Michael Jackson could be the internet's new version of Jesus toast.

A picture snapped by photographer John Plashal during a lightning storm in Goochland, Va. on Tuesday had some people claiming they saw the King of Pop moonwalking in the clouds.

"The image that you see of Michael Jackson just happens to be there," Plashal tells WTVR CBS 6.  "It's pretty wild."

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Plashal captured the pictures while trying out a weather app and says he didn't even notice the strange image when he submitted the photo to the station's Facebook page... Until his phone kept ringing with calls from people claiming to see Jackson in the clouds. 

Jackson died on June 25, 2009. Plashal insists he didn't photoshop the image. 

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