 6 News report. Shirley McVane said the image mysteriously appeared on a sand turtle given to her by a family member. McVane, said she had had the turtles for about a year and the image is plain to see. "I told some of our friends, you know I’ve got a turtle and I said it has the image of the Virgin Mary on it, and I said it’s getting plainer and plainer," McVane said. "And they said, ‘Yeah sure. Yeah, I know, you’re 81 years old, you think we believe that?’ I said, ‘Well, it’s the truth.’ So, now they all believe it."

… in a piece of wood paneling in the Souplantation restaurant in Grantville, California:

… and finally, on a George Forman Grill drip pan:

John Milanos was cooking a hamburger on his George Foreman Grill last week in Missouri. After he was done, he said the Holy Mother’s face appeared in the leftover grease. The grease was in a small plastic drip pan that catches the grease and other fluids that run off the grill.

Milanos saved the grease in his refrigerator so he could show his friends and the makers of the George Foreman Grill. So far, the company has not responded to Milanos.

She’s probably mad that someone stole her 700 year-old religious icon in Greece, by scaling a sheer cliff face!

Not to be outdone, her son Jesus also made a few appearances, like for example on an oyster shell (selling right now on eBay, of course):

(Pretty neat, though not as cool as the one found last year, also on an oyster shell)

… in an MRI scan of a woman’s spine (probably about to be sold on eBay)

A 34-year-old woman in Pittsburgh, Pa., claims the image of Jesus appeared to her in a recent magnetic resonance imaging scan of her body, according to a Local 6 News report. Rhonda Hodge of Duquesne had several X-rays taken of her spine because of a bulged disc, which has been causing numbness in her neck and left arm. One of the images caught her attention and that of her friends and co-workers. "What went through my mind?" Hodge said. "Just surprise. Oh my God, that’s the crucifixion." Hodge said there is no doubt in her mind that the image looks like the crucifixion.

… in an ultrasound scan of a baby:

After seven months of a difficult pregnancy, Laura Turner looked anxiously at the latest ultrasound picture of her unborn son. She was reassured to see not just the baby sucking his thumb - but what she believes is an image of Jesus watching over him.

… and on a shrimp:

The man wrote that he wanted to share with viewers a smile and a sense of hope. He claimed that when he finished his first shrimp, he disregarded the tail, but then looked at it again and saw the face of Jesus.

The writer said he believed it was a sign, as he’s currently going through a nasty divorce.

And God? He only appeared once in August, on the side of a man’s four-feet long pet alligator’s side:

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25 comments to "August: a Busy Month for Religious Sightings!"

  1. dead_red_eyes
    August 28th, 2006 at 7:41 pm

    what the hell is it with people and finding the virgin mary in things? serisouly. this morning i took a dump and it looked like the pope, but you don’t see me freaking out over it.

  2. sam
    August 28th, 2006 at 8:18 pm

    lol @ dead red…some of those are reeaalllly stretching it. i can’t even see the one in the oyester.

  3. Justin
    August 28th, 2006 at 9:36 pm

    That one on the plywood looks more like the guy in the painting “The Scream”.

  4. fritzy
    August 29th, 2006 at 9:38 am

    I believe that alligator has the word GUN not GOD.Alligators can be deceptive

  5. Scott Taylor
    August 29th, 2006 at 10:46 am

    That could not possibly be the face of Jesus in the shrimp tail! The book of Leviticus makes god’s opinion of shrimp very clear.

    Leviticus 11:10
    And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you

    Stolen from God Hates Shrimp.

  6. ted
    August 30th, 2006 at 6:35 pm

    That’s Old Testament.
    According to the New Testament, you can now eat shrimp and not have to be circumcised.

    Loved the ultrasound. I wonder if the doctor told her she’d be having twins.

  7. beepbeepitsme
    September 5th, 2006 at 12:00 am

    RE The Virgin Mary
    The Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus Appear On A Potato
    http://beepbeepitsme.blogspot.com/2006/09/virgin-mary-and-baby-jesus-a ppear-on.html

  8. Doubter
    September 6th, 2006 at 1:43 pm

    I’m sorry, but Mary was only a virgin if you don’t count anal.

  9. Phillip Milano
    September 16th, 2006 at 8:45 pm

    Virgin Mary image on soap

    I searched “Virgin Mary Image” items on ebay and came across an amazing story in which the Virgin Mary appeared on a piece of soap. The auction listing is at Link

    or search “BVM soap” on ebay

  10. margot
    December 2nd, 2006 at 5:49 pm

    it does look more like gun than god… i suppose people like god more than guns

  11. edward
    January 14th, 2007 at 8:14 pm

    This is serious stuff guys. Do not take it lightly. If it biulds someones faith, so be it. If another person does not have a care for the one who created him and sustains him, it should be no reason to depise the one who does.

  12. Ben
    January 19th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    God, I hate when people see these. They’re images that appear in the shape of a person. But no matter what the shape, it its a man its jesus and a woman its the virgin mary. Theyre brains have been pumped so full of religious crap that they automatically believe its Gods work. But its not. And dont call me ignorant, I know my bible stuff.

  13. Aramax
    March 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    Well… can you point me out to something that resemble something completly absurd and purely evil.

    Example: Ronald McDonald likeness on a piece of wood. Or the name BUSH written on some alligator.

    Why dont we see those?

  14. Jose
    April 10th, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    You know, religion is solely based on faith and not on what someone saw or appeared to have seen. To be a religious “person” you must first walk with faith, then and only then you will know what religion is all about. I’ve been around people who think they know what it takes to be religious and how everyone else will burn in hell because they’re not like them. Sad to say I see them all the time. I understand the comments listed, although some really are unapproppriate and hurtful, this is what people have see to understand according to them Gods will as a sign. Well what ever makes you a believer so be it just don’t forget to be human like everyone else we share the earth with.

  15. maria
    April 18th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    that is so cool did he eat a virgin mary or what

  16. Sophia
    July 10th, 2007 at 5:34 am

    This is miracles, and it is to believe that mary our mother and jesus are always there with us….to guide us protect us….they are always besides us but we cannot see them…..but we should never fail in believing in them…they are our world and very close family members.

  17. Rhea
    August 13th, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    I always find these ’sightings’ not a testament to people’s faith, but a testament to people’s gullibility.

  18. humble believer
    August 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    ok people I am first going to say dont knock or rag on someone because they feel that they have seen Jesus or the Virgin Mary. Everyone believes differently. I love Jesus and I am a believer, some of the pictures I could see why they would say what they saw,others are questionable. I am not here to say that they are not sighting but what I will say is Dont be so judgemental if you dont believe thats your chose but dont knock someone else because they believe.

  19. onur
    September 10th, 2007 at 7:18 am

    self comfort

  20. emma
    December 17th, 2007 at 1:38 am

    as im reading some of these comments i am outraged and i think if you dont have nothing nice to say why even leave a comment. i feel that i have to apologize for the idiots who apparently have no faith and i will pray for them. i only wish that i had a picture of the image of the Virgin Mary that i was very luky to see when i was at a bad point in my life. i believe the ones who left those neggatory comments maybe just your faith is not strong or you could just be week minded. your in my prayers. for the ones who were chosen to get something so awsome you just have to know you are blessed.

  21. danielle
    May 5th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    these images r starring to creep me out now yet they’re pretty cool!

  22. Karen
    August 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    Hey guys !

    Whether what these people have seen us true or not, if certainly proves the immense faith and love they have for God. For we always choose to see what we want to. So instead of critisizing them, lets appreciate the fact, that in their times of trouble and difficulty, they seek the Lord and He comforts them by showing that He’s there for them.

    And if you would so strongly believe that God actually came to you in some form, I think you would be blessed and the most happiest of all.

  23. lady
    August 27th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Well..I don’t believe that jesus is our savior and i’m not a christian. If these things mean so much to these people and they find them so inspiring why would they sell them e-bay? I’m not being rude or mean; just innocently inquiring. I think if people are moved so much by something physical they aren’t spending enough time with god in their spiritual lives.

  24. Glenn Mitchell
    October 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    I think we have another one!

  25. allen
    December 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    wow wow wow what can i say well this pics say allot ;]


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