A line cook in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana restaurant recently had a religious experience when he cut into an eggplant and found the word "GOD" spelled out with its seeds. Jermarcus Brady of Gino's Restaurant got the reaffirmation of the holy presence and called it a "miraculous image" when he saw the seed arrangement and it's pretty spot on. Check it out!
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The sighting appeared after Brady sliced into an eggplant, like he's probably done countless times before, and when he saw "GOD" in the seeds, it stopped him in his tracks. As a religious person, he's turned to the man upstairs to get him through some rough times like having to raise his four children on a low income in the past.
"He's showing me that 'hey, I'm real' and that's the only thing I can depend on," Brady said. The image also made the chef too "scared to slice another eggplant."
This is obviously not the first time a religious apparition has appeared in food (hello, Jesus toast!) or even in an eggplant. Back in 2007, Felicia Teske found the same thing in her slice and promptly listed the relic on eBay for $1,000. I would probably freak out if I saw such a thing and wonder what it all meant because it's hard not to think that something otherworldly is in the works rather than it just being a giant coincidence.
I bet when Brady took on the role of preparing food for the restaurant's clientele, he didn't think he'd also be delivering the word of God. And he's not the only one who's had some run-ins with the supernatural in some pretty common stuff. Check out some other divine apparitions below.
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Jesus in toes
Paula Osuna of Silver City, New Mexico fell down the stairs something bad. Her foot was covered in bruises. Being a religious woman, she asked her fiancé to rub some holy dirt that she had saved from a pilgrimage to a shrine in Chimayo (also in New Mexico). She bandaged up the foot over the dirt and the next day when she took the bandage off, her family pointed out that one of her bruises had turned into the shape of Jesus!
The Virgin Mary in a window
This lates sighting out of Malaysia has believers flocking to this Asian country to see what has appeared in a hospital window which looks like the Virgin Mary (and Jesus a few window down!).
Jesus on a toast
A North Carolina woman claimed she saw Jesus burnt on her toast!
Virgin Mary on a tree in West New York, NJ
Earlier this year, some said they saw the Virgin Mary in another tree bark in New Jersey.
Jesus on a crab
Last week, a Washington family reported seeing the image of Jesus on the back of this crab. Others commented that it also looked ilke Osama bin Laden!
Jesus in a tortilla
A New Mexico man was grilling up some tortillas on Lent when he saw the face of Jesus had been burnt into his food!
Jesus on a stingray
A South Carolina woman photographed this dead stingray after claiming she saw the picture of Jesus on it.
Jesus on a Walmart receipt
A couple in South Carolina said their Walmart receipt actually changed into a picture of Jesus.
Virgin Mary on Florida restaurant window
The picture of the Virgin Mary also apparently appeared in the window of a Florida diner.
Jesus on tree bark
Just a few weeks ago, a local man in Sleepy Hollow, NY photographed what he believes is an image of the Virgin Mary in the bark of a small tree–and since then, HUNDREDS of people have visited the spot to see it for themselves! Police estimated that on the first day it was spotted, approximately 300 people visited the tree, all wanting to touch, see, and take a picture with the image. Wow!
Jesus Burrito
Jesus kept popping up on tortillas! Hmm, could he be Latino?
Jesus on a dog
Lots of people did not appreciate the comparison made between this pug's butt and Jesus, but it's kind of hard not to see the resemblance.
