# My new favorite optical illusion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016 "2003-02-05T18:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/1 "2003-02-05T18:55:15Z")
[Things that move but don’t](http://www.opticalillusions.ws/CRAZYILLUSION!.html) 😃 That’s really a great illusion! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/2 "2003-02-05T19:05:34Z")
If you’ve seen it I appologise but check out [this](http://www.indianchild.com/moving_spiral.htm) Illusion. Stare at the center for 30 or so seconds - the longer the better - then look at your hand. Really kinda funky. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/3 "2003-02-05T19:06:34Z")
And you get to look like a demented chicken as well! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/4 "2003-02-05T19:07:27Z")
Wow! I was the 1,000,000th Visitor to that Web Site! What are the odds?!? The first one **CRAZY ILLUSION!** (rotating circles) was my fave. **Perplexing Illusion!** made my eyes water, and **Life** made me feel like I was going cross-eyed! KEWL ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/5 "2003-02-05T19:46:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow! I was the 1,000,000th Visitor to that Web Site! What are the odds?!? Hey! Me, too. Must be the new math. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/6 "2003-02-05T20:57:25Z")
No you bastards I was the 1,000,000th vistor and that vaulable prize is MINE! Could you find the 9 people? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/7 "2003-02-05T21:21:35Z")
I found the 5 wolves. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/8 "2003-02-05T21:26:45Z")
I found 7 of the people. Were they any people in that dog? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/9 "2003-02-05T21:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*I found 7 of the people. Were they any people in that dog? \*\* No, the dog serves as the hand of the BIG person. There are four faces in the space above the left portion of the wall - maybe you’re missing some of those. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/10 "2003-02-05T23:16:39Z")
Cool stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Mirasol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mirasol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirasol)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/11 "2003-02-06T00:14:25Z")
Gah! The 9 people thing. I actually saw the big guy first, being familar with these things. It was one of the four Chef Troy talked about that I missed. I was looking all over to find a site with an explanation. Ack! ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/12 "2003-02-06T00:46:25Z")
That’s not an optical illusion… it just looks like one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/13 "2003-02-06T01:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*If you’ve seen it I appologise but check out [this](http://www.indianchild.com/moving_spiral.htm) Illusion. Stare at the center for 30 or so seconds - the longer the better - then look at your hand. Really kinda funky. \*\* I saw this one back in the 80’s in an issue of _Omni_ magazine. You’d cut it out of the magazine and place it on your turntable (stop laughing!). I stared at it for about two minutes and thought the illusion would never stop. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/14 "2003-02-06T02:27:44Z")
I looked at the one with 11 people. [barney fife]Found 'em all. Sniff. Yep. Now I’m gonna go see what Thelma Lou’s got for supper. Sniff. Yep. [/barney fife] ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/15 "2003-02-06T02:59:58Z")
Damn it! I was the 1,000,000 visitor to the website and the message is blocking the picture! BTW, anyone know how to close those things? They don’t have an x in the corner nor a “close” thing to press. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-optical-illusion/153016/16 "2003-02-06T03:41:48Z")
Just a warning to those with heart conditions: beware the illusion that reads “Stare At The Picture and Concentrate. It will take about one minute for your eyes to adjust. This is REALLY Freaky!” and just has a picture of a room. Happy