WARNING: Do not look at this spooky optical illusion after dark.
Netizens report that the visual trick that forces viewers to see non-existent, changing faces can be disturbing and scary.
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TikTok user HecticNick shared this spooky optical illusion on his page Credits: Tiktok/hecticnick
The video was shared by TikTok user Hectic Nick, whose 3.9 million followers love the brain teasers and optical illusions he posts.
Sitting in front of the camera in a leather jacket and mirrored sunglasses, Nick pointed to the footage above his head.
“Focus your eyes on the middle of these two images,” said Nick.
On the screen, a pale gray + symbol indicated where viewers should focus.
Both sides of the focal point were surrounded by videos of rapidly changing faces. The faces on the left and right were not identical, but could be considered similar to the naked eye.
“Your mind will try to put them together.
“While you’re looking in the middle, the side images are going to look really weird,” he warned.
Some viewers reported amusing but not disturbing effects.
“They just multiply if I stare too long,” wrote one unimpressed viewer.
“They look like Barbies,” claimed another.
But others saw a series of horrified faces as they looked at the images.
Instead of seeing people who were on the screen, viewers saw scary faces that weren’t really there.
Commentators have reported seeing bulging eyes, elongated heads and necks, and facial features that melt or change.
“One of them had an eye,” wrote one startled onlooker.
“This gives me goosebumps,” said another.
One viewer did not regret watching the video, but wished they had watched it in the afternoon instead of late at night.
“I’m watching this at midnight and it’s driving me crazy,” they wrote.
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Faces in images combined, creating terrifying images for viewers Credit: tiktok/hecticnick
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Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education