Imagine that you’re scrolling through the internet, looking for pics of adorable doggos. Sounds like another day at the office, right? But then you stumble on a photo that freezes your brain. Your heart races. Your mind can’t process what you’re looking at. All you can say is “what in the world?” because you’re having trouble understanding what’s wrong with this dog picture.
There’s one photo of a dog that’s making the internet very, very confused. It’s gotten more than 143k views and over 3.2k upvotes on Imgur, and people are sharing how shocked, scared, and baffled they were. So take a good long look at the photo below and let us know in the comments what your very first thoughts were, dear Pandas.
This horror-inducing photo of a dog is going viral, however it's not what it looks like
People were clearly confused:
Some started 'fixing' the pic with Photoshop:
Turns out, it's just a three-legged dog licking himself:
A year ago, the photo went viral on both Imgur and on the subreddit r/confusing_perspective. One person even made a handy drawing to show people what the dog would most likely look like from another perspective.
Meanwhile, some internet users were so shocked that they joked about having had enough Reddit for one day and compared the dog to something they’d see in the Silent Hill video games.
While others couldn’t help themselves and photoshopped googly eyes on the pic for a hilarious (not to mention worrisome) edit.
And in case you were wondering, here's what the doggo looks like from a different perspective. Cute, right?
Later the owner posted a photo of their three-legged friend indeed proving that he has a head
Want some more optical illusion animals? Be sure to check out this list below!
This isn’t the first time that a pet picture had the internet wondering what the flippin’ heck they were looking at. Bored Panda has collected some other pet optical illusion pics for you to puzzle out, so scroll down and enjoy. When you’re done with this list, check out our previous post about a dog pic that people are also having trouble understanding.
#1 We Ride To Victory!
Image credits: Vail
#2 How Can I Teach My Pet This Skill?
Image credits: greeedy
#3 This Picture Of A Crow Is Interesting Because...it's Actually A Cat
Image credits: RobertMaguire_
#4 My Dogs Appear To Have Merged This Morning
Image credits: NegativePitch
#5 This Picture Makes My Sister's Yellow Lab Look Like A Polar Bear
Image credits: TomNJ
#6 Our Two Cats Look Like They Were Cross-Stitched Onto The Carrier.
Image credits: Bombingofdresden
#7 Bird-Dog
Image credits: Ukulele_Henry
#8 Dog In A Bubble
Image credits: Fizzgig11
#9 This Really Messed With My Head For A Few Minutes Before I Realised
Image credits: dancingfool75
#10 Girl Fishing
Image credits: buzzinspired.com
#11 Nothing Like Hugging A Giant Pooch!
Image credits: Japas
#12 It's More Of Them Small Ones Dressed As A Big One
Image credits: upchuk
#13 Optical Illusion Dog
Image credits: chadwalk
#14 Belching Rainbows
Image credits: imgur.com
#15 Dog With Frisbee Lips
Image credits: bpkbpk
#16 Woman With A Dog
#17 Was Taking Pictures Of My Mom Petting My Dog When...
Image credits: imgur.com
#18 Which Side Is The Mouth?
#19 You Taste Funny
#20 Dog Has Horns
#21 Wife's Second Picture With A Dslr And She Gets A "Perfect Timing" Shot
Image credits: imgur.com
#22 Took A Picture Of My Brother And Our Dog, Kind Of Strange Result
Image credits: winthepoo
#23 Go, Go, Gadget Neck
Image credits: Short_stuff
#24 Let's Put Our Heads Together Here!
#25 My Dog Looks Like He Is Running On Water
Image credits: imgur.com
#26 The Accidental Giant
Image credits: imgur.com
#27 This Airedale Look Like A Giant. It Seems To Dwarf The House And Children In The Background
Image credits: Mark McGrath
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