In Manila, a woman bought a green figure in some random shop. Something about that face seemed serene, wise, almost enlightened to her. She decided it was Buddha and treated it that way for four years: candles lit, prayers every morning, favors asked for with her eyes closed.
No one in her house questioned a thing. Faith does not ask for certificates of authenticity. Until a friend visited her, looked at the figure more closely than she ever had, and blurted out the phrase that changed her devotion: that was no Buddha, those were Shrek’s pointy ears.
Four years of incense unknowingly dedicated to a green DreamWorks ogre. The story went viral on social media for obvious reasons, and now half the internet is asking the same thing: how many favors might Shrek have granted without anyone finding out?