Oswestry man finds face of Jesus on sock
Saturday 4th September 2010, 7:14AM BST.
He’s been seen in clouds and even on pieces of toast. But now one Oswestry man has discovered Jesus on his sock.
James Henderson, 23, of Bailey Street, took off his shoes as he relaxed on holiday to find this striking image of the Son of God peering up at him from his holey sock.
“It was a massive shock to me,” he said.
James said he and his friends decided to travel around Europe as part of a 10-day holiday.
He said he had spilt bleach on one of the socks while at work and somehow ended up taking them on holiday.
But the image of Jesus did not appear until the end of his travels. They returned from holiday on Tuesday.
He said: “It was on the last day of my holiday and I took my shoe off and there it was.
“My friends were sitting next to me and I called them over and their reaction was the same. It was a big shock to them.
“I am not especially religious but it was a shock.
“I have heard it all the time that people are finding images in weird and wonderful places but it was a surprise that I found one.”
James has kept the sock and is still deciding what to do with it.
By Chrissy Symmons
UK News
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Oh dear, I can see sectarian trouble ahead now.
Those who follow the 100% cotton doctrine, and the heretics from the polyester blend cult will probably be at each other’s throats for next millennia or two
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Burn the polyester heathens! Burn them! Burn them!
(And, by the way, Marks & Spencer supply the one true sock.)
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Looks more like Che Guevara to me. If it was Jesus, James could be guilty of bleach of the priest. Sorry.
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I see a visit to the Shrine of Ebay in the not too distant future! …… Peace on you! …
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he could allways send it as a welcomming
gift to his holiness———-the pope
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That actually looks more like Jesus than most of these images I’ve seen. There are tons of them:
http://www.yoism.org/?q=node/129
http://stuffthatlookslikejesus.com/
I wonder how much he could fetch for it on ebay?
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Looks more like Charles Manson..
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It’s definitely Frank Zappa.
And how does anyone really know what Jesus looked like anyway!
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It’s a pretty good likeness I must say.
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Nah – its Che Guevara!
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How Jesus might look as a Simpsons character. Tragic thing is there will be people who think its real!
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#5 No Edwin, It’s not a pop (e) sock!!
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Holy Socks, Batman! It’s Ricky Villa!
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Peter Sutcliffe..
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Looks like a beached sock to me , the Ebay idea is a myth nobody buys such things media myth.The only thing holy about this is the hole which will appear in the next few weeks.
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well your a barrel of laughs
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[Looks like a beached sock to me]
Would that be flotsam or jetsam Andrew?
Perhaps it beonged to jesus?
He could have discovered he couldn’t walk on water after all!
Celebs clothing can make good money on ebay. :p
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You know what, of all the places Big ‘J’ would put his face..The last place you would ever thnk of looking would be in a sock..Hang on! in a sock?!?!
About as likely as Elvis being alive, UFO’s landing on my head, My gran being the ‘Batman’ and George Bush Jnr getting an award for ‘Great ideas of the 21st Century’
However, it does look like ‘It’….
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That’s not Jesus! That is clearly Darth Sideous off of Star Wars. lol
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