"It's quite extraordinary. The obvious explanation is that it seems to be some sort of cloud formation that just happened at the time," said Gary Sloggett, the car's former owner. Gary was taking pictures of his Rover 200 so he could place it for sale. When he pulled the images up on his computer, he saw Jacko.

"When I saw the picture I immediately turned to my wife and said: 'What is Michael Jackson doing on my car bonnet?' If you look at the picture for long enough it even looks as if he has got wings. I'm not saying I've been touched by any sort of presence, but it is pretty unusual. I was a bit bemused to say the least." Gary eventually sold the car for $1,070. [via The Telegraph]

According to paparazzi machine TMZ, the cars have been provided to the Jackson family for the entire day, free of charge. It's a case of thinly veiled product placement as family and other celebrities will use the vehicles to travel to both Forest Lawn cemetery for his funeral service and LA's Staples Center for the much-hyped memorial service. Stay tuned to every single 24 hour news network for constant updates. [TMZ]

Rolling in style to the grave with the help of handouts, as always.

And make sure to include the URL...

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If you've been around Jalopnik for more than a few days, you know we're no strangers to the bizarre, but we're having a hard time writing at the moment because this whole thing is so utterly ridiculous we're laughing like idiots just thinking about it. A Michael Jackson-inspired dance throw-down ahead of kicking a very large repo man in the taint? Really? You have to see it to believe it below. It's around 1:50 in when the taint-kicking occurs.
Sweet mercy, we need some air or we're gonna pass the hell out from laughing. Let's just say we never imagined when we went into the auto-blogging business, there would ever be a need for a "kicked in the taint" tag. Whether real or not, it's really hilarious. [StupidVideos]

The 1988 film, Moonwalker was an absolute mind trip featuring Joe Pesci as the evil Mr. Big and the King of Pop as... well, the King of Pop. Take a peak at this classic clip and you'll immediately see why this movie was so great. Well, minus all the child befriending creepiness.

The stretched Rolls Royce Silver Seraph along with other Jackson memorabilia will be up for bid by Julien's Auctions at the Beverley Hills Hilton. The dark blue Seraph wears an interior which looks to have been pulled directly from the Palace of Versailles and seats five, seven if you must include the front cabin passengers.

The car fits in perfectly with the unintentionally creepy portrait of the Prince of Pop the wider auction paints — especially the larger-than-life Superman figure and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves sculpture. Price guidance puts the car at $140,000 - $160,000, don't spend too much time investigating the upholstery. [The Gaurdian]

Michael Jackson may be struggling financially, but apparently, according to CNN, while in Bahrain on a shopping trip recently, the erstwhile King of Pop was spotted "in a white Lexus Infinity with darkened windows." Barring CNN's screwup on the spelling of Nissan's upscale marque (which we're not sure is even available in the Middle East), it's good to see that Jacko's still frivolous enough to want to fuse Japanese luxury sedans, even as the animals at Neverland are on the brink of starvation. [Thanks to Dan for the tip.]

Jackson's Veiled Attempt at Shopping in Bahrain [CNN]

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