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Turtle survives fire, but 'Satan' appears on shell
AP (South Bend Tribune) ^ | March 19, 2005

Posted on 03/19/2005 9:35:52 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

MICHIGANTOWN, Ind. (AP) -- The owner of a turtle that was the only survivor of a pet shop fire says he sees an image of Satan's face on its shell.

"The marking on the shell was like the devil wanted us to know he was down there," Bryan Dora said. "To me, it's too coincidental that the only thing to come out unscathed would have this image on it."

The palm-sized red-eared slider turtle, named Lucky, was the only animal to survive a fire last October at Dora's A-Dora-ble Pet Shop in nearby Frankfort, about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Dora and others can spot lips, eyes, a goatee, shoulders and a pair of pointy horns on Lucky's back.

The image was not visible before the fire, and Dora speculates the intense heat might have caused the shell's color to change. The turtle is healthy and there was no change in its behavior, he said.

Dora has produced a DVD of the turtle's survival story and the pet shop's history, including footage of the fire. He titled the DVD "The Pet Shop Story of Lucky the Turtle."

He planned to auction the video on the Internet. He said he will offer the winning bidder the opportunity to buy Lucky offline.

The cause of the fire that destroyed nine businesses and offices in the 1912 building in downtown Frankfort has not been determined.

"Turtles can hold their breath quite awhile," Dora said. "He may have taken one breath just before and held it through the fire. Except that the fire went on and on for hours."


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: devil; fire; image; indiana; satan; turtle
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1 posted on 03/19/2005 9:35:53 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Well, the grill cheese thing worked, maybe this will too.


2 posted on 03/19/2005 9:36:58 AM PST by Samwise (Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Hmmm...I don't quite see it.

3 posted on 03/19/2005 9:38:11 AM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
He planned to auction the video on the Internet.

Just reading the title, I knew there was an eBay auction in there somewhere.

4 posted on 03/19/2005 9:38:32 AM PST by LNewman
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To: lonevoice
I have seen trains, and trucks, trees, celebraties and alot of objects, floating in the sky and shouldn't be there......

....they were clouds

5 posted on 03/19/2005 10:20:15 AM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: lonevoice

actually if you turn him around the other way, it looks like a little turtle on his shell..those yellow streaks are his legs and the small round bit is his head...precious!


6 posted on 03/19/2005 10:23:01 AM PST by Awestruck (Let Terri Live!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Dora and others can spot lips, eyes, a goatee, shoulders and a pair of pointy horns on Lucky's back.

How can he be so sure that's what Satan looks like? For all we know, that's just a cartoon representation.


7 posted on 03/19/2005 10:25:01 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: lonevoice

I see it. But it looks like a donkey face to me. Hmmmm... Donkeys...Satan. I guess they do have something in common.


8 posted on 03/19/2005 10:26:21 AM PST by Rokke
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To: lonevoice
...that is one evil turtle...


9 posted on 03/19/2005 10:31:21 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow (Let the matchless name of Jesus be the anthem of our lives.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

10 posted on 03/19/2005 10:38:22 AM PST by My2Cents (America is divided along issues of morality, between the haves and the have-nots.)
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To: My2Cents

LOL...sweeeeeet!


11 posted on 03/19/2005 11:20:30 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: lonevoice
I think it looks like a famous Disney villain but the "Virgin Mary on toast" looked like Marlene Dietrich to me so what do I know.
12 posted on 03/19/2005 11:26:04 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

I thought it looked like the laughing cow.

13 posted on 03/20/2005 4:53:39 AM PST by csvset
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
It's Gamera!
14 posted on 03/21/2005 6:32:47 AM PST by Moral Hazard (I'm an atheist gamer. I don't believe in God Mode.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

reminds me of the koi fish picture.


15 posted on 03/21/2005 6:34:36 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
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Burning turtle shell was a way of fortune-telling in China more than 3,000 years ago. The pattern of cracks on turtle shells after being heated up would be interpreted by priests to tell a fortune.

I hope this turtle shell does not foretell anything ominous.:)

16 posted on 03/21/2005 7:11:02 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thanks for the info. Way cool!


17 posted on 03/21/2005 7:12:35 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: F15Eagle

ROTFLMAO


19 posted on 03/21/2005 12:16:24 PM PST by Samwise (Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.)
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