65 Mind-Bending Photos That Require An Explanation
Prepare to have your mind blown.
1.
**This is not a massive seagull plucking a woman's head off. **It's a well timed photo.
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**This man does have legs. **He's just wearing navy shorts — the rest of his legs are hidden behind the kids.
3.
**This is not a butt. **It's a head and shoulders.
4.
**That's not a phantom arm appearing out of nowhere. **She's just scratching her back!
5.
**This woman is not staring from across the train. **That's just a magazine ad.
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**There aren't two people sitting on this motor scooter. **There's just one person.
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**This is not a closeup of the back of someone's head and neck. **It's someone's entire back, and they're not wearing a shirt.
8.
**This person is not plunging their hand down the front of their friend's pants. **The guy in the black jacket has a red t-shirt on.
9.
**There's only one vehicle in this photo. **The van is the only vehicle. The car is printed on the side of it.
10.
**That dog isn't cut in two (thankfully!). **That's just a dog and a log.
11.
**Once again, no one is staring at you. **Just glasses on the back of a head, Guy Fieri-style.
12.
**This isn't an impossibly tall person. **Those are two people.
13.
**Despite appearances, these two dogs each have their own bodies. **Those front legs belong to the dog on the left. The dog on the right is peeking its head between the door and the lefthand dog.
14.
**This man did not pee in his pants in front of a room full of people. **Like the caption says, that's just the reflection of the chairs.
15.
**This is not a person staring fixedly at you. **It's an ad.
16.
**These two people are not actually dressed alike. **It's just another mirror trick.
17.
**This dog does have a body — I promise. **It's just obscured by its head.
18.
**This is not a bird. **It's a cat with its head tilted back and cocked sideways.
19.
This guy does not have long hair. The person sitting directly behind him does.
20.
**This weightlifter's wiener is NOT hanging out. **That's a belt.
21.
**That person isn't wearing a stunning wedding dress. **That's just fountain water.
22.
**This person does not have a tiny head. **That's two people, and the closer person has their head down.
23.
**There aren't four people in this photo. **There's only three: The woman in the front is carrying the guy with the blue and white shorts and hat. The kid in the back is wearing the black shorts.
24.
**The driver of this car is not rudely staring. **It's another ad!
25.
**This gift card does not depict hands holding breasts. **Those are two gift cards!
26.
**The cherry picker's arm is, in fact, fully extended. **It's just hidden behind the basket.
27.
**These aren't tiny people standing beside a small rock. **These are normal sized people standing beside a massive rock.
28.
**This photo does not, in fact, depict a wardrobe malfunction. **That's a baby's foot.
29.
**There's only one person in that car. **The other bald heads are actually headrests.
30.
**That baby doesn't have a huge hand, and that adult doesn't have a baby hand. **The adult is sitting with both hands on the arm rests.
31.
**There's not a hole in this cat. **Cats are just liquid, and the arm is underneath the cat.
32.
**Nobody is riding anybody in this photo — I promise. **The rider's pants just align with a stripe on the ridee's blouse.
33.
**This guy does not have his arm around this woman. **The neck pillow just matches his shirt.
34.
**That squirrel is not actually 5 feet tall. **The squirrel is squirrel-sized and sitting on the roof.
35.
**That phone is not smaller than a deck of cards. **That phone is actually sitting on the floor, not the table.
36.
**That nose, mouth, and chin do not belong to this baby. **They belong to the person holding the baby.
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**This photo ****also**_ _**does not depict a terrible wardrobe malfunction. **Those are also just feet.
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**This bartender isn't actually wearing a skirt. **There's a mirror on the bar.
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**This cat does not have the body of a tiny little cartoon man. **It's sitting down, and there's a sock draped over its back.
40.
**This woman does not have a foot for a hand. **She's reaching for her ankle.
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**The guy in the back isn't reaching out and putting a hand on this person's shoulder. **That hand belongs to the woman on the left.
42.
**The shirts have not, in fact, come alive. **There only appears to be a terrifying face on them.
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**This dog is not giving a thumbs up. **The person spooning that dog is.
44.
**Nope, this is not a photo of a little man standing on a bin. **The bin is between the man and the photographer.
45.
There's no store called Louie's in this photo. That's the Lowe's sign with a light pole in front of the "W".
46.
**This cow does have a body. **It's just behind its head. If you look veryyyy closely, you can see a hoof under its nose.
47.
The girl on the left does not have precisely cut hairline. That's a shadow.
48.
**This cat does not exist in some alternate M.C. Escher dimension. **Those steps are carpeted underneath. The cat is peeking down from the second floor, and the ceiling you're looking at is the first floor.
49.
**Don't worry, this cat has a body. **It's just hidden behind that small concrete wall.
50.
**This cat isn't sucking on that pole. **That's the pole's cap — those are called pole caps, right?
51.
**This dog is not reaching deep inside this other dog's anus. **That's a tail, not an arm.
52.
**That horse is not really floating. **The shadow belongs to the horse that's standing up.
53.
**That's not a really long cow. **That's actually two cows standing behind that concrete tower.
54.
**That butterfly does not have the head of a grandma. **Grandma's just standing behind it!
55.
**That's not a partially submerged boat. **That's a broken car antenna.
56.
**That golden retriever does not have a beautiful, long, conditioned mane. **The person sitting next to it does.
57.
**Believe it or not, the person all the way on the right is not the one being held here. **The person in the middle is. The black skirt and black top are causing the confusion (it's not a black dress).
58.
**This platform is not actually hovering above the sand. **That shadow belongs to a flag.
59.
**Tim Duncan is not whispering sweet nothings into this guy's ear. **Tim Duncan is on the television.
60.
**This isn't a regular old mantle. **It's just some weird construction.
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**This cat's ear isn't transparent. **It just aligns perfectly with this person's hairline.
62.
**There's not a hole in this chair. **There's a cat there!
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**Sorry to disappoint, but the dog isn't driving the car. **The dog is just sticking its head in the front seat.
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**This person is not invisible. **Their socks are just the same pattern as the subway floor.
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**And last but not least, there's not actually a man riding in that backpack. **He's behind the backpack!
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