No, that’s not an expression like “Christ on a Cracker!”
Someone in Tyler, Texas (It had to be Texas….) thinks he sees Jesus on this moth. You know you have comedy gold just from this line:
Kirk Harper spotted the moth on an RV trailer Monday, and right away could tell it was unique. [emphasis mine]
And…oh boy…there’s a poll on that news story. Right now 13% of the respondents can see Jesus on the moth.
Thanks muchly to Dwindling in Unbelief for finding this! Check out his larger photos of the moth, and play “spot the authority figure” on the moth thorax.
Those of you in the know will recognize this as an Imperial Moth. It’s a broadly ranging moth in the Eastern US, including Michigan.
August 28, 2008 at 8:44 pm
nah, it’s Gandolf
August 29, 2008 at 7:28 am
I don’t see it.
Sometimes I don’t … the boundaries between prosopagnosia and pareidolia are too far apart.
andrea
August 29, 2008 at 9:19 am
I see a wizard with a long, pointy beard and a funny hat. Or maybe a king with a smooshed crown.
If I ignore the face in the middle, I see the top of a woman’s dress – shoulders, a scoop neckline, and boobs. LOL!
August 29, 2008 at 10:35 am
I see a face, but it reminds me of a 60′s psychedelic poster or album cover with some black funk artist with a big monstrous afro.
August 29, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I see what kind of looks like a devil. I’m doomed.
August 29, 2008 at 9:34 pm
[...] and the lamp unto my porch Bug Girl has the story — and go see it at her site, and look at the [...]
August 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Jesus is not alone! There is another image even more prominent on that same moth:
August 29, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I have yet to see Jesus!
Isn’t the fact that these ‘apparitions’ make the news – sad?
August 29, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I did see the Flying Spaghetti Monster on my dinner plate today.
August 30, 2008 at 12:17 am
Naw…it’s totally Gilgamesh. Looks just like him.
August 30, 2008 at 4:39 am
That’s Darth Vader, you fools! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
August 30, 2008 at 5:31 am
[...] Jesus appears on an insect! (Membracid) [...]
August 30, 2008 at 7:22 am
I see a face, but it’s not Jesus. I mean, there’s a big mole on the forehead.
August 31, 2008 at 12:12 am
I don’t see it. This is too funny! Your blog is great. I will be checking back for sure.
August 31, 2008 at 6:46 pm
It’s Zoltan the Fortune Teller!
http://marvin3m.com/arcade/zoltan.htm
Great blog!
I’m new to it and promise not to pilfer :^D
September 1, 2008 at 9:29 pm
[...] image not Jesus, but juggling elf! Thermopsis pointed the way from Bug Girl’s Blog — it’s not Jesus we see on the moth, but a juggling [...]
September 2, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Well, I happen to see a sinister-looking buffalo -based life form, and it appears to be in a bad mood.
September 4, 2008 at 7:47 pm
No way It’s obviously Rasputin.