Take a look at this picture…..
Can you see the embedded hidden thing? If so, just post a quick ‘yes’ in the comments box, but don’t say what or where it is!
Richard Wiseman
Quirky mind stuff
Take a look at this picture…..
Can you see the embedded hidden thing? If so, just post a quick ‘yes’ in the comments box, but don’t say what or where it is!
Oh, there it is!
Yes
Yep. Saw it pretty quickly.
Yes x
Yes.
yes
Yes
Yes!
Yes
Yes.
Yes
Yes
ah, there it is.. i thought i wound not find it at first ^^
Yes, 5 seconds
Oh yes!
yes
Yes
Yes
yes
Yes, got it!
yes
Got it!
Yes
I’m having a lot of trouble seeing it, so as of this posting, still no. Then again, I’m also really scared of it being one of those secretly-animated GIFs where some monster face fills up the image after a few seconds, so maybe I could be looking more intently.
Hmm, okay, I think I’ve found it. Curious to see you post the “answer”!
No. Er, it’s not a very scientific survey if only the “Yes” people are allowed to answer, is it? Have you ever heard of a “self-selecting sample”? I’ll probably stare at it for about 20 minutes and then suddenly go “Oh of course!!!!!”, but not yet.
Yes
Yes
Yes.
Yes – 6 minutes
Yep
oh yes, took a few seconds though….
YES
Yes
Yes. Finding it took essentially no time.
Took a little while, but yes.
Yes. Took me a minute, but yes.
Yes. Took me a minute, but yes.
Yes!
Yes.
Yes!
Yes
Yes
Thirty minutes later: still no.
I am wondering whether there is something vitally important about the precise wording of the question?
Or whether it’s a big thing or a small detail?
Or whether there are subtle clues in some of the answers given so far?
When will we be told (a) the answer, or (b) a clue? I notice it’s not Friday yet, so it’s not the normal timetable for a puzzle.
No.
“oh yes, took a few seconds though”
“Yes. Finding it took essentially no time.”
“Took a little while, but yes.”
“Yes. Took me a minute, but yes.”
Something about time? I hope I haven’t inadvertently given away a big clue (if it is one) but I’m still completely baffled.
I believe so…
Yes! Found it!
yes
Only after I looked for it. Wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. ;-(
yes
Yes, a couple of minutes…
Yes!
Yes
(Of course, since this is Richard Wiseman’s blog, there could be several hidden things, including a gorilla that walks across the picture while we are focused on looking at something else)
OMG! I think I’ve found it! It only took 52 minutes. If I’m right (and I’m not certain I’m right), it’s nothing to do with time or hours or minutes.
Yes.
Yes
Yes, but wouldn’t have seen it without the prompt from Richard to look.
I’ve been looking at it for about 15 minutes now and I can’t see anything. When will you post the answer?
Yes
Yes. About 3 minutes.
Yes
still no
(and its not even a nice picture….)
yes
And once you see it- it’s hard not to…
Yes!
Yes.
I saw 33% right away, decided against it, scoured the rest of the image, relaxed, then came back to the initial lead, and saw it. Looking away and back again, I saw it even clearer. Total time was 2 minutes.
I can’t see anything beyond the “obvious” features, even though there are enough shapes and shadows in the picture to allow a whole legion of Jesus spotters to run rampant with pareidolia fever.
Then again, maybe one of the things I think are overt are really meant as an embedded secret.
I’ve been going over it for an hour now and I still can’t see anything beyond what I consider to be the overt features
Yes. Two or three seconds.
I can see something that took me a little while to notice, but I don’t know if it’s the actual thing!
Yes – after 5 seconds.
All I can see are two flagpoles very close together
Yes, heti.
Yes… about 30 seconds.
Blimey! Can’t belive it’s taken me about 2 hours looking, giving up, returning and looking . . . then all of a sudden it just popped out at me. It’s another one of those where once you’ve seen it, it’s blindingly obvious. Good luck to all those still scratching their heads (or eyes out)
yes
Oh. Finally! It took me 5 minutes. It’s only one thing, right?
yes..10 sec
Please can someone say what it is? It’s killing me. No one is going to be on comment 76 of a list of yeses unless they’re looking for the answer.
How much would you pay for a hint?
Yes… Took longer than I wanted though..
Finally saw it! Had to download from phone to computer to get a bigger image. Still took some looking, watch Telly for a bit then look again. Now I can’t miss it! I love these sort of pics.
How can we see it if it’s hidden?
To answer your question: Yes. Or at least I think so.
I began looking for ‘something’ and for about five minutes, couldn’t find it. Then I realised that it could be another ‘thing’ and within a few seconds I found ‘it’; or, as I said earlier, at least I think I did.
Yes, but took me about half an hour
Yes
thought I would not be able to see , then relaxed my mind and there it was!
Blew me away.
yes
I think yes but probably no.
Yes, in a couple of seconds – but only because I was looking for something. If I hadn’t known there was something there, I would never have spotted it.
Yes, a lesbian couple. Who cares?
this would have worked best if it had been a caption contest! Nice observation!
I was utterly frustrated for some minutes. Then it just popped up and are now truly unmissable. Fascinating stuff!
An interesting experiment would be to see if everyone sees the same thing.
I still don’t see it after almost three hours’ trying
yes
Yes. 10 secs.
yes 10 minutes… was about to give up
Finally!
I had to go away and come back. Perhaps I was trying too hard the first time around.
Nope T_T
I have no idea what I’m meant to be seeing. I got nothing here
Yes, about 20 seconds. Once you see it you’ll be in no doubt that you’ve seen it.
No…@__@
Oh yeah… took a while (wasn’t counting) but now I see it. How could I have missed it?
Yes 1 sec-saw it as soon as I saw the pic, totally non plussed by it though….
Yes.
I can see something hidden, but I don’t think it’s what I’m supposed to find.
I don’t believe for a second that I’ve found what I’m meant to. I’m sure it’s just me being weird.
wow, don’t know hoe people are seeing it straight away, even when I finally saw it it’s still a bit obscure. but anyway, took me around 20 mins, good picture and all that jazz
! untill next time!
Yes, for about 5 mins I kept looking back at it but not quite seeing it.
yes
Can’t be ar$ed looking – am just wondering how this post appears as a ‘referral’ on my own blog?
Yup, finally seen the REAL hidden thing. But there is another one in there, probably not by design. And it is much funnier and more awesome.
yes, pretty well straight away
Teehee, yup. Took me a minute, though.
Maybe. I’m not sure if what I saw is what you meant.
Yes.
yes ,but it took me about 1 minute to see it.
Took me about 15 seconds of searching… woulnd’t have seen it if i hadn’t looked for it…
No, and this is getting increasingly frustrating.
Yes. It took me a minute or two. I thought it had to do with that, then I looked up a bit.
For all those frustrated people…
***************SPOILER********************
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Look at the leaves, it’s a man with glasses! (The post thingy)
I disagree, and I really hope this is a pareidolia experiment, where people are encouraged to see things that just aren’t there.
I would have liked to see the outcome if people in secret emailed what they think they see to some address.
I can clearly see Prometheus, screaming out in pain as his liver is eaten
Thanks Anonymous
must’ve looked at those leaves a million times, but now it makes sense.
Glasses? What about the saxophone?
THANK YOU!!!!
Yep.
@ anonymous
There’s always one isn’t there…..
Luckily.
I hate these things not having a reveal. I can’t tell that a man with glasses without the prompt.
yes. within 2 seconds.
yes dear prof wiseman i have my handup grovel plead……………
So I found it right away. Then I thought it was WAY to easy to find it. I kept looking for something else. I ended up spending 15 minutes looking for something else, because the first was to easy to find. I then searched Google to verify that what I found was really it, and it was.
YES
yes
Yes. Took a few minutes. I suppose I was looking for something more dramatic.
Yes
Yes, I got 2 things!
No. Tried twice over 2 days but nothing. Hope you post the answer today.
Yes. I must say this isn’t a great quality image to see it in though…
Yes got it. unless your going to tell the mountain is a dragon (need to stop playing Skyrim)
Yes, but it took a while.
No (five seconds).
Maybe (60 seconds).
Yes, took me ages, but I see it now.
Yes I think so
No problem. Bring the next one on.
Just saw it! Took about <10s.
Yes!
Yes
Yes. But I can’t say for sure I’d “see” it if I haven’t been prodded into “finding the hidden thing”. That’s probably something to consider.
Took about 10 seconds – yes.
That’s jazzed up my evening.
I *think* I see it. Curious how many answer definite *yes*. Skepticism, ya know?
Yes. Took a few minutes
yes
Yes.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, yes I can.
I’m beginning to wonder whether this is all an elaborate joke, and that there is no hidden image. If so, it’s not funny!
As usual, it’s surprising when it finally jumps out at you.
Yes…
Yes
Yes!
I’m with the minority who hasn’t seen anything major yet. Have stared for about 3 minutes, took a walk, came back, still nothing. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m focusing with determination, not just glancing?
Yes, took about 10 sec.
Yes
Yes; 10 seconds. What did I win?
Yeup, got it.
It took a minute but now the thing I see I can’t unsee. After finding it… now it’s just TOTALLY obvious to my eyes.
Yes
Peice of p***!!
Yes
Yes
Eventually Yes! Looked for ages earlier, but just switched on this evening – and this time with my glasses – and went straight to it! Gonna look at some more stuff with these babies…
Me not….and so many people yes!
Congratulations for all of you clever ones!
Yup!
I really can’t see it.
Oh my gosh, I just saw it. So awesome!
I think I have it but would like to confirm without giving the game away. Em – Am I hitting the right note?
yes
Yes
Yes, but it took ages.
Yes… Saw it very quickly
yes
Yes!
Well I may have saw it but I’m not sure if it’s the thing you wanted us to see.
And wow; this is probably the most comments you have gotten in a long time!
Yes
I think I see it…
Yes. I finally got one.
Yes
I don’t know if I’m looking at the right thing…. Maybe?
Monkey on roller skates, smoking a cigar?
Other than the lesbian couple
, what was obvious in 10 seconds:
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(Considering that the time for not-revealing is over)
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The creeper & leaves on the right hand side of the pic make a man double the size of the “man” in the statue. The man is wearing a gray hat, glasses with +2.2 power, blue striped suit, and black shoes. He is playing “Still Crazy after all these years” on sax, the guitarist (or mandolin-ist, whatever) in statue is accompanying him. The creepery sax man had a fight with his wife this afternoon because he is looking happy. Woman sitting is more absorbed in sax (read carefully) than man-dolin.
thanks Sambo, I can see it now. To me the man’s shoulders and head looked like a wolf. I was wondering what it was doing up in the tree.
Even a day later, I can’t see a man there.
I can “see” the head of a giant, lying on his back, with the mouth open as if in agony, in the mountains in the background. As I mentioned before, it must be Prometheus
haha! I thought this was a joke then randomly noticed the saxophone.
I still don’t see it.
Took a minute, but yes.
Yes
yes
Honest Abe
Yes
Yes, is it Dexter Gordon?
yes, ask everyone ¿what he see? What kind of personality see what thing? Like in the 2º of others 2 photos. It will be interesting
Finally got it.
I think I see it – took seconds, but not sure it’s what everyone else is seeing. :-/
Knowing Richard, I spent a good deal of time looking for something rude … Could those mountains form breasts somehow? … Ah well.
No. Can’t see a thing
— SPOILER ALERT —
So my hockey-bat left sided of the tree is not the hidden thing?
this one took me days to work out… finally got it.
Isn’t that funny – I examined the picture both at the regular size and at various zoomed levels the other day, and couldn’t see the ‘hidden’ object at all.
I reloaded the page today, and spotted it almost immediately (with the help of clues remembered from when I read the comments the first time).
What would be cool is for someone to attempt a real life version with Liu Bolin
HA! Spent about 20 minutes frustratingly looking for it, then realised I need to leave quite soon and instantly spotted it. The coincidence is that I’m now off to Ronnie Scott’s, which probably helped…
yes!
Nope, can’t see it.
Yes…it took me 4 seconds
Oui !
Yes, 10s.
No! And I want to know what it is!!!
couldn’t see anything for days…had to have the help from this site – thank you. it’s a horrid picture but cool puzzle!
yes, well, actually my DAD found it, but I did too.
yes. i think i have what i would call the “major” one. but i have also “found” a couple other things that i swear are also intentional hidden things. or my brain is just trying too hard…
so: up to 3 things. (one good one, 2 weak ones,)
dw
YES
yes. cool
yes
Yes 35 seconds
yes, took me awhile. not an easy one and I still had to use my imagination once I knew it was there
Yes
yes yes yes
Saw it after a few min
Yes spotted one thing pretty sure is it. To zoom in with IE you can hold down ctrl and scroll your mouse scroll button
someone just say already
ah good old google image search!