Fluff suddenly developed the furry feature and has since been branded the 'Baby Jesus'

A pet rabbit is being jokingly hailed as the 'second coming' after a giant cross mysteriously appeared on her forehead just before Christmas.

Large brown rabbit Fluff suddenly developed the furry feature and has since been branded the 'baby Jesus'.

Fluff's bemused owner Kate Hazel, 51, from Penzance, Cornwall, was alerted to the cross by her daughter Rosa.

Ms Hazel, who has owned Fluff for less than a year, said she had gone out to feed her one day with Rosa, who told her: 'Mum, mum, Fluff's turning into the baby Jesus. She's grown this cross right in the middle of her forehead.'

The mother added:'I had a look and it was really pronounced. It didn't come gradually, just suddenly, one day, she had a cross in the middle of her forehead. So we were then calling Fluff the baby Jesus because she'd come in time for Christmas.

'Someone else saw it and said it looks just like St Piran's Cross. So, she's either a reincarnation of St Piran, or the baby Jesus, or both.

Kate Hazel with her rabbit Fluff, who grew a pronounced cross on her forehead at Christmas

Fluff's bemused owner Ms Hazel, of Penzance, was alerted to the cross by her daughter Rosa

'I'm not religious, but some people think they are a sign of something happening. But, you know, she's just a Cornish rabbit with a cross in the middle of her forehead.'

Ms Hazel said she is now hoping that Fluff will keep her cross until Easter, adding: 'A hot cross bunny in the garden would be nice.

'I don't know whether it will stay permanently, I mean, it might. Maybe it's her new fur coming through, or her old fur, whichever way you look at it.

'So, she might shed it or it might stay there. She might grow something else. She might have a crop circle on her bottom next week.'

Ms Hazel said Fluff is 'just a Cornish rabbit with a cross in the middle of her forehead'