The definition of pareidolia is pretty broad. It's a psychological phenomenon that causes people to see or hear a vague image or sound as something significant. On the internet, however, we're mostly presented with examples of facial pareidolia, as it is arguably one of the easiest ones to spot. But it would be a crime against our curiosity if we focused solely on this type of the phenomenon. To remind you that there is way more than meets the eye, Bored Panda has collected a list of things that resemble other things. A stadium that looks like a UFO? A blob of ice that resembles an eye? Sounds pretty simple, but hold on. Most of these camouflages are so good, they might require a double take!
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The Fog Made The Stadium Look Like An UFO
The Corrosion On This Water Tap Looks Like A Map
Artists are known to have been playing with this phenomenon for hundreds of years. For example, take Leonardo da Vinci. "If you look at any walls spotted with various stains or with a mixture of different kinds of stones, if you are about to invent some scene you will be able to see in it a resemblance to various different landscapes adorned with mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, plains, wide valleys, and various groups of hills," he once said. "You will also be able to see diverse combats and figures in quick movement, and strange expressions of faces, and outlandish costumes, and an infinite number of things which you can then reduce into separate and well-conceived forms."
These Coatis Look Like A Hord Of Mini Brachiosaurus Strolling Around
Welcome to.... TUDUDUUU DUUUU DUUU, TUDUDUU DUUU DUUUUU!!
The Way This Picture Of A Frozen Puddle In My Backyard Looks Like A Landscape From The Perspective Of A Plane
Or Dali. He would sometimes place an image on his canvas, and allow its form to suggest another that he would then paint within the first form, producing a double-image. This had often been done in the past as well. For instance, by the 16th-century Italian Mannerist, Arcimboldo. But in this regard, Dali was special. He would not stop. The great surrealist would repeat the process until he had produced triple and quadruple images. For him, the possibilities were endless.
Half Of All Boxing Photos Look Like Gay Weddings
At The Time Of Washing He Looks Like A Polar Bear
Interestingly, researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland have found that religious people and those who believed in paranormal phenomena saw faces where there weren't any more often than the non-religious and the skeptics. In one part of the test, the subjects had rated the face-likeness and emotional expression of the faces they saw. The set of supernatural believers was more likely than the skeptics to rate the illusory features as very face-like and emotional. I guess this explains at least a few of those UFO or Big Foot sightings that some people swear by.
The View From My House Looks Like A Painting
This Cloud That Looks Like A Feather
Inside Of A Cheese Grater Look Like The Backdrop To A P Diddy Music Video
This Ice Looks Like An Eye
These Flowers Look Like A Group Of Tiny 3D-Rendered Chickens Wearing Glasses And Holding A Cake
I see fantastic creatures with tiny eyes with mouth wide open and white tongues. With green hair. Or green ears with hats.
My Friend's Cow Looks Like Outer Space
High Definition Photo Of The Blood Vessels In The Human Eye Look Eerily Like A Forest
I Almost Had A Heart Attack This Morning
This Boiled Egg That Exploded While Cooking And Looks Like A Snail
This Jellyfish I Caught A Picture Of, Looking Like It's In Space
The Snow On Top Of This Mountain That Looks Like A Lizard
Pumpkin Looks Like A Watermelon Shaped Like An Apple
This Bale Of Hay Looks Like A Hole In The Ground
Busses Carrying Pilgrims In Mecca Look Like Cassette Tapes
"Are we there yet?" (Sorry for children and adults getting so anxious to get there.)
This Rock Cross Section Looks Like The Ocean
Took A Photo Of My Parents Dog, She Looks Like A Wall Mount
Thought This Snowbank Looked Like A Mountain Range (I Photoshopped The Background In The Second Picture To Prove It)
This Paper, Three Times Printed On By A Malfunctioning Printer, Looks Like It's Full Of Ancient Hieroglyphs
This Tinned Peach Half In Syrup Looks Like A Massive Cracked Egg
A Bit Of Toothpaste That Looks Like A Baby Monkey Holding Onto My Toothbrush
Fallen Down Tree In Port Elliot Looks Like A Dragon
So the adult is blurred, but the kids face can be shown to the world? Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Photo I Took Of A Lake Through The Lense Of Binoculars Looks Like A Planet
My Friend’s Smoked Cauliflower Looks Like An Explosion
When Your Travel Pillow Makes You Look Like Shakespeare
The Arrangement Of These Bubbles Looks Like Europe And Asia
This Tree Looks Like A Man Waiting To Cross The Road
This Rock Looks Like A Iguana Head
Frost On My Window Looks Like A Dr. Seuss Drawing
These Tinted Windows Make It Look Like We’re In The Ocean
My Mom Found A Flamingo In Her Bell Pepper
Processing Blood Oranges Looks Like A B Horror Movie Prop
The Snow/Ice In This Pic Looks Like The Ocean
The Inside Of This Tomato Looks Like A Strawberry
This Picture That I Took Mid Firework Show Looks A Lot Like Space
"Oil Spill", Oil Dropped Into Water Looks Like An Eye
My Finished Cup Of Coffee Looks Like The Moon
The Morning Rain Makes It Seem As Though The Guy In This Ad Is Sweating Profusely
My Amputated Leg Looks Like A Butt
This was so funny and I especially liked the sense of humour the guy on number 44 had. Plus that is an amazing smile
This was so funny and I especially liked the sense of humour the guy on number 44 had. Plus that is an amazing smile
