Saturday, November 26, 2011

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
 

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

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

 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


 

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

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