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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/ 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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
