Reply #26: I'll curtail my puerile comments, but I can easily explain how it's a hoax

[Deja Q]

The resemblence is slight. People also envision what they want to see from objects or visuals that can easily be explained otherwise.

That could be Mother Teresa for all we know. At least the color is more accurate than the faded painting, which is clearly a teal color and not a purer blue color ala Mother T.

That could be a gigantic ad for the new design of a Coors beer bottle.

But the reality is that time and weathering caused the discoloration. A larger pic would confirm, but the very top is a dark round circle - likely a hole. Fluids would create the discoloration below; and the concrete itself is obviously made up of several different shades; conveniently forming a vague 'face-like' appearance at just the right spot. Never mind the gaping crack just about the dark circle too.

or, it's also possible graffiti artists came in and did this as a big hoax. After all, it's far more distinct than other "visions". People are known to play on others' emotions, they're so wonderfully human; what with some clever pranksters hurting the feelings of geeks worldwide after they came forward claiming responsibility and proof-of-how for crop circles. GPS technology makes the task utterly simple... so if people will go to those idiot lengths, you bet more people will whgip out the old paintbrush to make a Mary lookalike scaled on a dank, moldy wall. (those could be mold formations or discolorations left by a one-time formation too...)

So, I don't see a miracle. Plus I didn't have to be so dismissively puerile or crude for once.