60 Funny Optical Illusions That’ll Confuse You For 10-15 Seconds Until You Figure Them Out

You know how when you wake up in the middle of the night and you glance at the silhouette of the pile of laundry on your desk chair? Does your mind go right to “That’s just my laundry on a chair” or “Holy s**t there’s a demon in my room”? Why is that? It’s because your brain is a tricky little sucker and is always playing tricks.

The subreddit ‘Confusing Perspectives‘ is all about that experience — the experience of going from pure confusion and terror to laughing your pants off once you finally realize what you’re seeing. 

Here are some of the best and funniest optical illusion tricks from the subreddit recently:

1. Minotaur?

2. Goblin spying on me during plane trip.

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12. Saw This After My SO Gasped. Scared The Hell Out Of Us. This Is Mannequin

Jimitheexploder

13. When Your Lamp Gives You A Heart Attack

Nizzler

14. Early When I Arrived Home, I Saw A Strange Figure Standing In My Window. Terrified, I Called The Police And They Did A Search Of My House. The Culprit? My Hanging Laundry

mew1994

15. Every Time I Come Home Late My Neighbor’s Burglar-Proofing Cardboard Cutout Gives Me A Minor Heart Attack

Eldeee

16. Hung My Hip Waders Up In The Basement. Scared The S**t Out Of My Wife When She Went To Go Down There

atodaso

17. Came Home Late And Found This Sitting On The Edge Of My Bed. I Now Know What It’s Like To Be Too Scared To Move

pacmaneatsfruit

18. Scared The Crap Out Of Me This Morning

Rkblack12

19. Was Eating A Packet Of Walnuts When I Happened To Notice This… Almost Had A Heart Attack

zazzles

20. My Mom Washed My Snuggie And Hung It Up In My Room, Almost Had A Heart Attack

Snaps4

21. The Shadow From This Tree Scared Me

Hellakittehs

22. Almost Had A Heart Attack

Recoverytime

23. That Paralyzing Moment When You Forget To Breathe Because You’re So Darn Scared… I Forgot I Put My Hair Clip There

Your Singing Nurse

24. I Thought I Saw A Woman Dressed As A Handmaid About To Jump From A Building. I Called 911

itsmeCaseyMc

25. I Left My Boots At The Back Door. When I Was Walking Back Outside I Nearly Had A Heart Attack

WesleyRJ95

26. I Need To Find The Lady Who Hanged This Freak. Gave Me A Heart Attack…

LadyRaptor

27. Slept Over My Moms House Last Night And This Scared Me More Then I Would Like To Admit

NotHerebrb

28. Walked Into My Room And Saw That My Pillows And Blanket Had Tangled Up Like This. I Almost Had A Heart Attack

ThisIsHowIShowMyLove

29. My Wife Tossed A Comforter On A Chair To Dry, I Nearly Had A Heart Attack

schrute_beet_farms

30. Had A Mini Heart Attack When I Looked Up And Saw This. Trampoline Developed A Hole. She Thought It Was Hilarious

Cerebos

31. My Friend’s Way Of Drying Shoes Scared Me A Bit. I Thought She Was Hanging Out Her 11th Floor Window

amandalauren16

32. This Was On The Side Of My Friends House, Scared The Crap Out Of Me

drivetothebeat

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34. The Perfect Pick Pocket

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39. Skiers Looking Like Music Notes

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52. They’re Just Really Good “Friends”

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54. What say you?

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59. “Head” On Beach After Sandy

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