Miracle Jesus Doggie Door Set for Auction

Laid-off exec. to sell door that saved dogs from shelter

You might remember this story from a few years ago. Roger Bowmen of Beaumont, CA was all set to put his two unruly dogs, Hercules (a pure-bred black Labrador retriever) and Max (a lab-shepherd mix), into a shelter when he noticed what appeared to him to be an image of the face of Jesus on their doggie door. Taking it as a sign, he spared the dogs and turned to a pet training service to get the pair to behave. If you missed it, you can get some original video here.

Fast forward to now:

Bowmen, 43, has just been laid off and wants to auction off the miracle door to pay his mortgage. He posted his own press release to outline the whole story.

According to Bowman, the "image is superior to most naturally-occurring Jesus likenesses, known as pareidolia, because the face is more distinct than past images such as those found on toast, tortillas and x-rays, and because of its appearance on an item of relevance to a pending decision regarding compassion for animals."

Uh, right. Anyway...

The image is formed from a combination of the manufacturer's logo, scratches, wear abrasions, and hardened dirt. The patterns that contribute to the image occur on both sides of the door. Because of the dark nature of the material, the image forms only when backlit which then allows both sides to be viewed simultaneously.

Bowman's release did not indicate when he will be auctioning the door nor what vehicle he might use. We'll try to keep you posted.

We do have to wonder about any sense of divine intervention here, however. If the Almighty did, indeed, want the image of Jesus on a doggie door, wouldn't He have put it on a door used by, say, a pair of Saint Bernards?

(Photo: Greg Vojtko/Inland Empire Press Enterprise)