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Virgin Mary Image Spotted on N.J. Tree

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2012-07-13 15:43:26

-by Vania Andre, Staff Writer; Image: Virgin Mary on a Tree? (Image Source: CBS New York)

Hoards of people are flocking the West New York, N.J., for a sight of the blessed mother.

A tree in the northern New Jersey town appears to bear to likeness of the Virgin Mary.

“As soon as I got here, I felt this rush when I saw it, this rush from my body,” Barbara Questel of West New York told MSNBC. “It’s such an amazing feeling.”

Makeshift shrines have already been erected. Barricades have been placed around the tree, while faithful visitors pray, cry and light flowers at its stump.

“It took me awhile, but when I realized the colors and shape of it, it was really noticeable,” Johanna Ramos, who was one of the first to see the image, said.

“The image is likely some discoloration that resembles Our Lady of Guadalupe,” Jim Goodness said in a statement.

The tree can be found at the intersection of 60th Street and Bergenline Avenue. The Archdiocese of Newark ruled the image nothing more than a “phenomenon.”