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Can YOU see ā€˜a face’?

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Urmstongran Sun 07-Apr-24 16:45:02

Years ago I remember my late mum telling me she could ā€˜see faces’ in many strange places. Making them out apparently from the patterns of fabrics etc. Well this morning I dumped my pyjamas on the bathroom floor and got into the shower. As I dried myself off I looked across - and immediately made out this ā€˜face’. It was so clear to me! I know what she meant know.

Can you see it too? Do you subscribe to this unusual phenomena occasionally?
😁

JenniferEccles Sun 07-Apr-24 22:48:58

Yes I can see him! A happy little laughing chap!
I think we are programmed from babyhood to look for and respond to the human face.

I remember reading once about how tiny babies, just able to focus were shown some cards, some with bright colours on them and some with a very simple drawing of a human face.
It was found that the babies spent longer looking at the face than the cards with the colours.

MiniMoon Sun 07-Apr-24 23:30:54

I saw it immediately. I can see faces everywhere. I used to be fascinated by all the faces, and the reclining lion in the brickwork of our outside toilet when I was a child.
This photo is of the gorge near my home. I see Native Americans in the rocks.

Cossy Mon 08-Apr-24 12:36:38

I can see a tiny laughing face!

bluebird243 Mon 08-Apr-24 12:40:04

I see a Pug's head/face.

pably15 Mon 08-Apr-24 12:43:51

yes ,I can see a face with one eye a nose and a mouth..

Amalegra Mon 08-Apr-24 12:48:43

I can see a face in these pyjamas! Or a wrinkly little dog! I often see faces in strange places that make me chuckle. I love looking at clouds for the same reason; lots of interesting faces and figures there!

undines Mon 08-Apr-24 12:49:04

I can see a dog with a hat on!

MissAdventure Mon 08-Apr-24 12:49:59

grin

Lookout01 Mon 08-Apr-24 12:50:49

Yes! I see two eyes, a squashed nose and a mouth smiling! 😁

mabon1 Mon 08-Apr-24 13:13:27

I see faces constantly, particularly in clouds.

MissAdventure Mon 08-Apr-24 13:16:18

What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data.

Have you ever tried cloud busting, Mabon?

nanna8 Mon 08-Apr-24 13:16:30

I can see a face but I have funny eyes so often see weird things. One long sighted, one short sighted. I see things in hills and mountains,too.

Toddleo Mon 08-Apr-24 13:32:11

Yes! often happens to me!

sharon103 Mon 08-Apr-24 13:53:30

undines

I can see a dog with a hat on!

Yes so can I. ha ha.
I can often see faces in things.

Jenn53 Mon 08-Apr-24 14:30:03

Yes, I agree with you on seeing faces "Urmstongran". Here, I can see three faces, a little dog or a little chimpanzee at the top,
the face of a man hiding, and is that a laughing cow? Amazing. I often see faces in tree trunks, clouds in the sky & everyday mundane things around me. Some friends think I am quite dotty!!

keepingquiet Mon 08-Apr-24 14:33:55

We are hard wired to recognise the human face when given random patterns. It is down to evolution as social beings, but also to warn us of danger.

Makes me think of the film Castway- if you don't have a real face to see we will invent them. It's all perfectly normal.

jerseygirl Mon 08-Apr-24 15:00:11

Yes i can see it. I can see a face with its mouth open, a bit like a clown.

Kalu Mon 08-Apr-24 15:14:52

I immediately saw a lamb, with legs.

I see lots of faces, especially in marble or wood Urms

I see my mother’s face in the bathroom tiles. Very creepy. DDs can see it too. Double wardrobe wooden doors have alien twins facing my bed!

Kalu Mon 08-Apr-24 15:17:12

MissAdventure

What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data.

Have you ever tried cloud busting, Mabon?

Every day’s a school dayšŸ‘

Urmstongran Mon 08-Apr-24 15:17:33

Lookout01

Yes! I see two eyes, a squashed nose and a mouth smiling! 😁

That’s what I saw too Lookout01!

MissAdventure Mon 08-Apr-24 15:18:56

I think I used to see faces as a child.
I can certainly remember my long suffering mum wafting the curtains, moving the dressing gowns to prove there were no monsters lurking.

Kalu Mon 08-Apr-24 15:19:47

MiniMoon

I saw it immediately. I can see faces everywhere. I used to be fascinated by all the faces, and the reclining lion in the brickwork of our outside toilet when I was a child.
This photo is of the gorge near my home. I see Native Americans in the rocks.

I see a face and a skull at the right hand side of it.

MissAdventure Mon 08-Apr-24 15:21:44

No disrespect to Urmston's pyjamas, but it was a troll-like face that I saw.
It looked up to no good.

Marleygirl Mon 08-Apr-24 15:44:57

I can see a face of a very sad lady!

4allweknow Mon 08-Apr-24 15:56:56

Oh yes. Top right hand side clump definitely shows a face.