Jesus 'appeared in my chewing gum'

[Friday The 13th]

A family has claimed to have seen the image of Jesus in a discarded piece of chewing gum.

Nelly Noden had been chewing her gum on Good Friday but left it on the mantelpiece while she ate some crisps.

When she returned, she claimed the gum had turned into an image that resembled Christ.

"The second I put my eye on it, I could see him", said the mother-of-two.

"I'd just got back from going the shops to buy a few things to eat when, as usual, I put my gum on the mantelpiece to have some crisps", she said.

"I went to pick it up again and Jesus was just there, starring at me.

"We couldnt believe it especially as it was Good Friday", she said.

Daughter Charni, 16, said: "We cant believe how much it looks like Jesus; weve been telling everyone about it."

Mrs Noden, from Plymouth, Devon, said: "My daughters and I were jumping around the room."

The family say they are not religious, but thought it was special that it happened at Easter time, and also on the day before Nelly's birthday.

She said: "It was a real moment."

The Nodens say they have kept the piece of gum as a memento.