From: Elwood Cottle <ecottle@ec.rr.com>
To: <info@stellarimages.com>
Subject: Face in Smoke
Date: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:51 PM



Please pass this note to Mark D. Phillips ... 

Mark, I believe your photo is genuine; not doctored. Why? Because I'm a photographer -amateur - and in my 40 years of taking photos I have done many clouds and storm clouds where a face; faces; horse; dog; cat ad nauseam, have appeared.

That said, the first time I saw this photo I saw - still do - the Devil in the form of Osama bin Laden ... look at it again. Turban; sunken eyes, big nose and lips and the beard - it's all there! Your picture shows the world the face of the monster behind the heinous acts of Sept. 11, 2001.

Woody Cottle, CTB
ecottle@ec.rr.com

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