Way back when, I post about the Hand of God Nebula and objects that look like other objects. This is referred to as a Pareidolia. Today I wanted to share the image of Figure 1, which shows a stone on Cape Hedge Beach in Rockport, MA that looks like the face of a dog.

Of course, it may be that the similarity is a trick of light that would not be noticed if the light were different. Canine worship? A sacred altar? And I will point out that quite often there are more dogs at Cape Hedge, at least in the off-season, than people. It is so common to be greeted by some canine fellow, who seems to be saying “want to play with me? Please oh please, oh pretty-please.” It is a paradise for the dog-set, and therefore it seems quite reasonable to have a dog altar mark this most sacred of canine places.

The dogs of course are totally nonplussed by the holy stone and more likely to urinate on it than bow before it! Although they might bow wow before it! C’est la vie.