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What made the discoverer of an image on a soybean-oil storage tank near Fostoria, Ohio [AMERICAN SCENE, Sept. 29], think it was Jesus? Or even a man? And what about the child? Jesus had no children. It could be Mary with the Christ child. To me the image resembles my neighbor down the street with his youngest daughter. Otto Ackerman Tempe, Ariz...
...there is a figure on the tank in Fostoria, how do these people know that it is Jesus? Maybe it is Moses or Muhammad or Yul Brynner. Larry A. Gardner, Professor of Religion Capital University Columbus...
...shortages are commonplace in this northern Ohio town. Once a Rust Bucket epicenter, the metropolitan area (pop. 770,000) has become a hub for auto-part exports to Canada and Mexico since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994. Norton Manufacturing, a crankcase maker in nearby Fostoria, could hire 30 electricians, machine repairers and tool-and-die workers--if it could find them...
Quickly then the rumor spread that Archer Daniels Midland Co., the tank owner, was going to paint over the image. Just as quickly a "save the tank" movement got going. Finally a company spokesman announced there would be no painting until things quieted down in Fostoria. The company position was that rust stains, under the nighttime security lights, account for the image. The tank was just put up in July, and a primer was applied to its exterior. If it is to last, it will have to be painted by winter, Christ...
...coffee mugs made up with I SAW THE IMAGE written on their flanks and sold out, at $4 a pop. John Broski of Fostoria invested his savings of $1,800 in I SAW THE IMAGE T shirts, and expects to walk away with a tidy $2,000 profit. As for the image itself, Broski says, "I think there's something there. What it is is probably naturally explained. If the Lord were doing something -- that's a big if, O.K.? -- the oxidation, the vapor lights, whatever, the Lord would do it that way, naturally. It would get the people...