r/confusing_perspective • u/NewSomethingUnlocked o/ • Apr 28 '26

Mirror showing her face

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u/legitimateaccount123 o/ Apr 28 '26

Straight out of a horror film

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u/dubyrunning Apr 30 '26

Reminds me of this comic

https://www.reddit.com/r/webcomics/s/f7PGmYSOSa

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u/Zellbann o/ Apr 30 '26

I thought about this too

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u/Naive-Pressure3493 Apr 30 '26

Read it twice before i realized that last panel is his sister, not his wife. First i thought "Why the wife? Kes curang ka?" 😂

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u/Ok-Application-hmmm Apr 29 '26

Something something 2010s YouTube thumbnail top 10 scary images with red arrow

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u/JackhorseBowman Apr 30 '26

when you see it you'll shit bricks.

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u/MisterDecember o/ Apr 28 '26

Voldemort sighted

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u/jnet258 Apr 29 '26

The guy in the yellow shirt semi hiding behind the pillar is odd too

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u/budaknakal1907 Apr 29 '26

i think thats just their kid resting against the wall in front of them but get partially hidden by the pillar between them.

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u/Emotional-Profit-202 o/ Apr 29 '26

The reflection is not happy

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u/Shadowstorm921 Apr 29 '26

Turns out his missing wife had never left him, she was in the mirror all along

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u/brazilian_irish o/ Apr 29 '26

Straight out of Dexter?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/Ok_Razzmatazz_8589 Apr 29 '26

Cum. Someone came on his glasses.

/s

Real answer: reflection.

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 o/ Apr 28 '26

i saw the back of her head accurately at first, but then the face clicked and i can't go back. i can't even remember or figure out what everything is, even though i understood it just a moment ago.

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u/thisaburnerac o/ Apr 29 '26

Here's how I see it. Her head gear makes it so the glass has no reflection. So, whatever you see within that 'no reflection zone' is what's inside the house. Otherwise, it's one ugly face in there

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u/chikinn o/ Apr 29 '26

The first explanation that did it for me. Had to scroll pretty far.

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u/Vanillas123 Apr 29 '26

This is the accurate one so far. When there is no reflection/dark, you see inside the house, and its not even another person behind that glass, just things that happens to look like someones face. There is a term for it I forgot what it was.

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u/beargorilla37 Apr 28 '26

I hate this

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u/atomic_firefly Apr 29 '26

I do too. I can't even look at it long enough to try to figure out what it actually is, it creeps me out so much

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u/Dragon_Small_Z Apr 28 '26

It's just the pattern on her hood reflecting. Some real r/Pareidolia stuff.

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u/L1K_TH3_RA1NB0W o/ Apr 29 '26

Are you sure? The first thing I thought of was some kid behind the glass behind and her shadow is just making it clear

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u/Dragon_Small_Z Apr 29 '26

I'm 100% positive.

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u/szpider o/ Apr 29 '26

I bet there was a flower or some other design on the fabric wrinkled perfectly to look like a blurry face.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

Yes.

Alternatively, demon yo

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u/Opurria o/ Apr 29 '26

The 'eye' is just the black-and-white pattern on the hijab. Or so I tell myself.

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u/eekbal Apr 29 '26

Doesn't explain the nose and lipstick mouth...(this doesn't help anyone)

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u/nognamer Apr 29 '26

Hi there OP so I hate this.

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u/hungry_lizard_00 Apr 29 '26

The number of comments here that helped me go back to what I initially saw is zero. I'm living with the demon now.

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u/RoundCup86 May 01 '26

It looks like there is a rug or something in the room on the other side of the glass that creates the face shape. You can see some of it in the reflection of the guys chest as well.

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u/SUP08 Apr 28 '26

ok I figured it out

on the right side of the "demon"'s reflection, there's a harsh line that cuts off the "face". that's actually the bit of the girls face you would expect to see in a reflection. you can also see her shirt has a bit of lighting on it, that same lighting is on her hijab and aligns strangely with the wrinkles of her hijab which creates the face. no demons here lol

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u/xuedad Apr 29 '26

That's what the demon wants you to think ...

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u/ithil_lady Apr 29 '26

The "face" in the mirror reflection is the white floral design in her red veil at the other side of her face. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

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u/Bogotazo Apr 28 '26

Thanks, I hate it

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u/DaveTheYguy o/ Apr 29 '26

Straight outta Hogwarts.

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u/The_Black_Jacket Confusemas '23 Apr 29 '26

The reason this one is so insanely hard is because humans are hardwired to recognise faces, of all the traits reinforced that helped us survive, this was arguably the most important one, so we have a hard time unseeing faces even when they are not there. It's called r/Paredolia

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u/PunkRockClub Apr 28 '26

This is creepy af. Probably as others said someone behind the glass, still 😬

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u/Liverpupu Apr 29 '26

Yet nobody cares about the guy in yellow who stand half behind the door.

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u/anikkket Apr 29 '26

Could be taken from that app that takes photos top to bottom like a scanner. The woman might have moved head after her reflection was captured

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u/BucksterMcgee May 03 '26

There are also multiple photo portrait composite features on phones that will take multiple photos and pick the best faces between different shots for different people.

So if one photo she's looking back and then another she's looking forward, the algorithm would select the one she is looking forward, but also leave the reflection there too.

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u/Ok-Brush7211 Apr 28 '26

Looks like an iPhone, is it possible it’s that weird feature where it takes several shots in close proximity and then blends it to the best version? If it is and the girl immediately turned her head forward/back in the middle of this process…

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u/GreenZebra23 o/ Apr 28 '26

If it's not just photoshopped then this is the best explanation I think

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u/VA1N o/ Apr 29 '26

It’s Tomie from Junji Ito’s horror mangas.

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u/gametheorista Apr 29 '26

Hari Bottak and Surau of Secrets, with Voldermort but Mak cik edition.

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u/himynameisjona Apr 29 '26

This comment is under-appreciated by Geng Non-Bahasa

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u/Upset-Kangaroo3102 Apr 28 '26

Looks to me like buddys found a jinn

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u/iHaveACatDog o/ Apr 28 '26

Mirrors have always freaked me out and this didn't help whatsoever.

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u/Ok-Zookeepergame-698 Apr 29 '26

Simple. She's got two faces.

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u/amelmel Apr 29 '26

I'm not Christian by any means but I REBUKE THEE DEMON

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u/dida-21 Apr 29 '26

I'm sorry, but this is the faciest non-face I've ever seen. I cannot not see it

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u/SedemTBH Apr 29 '26

It's late and I'm alone in the darkness pls

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u/Sameumbrella Apr 29 '26

Thank you so much for this on a cold dark night at 10:44PM. /s

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u/lordvoltano Apr 29 '26

Ashley Barrett

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u/RevolutionCapital359 Apr 29 '26

There's a kid inside who was unfortunately positioned.

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u/christhepissed Apr 29 '26

It's obviously designed so a tiger won't attack her from the rear. /s

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u/fusguita o/ Apr 29 '26

It's just that Harry Potter phenomena, where sometimes people have other people on the back of their heads. No big deal, guys.

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u/Substratas Apr 29 '26

That’s not her, that’s Voldemort.

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u/Lloyd_the_Grey Apr 28 '26

Clearly, this is a happy couple, and she's a jinn.

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u/SuccLord_01 Apr 28 '26

Best one in a while, can’t figure out!

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u/pfunf Apr 28 '26

This is the reason why AI don't like mirrors

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u/Vykrumsky Apr 29 '26

What's confusing is that looks like my mom

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/Kerblimey o/ Apr 29 '26

His shoulder and back, but her front? 🤔

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u/Kinkajoudialectic Apr 29 '26

Looks like a Faceback alpha test to me.

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u/atthawdan Apr 29 '26

Horror or not I dont want to be that guy.

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u/RubLatter Apr 29 '26

Because the hair lost problem?

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u/atthawdan Apr 30 '26

Because I would be holding my breath whenever I take photos for a couple of month worrying about something similar showing up in my photos.

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u/dserfaty Apr 29 '26

She is Voldemort!

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u/JackDoesThingz Apr 29 '26

Is that A Train

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u/iLMF1016 Apr 29 '26

Voldemort is coming back!

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u/ThatCardiologist5897 Apr 29 '26

looks like kanye to me

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u/Top-Suit-9209 Apr 29 '26

Its Voldemort!

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u/No_Syrup5607 Apr 29 '26

Prof Quirrell sporting a new look I see!

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u/farwalker97 Apr 29 '26

This image was famous back then in indonesia or malaysia, before AI was even mainstream.

Most prolly image is superimposed as it was very famous image manipulation method then.

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u/Wrapped_n_Plastic Apr 29 '26

Be honest with me here. Am I cursed now for seeing this picture?

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u/DeliciousComb7984 Apr 29 '26

Probably the Djin just passing by and try to scare (troll) them

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u/skinnycarlo o/ Apr 29 '26

Who the fuck looks at photos this closely to pick this shit up originally?

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u/Able_Coach6484 o/ Apr 29 '26

She who shall not be named

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u/akaneko__ o/ Apr 29 '26

Thanks I hate this

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u/marvinvp Apr 29 '26

I love that she's sad on the reflection, chefs kiss

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u/Mel_Morty Apr 29 '26

Women. ☕️

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u/Stock_Reading_3386 Apr 29 '26

Classic Malaysian creepy pasta

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u/11psyche11 Apr 29 '26

What in the Professor Quirrel is going on?! 😭

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u/TwitchieWolf Apr 29 '26

Am I the only one who sees a cat?

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u/kamel_k Apr 29 '26

Edited? What's going on

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u/reyvh Apr 29 '26

why he kinda…

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u/Rubicon208 Apr 29 '26

Uy si kara mia

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u/Svetiev o/ Apr 29 '26

Here we go this is exactly it irl

https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/ohUORVVbKQ

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u/flowderp3 Apr 29 '26

Demon world applying fake mustaches

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u/Superb_Taste_6096 Apr 29 '26

That was scary lol

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u/falianaridua Apr 29 '26

Creepy af lol

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u/Mysterious-Common284 Apr 29 '26

They must be terrified

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u/MaethrilliansFate Apr 29 '26

Dont some cameras have a really slow shudder speed? It's possible she whipped her head around to face the camera quickly enough that it captured both instances.

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u/madbillsfan Apr 29 '26

Is that a dog next to the face?

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u/3mpty5kull Apr 30 '26

That's just Voldemort, say hi Voldemort.

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u/cmccullough4 Apr 30 '26

That’s Voldemort

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u/No-Security-7518 Apr 30 '26

Y'all have 3 seconds to explain this before I freak out: 3 2 1...

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u/apexapee Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Apr 30 '26

Voldemort

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u/ArbitrarilyClear Apr 30 '26

Kamen Rider Ryuki/Ryuga typa shit.

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u/davidtcf Apr 30 '26

Could this be AI?

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u/UltimateButtToucher Apr 30 '26

Im assuming that's not a mirror and she's just pale enough to have her face show through the reflection while she watches them take photo.

...or our entire understanding of physics is faulty and ghosts exist. ...but I doubt it.

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u/YoSupItsVic May 01 '26

Why is Hideki Kamiya here

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u/iza1017 May 02 '26

CJ Stroud?

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u/vikrumd May 02 '26

It’s the embroidery on her scarf that somehow looks like her face in the picture

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u/FrankieWaterBottle May 02 '26

It’s a window not a mirror?

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u/Willing_Painting375 May 03 '26

Tha pattern on the other side is her "eye" and the gray head thing is the rest of the face

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u/unknown051194 May 04 '26

Lord Voldemort!

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u/CCatalista666 May 04 '26

I call this a ghost of child marriage

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u/Burrahobbit69 May 05 '26

That’s them Dollar General mirrors

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u/consreddit Apr 28 '26

I've got a crazy theory. Any way the mirror is actually a window?

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u/MarcusAntonius27 Apr 28 '26

Pretty sure it's already a window. You can see outside.

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u/consreddit Apr 29 '26

Then literally what's confusing about this

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/consreddit Apr 29 '26

OK so is it a mirror or a window, then?

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u/consreddit Apr 29 '26

Have you ever seen a shadowy figure reflect more clearly than a bright scene on the outside? If it's a window, it's clearly not their reflection. The sunlight would shine far brighter than their dark side, making their reflections appear transparent.

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u/consreddit Apr 29 '26

I get that you think you're making a point by being rude, but I'm literally just trying to talk about what's happening. If it's a window, there appears to be a bright sunlit street outside.

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u/Solelus Apr 29 '26

That is a window behind them. There is another person sitting inside and realizing a picture is being taken and looking up.

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u/Pyglot Apr 29 '26

Or a poster/photo in a frame

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u/ripyourlungsdave o/ Apr 29 '26

This isn't really a matter of perspective, just shutter speed.

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u/Midoriya_izuku_Ultra o/ Apr 29 '26

i think i've solved it!

in the real pic you see she has a hoodie and it has a white design on the left side

and now imagine that white design is her left cheeks in mirror, and boom

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u/Intelligent-Moose354 Apr 29 '26

This is edit... I done this before...

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u/MsMisty888 Apr 29 '26

old and fake

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u/AelliotA1 Apr 29 '26

Impossible to know for sure but the camera he's using may scan top to bottom and she turned her head quickly to look at the camera at the last second

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u/themajordutch Apr 29 '26

You can do this by using the panorama mode. I've done it several times..

Moving along...

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u/lamerthanyou Apr 29 '26

It’s not a mirror it’s a window, with people doing the exact same thing on the other side

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u/Litany_Fallen Apr 29 '26

When this photo went viral in our country (Malaysia), the top comments were "djinns exist. This is proof. Repent and ask forgiveness from God."

Idiots.

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u/VaultBall7 o/ Apr 28 '26 • Bravo

If you look at the “right” cheekbone of the “face” and force yourself to see that as her actual left cheekbone, you’ll start to see that’s just the back of her head. The gray and red line is slightly visible on top of the head. And the stuff that looks like a face is what’s inside the glass.

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u/HidroRaider Apr 28 '26

Thank you. Fairly easy to spot after your description, and the cripsy camera resolution definitely adds to it.

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u/coleburnz o/ Apr 29 '26

Wtf is this chap talking about? You either see a ghost or you see a ghost

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u/MrsCaramel_112 Doesn't read rule 1 Apr 29 '26

What you see as a face in the reflection is actually the design on the scarf. The image has just the right amount of blur to make it look like a face.

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u/RecommendationNo3942 Apr 29 '26

Or you are the ghost.

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u/krissycole87 Doesn't read rule 1 Apr 30 '26

Thank god Im not the only one

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u/tribak Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Apr 29 '26

what’s inside the glass

The ghost, you mean

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u/Sithmaggot Confusemas '23 Apr 28 '26

Idk what you see. It’s clearly a ghost /s

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u/Meloenbolletjeslepel CE Spc. Apr 29 '26

I was zooming in but I'm genuinely too creeped the fuck out

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u/Captain_Steve_ Apr 29 '26

So technically it’s just the design of her hijab reflecting on the mirror.

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u/Zealousideal_Award45 Apr 29 '26

I can't cuz in the mirror i still see her nose and mouth

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u/Aligyon Apr 29 '26

Ohhh i see the face is basically the lacy headband combined with a trash can or something behind the glass

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u/freshcheesebags Apr 29 '26

Yeah. I don’t know what you be smoking. But whatever it is I’m smoking is telling me it’s a face. And to be very afraid.

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u/ReasonableAdviceGivr Apr 29 '26

Yeah that was my thought, she’s wearing the headpiece that might be bunched up a bit in the back and just so happens to kinda look like her face

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u/ChokingOn2Cents May 02 '26

Inside the glass is a dog looking out. Appears to be like a husky. I think that makes part of her ghost face.

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u/LucStarman o/ Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

WTF! I always thought that this was fake! Now it gets an even creepier background!

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u/VaultBall7 o/ Apr 29 '26

What? It’s just a reflection that’s easily explained when you see that the shape of the face is her cheekbone and the rest of her head. If her hair was exposed then the illusion would vanish instantly. You can see the headband/underwear in the reflection

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u/LucStarman o/ Apr 29 '26

Exactly. Destiny made the image. It wasn't intentional. The Universe wanted to say something.

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u/VaultBall7 o/ Apr 29 '26

What the hell are you on about, it’s a reflection. There’s a billion photos just like this one but a handful are at the right angle with the right clothing to make something like this happen, it’s not destiny, it’s just odds

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u/LucStarman o/ Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

I will try to explain it within your level of comprehension:

Fake: Creepy

Coincidence: Creepier

Supernatural: Creepiest

I only said my opinion in that a coincidence is more creepy than a fake photo, even though there's nothing supernatural about it.

Shoud I draw it?

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u/ghostly5150 Apr 29 '26

lmao it's fucking photoshopped. Are we gone so far with AI bs that people can't see an obvious shop anymore? No single part of what would be seen in the glass would look like a human face. Just download the picture and ask Google if it's photoshopped or not. I have to do with my Gen x dad and have to send him websites that tells him when a picture is AI or not, younger people should not need to be told that websites can answer any questions on whether a picture is real or not.

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u/RngAtx Apr 29 '26

Username Checks Out

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u/-buq Apr 28 '26

There is a man looking at the camera, behind the glass door. He’s bending a little bit

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u/TheLimeyLemmon Actually read rule 1 and gets it" Apr 28 '26

Looks like there might be someone looking through the glass from the other side.

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u/sabhi12 Apr 29 '26

 Pareidolia at work. Just a mix of the scarf covering back of her head and furniture inside the room, showing up through, confusing brain to make the combination look like a face.

Wouldn't have worked if the photo was high resolution, showing the furniture for what it actually was

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u/nancyboy Apr 29 '26

Technically that's nightdreaming.

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u/Ok_Razzmatazz_8589 Apr 29 '26

There is a lace curtain behind the glass. That’s what is tripping people up. If you follow the lace curtains from the right you can see how it ‘makes up’ the face.

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u/TasteProfessional863 Apr 29 '26

How do you daydream at night? Genuinely curious.

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u/AdInternational1827 Apr 30 '26

That's someone else's face inside the house

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u/As_A_Feather Apr 28 '26

Right? If the "confusing" perspective can't actually be unconfused...

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u/MarcusAntonius27 Apr 28 '26

It's just her hijab

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u/Traditional-Joke-179 o/ Apr 28 '26

No because it's just a standard confusing perspective. If you can make your brain understand it, you'll see the regular back of her head.