Angels

Posted at 1:57 PM on December 23, 2008 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Things that are puzzling

Is that an angel there on that monitor?

In Charlotte, the mother of a severely handicapped girl says her daughter recovered after she was taken off life support, and she saw what she says is an angel on the TV monitor.

All of the morning TV shows discussed the story this morning, then brought in experts, who are predisposed to believing in angels, to make the final determination. The bottom line? If you think it was an angel, it was an angel.

Meanwhile, a colleague took this picture of the steam from the District Energy plant over St. Paul yesterday.

I got nothin'.

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Comments (3)

The word for that is pareidolia.

Posted by Jim!!! | December 23, 2008 2:40 PM

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//The bottom line? If you think it was an angel, it was an angel.
Maybe so, but biblical angels that appeared to mortals tended to be BIG and Scary. Why else would they have to introduce themselves by saying, "Do not be afraid"?

Posted by boB from WA | December 23, 2008 3:15 PM

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Re: angel: Help me god.

Re: steam: Clearly Snoopy laying on his stomach while his head slowly disintegrates in the wind. :-)

Posted by Carolynn | December 23, 2008 5:33 PM

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