130 Times People Experienced A Serious Case Of Pareidolia In The Most Unusual Spots (New Pics)

Do you remember how we used to let our imagination run free? As children, we often found magic in the most mundane scenarios, such as lying down on the grass and pointing out what the clouds look like. Once white and shapeless, they suddenly remind us of both real and fantastical creatures like rabbits, elephants, or even giant dragons.

While crossing the bridge into adulthood may have robbed some part of our creativity, many of us still have the talent to spot patterns in inanimate objects. So if you see faces staring back at you from power plugs or toasted sandwiches, then you’ve experienced a phenomenon called facial pareidolia.

It turns out that people are hardwired to see faces virtually anywhere they look and when they do, they're eager to share them with everyone online. Get ready to witness how the most random objects acquire that human-like appearance because Bored Panda has collected some of the best examples from all over the internet. So continue scrolling and be sure to take a look at even more incredible cases of pareidolia in our earlier compilations here, here, and here!

#1 Icicle Shaped Like A Hummingbird

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#2 I Just Snapped This Pic And Found That I Also Captured An Accidental Tinkerbell. (The Bug Just To The Left Of The Daffodil Looks Just Like A Little Tinkerbell)

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#3 Himalayan Monkey Flowers. They Blossom Once Every 20 Years

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#4 Neptune

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#5 Just Pulled A Door Handle Off, Safe To Say He Was As Surprised As I Was

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#6 These Vines In My Neighborhood Look Like An Elephant

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#7 This Water Spill On My Sink Looks Like A Dancing Lady In A Dress And Top Hat

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#8 This Carrot I Got At Tesco Looks Like A Sassy Pair Of Legs

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#9 Smiling Orchids

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#10 Dog Cloud Or Falkor?

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#11 My Butter This Morning Looks Like A Happy Naked Man

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#12 This Piece Of Driftwood That Looks Like A Goose

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#13 Pebble Picasso

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#14 There's An Old Woman's Face In My Belly Button

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#15 Took This Photo While On A Train. Check Out The White Jacket - Bears A Resemblance

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#16 This IKEA Plant That Looks Like A Creature

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#17 Dental Light Looks Like A Water Buffalo

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#18 My Friend's Shoes Look Like They Are Screaming

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#19 The White Patch Of Fur On My Puppy's Chest Looks Like A Bird

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#20 This Shadow Looks Like A Person

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#21 Lady Of The Corn

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#22 The Spilled Yoke From My Fried Egg Looks Like A Chick

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#23 Dust From A Ramp On My Suede Roller-Skates Looks Like An X-Ray Of My Feet

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#24 The Pic I Took Of This Fire Looks Like A Deer

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#25 Cloud That Looks Like A Guy About To Eat A Sandwich

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#26 Phoenix Clouds Above Tbilisi, Georgia

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#27 My Lotion Looks Like A Cat

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#28 My Cacti Looks Like A Caveman About To Club A Rabbit

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#29 Two Jumbo Jets Cracking A Joke And Having A Good Laugh, At Miami International Airport

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#30 I Think My Breakfast Is Threatening Me

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#31 A Partially Peeled Yukon Potato

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#32 Dormammu

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#33 Mine Bunched Up Sweater Is Staring At Me

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#34 The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish

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#35 When You Get A Labrador Thrown At You

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#36 My Bonsai Tree Kinda Looks Like A Gorilla

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#37 This Coffee Stain On My Table That Looks Like ET

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#38 This Cluster Of Golden Oyster Mushrooms Looks Like Covid-19

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#39 My Face When I See The First Snow

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#40 A Piece Of Ice Cream Dropped From My Spoon As I Was Scooping And It Looks Like A Tiny Shark

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#41 The Fuzz On My Sock Looks Like A Flamingo

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#42 This Egg Spilled Out Of A Crack While Cooking And Looks Like A Little Duck

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#43 Shadow Coming Out Of Other Side Of Mason Jar Looks Like An Undead Pirate Or Something

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#44 Sea Devil

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#45 I’ve Come To Clean Your Floors

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#46 The Reflection Of The Fan Blade Is A Japanese Ghost Woman

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#47 The Center Of The Log I Was Splitting Looks Like A Cat

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#48 This Roof In Romania Looks Like Jabba The Hutt

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#49 So I Came Out The House At 5 This Morning And I Saw This Bloke Leaning On A Wall With A Walking Stick I Thought He Must Be Out Of Breath

Just went back out and he's still there I shouted mate you alright? No reply, so I walked over to check on him and it's a trampoline net hanging over the wall.

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#50 Dropped My Phone And The Crack It Made Kind Of Looks Like A Hummingbird

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#51 The Shadow This Spray Bottle And Plant Casts On My Bathroom Wall

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#52 Shrivelled Garlic That Kind Of Looks Like Bird With No Legs

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#53 My Rhododendron Looks Like It's Trying To Run Off

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#54 The Back Of My Dog Looks Like An Old Man With A Mustache

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#55 This Scanner Looks Like A Xenomorph

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#56 These Insect Eggs Look Like Little Smiley Faces

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#57 This Carrot Pulled From The Garden

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#58 A Bit Creepy Tree

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#59 A Hippotatomus, That Is All

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#60 The Chipped Paint On My Hot Water Heater Looks Just Like A Bird

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#61 This Dish That I Ordered That Kinda Looks Like Homer Simpson

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#62 This Pepper Looks Like It’s Challenging Me To Fisticuffs In 1820

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#63 Volkswagen Remote Control Without Battery Cover Looks Like Former German 1930's/40's National Socialist Party Leader

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#64 I Dropped Some Coffee And It Looks Like A Bird

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#65 The Emergency Ladder In Mexico City's Metro Is Always In The Mood For Helping

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#66 Old Soul On The Hike

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#67 Beautiful Bitis Viper Has A Mini Ghost On It's Head

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#68 This Pressure Washer Looks Like Mike Wazowski

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#69 This Lump Of Mud And Grass That Looks Like An Elder God Porcupine

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#70 This Squash Looks Like A Sleeping Duck

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#71 The Frost On My Ice Glove Looks Like A Cat

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#72 The Way The Smoke Created A Near Perfect Picture Of A Polar Bear On The Lid Of My Grill

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#73 I Found A Footprint That Looks Like Edgar Allen Poe

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#74 My Friends Bruise Resembles The Mona Lisa

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#75 My Daughter Found A Stick That Looks Like A Camel Head

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#76 Today My Shaving Cream Came Out Looking Like A Cartoon Character

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#77 Ate It. His Ghost Will Forever Haunt Me

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#78 You Can't Look At Me With Suspicion, You're A Pair Of Pants. I Know What You Did

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#79 Noticed This Guy While Attempting To Take A Selfie

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#80 Me Too, Pepper, Me Too

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#81 This Cross Section Of A Parasitic Worm Looks Exactly Like Pepe The Frog

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#82 This Stack Of Papers Kinda Looks Like Master Shake

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#83 My Fried Egg Looked Like A Kiwi Picking Something Off The Ground

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#84 This Piece Of Foil I Found On The Street That Looks Like A Samurai Warrior

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#85 The Fire In This Pic I Took Looks Like A Dragon

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#86 This Sweet Potato We Got That Looks Like A Bird

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#87 My Frenchie’s Butt Looks Like A Koala

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#88 Cannot Unsee These Creepy Tiki Faces In The Roller Skates At Work.

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#89 A Face Appeared In My Gaming Chair

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#90 This Glove Looks Like A Sphinx

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#91 This Deflated Balloon That Looks Like Mozart

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#92 This Terrifying Tomato

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#93 In Northern Norway There Is A Mountain With The Nickname "The Sleeping Soldier"

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#94 My Toast Looks Genuinely Happy

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#95 I Was Making Hard Boiled Eggs And One Of Them Broke, And It Looks Like A Baby Sleeping In His Bed

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#96 Flatbread Came Out Looking Like An Alien

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#97 I'm Fairly Sure Dad Has Never Watched A Single Episode Of The Simpsons Or Futurama, Yet This Gate Of His, Conjures Up Both Homer And Bender

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#98 My Clip On Sunglasses Look Like An Insect

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#99 A Cloud That Looks Like A Praying Cat

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#100 This Shadow From My Circle Drawing Thingy Looks Like A Human

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#101 Little Water Droplet On My Desk Looks Like A Penguin

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#102 A Duck Tomato From My Mom's Garden

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#103 I Like Your Pigtails

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#104 This House Looked Disapprovingly Bucktoothed

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#105 This Grinch Shaped Cloud

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#106 Even My Coffee Is Having A Rough Morning Today

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#107 Cement Patches From Recent Repairs Of My Home Kinda Looks Like A Lion On The Edge Of A Cliff

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#108 My New Monstera Leaf Looks Like A Thumbs Up

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#109 My Chocolate Bun Looks Like A Tardigrade

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#110 The Shadows Cast By The Curtains Look Like A Dragon On The Left Attacking A Village On The Right Curtain

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#111 This Sweet Potato That Looks Like A Human Heart

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#112 I Baked Brownies And On The Side Of The Pan It Looks Like There’s A Dinosaur Diving Into Them

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#113 My Beer Foam Looks Like A Spooky Little Ghost

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#114 This Bottle Opener That Looks Like A Parrot

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#115 The Bathroom Sink At My Uncle's House Looks Like A Face With A Runny Nose

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#116 My Daughter Spilled Her Juice And It Looks Like A Pig

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#117 Rough Night Chicken Leg

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#118 The Coat Rack At Work Looks Like It’s Being Robbed

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#119 It Looks Like There’s A Polar Bear Melting In My Ice Cream

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#120 This Little Fuzz On My Blanket Looks Like A Little Guy Climbing A Mountain

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#121 Burnt Egg Looks Like A Skeleton

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#122 Yoshi Rock

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#123 Don’t Eat Me

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#124 This Box Has Seen Better Times

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#125 The Three Evil Faces In This Door

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#126 Too Much Coffee, Buddy?

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#127 This Snake's Scales Form A Happy Face

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#128 This Lightning Strike Looks Like Patrick Star Doing A Bungee

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#129 Half-Face In The Clouds

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#130 A Face In My Tortilla

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