Do you believe in angels?

Hey everyone!

First -- Hello. It's been a while since I've hung around but great to see that you are all still around. I've missed you guys!

I rarely have time for anything anymore but tonight, I decided to just make the time.

Now...to my question... an angel has suddenly appeared in my hometown and people are flocking to see it. It appears at night. Last night I went to see for myself and found a couple hundred people there - so I quickly called my editor and decided to turn it into a story - it will run Monday.

I know people have always talked about the Virgin Mary sightings, etc., but I had never known of any personally.

This image - it gives you goosebumps. I'm not saying it is or is not a sign from God or anything. As far as I could tell, it's not a "light reflection" - it has a halo and everything. I have the photo I took. I need to make it smaller and then I'll return to post it.

But in the meantime, just curious - what do you think of these kinds of sightings? Have any of you ever experienced any first hand?

Thanks - and it really is great to be able to come back in and read and post.

S.S.
I'll have a full story in Monday's paper but in the meantime, I wrote it up as a quick brief.
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/angel_37177___article.html/appears_video.html#slComments

Angel link

I am having trouble adding a photo here but you can see the photo I took on my blog.

http://www.midnightwritings.blogspot.com

I am far more interested in the reaction from people - the comments they make and what they do.
I, personally, don't believe it is an angel, but it still gave me goosebumps to see it firsthand. I have no idea what is causing it. It occasionally moves too. One lady caught it on video and suddenly an eye appeared - it opened and closed. She showed it to me. Though, I explain that by moving slightly. You can make the vision appear and disappear by moving around. (only visible from across the street - when I went up to the window - the image disappears)
It is attracting catholics and protestants - that's interesting to me.

Angelinity said:

ETA: had a look at your blog. in a window... i say prank.

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I thought so too until I went to see it. I can't explain it but I know there must be an explanation. It's not a prank, it's not a spotlight.... it's just weird.
The photo does not give it justice. You almost have to be there to understand what I mean.

Angelinity said:

i'm assuming there was very little light when you took the picture, so it would have been a longer exposure. in this case, the image should not be this clear.

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This was shot at a high speed 3200 iso to allow all light to come in.
I have a pentax digital SLR.
It was 9:45 p.m. and I shot it from across the street - approximately 100 yards away.
The image appears and disappears, depending on where you stand.
I wish I could turn off the street lights - but if it were them, why hadn't it appeared before. Or maybe it has and no one had noticed it.
I'm making some more calls and will let post what I discover.
I'm interested to see what the Catholic church has to say about it.

I was surprised at how many people feel it is a sign from God. Of course, I was only there to report on it - not to say if it was or wasn't.

Either way, it's just interesting to me. Kind of a novelty type of story.

Hey Susie Q : great to see you too!

ErylRavenwell : I'm thinking some kind of light thing too - just can't figure out why. As to the goosebumps, it was not so much from believing it was an angel but from being there among so many people - with all of them telling me their stories.

LOL - my mom (devout protestant) refused to go see it. She said it's from the devil.

I told her I didnt' believe it was either from God nor Satan (he doesn't have that much power). She asked me if it was the street lights. I said I didn't believe so.

Honestly, I have no idea what it is. But I know this -- it's a great little story for a little town...and I get to write it!

Albedo said:

I want to see if it's still there after the shop gets its window cleaned.

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I thought it might be the residue from a Christmas angel painting (many businesses get their windows painted at Christmas - I figured it was something like that at first)

The man from the shop said they had their windows totally cleaned and still...

but it's not a stationary image. you see it different depending on where you stand....and you can't see it at all from some places....which made me believe it was some sort of light trick.....and yet, I can't find the light source for it.

I do believe in angels - just not the type in the window.
I live with an angel. She's the sweetest, most precious thing ever and has brought family together like you wouldn't believe -- my sweet Down syndrome baby - my little Marisa.

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Here's an 8 minute video about the angel sighting in Porterville. It was picked up by our local news.
The store owners said they have rearranged things inside thinking it was some kind of light reflection, but the image continues.
One lady I spoke with said the angel has been there for a year, but only recently has become obvious.

ABC30 NEWS:"Heavenly Sighting in Porterville"