Nan bread: Diner claims he spotted his late grandmother's profile in curry house naan

Sheila Nelson's family spotted her face - in a naan bread (SWNS)
Sheila Nelson's family spotted her face - in a naan bread (SWNS)


We've previously told you about sightings of Jesus on toast, and clouds that look like planes, but is this a resemblance too far?

Anthony Nelson, a production company editor from Stockton-on-Tees, went for dinner to his local curry house and claims he spotted his late grandmother - in a naan bread.

Anthony, 22, was enjoying a meal with his family at Akbah's restaurant, in Middlesbrough, last month.

After ordering a round of naan breads, Anthony, 22, thought he’d seen a ghost when he noticed the apparent profile of his late grandmother Sheila Nelson in the flatbread (you might need to squint a bit to make out the resemblance).


[Kentucky Fried Tissue: Horrified diner tucks into meal and finds deep fried kitchen roll]


‘I looked up and saw it and it was so spooky - it looked just like her profile,’ he said.

The naan bread in which Sheila Nelson's family spotted the late grandmother's profile (SWNS)
The naan bread in which Sheila Nelson's family spotted the late grandmother's profile (SWNS)



‘I turned to my sister Heather and whispered “who does that look like?” and she said, straight away, “It's Sheila”.

‘I didn't say anything but then my dad said “That looks like me mam”.

While family members were swayed of the likeness, waiting staff at the restaurant were, like us, not as convinced.

‘[My dad] couldn't believe it.  He turned to one of the waiting staff and said “Look - It's my mam! That's her profile!” but the waiter's reaction was, “Oh,”' Anthony added.

‘Obviously he had no reference to what Sheila looked like, but it was exactly like her profile.  It was like she was there with us.’

Housewife Sheila Nelson passed away of natural causes in 2008, aged 77.

‘She was quite a character in the family,’ said Anthony.

‘She didn't hold back on her opinions.

‘I have heard about the Virgin Mary appearing on someone's toast and The Duchess of Cambridge in a jellybean - but I never expected to see Sheila.’

It still just looks like bread to us...

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