Jesus in MRI image

Tammie Cohrs of Greer, South Carolina was recently diagnosed with oral cancer. Inside the MRI machine to see how the cancer was progressing, she began to pray. And whaddyaknow! Jesus appeared in the MRI image! Really though, this should come as no surprise. Two years ago, Jesus's mother showed up in an MRI scan too. Praise pareidolia! From WPSD:

Cohrs said what happened while she was having the MRI scan brought her to tears. "I just had this wonderful experience that I was with Him," Cohrs said.

Cohrs said the image is proof that Jesus was indeed with her. "I just think it's amazing," Cohrs said. "I don't care what anybody else thinks."

Cohrs will be meeting with doctors at the Cancer Center of the Carolinas on Tuesday to review her MRI results. She said she is looking forward to hearing what doctors have to say about her discovery.

"Woman sees Jesus in MRI image" (Thanks, Rob Rader!)

• [Anonymous]

  Anyone can tell that’s it’s Chuck Norris dressed like a nun!

• [Anonymous]

  i see chewbacca

• [Anonymous]

  If you look carefully on the right side you’ll see Jesus’ pet guinea pig wearing a black hat.

• [Anonymous]

  I saw a dollar sign in my MRI. For reals! Crisp and clean and clear, not of this fuzzy jesus thing.

  DESTINY!!!

• [LightningRose]

  Definitely Jerry Garcia. Definitely.

• [VagabondAstronomer]

  Odin. Definitely Teutonic.

• [nosarembo]

  Also, if you MRI her intestines you’ll see FSM.

• [Gisburne]

  You’d think the only two people ever to exist in history (and even that’s debatable) were Mary and Jesus. If it is a real person, it could just as easily be the ghost of Jeremiah Ackenthorpe, a forgotten sewer cleaner from Victorian England, known to his friends as ‘Jerry the Stink’. Or it might be anyone else WITH A FACE. Let’s compare the image with accurate, verifiable images of Jesus shall we? Oh that’s right… etc. The woman is simply ignorant and it’s all wishful thinking. And I’m ranting. Good night!

  PS: Why would Jesus be listening to an iPod Nano, since one is slung round the neck of the person in the image, and the headphones are clearly visible?

• [Aphelion]

  I’ll be damned. There are my car keys, too.

• [macrumpton]

  I am always baffled by these people that see Jesus in a bread mold or a toilet stain. Since we have no photos or even paintings of Jesus (done while he lived), how do they know who they are seeing? How do they know that it isn’t Satan they are venerating?

  BTW this is my favorite one, Jesus in a dogs butt:
  http://joethehappyheretic.blogspot.com/2009/07/virgin-mary-bird-doodie.html

• [travtastic]

  I see an MRI image. I don’t care what anyone else thinks.

• [Anonymous]

  i sure am getting sick of this whole ‘human brain looking for patterns’ thing

• [Anonymous]

  That’s not Jesus; that’s Roddy McDowall in Planet of the Apes.

• [Mark]

  Looks like a rhesus monkey to me

• [groceryliszt]

  And the black mass to the left of the face looks like a shocked, mouth-agape monkey face.

  Cohrs said what happened while she was having the MRI scan brought her to tears. “I just had this wonderful experience that I was with a shocked, mouth-agape monkey face,” Cohrs said.

  Cohrs said the image is proof that the shocked, mouth-agape monkey face was indeed with her. “I just think it’s amazing,” Cohrs said. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks.”

  • [benher]

    “And the black mass to the left of the face looks like a shocked, mouth-agape monkey face.”

    I just like the inclusion of “Black Mass” in the comments.

• [Beryllium]

  Is it worth pointing out that this “jesus” image is just the product of someone extracting the “baby on the knee” from the old photo a few days ago and blending it into the MRI pic?

  Or maybe I just can’t unsee the “baby on the knee” shape. :)

• [jamiethehutt]

  Actually it *IS* lupus!

• [ToMajorTom]

  Cohrs said. “I don’t care what anybody else thinks.”

  Good thing.

• [Atvaark]

  Proof people can see whatever patterns they’re strongly looking for in noisy pictures: I can’t see the slightest bit of Jesus in this. What a relief.

• [BDiamond]

  That’s funny. I see Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) giving Howard Beale’s (Peter Finch) “mad as hell” speech from _Network_.

  Should I call my therapist?

• [Anonymous]

  John Pertwee?

  • [sapere_aude]

    @Anon #8: I was thinking along those same lines. At first I thought it looked a bit like the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker); but then I thought maybe it looked more like the third (Pertwee). But the more I looked at it, the less it looked like any one specific Doctor and more like a pastiche of the Doctor: The mop of salt-and-pepper hair, prominent nose and protruding, clean-shaven chin, the turned up collar and something that looks like a cravat or scarf around his neck. Maybe we’re seeing the third Doctor regenerating into the fourth Doctor; or maybe this is a future version of the Doctor. I’m not sure. Nonetheless, it’s clear to me that the only Lord in this image has to be a Time Lord.

    But what’s that figure next to him? Could it be a Cyberman? But it looks more like a snarling ape’s face wearing an ancient armored helmet.

• [Sork]

  She’d better hope it isn’t the prophet Mohammed or she’ll be in trouble.

• [ill lich]

  “She said she is looking forward to hearing what doctors have to say about her discovery.”

  If the docs say it’s a tumor and has to be removed, then what?

  • [Anonymous]

    Then you put the tumor on eBay, of course.

• [Prufrock451]

  It looks more like Dr. Zaius to me.

• [bob d]

  A guide to religious pareidolia:
  Step One:
  Can you see anything vaguely resembling a face in the image?
  Yes: see step two.
  No: see step three.

  Step Two: Does the face have any sort of blob around the mouth area?
  Yes: It’s a beard; congratulations, you’ve seen Jesus!
  No: Congratulations, you’ve seen Mary!

  Step Three:
  Does the image have any sort of vaguely symmetrical, oval-shaped blob in it?
  Yes: Congratulations, you’ve seen a robed Mary!
  No: Look again. Go back to step one.

• [jackdavinci]

  “Dear Grilled Cheezus, first of all, you are super delicious…”

• [murray]

  Where is he? I can only see a monkey.

• [Shazbot]

  Can we get a highlighted image? I’m having trouble finding Him.

• [Anonymous]

  It’s John Lennon!

• [Gelfin]

  “I’m very sorry, Ms. Cohrs, but Jesus is malignant and aggressive, and apparently wants to meet you in person in about six weeks.”

• [Anonymous]

  No offense meant, but this really looks like a rhesus monkey to me.

• [Gary_Joe1972]

  How does this goofball -know- it’s jesus? Looks like Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević to me.

• [Brandon]

  Any rational person would see that this is obviously the work of the FSM. All hail!

• [Anonymous]

  Possibly Vader? If it is genuine, it shows that whether or not airport scanners find terrorists, they might at least find Jesus.

• [Anonymous]

  I see a monkey, an ape, a T Rex, a fox, a sheep and a cow, and I see a farmer, a hillbilly, two aliens, a Nazi and a G-Man, but no Jesus. There’s enough there to see whatever you want.

• [Anonymous]

  That is *clearly* Liam Gallagher.

• [Richard Kirk]

  The only two faces I can see come straight from the Aphex Twin “Come To Daddy” video.

• [Mim]

  That’s nothing – I had a brain mri, and one layer revealed a psychedelic panda bear, and the next layer behind it held a slow loris… I’m pretty sure the slow loris keeps the panda in check. Good thing too.

• [ecobore]

  Do I see baby Cheeses? Or is that the work of Cod!

• [Zadaz]

  If they were Jewish and saw Jesus we might have something.

  Myself I only see Bug-Eyed Earl from the Red Meat comic.

• [Snakefarmer]

  What if she’s mistaken and it’s Charles Manson?

• [[e-mail]]

  Dude. Thats Susan Atkins! And she’s stabbing a monkey in the back!!! I’m glad that’s not my MRI. That chick is so screwed…

• [Felton / Moderator]

  Ah, I think I see the root of the confusion: It’s obviously Lenny Bruce, who was similarly crucified by the authorities of his time.

  • [sapere_aude]

    On a completely off topic note: “The Root of the Confusion” would make a great band name. Psychedelic or prog rock, maybe? Or perhaps new wave?

• [jwgl23]

  I can see Fox McCloud from Star Fox on the right. It’s much more exact than the Jesus image.

• [avraamov]

  no. it’s Vangelis.

  surely it’s time to admit that all sightings of jesus are, IN REALITY, Vangelis.

• [telaquapacky]

  Nope. Anyone can see it’s Rod Stewart.

• [Anonymous]

  Where’s the beard?

• [tkahvesi]

  Sorry I don’t know this from firsthand experience – but do you see an image while you’re in an MRI machine? I thought the image just went to the technicians, like in CT scanning.

• [Anonymous]

  It’s obviously Paul Revere…
  http://picasaweb.google.com/janecarole/Funny#5524796917881970914