A picture may say a thousand words, but sometimes, a picture can also leave a thousand words unsaid — which pretty much leave the burden on us to fill in the blanks as best we can.
When a pic brings up more questions than answers, it’s time to post it to the internet. That way, it’ll mess with as many minds as possible .
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“Minuscule people creating a new vinyl record.”
I’m not sure what this is, exactly. It looks a little too grimy to be an art exhibit. Heck, for all I know, it actually is tiny people who are working on creating some kind of massive vinyl record.
“Rooftop boarding.”
Photographs, because they’re still images, have a way of completely removing the illusion of motion. This perfectly-timed shot of a plane over a building makes it look like people can board from the roof, like it’s a helicopter.
“Hovering alien spacecraft.”
Once you see what’s actually going on in this photo, you can’t unsee it. But until then, it looks like some kind of low-budget, off-brand version of the end scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind .
“Alien kitty.”
I love how mirrors can do weird things like this. My first thought wasn’t ‘alien kitty’, though, it was ‘kitty who has somehow found a way to flip people off using the middle of its forehead’.
“The baby giraffe at the Oklahoma City Zoo.”
It stands to reason that you can photograph a giraffe from the perfect angle to make its distinctive long neck look insignificant. That doesn’t make it any less weird than you see it, though.
“Upside down dog chin.”
If this pic wasn’t helpfully captioned, I don’t know if I would have actually identified what it actually depicts. Upside-down dogs (or cats, or anything, really) just have a way of looking like aliens, I suppose.
“Big woman on a bike.”
It’s obviously pleasing the way the image and the bike line up, and I’m even more delighted by the fact that she’s perched on the back of the bike. It’s probably the only way you’d be able to ride a bike if you were a giant.
“The white back wall of my courtyard garden looks like the ocean.”
If it wasn’t for the sunset (sunrise?) hitting this wall just so, it would be a pretty bland pic. But there’s something about the light, combined with the texture of the wall, that truly does make it look like the ocean.
“They look like they are bumping their heads.”
Here’s another one where I’m a bit embarrassed that I haven’t fully figured it out. Is the rider in the front wearing a glossy, reflective helmet? Does the helmet have an image of his face on it?
If you’ve figured this out, please let me know in the coments.
“This dad’s hair.”
I appreciate how the dad has a bit of a tough-guy expression on his face, apparently totally unaware of the fact that to the rest of the world, it totally looks like he has a set of pigtails.
“Why is the toilet in the shower?”
I’d explain this one, but I really can’t. Is there some reflective trickery going on here? Maybe the shower door comes out at a weird angle? Heck, for all I know, the toilet actually is in the shower.
“Might want to rethink the photographer.”
As someone who hired a somewhat lousy photographer for my wedding, this should be a reminder to look up reviews beforehand. Asking the wedding party to pose like this just makes things look weird and awkward.
“Cup on dog.”
I really, really like this one. If this was a golden retriever, it would just be a pic of a derpy dog. But with this dog’s coat, it’s transformed into something else. I’m sure NASA approves.
“Looks like this cat has tiny arms.”
Alright, I need to unpack this one. The part that looks like legs is the cat’s front feet. The part that looks like arms is the cat’s back feet, weirdly splayed out on the floor. I think that’s what’s going on, at least.
“Two headed police officer helping change my tire.”
After looking at this for a few seconds, it’s pretty clear whose head and whose legs go together. That doesn’t help explain how seamlessly the head and torso areas blend in together, though.
Either way, one head or two, thanks for the help, officer.
“Bag with legs.”
A bag with legs is a less horrifying interpretation than mine. I thought this looked like a person wearing a miniskirt who’d been cleanly cut in half, revealing the various layers of their innards. Yeah, let’s just go with ‘bag with legs’.
“A bit of artwork on the garage doors to confuse the neighbors.”
I wonder if the illusion works as well when you’re walking or driving by this garage, or whether it’s most effective when viewed from this angle. Either way, props to this weirdo.
“Spider cat.”
Cats often sprawl out on the floor in a way that makes it hard to figure out what their legs are doing, or even how many legs you’re looking at. Add a mirror into the equation and things just get ridiculous.
“The light on this door.”
The door’s pattern isn’t shifted, it’s just that the light source is changing what areas of that pattern are highlighted. It’s a weird illusion, though. It looks like two photographs that were poorly spliced together.
“Long legs.”
It honestly took me an embarrassingly long time to figure who those legs actually belonged to. Turns out the woman holding the baby is standing at kind of a crooked angle, making it look like a very long-legged baby.
