A man was shocked upon finding the face of Jesus after felling a sizeable poplar tree.
Apprentice tree surgeon Callum Johnson, 16, was part of a team chopping down a 13ft poplar which was blocking light into houses in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
He was stunned when he saw Jesus' familiar features among its growth rings.
He told the Sun Online : “As my colleague was cutting the branch it fell on the floor and I instantly noticed the face of Jesus.
“We all looked at it and I thought ‘Oh my God’. It was amazing. You could see the eyes and beard."
Callum said he was not religious, but after seeing the face he "may be open to considering it".
"My colleagues said that in their 40 years of doing it they’d never seen anything similar," he said.
He went on to say that the site in Wantage, Oxfordshire, "could become a place of pilgrimage".
Just weeks ago, Hull Live reported on an artist who claimed that a face has appeared on one of his sculptures, bearing a striking resemblance to Jesus.
Keith Key created the work, which shows a tree root "crucified" on a wooden cross, as a comment on how our society treats trees.
Staff at the art gallery where the work was being exhibited have said what looks like a face, resembling Jesus wearing a crown of thorns , has appeared on the artwork.
Artist Keith, who has said he can also see the face, thinks he might have an explanation for the mystical apparition. However, he admits others may disagree, given the religious connotations of the piece.
The sculpture, titled 'Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani', was created earlier this year for an exhibition called 'Trees and Water a Fruitful Freedom’.
Labour MP Emma Hardy opened the event in September at the Prospect Gallery in Hull, but since the opening, the christ-like visage has appeared to gallery workers.
"The two curators of the gallery, Denise and Andy, informed me last week that they can see a face that has appeared on the artwork," Keith said. "I went to look on Friday and I can see it too."
He added: "I believe it is the mix of the oil and the sap of the wood, but as the piece has religious connotations others may think otherwise."
