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November 5, 2006 by Vurdlak | Share  

Is this what you see here the ghost of Houdini? Well no, of course not, but you just might think it is after you’ve viewed this awesome original illusion created by Bob King. To explain how it works: open the picture below, then, with your eyes about 12 inches away, stare at the white circle nearest the middle of the image for 60 seconds. Now close your eyes and tip your head back a bit, keeping your eyes closed for about 20 seconds. Wait to see if Houdini’s image slowly appears! You can do this also by starring at white surface. As some of you old timers here noticed, it’s really similar to Original Jesus illusion, but there were also light bulb and Batman illusions, located in afterimage category. Oh, almost forgot about USA flag illusion!


Ghost Of Houdini

Comments

43 Responses
  1. Hoo? says:

    All I see is a guys face…. what is a Hoodini?

  2. me says:

    …..this one doesnt work so wellll……

  3. Amanda says:

    That was sooooo cool, it workded. It is just like looking at a light for a long time, and you can still see the light once you have closed your eyes. I can still see him too.
    This was fun

  4. Pandas says:

    I see it!!!!! you have to look someplace else for awhil too. then you’ll see it

  5. Happy Juice says:

    this doesn’t work well

    and hoodini is a famous magicain

  6. PERSON (and very random to boot) says:

    I agree with ME, it doesn’t work too well, but about the “after image” category, you can do that with any simple image w/ inversed colors… it is still cool though.

  7. Beetlejuice says:

    That was pretty cool I think the Jesus one is better though.

  8. Kyle says:

    HOw could you NOT know who Houdini was!?!?!?!?!? he was a great magician!!!!

  9. willis says:

    it looks a little like hitler, this one doesn’t work to well, my favorite one is the light bulb

  10. Mark says:

    I used to do things like this for my art class, draw around the contrasts between light and dark and the drawing you get looks very weird, but when you stare at them and then close your eyes you see the original image. Nothing special really but still looks cool if you havn’t come across it before.

  11. chick says:

    it works…kinda creepy

  12. dantheman says:

    Who is this Houdini you speek of?!
    I don’t know who this dude is but ya I can see the face!!
    That is really KOOOOL! (and spooky)
    Nice illusion! By the way this site rocks!:-D

  13. meeow says:

    invert the colors on paint

  14. Tiny says:

    Same old, same old. But still cool! I agree with Kyle…. How could you NOT know houdini?(and also, how dare you spell it hoodini, Happy Juice and Hoo?)

  15. Brendan says:

    Houdini was a famous magician in the early 1900s, he isn’t alive any more, but was considered the best magician ever. and quite a few of his tricks still haven’t been explained

  16. V says:

    You can always get a few extra seconds out of the image if you blink a couple of times.

  17. Hoo? says:

    I still don’t get it, his tricks are making weird pictures of people? Dosent seem like much of a magician to me!!1

  18. BurninRubber says:

    I see a random guys face.
    P.S what am i supposed to be seein here!?

  19. BLB says:

    HOUDINI IS A MASTERED ICON WHOSE NAME
    IS NOT TO BE USED LIGHTLY.

  20. LOL says:

    I don’t get why we r supposed to tilt our heads back a bit-it works perfectly well normally. Its a pretty kl trick, i luv optical illusions

  21. Anonymous says:

    Houdini was an escape artist. He found his way out of chains, shackles, and straight jackets, including underwater while holding his breath and hanging upside-down from a tall building. One of his secrets was to hide keys in cracks in his feet. Really, an incredible magician and icon and it is unbelievable that some have not heard of him.

  22. Anonymous says:

    hey, i need help finding info on how houdini had an influence on society. if u could help me, id really appreciate it! please e~mail me info at snowstormic@yahoo.com. the optical illusions were pretty sweet! i wish there were more to view!

  23. Anonymous says:

    this one didnt work as well

  24. Anonymous says:

    i see a question mark.

  25. Anonymous says:

    I CAN’T GET RID OF IT ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN NOW!!!!!!!!
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

  26. Anonymous says:

    K…..that was wierd. The image of Houdini appeared very fast, very clearly and then disappeared just as fast….but the clarity is what got me!!

  27. Anonymous says:

    i see a kids face

  28. Matt says:

    Something Weird: If you hold a plain white piece of paper against the screen the picture looks like a fat question mark. Try it! ???????

  29. Anonymous says:

    Try staring at different parts for 30secs. The eyes on this work really good if you stare at these then look away.

  30. Anonymous says:

    it worked for me
    buut when i looked at the moniter
    i saw a spot where verything was brighter, but now its not…

  31. JimmyBoy says:

    I think it looks more like Albert Einstein.

  32. Anonymous says:

    I see a kind of smiling face on my white wall

  33. Anonymous says:

    He looks like hitler

  34. Urfaceisafire says:

    I relate to #27…. I see a child with a lot of hair…. a boy child

  35. Katie & Abby -♥- twins says:

    oh my gosh! We can’t get that image out of our heads he is popping up on the computer screen!

  36. Eyes burning... says:

    So i just stared at the flag one on the other page….and then i tried this one and now i see the face in the flag when i close my eyes or look at the wall….great… just great lol

  37. Slow Progression says:

    Houdini was a very famous escape artist, people. This illusion was awesome . . . the shoking likeness of Houdini’s faced scared me half to death. Very cool.

  38. Anonymous says:

    1. houdini is a magician
    2. not a bad thing
    3. how can u take a pic of a ghost when they dont exist?

    :?

  39. Anonymous says:

    i just done the batman 1 and batman kept showin up in the bckground

  40. Anonymous says:

    To those of you who don’t know who Houdini is:

    Houdini was once an amazing magician, better than any other magician at his time. He was known for escaping dangerous stunts such as in the movie “The Prestige”. But one day, one of his stunts went wrong. So now, there have been numerous contributions to Houdini.

  41. *Kissy* says:

    I love this one because the one with jesus scared me bacause i didn’t know what i was goin to see…..spooky…but i like this one

  42. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

  43. Alexandra says:

    first person its harry hoodini the famous magition

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