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For Sale: Michael Jackson Image In Bird Poop On Car Windshield

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 11, 2012 6:00PM

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Michael Jackson (left) and his image cast in bird poop on the windshield of a Cadillac. (Michael Jackson Photo Credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com. King of Plop Image via Brandon Tudor's ebay listing.)

We've read stories about weeping Virgin Marys and images of religious and pop culture figures in everything from road stains to food, and the lines of people who will drop everything they're doing to pay respect to something that can be removed with a power washer. Here's a story we couldn't help but share.

A man in suburban Chicago has put the windshield of his car for auction because it contains what he believes is an image of Michael Jackson in bird poop. Brandon Tudor of Oswego, Ill. said he, his girlfriend and their daughters were driving in their 1996 Cadillac when a huge dollop of bird poop landed on the windshield. Tudor said he immediately saw the resemblance to the King of Pop in the splatter, which became more pronounced as it hardened.

Rather than head for the nearest gas station to clean the poop away, Tudor decided to put the windshield on ebay; the starting bid is $500.

Tudor offered his "Black or White" predictions for the auction. "It will go for an astronomical amount or I'll get nothing."