Do you remember how we used to let our imagination run free? As children, we often found magic in the most mundane scenarios, such as lying down on the grass and pointing out what the clouds look like. Once white and shapeless, they suddenly remind us of both real and fantastical creatures like rabbits, elephants, or even giant dragons.
While crossing the bridge into adulthood may have robbed some part of our creativity, many of us still have the talent to spot patterns in inanimate objects. So if you see faces staring back at you from power plugs or toasted sandwiches, then you’ve experienced a phenomenon called facial pareidolia.
It turns out that people are hardwired to see faces virtually anywhere they look and when they do, they're eager to share them with everyone online. Get ready to witness how the most random objects acquire that human-like appearance because Bored Panda has collected some of the best examples from all over the internet. So continue scrolling and be sure to take a look at even more incredible cases of pareidolia in our earlier compilations here, here, and here!
#1 Icicle Shaped Like A Hummingbird
Image credits: little_totoro
#2 I Just Snapped This Pic And Found That I Also Captured An Accidental Tinkerbell. (The Bug Just To The Left Of The Daffodil Looks Just Like A Little Tinkerbell)
Image credits: josiechic
#3 Himalayan Monkey Flowers. They Blossom Once Every 20 Years
Image credits: WheelSevere
#4 Just Pulled A Door Handle Off, Safe To Say He Was As Surprised As I Was
Image credits: PJVeddersGirl
#5 Neptune
Image credits: JeffOvers
#6 These Vines In My Neighborhood Look Like An Elephant
Image credits: ImKeanuReefs
#7 This Water Spill On My Sink Looks Like A Dancing Lady In A Dress And Top Hat
Image credits: -ratmeat-
#8 My Butter This Morning Looks Like A Happy Naked Man
Image credits: kaatastrof
#9 My Friend's Shoes Look Like They Are Screaming
Image credits: ExplodingSofa
#10 Dog Cloud Or Falkor?
Image credits: TheOldMansGhost
#11 There's An Old Woman's Face In My Belly Button
Image credits: taykaybo
#12 This Carrot I Got At Tesco Looks Like A Sassy Pair Of Legs
Image credits: trickyjk
#13 Smiling Orchids
Image credits: cybosapien
#14 Dental Light Looks Like A Water Buffalo
Image credits: data_raven
#15 This Piece Of Driftwood That Looks Like A Goose
Image credits: JohnnyCashMoneyGreen
#16 The Spilled Yoke From My Fried Egg Looks Like A Chick
Image credits: KrispeePata
#17 This Shadow Looks Like A Person
Image credits: BananaEpicGAMER
#18 This IKEA Plant That Looks Like A Creature
Image credits: cccaaatttsssss
#19 Pebble Picasso
Image credits: jonofthesouth
#20 Cloud That Looks Like A Guy About To Eat A Sandwich
Image credits: furikake_bukkake
#21 Lady Of The Corn
Image credits: Know0neSpecial
#22 Took This Photo While On A Train. Check Out The White Jacket - Bears A Resemblance
Image credits: Monkeyman8899
#23 Dust From A Ramp On My Suede Roller-Skates Looks Like An X-Ray Of My Feet
Image credits: supervixen456
#24 The White Patch Of Fur On My Puppy's Chest Looks Like A Bird
Image credits: SaltMeat709
#25 My Lotion Looks Like A Cat
Image credits: mb01453928
#26 Phoenix Clouds Above Tbilisi, Georgia
Image credits: chop__steaks
#27 The Pic I Took Of This Fire Looks Like A Deer
Image credits: GayForChopin
#28 My Cacti Looks Like A Caveman About To Club A Rabbit
Image credits: chrisprattypus
#29 A Partially Peeled Yukon Potato
Image credits: chemispe
#30 Two Jumbo Jets Cracking A Joke And Having A Good Laugh, At Miami International Airport
Image credits: iam_fat_guy_
#31 I Think My Breakfast Is Threatening Me
Image credits: johndecoded
#32 Mine Bunched Up Sweater Is Staring At Me
Image credits: juzkii
#33 Dormammu
Image credits: MsLilo
#34 My Face When I See The First Snow
Image credits: gogoforgomez2017
#35 The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish
Image credits: molehillmilk
#36 When You Get A Labrador Thrown At You
Image credits: jamesnaranja90
#37 This Coffee Stain On My Table That Looks Like ET
Image credits: bigdavewhippinwork-
#38 This Cluster Of Golden Oyster Mushrooms Looks Like Covid-19
Image credits: breakyourfac
#39 A Piece Of Ice Cream Dropped From My Spoon As I Was Scooping And It Looks Like A Tiny Shark
Image credits: theseapriestess
#40 This Egg Spilled Out Of A Crack While Cooking And Looks Like A Little Duck
Image credits: The_Bigg_D
#41 My Bonsai Tree Kinda Looks Like A Gorilla
Image credits: No_Pollution1836
#42 Sea Devil
Image credits: 305FUN
#43 These Insect Eggs Look Like Little Smiley Faces
Image credits: Gargamel567
#44 My Rhododendron Looks Like It's Trying To Run Off
Image credits: phigene
#45 Shadow Coming Out Of Other Side Of Mason Jar Looks Like An Undead Pirate Or Something
Image credits: NamesJames0933
#46 This Roof In Romania Looks Like Jabba The Hutt
Image credits: KnifeSpoonPuppy
#47 I’ve Come To Clean Your Floors
Image credits: uber_spanner_monkey
#48 So I Came Out The House At 5 This Morning And I Saw This Bloke Leaning On A Wall With A Walking Stick I Thought He Must Be Out Of Breath
Just went back out and he's still there I shouted mate you alright? No reply, so I walked over to check on him and it's a trampoline net hanging over the wall.
Image credits: No-Glove1428
#49 Dropped My Phone And The Crack It Made Kind Of Looks Like A Hummingbird
Image credits: HYEJOOSEGOIST
#50 The Reflection Of The Fan Blade Is A Japanese Ghost Woman
Image credits: inkykunn
#51 This Carrot Pulled From The Garden
Image credits: SoDakZak
#52 The Shadow This Spray Bottle And Plant Casts On My Bathroom Wall
Image credits: illdevised
#53 Shrivelled Garlic That Kind Of Looks Like Bird With No Legs
Image credits: Matt12771
#54 I Dropped Some Coffee And It Looks Like A Bird
Image credits: gbaraldi
#55 The Back Of My Dog Looks Like An Old Man With A Mustache
Image credits: Hanngrenadee
#56 The Center Of The Log I Was Splitting Looks Like A Cat
Image credits: FeralGerbal64
#57 A Bit Creepy Tree
Image credits: jjjjjjeg
#58 This Scanner Looks Like A Xenomorph
Image credits: workJunk
#59 The Fuzz On My Sock Looks Like A Flamingo
Image credits: littleorganbigm
#60 A Hippotatomus, That Is All
Image credits: jr1c
#61 This Dish That I Ordered That Kinda Looks Like Homer Simpson
Image credits: dwo0D
#62 This Lump Of Mud And Grass That Looks Like An Elder God Porcupine
Image credits: lucky--angel
#63 This Pepper Looks Like It’s Challenging Me To Fisticuffs In 1820
Image credits: skatermario3
#64 Volkswagen Remote Control Without Battery Cover Looks Like Former German 1930's/40's National Socialist Party Leader
Image credits: Nogmor
#65 The Emergency Ladder In Mexico City's Metro Is Always In The Mood For Helping
Image credits: saulalejandrogv
#66 Old Soul On The Hike
Image credits: cosmicYeti
#67 Beautiful Bitis Viper Has A Mini Ghost On It's Head
Image credits: ShadowBun
#68 The Way The Smoke Created A Near Perfect Picture Of A Polar Bear On The Lid Of My Grill
Image credits: Erifedud13
#69 This Squash Looks Like A Sleeping Duck
Image credits: 0002millertime
#70 Today My Shaving Cream Came Out Looking Like A Cartoon Character
Image credits: SassyCharizard
#71 Ate It. His Ghost Will Forever Haunt Me
Image credits: ina__el
#72 You Can't Look At Me With Suspicion, You're A Pair Of Pants. I Know What You Did
Image credits: pato_pitaluga
#73 Noticed This Guy While Attempting To Take A Selfie
Image credits: gdamgg
#74 The Chipped Paint On My Hot Water Heater Looks Just Like A Bird
Image credits: Feinerthanmost467
#75 This Cross Section Of A Parasitic Worm Looks Exactly Like Pepe The Frog
Image credits: snoutlypup
#76 My Friends Bruise Resembles The Mona Lisa
Image credits: Justchillingtochill
#77 This Stack Of Papers Kinda Looks Like Master Shake
Image credits: noonelikesyou2
#78 This Pressure Washer Looks Like Mike Wazowski
Image credits: flxxnn
#79 My Daughter Found A Stick That Looks Like A Camel Head
Image credits: -ksguy-
#80 My Fried Egg Looked Like A Kiwi Picking Something Off The Ground
Image credits: crybz
#81 The Fire In This Pic I Took Looks Like A Dragon
Image credits: AudioSoul
#82 This Sweet Potato We Got That Looks Like A Bird
Image credits: OnionComb
#83 My Frenchie’s Butt Looks Like A Koala
Image credits: 123givemeabreak
#84 A Face Appeared In My Gaming Chair
Image credits: SBriggins
#85 This Glove Looks Like A Sphinx
Image credits: Cheez-lt
#86 The Frost On My Ice Glove Looks Like A Cat
Image credits: Hoofhearted523
#87 This Terrifying Tomato
Image credits: EternalEschaton
#88 My Toast Looks Genuinely Happy
Image credits: ibentmyworkie
#89 I Found A Footprint That Looks Like Edgar Allen Poe
Image credits: trizephyr
#90 I Was Making Hard Boiled Eggs And One Of Them Broke, And It Looks Like A Baby Sleeping In His Bed
Image credits: MysteriousNick1304
#91 Flatbread Came Out Looking Like An Alien
Image credits: admiral-_-snackbar
#92 Cannot Unsee These Creepy Tiki Faces In The Roller Skates At Work.
Image credits: My-Star-Seeker
#93 Me Too, Pepper, Me Too
Image credits: judyindaskies
#94 In Northern Norway There Is A Mountain With The Nickname "The Sleeping Soldier"
Image credits: Nomis420
#95 My Clip On Sunglasses Look Like An Insect
Image credits: yorbo
#96 A Cloud That Looks Like A Praying Cat
Image credits: NonSecretAccount
#97 This Bottle Opener That Looks Like A Parrot
Image credits: waynology
#98 This Piece Of Foil I Found On The Street That Looks Like A Samurai Warrior
Image credits: DinoHarry
#99 I'm Fairly Sure Dad Has Never Watched A Single Episode Of The Simpsons Or Futurama, Yet This Gate Of His, Conjures Up Both Homer And Bender
Image credits: IMeasure
#100 A Duck Tomato From My Mom's Garden
Image credits: viiboa
#101 I Like Your Pigtails
Image credits: sokule10
#102 This Deflated Balloon That Looks Like Mozart
Image credits: kimbclark
#103 This House Looked Disapprovingly Bucktoothed
Image credits: muddud
#104 This Grinch Shaped Cloud
Image credits: Gnar-wahl
#105 Even My Coffee Is Having A Rough Morning Today
Image credits: miss_contrary_mary
#106 Cement Patches From Recent Repairs Of My Home Kinda Looks Like A Lion On The Edge Of A Cliff
Image credits: Aditya060804
#107 My New Monstera Leaf Looks Like A Thumbs Up
Image credits: Toelva
#108 This Sweet Potato That Looks Like A Human Heart
Image credits: jimmycone
#109 I Baked Brownies And On The Side Of The Pan It Looks Like There’s A Dinosaur Diving Into Them
Image credits: beth12345_
#110 My Beer Foam Looks Like A Spooky Little Ghost
Image credits: RealMeatloaf
#111 This Shadow From My Circle Drawing Thingy Looks Like A Human
Image credits: Eugenetheguy
#112 The Bathroom Sink At My Uncle's House Looks Like A Face With A Runny Nose
Image credits: EternalNecrosis
#113 Little Water Droplet On My Desk Looks Like A Penguin
Image credits: Ferds_2006
#114 Rough Night Chicken Leg
Image credits: shtbrcks
#115 It Looks Like There’s A Polar Bear Melting In My Ice Cream
Image credits: borrow_a_feeling
#116 This Little Fuzz On My Blanket Looks Like A Little Guy Climbing A Mountain
Image credits: Jmeis7
#117 Burnt Egg Looks Like A Skeleton
Image credits: Skyccord
#118 My Daughter Spilled Her Juice And It Looks Like A Pig
Image credits: 0wn3r3k
#119 Yoshi Rock
Image credits: RubberChickenTenders
#120 Don’t Eat Me
Image credits: EctoCoolerCocktail
#121 The Coat Rack At Work Looks Like It’s Being Robbed
Image credits: bonafidemanofchaos
#122 This Snake's Scales Form A Happy Face
Image credits: DO_NOT_GILD_ME
#123 This Lightning Strike Looks Like Patrick Star Doing A Bungee
Image credits: Dougalicious26
#124 My Chocolate Bun Looks Like A Tardigrade
Image credits: cookie-fleck
#125 The Shadows Cast By The Curtains Look Like A Dragon On The Left Attacking A Village On The Right Curtain
Image credits: ah_yeah_no_maybe
#126 Half-Face In The Clouds
Image credits: SlantedSlash
#127 This Box Has Seen Better Times
Image credits: HemoglobinaX
#128 The Three Evil Faces In This Door
Image credits: blacknightcat
#129 A Face In My Tortilla
Image credits: Competitive_Yak2670
#130 Too Much Coffee, Buddy?
Image credits: No_Low_8996