THURSDAY VIRGIN MARY SIGHTING!! - On A Turtle's Belly

[matcom]

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She has appeared on a grilled cheese. Then, a highway underpass.

Now, behold, the Virgin Mary has descended upon the belly of a Burbank pet turtle.

In a shallow plastic tank on Lotus Drive, the chocolate brown vision beams from the pink gut of a sand turtle named Mary.

Sitting beneath a gold-speckled paper plate featuring a coloring book version of Jesus' mom, Shirley McVane dangled the turtle from her plump fingers.

"She came to a holy house," said the 81-year-old. "I think she came to visit us so God knows she's happy and safe."

The turtles were just babies then, smaller than a quarter. But as they grew, the image on Mary's belly began to take shape.

"I thought we were going crazy the first time I saw it," said Dolly Fordyce, 58, McVane's daughter. "I looked at it and said, 'It can't be.' But then I looked again. I mean, you can't deny it."

A member of St. Nicholas of Tolentine on the Southwest Side for nearly 50 years before moving to Burbank, McVane has splashed her walls with rosaries, prayer cards and paintings of the Last Supper.

When she moved in to her new home three years ago, she had her priest come to bless it. And he also blessed her dog, Precious; her bunny, Peter; and the array of kids, grandkids and great-grandkids who live in the modest ranch home.

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[CottonBear]

1. Mary really gets around. n/t

[matcom]

2. are you suggesting Mary is...

loose?

[CottonBear]

4. First the grilled cheese, then the underpass and now a turtle belly?

;)

[Ramsey]

3. Is this going to a weekly feature?

matcom's Weekly Virgin Mary sighting? I LOVE it, how perfect!

:loveya:

[KansDem]

5. You forgot the tortilla sighting...

[underpants]

6. The styrofoam plate adds that special bit of class that Jesus needs

:eyes:

[matcom]

7. well you CAN'T use PAPER!

jesus needs to stick around for at LEAST 2,000 years!

[billyskank]

8. Jesus was a humble person

It would be right up his street :P

[Mad_Dem_X]

9. What, no picture?

How do they do a story like this and not have a picture? :shrug: