Mystery of angelic apparition
30 March 2007
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| The Vatican picture with the ‘angel’ clearly visible |
FORMER policeman Andy Key has his very own guardian angel. He also has the photograph to prove it.
During a visit to the Vatican City he snapped some pictures as the Pope spoke to the crowds. It was only when he returned home to March and processed the pictures on his laptop that he saw what looked like an angel in one of them.
"I just snapped away because it was heaving with people," he said. "I didn't see anything but when I looked at the picture it looks just like an angel above the Pope's head.
"It can't be a trick of the light because I can't see what the light could bounce off. You don't even have to squint to make it out - it looks just like an angel."
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| Andy Key with the camera that produced the ‘angel’ picture |
Mr Key, of Gresley Way, was enjoying a weekend break in Rome with his wife Susan when he took the remarkable photograph with his Kodak Easyshare camera.
He said: "The family have all looked at it and all think it looks like an angel. There is no logical explanation and it almost looks like a hologram. I certainly didn't see it when I was taking the picture and I cannot explain it."
Mr Key says he has never had any previous encounters with angels and said: "I can't actually say what an angel is but this certainly looks like one."
Cambs Times photographer Brian Purdy examined the picture and also says he has no logical explanation for the mystery image.
He said: "I have seen several tricks of the light on photographs but nothing comes close to this. Pin cushion and barrel flare produce symmetrical images but this is a one off."
- Have you taken a picture with an unexplained image on it? If so, we would like to hear from you. E-mail maggie.gibson@archant.co.uk or call 01354 652621.
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