Some See Jesus On Truck Tailgate (surely...it's a sign...

[jefferson_dem]

...of what, i don't know) O8)



Some See Jesus On Truck Tailgate
At Least 150 People Make Pilgrimage

LAREDO, Texas -- An image on a truck tailgate has sparked a new wave of religious pilgrims in Texas.

Portraits of Jesus Christ and a table full of candles surround what some are calling a miraculous image.

Believers say the face of Jesus is visible in the dirt on the tailgate.

Since word of the vision got out, at least 150 people have made a pilgrimage to visit the truck.

Some light candles, some take video or pictures and some just pray.

The truck's owner, Julio Radillo, said he isn't going to drive this truck for a while. And when he does, he'll remove the tailgate as a memento.

Radillo said he thinks the image of Christ appeared as reminder to people to strengthen their faith.

http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/5380739/detail.html?treets=la&tid=2651079460813&tml=la_ent&tmi=la_ent_1_12150111222005&ts=H

[acmavm]

Oh jeez, this is really over the top. Jesus aint't coming back as a dirt

smudge on a tailgate, even if it is in Texas.

What's the average IQ level down there?

[enki23]

1. somebody's trying to make an easy buck

no dirt anywhere around it. it only stuck to jesus's face. it's a fucking miracle.

[musette_sf]

2. methinks Mr. Radillo

is awfully handy with a stencil and a chalk sock.

[azmouse]

6. I agree

That image just looks too perfect to be believeable.

[RobertSeattle]

10. What a fool!

Should have put in near the Logo of the auto company that made it - they'd love the free advertising. "Jesus - brought to you by Ford"

[musette_sf]

13. it's that Crown of Thorns part

that's the giveaway.

[FreedomAngel82]

67. I agree

I still remember a while back in some city there was the thought of the image of Mary on a wall and people wrote things and left flowers and candles and one guy wrote something not nice to the people and HE got arrested. Go figure.

[Lorien]

77. Yep. I'm an illustrator by trade, and I think he simply wiped away

some of the dirt to create the image, or indeed used a stencil. It definitely doesn't look as if it got there in a natural fashion. Too much of a crisp graphic style.

[cdb]

3. looks more like Carlos Santana to me...

[shanti]

91. jimi hendrix

was my thought :shrug:

[geomon666]

100. Naw man

It's clearly Johnny Cash.

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. It just looks like a pic from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...

...could be Jimi Hendrix, could be Jim Croce. Instead of writing "Wash Me" on that dirty truck, someone just fingerpainted instead...

Wonder what some schmuck will pay for it on Ebay?

[MadHound]

5. Oh geez, not this shit again

Hey, dumbass, the reason you're seeing that image is because you need to wash your truck. And besides, it resembles Jimi Hendrix, not Christ:eyes:

[jefferson_dem]

9. A distinction without a difference. Jimi JC

n/t.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Looks like Mark Twain to me

Either way it's an image made with dirt.

I guess that same imagination is what keeps Republicans in power in Texas.

[Kazak]

28. Kerry won easily though...

in Laredo. :shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

44. No kiddin'?

Is that near Austin?

[Kazak]

49. No kidding!

Kerry easily won Laredo, San Antonio, and Austin. Laredo is down on the border, not real near Austin...maybe 250 miles or so. :shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

55. I stand corrected.

I thought Austin was the only place that went Democratic.

I still need some education, I see.

[WolverineDG]

95. that's a mexican license plate too

also, it looks like there was some sort of decal on the panel that got torn off (you can see part of it where "jesus'" neck is). i think he had some sort of picture there, took it off & the dust accumulating on the remaining glue made the "jesus" pic.

and for the rest of you, hands off the folks of laredo. yes, people are pretty religious here, but they are good people. not everyone buys this "jesus in a tortilla" stuff & i haven't seen anything on the local news or the local rag about this. no one is talking about it either.

dg

[Kazak]

99. "yes, people are pretty religious here, but they are good people."

Agreed! You could certainly do worse in Texas...

[Kazak]

52. Map

See all that blue, down on the border? I think that loan blue spot in the middle is Austin...

[Canuckistanian]

54. Sorry, I was too lazy to look it up

Thanks for the map, though, that's one of the clearest I've seen.

Wow, that part in northern Arizona intrigues me. It seems to be the largest landmass for Democrats.

[RB TexLa]

72. There needs to be different shades of red and blue

Dallas county is not that red, or at least wasn't that red on one night in November of '04.


2004 General Election Results - Dallas County


Bush/Cheney 346,246 50.34%
Kerry/Edwards 336,641 48.95%


The Blue in the middle is Travis county, the blue toward the west is Laredo, the blue to the far west is El Paso.

edit to add locations

[Canuckistanian]

56. What is it about Laredo?

Something in the water? Or is it historical?

[Kazak]

80. Traditionally goes Democratic.

I've got a lot of family down there. You can see Mexico across the river from right outside my In-Law's front porch. Father-In-Law has been very politically active throughout the years.

[Ian David]

8. Looks more like Che Guevara . n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

16. My thought exactly!

[karlrschneider]

11. Looks like Charlie Manson to me.

Oh, wait...Manson...man son...son of man...hmmmmmmmmm

[MN ChimpH8R]

12. How STUPID are these morans?

Do the imbeciles who believe in this idiocy have enough brains to tie their own shoes or brush their tooth? Honest to god, the male segment of this population is so damned dumb that they have to take their frigging pants off to count to 21.

[Ian David]

15. It's better than the giant vagina on the highway underpass. n/t

[LoKnLoD]

37. Where is that?

Getting in my car right now to worship at the giant vagina...


:loveya:

[AlinPA]

26. I am truly LOL! First time I ever heard that. I told my wife and she has

not stopped laughing yet.

[Tony_Illinois]

32. Enjoy. The wall of a Chicago underpass.

http://andymatic.com/category/religion/page/2/

[KansDem]

14. The Tailgate of Turin...

Let faith determine its authenticity!

[AlCzervik]

17. How much you wanna bet that people leave "donation" just for the

privilege of looking at this stencil?

[DistressedAmerican]

18. THAT IS AMAZING! I GUESS THERE IS A GOD AFTERALL!

[The Whiskey Priest]

19. My GAWD

It's Mac Davis

[jefferson_dem]

23. Hmmmm...could be.

[datadiva]

20. Are you sure thats not Bob Marley? EOM

[Pathwalker]

21. Sorry, that was done using a stencil - available online.

I've seen this stencil, folks. This is a total scam!

Try googling Religious Stencils - it's there.

[Rex]

22. Of course they see Jesus, someone drew him there

with their finger! Yikes, some people are stupid!

[Batgirl]

24. yet another divine mystery of the universe

What otherworldly message is Steve McQueen trying to communicate by appearing on this tailgate?

[Tony_Illinois]

25. I See It As Much More Evil

[geniph]

27. Jesus H. Christ on a trailer hitch!

...and here I always thought that was just an expression...

[Squatch]

29. Jim Morrison has returned to save us all!

Break on through, Jim! Break on through to the other side!!!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. Test Dirt Jesus. Do Not Wash.

What's a few more eons in purgatory...

[shenmue]

31. I think Jesus appeared to tell him to fix his truck

Or wash it. Think Jesus wants to be associated with dirt?

"The miracle of the guy who can't be bothered to go to the car wash."

This proves...what, exactly? What does Jesus want us to do?

Yes, Mr. Radillo, that did something to my faith, but 'strengthen' isn't the word for it.

[katamaran]

33. It looks like the guy had one of those decals and pulled it off

It looks like the guy had one of those decals and pulled it off. I've seen that EXACT decal on cars around here. The vinyl will leave a little bit of a residue that would hold dust. Or he waxed the car and then pulled the decal off.

[Coastie for Truth]

34. Wait A minute

Sometimes I get these calls on my Blackberry -- from a woman who calls herself "Mitzie". She tells me that her husband Joe and her sons Joshie and Jimmie are looking out for me, and just trust her and Joshie and her "Big Daddie in the Sky" and we will get through this Bushie "End of Days."

She also told that her "Big Daddie In The Sky" is no fan of Bushie's - but her son Joshie says to give him time.

She also tells me that Bushie likes the fruit of the vine, the strong product of the grain of the field, and the essence of the cocoa bean.

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. Praying to a truck. Now I've

heard it all. *lol*

[longship]

41. Well, actually... Praying to dirt on a truck.

The holy dirt!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

46. You know, it's nitpicking like this that causes

schisms and reformations. x(

(I am mostly joking. Mostly.)

*lol*

[tenshi816]

36. Why do people always think it's Jesus?

It's not like we have any photographs of the historical Jesus to use for comparison.

That image looks a bit like Martin Sheen wearing sunglasses to me. Or like, you know, some other guy, somewhere.

[Berserker]

38. If no one has ever seen Jesus

and there are no paintings or photos how the hell do they know that this dirt image looks like Jesus?
Kinda looks like Johnny Cash to me

[Initech]

39. Looks more like Einstein to me...

[longship]

40. Fuck no, that's Jimi Hendrix.

nt

[Deja Q]

53. Or "Old Elvis"...

nt

[ObaMania]

58. My first thought! n/t

[stop the bleeding]

70. Hendrix was the second coming of Christ.

[AZBlue]

42. I believe it. My Thanksgiving turkey looks like the Virgin Mary.

:banghead:

[Whoa_Nelly]

43. If that's Jay-zuz

He shore do have the cutest li'l ol' pug nose!

[cmd]

45. Christ on a trailer hitch driver just hit the brakes

Ouch.

[PassingFair]

47. The Original!

Maybe he's looking at his reflection on the van!

[FearofFutility]

48. I wonder

if he has a "W" sticker and a set of those "bumper balls" (or whatever they're called) on his bumper. :+

[Behind the Aegis]

50. Looks like Dionysus to me...

...a divine sign to party? :shrug:

[Deja Q]

51. That's Einstein! Or that Kentucky Fried Chicken Guy on crack...

:shrug:

[Geek_Girl]

57. It looks more like Jimi Hendrix to me

:shrug:

[Generic Other]

59. UPDATE: Christ's message revealed!!! This is HUGH111

[TayTay]

60. Why don't these apparitions ever manifest in a Church?

What does Jesus have against churches? Why do they always happen on the sides of bank buildings or in grilled cheese sandwiches or on pickup trucks? Did someone not get the moving notice or what?

Does this happen in other cultures and religions?

[AntiCoup2K4]

64. If you were Jesus, would you want to appear in a Freeper church??

Not to say He neccessarily DOES show up on trucks or tortillas, but the guy's got some permanent scars from the last time He tried to to explain the truth to a bunch of self righteous right wing assholes.

[TayTay]

65. True, true.

Great post! What would Jesus do in a mega-church?

If Jesus appeared on the side of the Cystal Cathedral, would they keep the image or windex it out because it's tacky?

[HeeBGBz]

61. And Jesus said...

Wash me!!!

[LiberalPersona]

62. If you

persist in telling yourself something over and over, you'll begin to believe it whether it's true or not. This is the typical "I saw Jesus in fubar" version of that.

[MGKrebs]

63. Looks like Leon Redbone to me.

[Gold Metal Flake]

66. It's Marc Bolan!

He's come back to tell us to strengthen our faith in Glam Rock!

[pro_blue_guy]

68. Sorry, everybody!

Sorry everyone. You guys have got all wrong. It's the guy on the Quaker Oatmeal box.

[Richard Steele]

85. You mean Barbara Bush?

[tuckessee]

69. Looks like Kurt Vonnegut or John Holmes. n/t

[neebob]

71. Oh, so Jesus looks like David Crosby melting. nt

[bluedawg12]

73. I see bob marley n/t

[walldude]

74. Blasphemers! You are all going to HELL!

And personally... I think it looks like Bob Newhart.

[ourbluenation]

75. when can we expect the truck to be on ebay...

2 days?

[Godhumor]

76. Original Decal that used to be there (mystery solved)

Anyway, it is clear that that this is an actual image. My suspicion was that this particular image was a decal and the glue stuck around after it was removed. Viola, dirt sticks. It took me all of 30 seconds to find this (searching "Christ Decal" on images.google.com):




Now to email the news station about doing some basic research.

[Lorien]

78. Well, there you have it

a decal used as a stencil-no surprise there. I wonder what the perpetrator was hoping to get out of his rather unsophisticated ruse?

He could have AT LEAST designed his OWN stencil!

[myrna minx]

82. I hope you email this image and link to the people at the NBC

affiliate. You are correct, you did solve the mystery.

[Loonman]

88. Bingo

Good call.

[Ladyhawk]

90. Great catch! n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

93. I thought something was up.

The image seemed too detailed. Nice work!

[Arger68]

79. Maybe he washed his truck

with the shroud of Turin??:dunce:

[ComerPerro]

81. That could be anyone. Lets consider:

Here's the image.



Here's Jesus



Here's David Hasslehoff:



Here's Tom Hanks:



Here's Frank Zappa:


Here's Silent Bob:





You decide

[WritingIsMyReligion]

83. Looks like a cowboy, not Jesus.

The wackos are marching in again....

:crazy::crazy:

:eyes:

[ucmike]

84. jesus is just mailing it in. he's not even trying anymore.

water to wine, rising from the dead, those were the glory days.

[leftofthedial]

86. quick, someone hook that pickup truck

to Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch

[banana republican]

87. I have a grilled cheese sandwich for you...

Remember the cheese sandwich that looked like the virgin mary?????

[callous taoboy]

97. banana- Wasn't that used in the film "Box of Moonlight?"

[jeanarrett]

89. How do they know that's Jesus? Looks more like

Bob Marley to me.

[BloodyWilliam]

92. It looks more like James Brolin.

Does that truck have a Death Wish?

[ProfessorGAC]

94. How Do They Know What He Looks Like?

Are there portraits i haven't heard about? Couldn't that be anybody's face? I mean we aren't really sure what Jesus looked like. Are we?
The Professor

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

96. Jesus does get around. Does he fly first class?

[Dances with Cats]

98. An appeal!!!

There is no sense in ridiculing Christians. Granted, alot of what "we" do is deserving of ridicule but if we are gonna take back our country then we are going to need Christian votes as well. It could be argued that the Christian vote is the lynchpin, a bloc coopted by the GOP by preying on fear and stupidity.. Lets all hang together or hang seperately.
Dances With Cats - a "Sermon on the Mount" Christian

[LeftHander]

101. I saw the Christ in a cow pie....

seconds before I threw it at my brother....

[Matariki]

102. Jesus. It's always Jesus to these people. I see Che Guevara. A miracle.