What do you see?

[Cherry Lawn]

Does this look like the Virgin Mary to you?



FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. - As a chocolatier to the rich and famous, Martucci Angiano has posed with many celebrities — but on Thursday she held in her hand a figure that dazzles her more than any Hollywood star.

Workers at Angiano's gourmet chocolate company, Bodega Chocolates, discovered under a vat a 2-inch-tall column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to the Virgin Mary.

Since the discovery Monday, Angiano's employees have spent much of their time hovering over the tiny figure, praying and placing rose petals and candles around it.

I was raised to believe in the Virgin Mary, but this still gives me the chills," Angiano said as she balanced the dark brown figure in her hand. "Everyone should see this."

Kitchen worker Cruz Jacinto was the first to spot the lump of melted chocolate when she began her shift Monday cleaning up drippings that had accumulated under a large vat of dark chocolate.

Chocolate drippings usually harden in thin, flat strips on wax paper, but Jacinto said she froze when she noticed the unusual shape of this cast-off: It looked just like the Virgin Mary on the prayer card she always carries in her right pocket.

‘My eyes went directly to the chocolate’
"When I come in, the first thing I do is look at the clock, but this time I didn't look at the clock. My eyes went directly to the chocolate," said Jacinto, dressed in a hair net and apron as she paused from her work. "I thought, 'Am I the only one who can see this? I picked it up and I felt emotion just come over me. For me, it was a sign."

The chocolate, on display for most of the week in the front of the company gift shop, now rests in a plastic case in a back room and is brought out only for curious visitors.

The stack of hardened confection has a wide base and tapers gently toward a rounded top, giving the appearance of a female figure with her head tilted slightly to the right. The dark brown melting chocolate hardened into subtle layers that resemble the folds of a gown and a flowing veil.

A tiny white circle, about the size of a pencil eraser, sits in the upper center of the creation, just above a slight ridge that runs across it. Cruz says the white speck is the head of the Baby Jesus as he is held in Mary's folded arms.

For Jacinto, the discovery came just in time. The single mother has struggled with marital problems for months and says she was about to lose her faith.

‘This has given me renewed faith’
"I have big problems right now, personally, and lately I've been saying that God doesn't exist," she said, pulling the dog-eared prayer card out of her pocket. "This has given me renewed faith."

Angiano, who co-owns the 10-year-old company with her sister, has rubbed shoulders with plenty of stars in her job.

The gourmet boutique runs booths at all the big awards shows, including the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Country Music Awards and the Latin Grammys. Pictures of Angiano with top celebrities — and her chocolates — line the office walls.

But this week's brush with the image of a 2,000-year-old idol has left even Angiano star-struck.

"That's our Oscar right there," she said.

[WasteGas]

looks like a turd.

[Rythameen]

Originally Posted by WasteGas

looks like a turd.

LOL, but it's still chocolate..............yummmmm

[Cherry Lawn]

Originally Posted by WasteGas

looks like a turd.

Let's trow it in the pool!

[El_jalepeno]

I was thinking a bird, but "turd" is close enough

[Beka4MikE]

It looks like half way melted chocolate to me.

[mzta]

mmm i think its a coincidence
or they just wanna get press

regards

[rain]

Originally Posted by El_jalepeno

I was thinking a bird, but "turd" is close enough

Exactly what i was thinking...Owl

[El_jalepeno]

Originally Posted by rain

Exactly what i was thinking...Owl

Owl! There we go. It's a virgin owl!

[GQ Daddy]

An OWL.... covered in owl turds....

[Blues=]

Why are these always found by PSYCHOTIC type beleivers, and not ANYONE else?

Nobody even CLOSE to normal is ever assosiated with these Mary sightings.


Rob

[T.A.Z]

I guess it looks a little like her, but i mean come on!! And i think it looks like crap more than chocolate

[El_jalepeno]

Originally Posted by T.A.Z

I guess it looks a little like her, but i mean come on!! And i think it looks like crap more than chocolate

I heard Mike4beka say on some web sites from Germany you have to use a credit card to see pictures like this...