Seeing What We Want To See..

Florida hospital-goers were amazed when an image of Marvel Comics superhero Dr. Strange appeared on a window at the Florida Hospital Medical Complex in Orlando, prompting a series of phone calls and e-mails to the hospital. Dr. Strange, also known as the Sorcerer Supreme, is most widely known for destroying all of the vampires in the world in 1983 by means of the mystical "Montesi Formula". Hospital patrons took photos and video of the event before the image went away. Many of them stated that simply seeing the heroic neurosurgeon-turned-wizard made them feel as if they were being watched over and protected during their time in the hospital.




Strangely, a news report has been circulating here erroneously reporting this to be an apparition of the Christian religious figure Jesus Christ.

Space Sasquatch!

A four year-old image from the Mars Spirit rover is making the rounds on the internet as showing a humanoid figure, possibly Space Bigfoot. It's garnering coverage on CNN TV and Fox's website, as well as Phil Plait's blog. Phil's of the opinion, which I share, that it's just a simulacrum or an optical illusion. Most of the major news outlets are getting a giggle out of it, but a quick google search indicates that some bloggers out there are missing the joke. In any event, this can't be a Space Sasquatch, because they have horns and carry axes.

(An FYI for the four people who aren't familiar with the term, a simulacrum, for our purposes, is a natural formation that resembles something else, such as the famous Old Man of the Mountain.)