# Find the cat in the photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800 "2013-03-24T05:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/21 "2013-03-24T20:02:40Z")
[Spooky one](http://i.imgur.com/00D36RU.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/22 "2013-03-24T20:29:26Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > I assume he means (complete spoiler): > > The black woman between the two women in the foreground I saw her right away, along with the other people in the photo. I never really gave her a thought and kept looking for something else. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/23 "2013-03-24T20:39:12Z")
I f’in HATE cats. Why would I want to find one? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/24 "2013-03-24T20:41:19Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Same here - can we get some confirmation that the dark face between the two foreground girls is the big surprise? She’s not very well lit, but she’s hardly hiding! She’s not hiding, but I did take awhile to find it. This picture creeps me out, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/25 "2013-03-24T20:45:42Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > [Spooky one](http://i.imgur.com/00D36RU.jpg) Jesus! I kept expecting one of those screaming faces to jump out and scare me, so when it didn’t I saved it and blew it up to full-screen size before I could see what I hope is the “hidden” image. Spooky, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/26 "2013-03-24T20:47:07Z")
[http://postimg.org/image/6ss3jub51/](http://postimg.org/image/6ss3jub51/) ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/27 "2013-03-24T20:51:17Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [http://postimg.org/image/6ss3jub51/](http://postimg.org/image/6ss3jub51/) That is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/28 "2013-03-24T21:11:44Z")
[Some nice ones here, as well.](http://www.moillusions.com/2007/01/optical-illusions-background.html) ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/29 "2013-03-24T21:21:16Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > [Spooky one](http://i.imgur.com/00D36RU.jpg) Shit! That sent a chill up my spine. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/30 "2013-03-24T23:24:11Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I took a minute, but it was a frustrating minute! > > I’ll see your secret and raise you a [Copperhead](http://www.canadaka.net/pic-9043.html)! This one took me a while. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/31 "2013-03-24T23:40:17Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > [Spooky one](http://i.imgur.com/00D36RU.jpg) I give up. Can you give me a hint? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/32 "2013-03-24T23:49:26Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I give up. Can you give me a hint? Bottom left ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/33 "2013-03-25T00:12:55Z")
I saw it nearly immediately, as soon as I identified the stone wall. Obviously I am a little overprotective of my grey-brown tabbies. My husband took a good while longer. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/34 "2013-03-25T00:47:47Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by pohjonen View Post I give up. Can you give me a hint? Bottom left Reply With Quote It’s cheating if the photo is so dark there’s no detail at all in the areas of interest. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/35 "2013-03-25T01:03:59Z")
Ah. Now that I’ve seen it I can’t Unsee it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/36 "2013-03-25T01:19:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Jesus! I kept expecting one of those screaming faces to jump out and scare me, so when it didn’t I saved it and blew it up to full-screen size before I could see what I hope is the “hidden” image. Spooky, indeed! My reaction too - I automatically turned the sound down, just in case. But now that I’ve seen it, I can’t look at that photo for too long or I get the heebie-jeebies. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/37 "2013-03-25T02:05:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Jesus! I kept expecting one of those screaming faces to jump out and scare me, so when it didn’t I saved it and blew it up to full-screen size before I could see what I hope is the “hidden” image. Spooky, indeed! It hasn’t happened in long enough that people might actually not know it’s against the rules to do that… > [@](#): > > **No jack-in-the-box links** > We’re tired of seeing that site with a picture that has a face jumping up with a scream, or similar. If you’re going to post a link to that site, or another site that is intended to startle/annoy by a sudden sound/image, check with a staff member first. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/38 "2013-03-25T02:09:00Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by pohjonen View Post > I give up. Can you give me a hint? > Bottom left > Reply With Quote > > It’s cheating if the photo is so dark there’s no detail at all in the areas of interest. When I saw this one a couple months ago I couldn’t see it even when it was pointed out to me. Then, I moved my monitor and the brightness increased enough that I saw it: it was startling but it was too dark for me to see originally. The same thing happened with the face-between-two-faces one, even when it was relinked here. I was looking right at the place where I _knew_ there was a face, because I had seen the picture before, but I couldn’t see it until I adjusted my monitor. The cat one, however, was not one of these cases. I found it but it took a good couple minutes. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/39 "2013-03-25T04:47:29Z")
In less than 3 seconds I did. Oh well, I’ve always been good at that (in addition to my training.) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800/40 "2013-03-25T20:50:55Z")
I found it quickly, but it could have been luck. When I’m looking for something around the house I seem to be half-blind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-cat-in-the-photo/653800.md?page=3)