Ghost Stuck in Tree Picture.. Not photoshopped

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  • Bluesmilie
    Bluesmilie Posts: 161 Member
    Nada!
  • Tvandevoir27
    Tvandevoir27 Posts: 37
    Some peoples' minds are just not open to these things. Yes, I can see him. Very cute. He has bangs to about the eyebrow level, a little turned up nose, & his eyes are looking upwards toward the sky. Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

    How do you see this? I keep looking, but I can't make that out. I want to see it
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    I see a bunny on a bicycle....
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    It looks more like some kind of scary alien to me. I've tried and tried but I can't see a little boy.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Oh now I can see it! If I sit way back and look at it from a distance I can see it. He's a cute little boy.
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    now i see a monkey
  • SKP1986
    SKP1986 Posts: 392 Member
    Looks like pareidolia to me.

    Pareidolia - (pronounced /pæraɪˈdoʊliə/), referenced in 1994 by Steven Goldstein, describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hidden messages on records played in reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- — beside, with or alongside — and eidolon — image (the diminutive of eidos — image, form, shape). Pareidolia is a type of apophenia.
  • Tvandevoir27
    Tvandevoir27 Posts: 37
    Is he looking face on?? I keep looking at it but I can't see it. Where are his eyes?
  • MermaidFaith
    MermaidFaith Posts: 495 Member
    it is sort of a view of the left side of his face as if he were looking past you to your left he has bangs the back of his head is on the right side of the knot
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Is he looking face on?? I keep looking at it but I can't see it. Where are his eyes?

    He's looking a little to your left. I have to sit back aways from the computer to see him.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I can't believe that isn't photoshopped! Wow!
  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,290 Member
    Man in the moon, Jesus in the toast, whatever...

    Seriously? Why did I just waste my time reading this?

    And posting. That took more time.
  • MissSharkattack
    MissSharkattack Posts: 323 Member
    I see nothin'
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    I took a dump this morning and saw this:

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  • NiniLeeMarie
    NiniLeeMarie Posts: 102
    Me & my bf just looked at it..funny thing he can see it perfectly, but I can't!
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Looks like pareidolia to me.

    Pareidolia - (pronounced /pæraɪˈdoʊliə/), referenced in 1994 by Steven Goldstein, describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hidden messages on records played in reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- — beside, with or alongside — and eidolon — image (the diminutive of eidos — image, form, shape). Pareidolia is a type of apophenia.

    This is correct. The "layman" term would be matrixing. The human mind wants to make patterns out of texture and color changes. It's just what it does.

    And before people cry out "Your mind is not open to these things."... I have been a paranormal investigator in the past, I still do photo analysis for people, and I believe very much in the possibility of the paranormal. However, it does us no good as a field to point to every picture and yell out "OMG Ghost!!!" It is much better to work with a scientific mind, get rid of the stuff that CAN be explained, and then what we can't explain is much more interesting.

    I have seen photographs like this all the time. They are not paranormal and can be explained by known scientific explanations. It would be similar to saying it's a ghost when it is motion blur or a bug creating an orb.
  • tilfordj
    tilfordj Posts: 54 Member
    i saw the virgin mary in my salad today, mmm delicious

    LMAO....this actually made me laugh out loud in a quite room
  • CarrieAnne22
    CarrieAnne22 Posts: 231 Member
    Seriously? Why did I just waste my time reading this?

    ^^this. And now I will do myself a favor and move on...
  • gaberieger
    gaberieger Posts: 69
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    LOL.

    I see it, but uhh why would a ghost be stuck in a tree? I thought casper could fly through walls and stuff?
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I don't understand people's propensity for settling on the most irrational conclusion they can when they see/experience something they're not familiar with.

    Rational: "Look, the shading on this tree bark makes it look like there's an image of a face on it."

    Irrational: "That tree has a ghost stuck in it."

    Reality isn't so bad. It's cool that the brain actually WANTS to detect human faces in things. Go over to the tree in real-life and look at the marks. Not mystical or scary.
  • ActiveGuy81
    ActiveGuy81 Posts: 705 Member
    I took a dump this morning and saw this:

    floyd.jpg


    A.C.E. Certified Personal & Group FitnessTrainer
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    Did you hand out cigars to all your friends and family members?
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
    Yep, it's pareidolia (or matixing if you prefer). Just a pattern your brain turns into a recognizable shape, nothing supernatural. I'm prone to this-like another said I'll see patterns in carpet, tiles, etc. Once I was out running and almost tripped over myself swerving to avoid what looked like a snake rising up to strike me on the sidewalk. After a brief wtf moment I looked back- it was a bent, rusted pipe that just happened to have the right shape/angles for me to see it that way. To this day I can remember seeing the snake rise up and back, but I know I didn't. It was just how my brain translated to get me to move away from a perceived danger.
  • MermaidFaith
    MermaidFaith Posts: 495 Member
    Yep, it's pareidolia (or matixing if you prefer). Just a pattern your brain turns into a recognizable shape, nothing supernatural. I'm prone to this-like another said I'll see patterns in carpet, tiles, etc. Once I was out running and almost tripped over myself swerving to avoid what looked like a snake rising up to strike me on the sidewalk. After a brief wtf moment I looked back- it was a bent, rusted pipe that just happened to have the right shape/angles for me to see it that way. To this day I can remember seeing the snake rise up and back, but I know I didn't. It was just how my brain translated to get me to move away from a perceived danger.

    I'm sure your heart rate skyrocketed!
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