Woman Says Virgin Mary 'Appears On Turtle'
POSTED: Friday, August 25, 2006
UPDATED: 11:04 pm EDT August 25,
2006
An 81-year-old woman in Chicago said the image of the Virgin Mary appeared to her on the stomach of a pet turtle, according to a Local 6 News report.
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Shirley McVane said the image mysteriously appeared on a sand turtle given to her by a family member.McVane, said she had had the turtles for about a year and the image is plain to see."I told some of our friends, you know I've got a turtle and I said it has the image of the Virgin Mary on it, and I said it's getting plainer and plainer," McVane said. "And they said, 'Yeah sure. Yeah, I know, you're 81 years old, you think we believe that?' I said, 'Well, it's the truth.' So, now they all believe it."McVane said she has renamed the turtle Mary and its tank mate Joseph.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: More strange stories, images Shirley McVane said the image mysteriously appeared on a sand turtle given to her by a family member.McVane, said she had had the turtles for about a year and the image is plain to see."I told some of our friends, you know I've got a turtle and I said it has the image of the Virgin Mary on it, and I said it's getting plainer and plainer," McVane said. "And they said, 'Yeah sure. Yeah, I know, you're 81 years old, you think we believe that?' I said, 'Well, it's the truth.' So, now they all believe it."McVane said she has renamed the turtle Mary and its tank mate Joseph.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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