Jim Stevens standing next to his truck with the image of Jesus on the window. The image has been there for two weeks and appears every morning when the morning dew is on the window.
(Lee Talbert / Johnson City Press)

Did Jesus take the wheel? Jonesborough resident claims image of Jesus appears in truck window

By Brad Hicks
Press Staff Writer
bhicks@johnsoncitypress.com

 

Jonesborough resident Jim Stevens admits he’s not a particularly religious person, but even he is awed by what he has seen nearly every morning for the last couple of weeks on the driver’s side window of his Isuzu pickup truck.

It was two weeks ago today that an image, resembling the face of Jesus, made its first appearance on the window. Stevens, who said he has a “bum shoulder,” was having friends from Rogersville help move some items. He entered his truck from the passenger’s side to put his drink inside the vehicle. He said when he went around the truck to the driver’s side, the image was there. Initially, Stevens said he figured the image would go away and that would be the end of it.

But since it first showed up, a morning dew has led to the appearance of the image. Later in the day, when the dew from the morning evaporates, Stevens said the image goes with it. However, when the dew returns the next morning so does the image on the window. Even rolling the window up and down has not stopped it from reappearing.

Stevens said no matter who sees the image, the reaction is the same, as a recent trip to the grocery store proved. He said a woman at the store had seen the image prior to him entering. By the time Stevens had bought a few small items, a number of the store’s employees and patrons had been out to catch of glimpse his window.

“There was no doubt when they came out they saw what they saw,” he said.

Stevens said he has not done anything to or had anything in the truck to explain the sudden appearance of the image. However, he’s not ready to see it go.

“Of course, I’m not going to wash it,” he said of the window.

Stevens said he believes strange things happen and that he has no explanation for the image on his truck’s window.

“Why it happened to me, I don’t know,” he said. “I have no idea.”

Super slo-mo Jesus lizard walking on water

By Holden Frith | 16 October 2009

The BBC has been playing with its ultra-fast cameras again, following the astonishing footage of a surfer in a barrel wave with an equally impressive selection of clips from its new series, Life.

Narrated by the venerable David Attenborough, the series explains and illustrates the survival mechanisms employed by our planet's plants and animals. Among them is the curious behaviour of the Basilisk lizard (above), which rears up on its hind legs and runs across water to escape from aerial attacks. This survival trick earns it the nickname of the Jesus Christ lizard.

The slow-motion parts of the clip were filmed with a Typhoon TD4 high-definition camera at 2,000 frames per second, 80 times faster than real life. The technical advances that make this possible create problems for the poor sod behind the camera, who has to keep up with action that's over in a split second.

"The key to success was using the latest digital slow-motion camera that continuously records into a memory buffer," the production team said. "When the cameraman hits the trigger button he downloads the action that took place a second or so before that moment. Whenever a lizard sprinted past the cameraman over the water the cameraman hit the trigger, desperately trying to keep the lizard in the frame and in focus."

The result is a perfect blend of science, technology and culture that's cinematic as well as educational. Lord Reith and CP Snow will be smiling as they wait for YouTube to buffer.