The weird phenomenon is called “pareidolia” — where the brain interprets meaningful shapes and patterns in meaningless information.
It’s why some stunned Brits have found Elvis in their toast or Jesus in their curtains – or why everywhere you look in your home, there might appear to be faces looking back at you.
Here are some of the weirdest examples.
On yer bike
This helmet seems seriously happy about head protection
Absolute belter
Seatbelts can also seem extremely smiley about safety, too
Loo must be joking
If ever you needed another reason not to stockpile toilet paper, turning your toilet into a judgemental scowl might be it
Step too far
There’s something up with this staircase
Cold calling
This frightened fridge has absolutely no chill whatsoever
Body building
The position of the windows and the door in this church wall make the building look like something holy different
Buddy-weiser
Wouldn’t you expect to usually find a face on a head?
That sinking feeling
Sometimes, faces just readily appear in objects – you don’t have to fawcett
Brain drain
Whereas this tap just won’t pipe down
You’ve been framed
Wonder how long it took the owner of this door to latch on to this face being here?
Trump cardboard
Make America crate again
Clean machine
Get a load of this guy
Let off some steam
There’d be trouble brewing if you caught this face looking at you from your kitchen counter
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