Tsunami-Shaped Clouds

     The Replica Report is proud to be the first content outlet to bring you this story of Tsunami-Shaped Clouds under the heading of Extractionism or what some call simulacra / pareidolia.  The first Extractionist, or person who noticed the resemblance these clouds bear to water waves, is impossible to discern and more than likely happened simultaneously throughout the town.
     On the morning of December 16 residents of Birmingham Alabama were treated to Kelvin-Helmholtz Wave clouds.  Of course everyone began photographing the event, something that would never have happened if not for their Resemblance to water waves.  In fact, there is a good chance that not one person would have photographed those clouds intentionally that day.  Also, it is because of the Resemblance that news outlets all over have given time to a series of clouds complete with references such as " a surfer's dream".

 Title: Tsunami-Shaped Clouds
 Resemblance: Tsunami Waves
 Extractionist: Town Residents
 Matrix: Clouds
 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
 Date: 16 Dec 2011
 Link: http://www.livescience.com/17545-giant-tsunami-shape-clouds-roll-alabama-sky.html

2011 Review of Replicas (pareidolia playlist)

     This list is the first of its kind to look at the field of what some call pareidolia in a unique and introspectful way by categorizing a cursing baby doll with a devil finding Roman art restorer.  Exciting Replicas of 2011 include such fields as Cryptozoology, Archeology, and Pre-Renaissance Art as well as such personalities as Kate Middleton, Gandhi, and Hitler.

January

 Title: Icy Virgin
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary
 Extractionist: Jennifer Bloomer
 Matrix: Ice
 Location: DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich.
 Date: 01/26/2011
 Link: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/photos-appear-to-show-likeness-of-virgin-mary-in-ice

March

 Title: Virgin Mary on the Rocks
 Resemblance: Hooded Virgin Mary
 Extractionist: Caroline Gray
 Matrix: Cliff
 Location: Newquay's Western Beach, Cornwall
 Date: 02 Mar 2011
 Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8358666/Image-of-Virgin-Mary-spotted-in-Newquay-cliff.html

 Title: Baked Jesus and Mary
 Resemblance: Jesus and Mary
 Extractionist: Josh Mather
 Matrix: Pizza Oven Diffuser
 Location: Mansfield, Boston
 Date: 10 Mar 2011
 Link: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/man-sees-jesus-mary-on-side-of-pizza-oven-20110309

 Title: Google Map Virgin Mary
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus
 Extractionist: Steve Hirst and Carl Richards
 Matrix: Google Map Photo of Sand
 Location: Lancashire, Brittain
 Date: 18th March 2011
 Link: http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8918183.Image_of__Mary_and_Jesus__at_Lancashire_construction_site/

 Title:  Lord Cheesus
 Resemblance: Jesus
 Extractionist: Maree Phelan
 Matrix: 3 Cheese Pizza
 Location: New Farm, Brisbane
 Date: 30 March 2011
 Link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/face-of-jesus-christ-appears-in-three-cheese-pizza/story-e6frfhk6-1226030824138

 Title: House of Hitler
 Resemblance: Adolf Hitler
 Extractionist: Charli Dickenson
 Matrix: House facade
 Location: Port Tenant, Swansea, Wales
 Date: 30 Mar 2011
 Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8414149/House-that-looks-like-Hitler-catches-eye-of-Twitter-users.html

April

 Title: Kate Middleton Spotted on Jelly Bean
 Resemblance: Kate Middleton
 Extractionist: Wesley Hosie
 Matrix: Jelly Bean
 Location: Somerset, England
 Date: 14 April 2011
 Link: http://abcnews.go.com/International/Royal_Diary_Blog/jelly-bean-resembling-kate-middleton-auctioned-500/story?id=13374818

June

 Title: Gandhi is Out of this World
 Resemblance: Mahatma Gandhi
 Extractionist: Matteo Ianneo
 Matrix: Photo of Planet Crater
 Location: 33°12'29.82"N, 12°55'51.21"W, Mars
 Date: 13 June 2011
 Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/14/scitech/main20071013.shtml

 Title: The Lord's Name in Vein
 Resemblance: Letters: G-O-D
 Extractionist: Audreanna Phelps
 Matrix: Varicose Veins
 Location: Kansas
 Date: 15 Jun 2011
 Link: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/kansas-woman-sees-gods-name-in-vein-20110615

 Title: Kudzu Christ
 Resemblance: Jesus on a Cross
 Extractionist: Kent Hardison
 Matrix: a vine in a growth of kudzu on a local utility pole
 Location: Kinston, N.C.
 Date: 29 June 2011
 Link: http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-jesus-kudzu-kinston-110629,0,5202853.story

 

July

 Title: Receipt Jesus in your Heart
 Resemblance: Jesus
 Extractionist: Jacob Simmons
 Matrix: Receipt
 Location: Anderson County, S.C.
 Date: 15 July 2011
 Link: http://www.wyff4.com/video/28568636/detail.html

 Title: Keep it Clean around Virgin Mary
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary
 Extractionist: Gary Burrell
 Matrix: Bathroom 3-inch stone tile
 Location:  Moore, Oklahoma
 Date: 20 July 2011
 Link: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=18&articleid=20110720_18_0_MOEWea99930

 Title: Jesus is DiVine
 Resemblance: Christ during the crucifixion
 Extractionist: Don Taylor
 Matrix: Vine on Telephone Pole
 Location:  Littleton, Colo.
 Date: July 25, 2011
 Link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28663662/detail.html?hpt=us_bn7

 
 

August

 Title: Mary and the Missing Limb
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary
 Extractionist: Marce Suarez
 Matrix: Mesquite Tree
 Location: 3½ miles west of Anson, Texas
 Date: 3 Aug 2011
 Link: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/aug/03/virgin-mary-image-found-in-tree/

 Title: A Head in the Clouds
 Resemblance: A Face
 Extractionist: Denis Laforge (Denis Farmer)
 Matrix: Cloud
 Location: Grand Falls in New Brunswick, Canada
 Date: 4 Aug 2011
 Link: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1038285--video-ghostly-cloud-faces-appear-over-new-brunswick

 Title: Mary Mango
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary Praying
 Extractionist: Male Yuma Teen (Jon Archuleta)
 Matrix: Dried Mango Slice
 Location: Yuma, Arizona
 Date: 5 Aug 2011
 Link: http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/Virgin-Mary-on-a-dried-mango-126866648.html

 Title: Mary & Jesus are not Shellfish
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary & Baby Jesus
 Extractionist: Felicia Avila
 Matrix: Seashell
 Location: just outiside Los Angeles in Norwalk, California
 Date: 16 Aug 2011
 Link: http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=652185#.Ts14flb4IcF

 Title: Concrete Christ
 Resemblance: Jesus Christ's Face
 Extractionist: Mary Vasquez
 Matrix: Concrete Patio Floor
 Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
 Date: 30 Aug 2011
 Link: http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2011-08-30/news/29947840_1_patio-pentecostal-jesus

 Title: Fertility Acupuncturist Births Baby Carrot
 Resemblance: Alien Baby
 Extractionist: Yvonne Darnell
 Matrix: Carrot
 Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex
 Date: 31 Aug 2011
 Link: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/873966-the-carrot-baby-of-west-sussex

 September

 Title: A Cross Face
 Resemblance: Face of Jesus
 Extractionist: Clay Perry
 Matrix: Wood Bark
 Location: Newnan, GA Coweta County
 Date: 1 Sept 2011
 Link: http://newnan.11alive.com/news/news/80094-newnan-face-jesus-bark-handmade-cross

 Title: Mary Rocks Baby Jesus
 Resemblance: Virgin Mary holding Baby Jesus
 Extractionist: Tammy Tollett’s son
 Matrix: Rock
 Location: Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, USA
 Date: 2 Sept 2011
 Link: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/ktxl-lake-tahoe-woman-says-she-found-virgin-mary-on-rock-20110901,0,1968917.story

 Title: The Scream
 Resemblance: Screamig Head
 Extractionist: Susan De Vanny
 Matrix: Photograph of Water, Light, Oil Combination
 Location: USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
 Date: 27 Sep 2011

 Link: http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Mystery-figure-appears-in-photo-taken-by/trp5Plb7SES-CqZYRL4ArQ.cspx

 

October 

 Title: Squid Self-Portrait
 Resemblance: The pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle, with each amphicoelous vertebra strongly resembling a coleoid sucker.
 Extractionist: Mark McMenamin and Dianna Schulte-McMenamin
 Matrix: Ichthyosaur Bones
 Location: Central Nevada, Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
 Date: 10 Oct 2011

 Link: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/the-giant-prehistoric-squid-that-ate-common-sense/

 Title: This is Nuts!
 Resemblance: Face Aghast
 Extractionist: G. Gregory Roberts and Naji J. Touma
 Matrix: Ultrasound of Testicular Tumor from Dec 2009
 Location: Queen's University in Ontario, Canada
 Date: 31 Oct 2011

 Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8860498/Face-discovered-in-testicular-tumour.html

 

November

 Title: Devil in the Details
 Resemblance: Devil's Profile with Horn
 Extractionist: Chiara Frugone
 Matrix: Giotto Fresco No. 20
 Location: In the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Rome, Italy
 Date: 6 Nov 2011
 Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45182628/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/devil-details-hidden-famous-giotto-fresco/

 Title: Christ Cliff
 Resemblance: Jesus Christ
 Extractionist: Fiona Fay and Sandra Clifford
 Matrix: Rocks and Vegetation
 Location: Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland
 Date: 12 Nov 2011
 Link: http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/us-tourist-photographed-image-of-jesus-on-irish-cliffs-278007-Nov2011/

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/US-tourist-says-she-captured-image-of-Jesus-on-Cliffs-of-Moher-133715288.html

 Title: Crazy Talk
 Resemblance: "Okay, crazy bitch!"
 Extractionist: Unknown
 Matrix: Audio Baby Babble
 Location: Plastic Baby Doll
 Date: 17 Nov 2011
 Link: http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Toy-doll-may-swear-you-decide/rIT19c5XYECalO9pwXeBjw.cspx

http://boingboing.net/2011/11/21/cursing-baby-doll.html

 Title: Cross an Angel
 Resemblance: the shape of a cross or possibly a winged-angel crowned by a halo
 Extractionist: Jim Rants with one of his workers
 Matrix: Wood Logs, Cross-sectioned
 Location: First Congregational Church of Escondido 1800 North Broadway, Escondido, CA

 Date: 23 Nov 2011

 Link: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/SD-Cross-Revealed-in-Tree-Trunk-134433868.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/tree-cross-image-church.html

 

December

 Title: Tsuami-Shaped Clouds
 Resemblance: Tsunami Waves
 Extractionist: Town Residents
 Matrix: Clouds
 Location: Birmingham, Alabama
 Date: 16 Dec 2011
 Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/20/144010831/cool-video-massive-cloud-waves-roll-over-alabama