London, July 22 (IANS) An American family claims to have found a crab whose belly has a striking resemblance to Jesus Christ as well as slain Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.

John Canfield's family from Washington state went on a trip near Everett, when they captured the crab on video, the Daily Mail reported.

According to the mynorthwest.com website, the family was unloading a pot of crabs into their boat. The person filming the movie did not notice the crab and it was thrown back into the ocean because it was a female and illegal to keep.

The family finally spotted the image while watching the film after they got home from the holidays, and were dumbfounded.

Canfield denied the Christ-like crab was a hoax. He said the family was not that sophisticated to come up with a fake.