“Was it seen from other places?”

“From several other places.”

“What do people make of this then?”

“Oh, it differs. Some believe in it, others do not believe in it. Some believe it is a warning.”

“The following is taken from the Oslo paper, Tidens Tegn.

“A dependable and credible man tells us that he himself for several minutes had watched the remarkable cloud formation.”

“Did you see it a long time?”

“About a quarter of an hour.”

“How did the figure look?”

“Exactly like Thorwaldsen’s statue of Christ. It was radiating white and it appeared as if His garments moved softly as if they were of silk. Surrounding the figure itself were smaller forms that resembled the angels of one of Rafael’s paintings. It was an impressive vision. I came to see it, as mentioned, toward the end, when others had seen it for several minutes. At last it disappeared, as if erased, and appeared no more.”

“What do others think who saw it?”

“It differs. One man who saw it, a brave and good fellow, was so moved by it that he went into his house and prayed. He said himself that he prayed that he might be with Christ. He meant and honestly believed that it was Christ he had seen. Others believe the same; and it was not only those who had a conception of what Thorwaldsen’s statue of Christ is like, but others also concluded that the cloud formation was like the common conception of the appearance of Christ.”

“Was it not a mirage?”

“No, it was a cloud, a single cloud in the sky, which formed itself peculiarly and made the impression on those who saw it.”

“And others in Grimstad we conversed with placed the vision as an experience most extraordinarily rare. Upon many it made a very deep impression, because there exists in the consciousness of everyone the expectation that Christ shall come in the clouds in the last days before the judgment, and here one saw in actual fact something that fulfilled every demand in that direction.”