Woman sees image of Jesus on dead stingray

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A woman from South Carolina has found what she and her friends believe looks like an image of Jesus on the back of a dead ray.

Erica Scheldt (24) was swimming with friends at Sullivan's Island when some men showed them a dead ray that had washed ashore. She said that while they stood looking at it, she noticed that the pattern on the back of the ray looked rather like the image of a homeless man, so she took a few photos.

"But when I posted pictures on Instagram, one of my friends was like, ‘That’s Jesus.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God! You’re right!’" she told The Post and Courier, where you can read the full story.

Scheldt said that she didn’t read anything into it, but she thought with Easter coming up, it was interesting. "And it’s such a beautiful image on such a harmful thing."

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