Lisa-Marie Corlet of Christchurch, New Zealand, was walking along a beach last year when she
found a pebble with what she thought was the image of the Virgin Mary on it. Friends urged her to sell it, but she kept it instead. "I started having an awesome run of luck," she said. When her luck started to run out she decided to sell it on the auction website
Trade Me. "I won't take less than $38,000 for it," she said. "If someone is willing to pay $28,000 for a piece of toast, I'm sure someone out there would pay at least that for rock."
Shunattee Lewis of Sacramento, CA, spent Thanksgiving in Denver at her mother's funeral. When she got home, for some reason she pulled out a muffin pan, even though she had no plans to make muffins. Or even cupcakes. When she looked into one of the muffin slots, she saw what looked like an image of the Virgin Mary. Her husband thought it looked like the Mona Lisa. Her 8-year-old son thought that whatever it was, it had a happy face. Shunattee is showing the pan by appointment. The phone number is here.
