In the town of Hidalgo Mexico, there is a typical old Catholic church, but the wall behind the pulpit is a rock-shelter.
The entrance had an ugly galvanized chain-link fence ( or did back in the mid-90s.) Right behind the pulpit is a rock formation resembling a 24 inch long rock projecting outward and downward about 6 feet off the ground. It has been touched by a million tourist in hopes of receiving an instant miracle from their diety. A very vague rumor is that many decades or centuries ago, the formation was once shaped like a baby or maybe some divine image like the ones that appear on toast sometimes.. Cavers used to go in the cave, but not sure if there is a good map. Local spelunkers and tourist likely go beyond the fence. I had some really really good food there near the food market, sometime around 1996. If there were a company that constructed cave gates, then a unique esthetic barrier could be built here. I doubt though, that the congregants would want to encourage a smelly bat roost nor a potential bat attack. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chorrito https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chorrito I do not remember there being a carving of The VoG on the formation, nor a man-made tunnel into the cave. Nearly all caves in Mexico with public access have a memorial to The VoG, which sometimes might include a small assortment of abandoned walking-sticks or crutches.
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