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This is the photo the liberal media doesn’t want you to see: a faint but indisputable image of Jesus Christ towering 500 feet over the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. on January 20.
And the photographer? A 53-year-old grandmother of six who just happened to be at the right angle in the right light at the right moment – and snapped the picture with a $125 point-and-shoot digital camera.
“I tried to give it to ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox News but they laughed at me and said nobody wants to see Jesus Christ – they want to see Barack Obama,” said Jerri K., who asked that her last name be kept secret to avoid reprisals and harrassment “from non-Christians and haters who don’t love and worship our Lord Jesus.”
“Mr. Clontz, you’re the only journalist who’s taking this seriously. I hope people appreciate what you do.”
Jerri, of Columbia, S.C., told me she had traveled to Washington, D.C., to “witness the historic moment of an African American being sworn in as president.”
She also is African American, and brought along with her two of her grandchildren.
“We were in the crowd and people were cheering and singing and dancing around when my youngest grandchild started tugging on my coat and screaming at the top of his little lungs, ‘Grandma – it’s Jesus!’ And he was pointing to the sky.
“At first I didn’t see anything, but my grandbaby kept yelling, ‘Take his picture! Take his picture!’
“So I did. For a split second, I could see Jesus through my camera, and then he was gone. I looked around and started asking people, ‘Did you see that?’ Nobody knew what I was talking about.”
Jerri said she showed the image to field producers for ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox News, all of whom were on the ground in D.C., mingling with crowds and shooting film for news shows that aired on the various networks.
“I showed them the picture but they didn’t want it even when I offered it to them for free. A woman from NBC laughed at me. A woman from ABC told me, ‘Nobody came here and stood in this freezing cold to see Jesus in a cloud, they came to see Barack Obama. He’s the man of the hour.’
“The Fox person was nicer – at least he looked at the picture and thought about it. But he didn’t think it really was Jesus. He said it probably is just a reflection on the lens of my camera, or dust or vapor in the atmosphere.
“He said it’s like when people find a Jesus or Mary in a taco shell or on the bark of a tree, it’s something that just happens by coincidence.
“I still think it was Jesus and I praise God for letting me take this picture. I think he came here to tell the world that he will help President Obama make peace in the world and fix this terrible economy for people of every color.”
What do YOU think? Is Jerri right – is the image Jesus? And what about the network producers – do you think it was right of them to make fun of the grandmother and her photograph? Weigh in using the comments box on this page.
