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Paranormal record / 2005

Our Lady of the Underpass: the salt stain Virgin of the Kennedy Expressway, Chicago (2005)

April 10, 2005 · Fullerton Avenue underpass beneath the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/I-94), northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States
34Partially documented Paranormal Being / humanoid 25 sources 2 videos

April 10, 2005. Obdulia Delgado was driving home from work through the Fullerton Avenue underpass beneath Chicago's Kennedy Expressway. She had been praying to Mary for help. On the concrete wall she saw a yellow and white stain. To her, and soon to many others, it was the Virgin Mary. Once word spread, hundreds came. Candles, flowers and written prayers piled up beside the expressway ramp. Police set up barricades. The highway department blamed salt runoff. A man on a bicycle wrote "BIG LIE" across the image. Two car wash workers scrubbed it clean. For twenty years, Our Lady of the Underpass never quite went away.

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Context

The Fullerton Avenue underpass runs beneath the Kennedy Expressway on Chicago's northwest side. Beside an emergency pull-off at the Kennedy ramp, the concrete wall carried a leaking crack.

Sources (25, most influential first)

  1. Our Lady of the Underpass · Wikipedia · Wiki, blog, podcast · wiki
  2. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7570729 · NBC News / Associated Press· 2005-04-20 · Press, book, documentary · news
  3. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7759080 · NBC News / Associated Press· 2005-05-06 · Press, book, documentary · news
  4. Obdulia Delgado and the Virgin Mary of the Kennedy Expressway · WBEZ / Chicago Sun-Times (Robert Herguth)· 2025-08-22 · Press, book, documentary · news
  5. The Rundown: Our Lady of the Underpass at 20 · WBEZ· 2025-08-22 · Press, book, documentary · news