30 Times People Spotted Weird Or Confusing Shadows And Just Had To Snap A Pic

Sometimes our eyes end up playing tricks on us and what we though to be a spooky silhouette of a man in a dark alley turns out to be nothing more than a weird shadow of a tree. And even though these accidental optical illusions can be pretty scary, they can also be absolutely fascinating.

People online are sharing pictures of all the weird, funny, and confusing shadows that they’ve managed to capture, and they’re guaranteed to mess with your mind. Check out some best ones in the gallery below, and if you want more, make sure to read our earlier article here!

#1 Shadows Cast From A Tree During An Eclipse

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#2 The Way These Shadows Line Up With The Windows

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#3 A Rare Optic Sight, The “Brocken Spectre,” Occurs When A Person Stands At A Higher Altitude In The Mountains And Sees His Shadow Cast On A Cloud At A Lower Altitude

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#4 Even The Shadows In Scotland Are Plaid

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#5 This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot

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#6 This Unicorn Shadow

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#7 Crumpled Paper Shadow Faces

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#8 The Horses Were Standing So Still That Their Shadows Still Have Frost

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#9 Shadow And Slope Makes It Look Like He’s Floating

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#10 The Way The Light Shines Through The Bookcase Making A Cityscape Shadow

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#11 The Shadow Of My Chimney Makes Me Look Like Lord Farquad

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#12 This Shadow That Perfectly Lined Up With The Light Pole

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#13 Shadow Cast By My Light Looks Like The Gingerbread Man Hanged Himself

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#14 The Shadow On The Stairs Looks Like Another Set Of Stairs

Image source: JazzFricker

#15 Baby Deer Chilling On A Chair

#16 A Long Boi With A Shadow Of A Mandog

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#17 Spider Floating On Water Made A Unique Shadow

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#18 The Shadow From A Rivet Makes It Look Like Sacajawea’s Smoking A Blunt

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#19 A Tree’s Shadow Stopped The Snow Underneath It From Melting

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#20 This Restaurant Uses Shadows To Show Men And Women Restrooms

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#21 The Shadows From These Window Cages Create A 3D Effect

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#22 The Way The Shadows Look Between My Coffee Mugs

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#23 I Genuinely Thought My Car Was Hovering Over The Parking. The Shadow Makes It Look Like It’s Floating

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#24 Lahaina Noon In Hawaii Right Now – The Sun Passes Directly Overhead, So Anything That Isn’t Top-Heavy Doesn’t Cast A Shadow

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#25 Shadow Looks Like Painting

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#26 Only 3 Spiral Ornaments And The Rest Are The Shadows They Cast

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#27 Straight Ladder Has A Crooked Shadow

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#28 K-Pop Shadow Is Coming For You

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#29 Shadows Of Birds Perched Atop A Tent

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#30 The Personless Shadow

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