
"I was just covered in goose bumps," said O'Connor as he reminisced about his find. He had been helping out a friend, chopping trees in Burlington County nearly a year ago when he came upon the image. O'Connor said it looked like "Jesus ascending to heaven. Take me, that’s what it looks like to me. It's a natural stain, a natural sap stain."
By counting the tree rings, O'Connor believes the tree was at least 40-50 years old.