19 Aug 2006
Latest Virgin Mary sighting: Chocolate drippings

Why just the other day, I was walking through my east pasture towards the creek when this freshly fallen pile of cow dung caught my eye ...

Workers at a chocolate company have discovered a 2-inch-tall (5-centimeter-tall) column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to traditional depictions of the Virgin Mary.

(link) [CNN.com]

By the way, did you notice that CNN did not put this in 'Offbeat'? Apparently, unlike ag stories, sightings of the BVM are considered top news

Update: CNN has finally moved this to 'Offbeat' - but it was in Top Stories - just look at the URLs in the links above, copied from their news feed.

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