Teenage girls claimed to have photographed God? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

justins5256 · 01-20-2008, 08:18 PM

Does anyone recall this story? A group of religious teenage girls on some kind of retreat claimed they saw objects in the sky and took Polaroid photos that seemed to show Jesus and the Virgin Mary, as well as a headstone that had the name of one of the girl's dead relatives on it. They were pointing their cameras to the sky when they took these miraculous photographs. UM hired a photography expert to examine the pictures and he said they were most likely the result of faulty film, or possibly intentional exposure to an outside light source. It seemed pretty apparent these photos were either accidental or a complete hoax. I can't recall ever seeing this story again after it debuted on NBC. Does anyone else remember it?

wiseguy182 · 01-20-2008, 08:41 PM

yeah I remember it. pretty sure this happened in Kentucky, which is where my family had plans to move to when i was a kid.

Todd Mueller · 01-20-2008, 09:05 PM

I do remember that, and I remember being less than convinced.

I remember the photo expert showed how an overexposed picture looked exactly like "the Virgin Mary." The light was coming through the trees and several people claimed to see something but it was never very definitive.

I chalk that one up to "you will see a lot of things if you want to believe it."

Spaceman22 · 06-30-2011, 10:47 PM

Yeah, I remember this. I don't doubt the sincerity of their claim, but I'm not at all convinced that what they observed was anything more than a developing error.

Necco · 06-30-2011, 11:07 PM

http://books.google.com/books?id=wWA...20mary&f=false

Has some info and the pics.

TheCars1986 · 07-01-2011, 07:50 AM

I remember watching this segment as a kid thinking to myself, "Ok where's the miracle stuff in these pictures? Looks like a bunch of sunlight reflection to me." I find it amazing that UM even did a segment on this.

Charlie99909 · 07-01-2011, 11:40 AM

Just like the statue of Jesus that opened and closed its eyes.

Apostapler · 07-01-2011, 12:10 PM

The statue one was one of the first cases I remember, as I was very young when UM first aired. Just another couple of examples of how if you're a zealous nut, you can see anything as significant.

RobinW · 07-01-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Apostapler

The statue one was one of the first cases I remember, as I was very young when UM first aired. Just another couple of examples of how if you're a zealous nut, you can see anything as significant.

I still have memories as a child of reading the description in TV guide that UM was going to have a segment about a statue of Jesus that moved. I thought this segment was going to frighten me and debated whether I wanted to watch it, but when I finally did, I couldn't believe how lame it was. When they showed the "before" and "after" pictures, I didn't seen any difference at all and couldn't figure out how anyone thought this statue's eyes had closed!

The people interviewed in that segment sounded sincere, but it was obvious they just saw what they wanted to see.

01-20-2008, 08:18 PM	#1
justins5256 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 08, 2002 Posts: 3,866	Teenage girls claimed to have photographed God? Does anyone recall this story? A group of religious teenage girls on some kind of retreat claimed they saw objects in the sky and took Polaroid photos that seemed to show Jesus and the Virgin Mary, as well as a headstone that had the name of one of the girl's dead relatives on it. They were pointing their cameras to the sky when they took these miraculous photographs. UM hired a photography expert to examine the pictures and he said they were most likely the result of faulty film, or possibly intentional exposure to an outside light source. It seemed pretty apparent these photos were either accidental or a complete hoax. I can't recall ever seeing this story again after it debuted on NBC. Does anyone else remember it?

01-20-2008, 08:41 PM	#2
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	yeah I remember it. pretty sure this happened in Kentucky, which is where my family had plans to move to when i was a kid.

01-20-2008, 09:05 PM	#3
Todd Mueller Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1,626	I do remember that, and I remember being less than convinced. I remember the photo expert showed how an overexposed picture looked exactly like "the Virgin Mary." The light was coming through the trees and several people claimed to see something but it was never very definitive. I chalk that one up to "you will see a lot of things if you want to believe it."

06-30-2011, 10:47 PM	#4
Spaceman22 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 30, 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16	Yeah, I remember this. I don't doubt the sincerity of their claim, but I'm not at all convinced that what they observed was anything more than a developing error.

06-30-2011, 11:07 PM	#5
Necco Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 1,149	http://books.google.com/books?id=wWA...20mary&f=false Has some info and the pics.

07-01-2011, 07:50 AM	#6
TheCars1986 #VLSKMS Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 22, 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 8,616	I remember watching this segment as a kid thinking to myself, "Ok where's the miracle stuff in these pictures? Looks like a bunch of sunlight reflection to me." I find it amazing that UM even did a segment on this.

07-01-2011, 11:40 AM	#7
Charlie99909 El Sicko Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 25, 2010 Posts: 349	Just like the statue of Jesus that opened and closed its eyes.

07-01-2011, 12:10 PM	#8
Apostapler Member Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 06, 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 872	The statue one was one of the first cases I remember, as I was very young when UM first aired. Just another couple of examples of how if you're a zealous nut, you can see anything as significant.