Most people who look at this old photograph will probably see a large bearded head between the two figures. It looks like an image of Jesus.

You’ll probably think it’s just a crude hoax from bygone days. But look again, carefully. This is not a hoax at all. What the photo actually shows is a child sitting on the man’s knee.

Block out the head’s “hair.” That’s just a collection of foliage in the background. The “eye” is the face the child, shadowed by a large white bonnet. The “nose” is the sleeve of the child’s shirt. And the “mustache” is the child’s arm, bent at the elbow.

Be patient. It may take you a while to see this.

This is from Our Strange World, an interesting web site. It took me a while to lose the Jesus image.

Found by Gasparrini.




  1. The0ne says:

    yea, if you didn’t read the comments and just focus on the photo you’ll see the baby. But if you read “Jesus” anymore then you’re already tuned to search for him 😛

    “try to not think about a pink elephant!!!”

  2. Glenn E. says:

    I liked the “lamp” picture better. Until that was pointed out, one likely assumed that the foreground (lamp) was background, and the background was a certian foreground object. Youtube sports several of these trick videos too.

    As for the olde photo. I finally did, barely manage to see the child. But it seems to take a whole hell of a lot more imagination to see her, than the bearded face. I still think this photo was doctored, to remove as much detail from the child as possible. Who dressed their kid up like a Smurf, way back then? And why was the foliage between mother and child, in better focus than the woman? Maybe it’s the Burning Bush, back there! It’s lit up better than anything else in the shot.


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