Hello? Is Mary There?

When 2-year-old Rachel Casiano of Hawthorne, FL, put her sneakers and her mother's cell phone in the microwave, it was only a matter of seconds before Mom opened the door and put a stop to it. The sneakers were fine but it was too late for the cell phone. It was singed and had a bubble burned into the screen. The family noticed that it looks like the Virgin Mary. Jan Zuccarell, Rachel's great-grandmother, thinks it's a sign from God. Her son Ben wants to sell it on eBay. Hopefully if it rings they'll answer it.

Mary On The Half Shell

About a year ago, Shirley McVane of Burbank, Illinois, received a gift from her grandson — two tiny baby turtles. Recently, she noticed that one of them had begun to develop what she believes to be an image of the Virgin Mary on the underside of its shell. She promptly renamed the turtle Mary, and of course its tank mate became Joseph. Hopefully there will be a baby turtle soon. I wonder what she'll name it.

Son O' Gram

When Laurna Turner of Worcestershire, England, saw the ultrasound of her unborn son, she noticed he was sucking his thumb. Then someone pointed out he was doing it underneath the face of Jesus. Laurna's partner, Dave Meikle, said: “It’s fantastic. With a microscope it looks just like Jesus in a shroud.” They decided to give their son the biblical name Joshua and hand out magnifying glasses instead of cigars when he's born.

Oh Sweet Mary!

When a worker at the Bodega Chocolates candy factory in Fountain Valley, CA, saw a pile of chocolate that had dripped from a vat, he realized it looked like the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Guadalupe to be exact. Now people are flocking there to see the 2.5" likeness which is being kept in a clear plastic case. How long will it last? Co-owner Martucci Angiano says, "I don't know. We don't do molded chocolate all that much."

A Smokin' Mary

When Veronica Dennis of Mexico, Maine removed a framed painting from her kitchen wall after a fire last January, she discovered the wall was blackened by smoke and fire...in the image of the Virgin Mary. She vowed she'd never sell the apparition but after being out of work for three months she changed her mind and the section of wall is on eBay with a starting bid of $2,500 and, with a few hours left, no takers. Smokin'!

The Finest Crystal

A psychic in a New Age cafe in Mandurah, Australia says an image of Jesus suddenly appeared in an amethyst crystal in her shop. On Easter Sunday, no less. Veronica Weary says not everyone can see the image but many claim "to have felt love radiating from the glass cabinet it was stored in." So far no one has proposed to the glass cabinet.