Diners report seeing Virgin Mary in food griddle

[May 01, 2009]  CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) -- he hottest thing on the griddle at the Las Palmas restaurant these days isn't the food -- it's the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that a cook says she saw on the griddle.

TRestaurant manager Brenda Martinez says more than 100 people have flocked to the small town of Calexico on the California-Mexico border to gaze at the likeness of the Virgin Mary since it was discovered as the griddle was being cleaned.

Among the awe-struck was a group of masked Mexican wrestlers who arrived Thursday for an exhibition at a nearby swap meet.

One, known as Mr. Tempest, says: "This is amazing. It's a true miracle."

Since the discovery, the griddle has been taken out of service and placed in a shrine in a storage room.

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Information from: Imperial Valley Press, http://www.ivpressonline.com/

[Associated Press]

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