Girls are There, But Where are The Boys?

Lucas Farguson sent me this vintage puzzle card, and asked if I can see the 3 hidden lads in it? First I thought it was just a trick, and that the girls are actually boys wearing a disguise, but after looking at this card a little longer, I finally managed to see all of the three cowards hiding. I mean, I don’t want to judge anyone, as I would probably be hiding from big-headed girl like this as well. So can you spot them as well? If you’re asking yourself where did this card came from, it is a valued collectors item, created in 1800 by Liebig. I have no more info on it, except that there are people out there making great deal of money selling vintage cards like this one.

258 Replies to “Girls are There, But Where are The Boys?”

  1. one face in the tree at the top left, one face in the bushes beneath the windmill (Top right) and what looks to be a foot on the bridge (middle right)

  2. Very good optical illusion. I found the boys, one in left tree and two in right side bushes below the windmill. Only faces tough, but this one is a good classic one :)

  3. Two in the bushes, and one in the tree :)

    There’s also a faint outline of a foot on the bridge for some reason…

  4. Note: Do not read the following if you do not wish to know the solution!

    The faces can be found within the bushes in the background, beside the windmill. Also, whilst writing this comment, I have discovered another in the foreground formed by the leaves on the tree, too!

  5. Yessssss! I found all of them try looking at te trees n the background and near the front of the picture!

  6. Hi V,

    The survey ad is VERY annoying. It pops up right in the middle of the page when looking at the illusions. It doesn’t help on the illusions where you need to stare for a bit.

    Anyone else agree??

  7. OH! I just saw it! It totally popped out at me as I was staring at the card about ready to give up.
    Good one!

  8. spoiler…

    2 under the windmill in the green bush’s. just faces.

    1 in the tree top left.on the right side of tree in leaves. also just face

  9. I saw 2 boys, on the tree and at the bush near the windmill. Dunno where is the other (if there is)

  10. Carino….. L’ho trovati… ma non vi dirĂ² mai dove sono… come prova posso dire che non stanno tutti e tre in sieme ma due e uno….

  11. Aha! Found them. Two are to the right of the windmill in the trees, and the third is in the far left tree. This was a good one. I liked it.

  12. Just found the site yesterday, so I’m quite ‘green’ at these, but I believe I found the three boys so I’m quite proud of myself :p

    Looking forward to more ^^

  13. I see two in the bushes in front of the windmill and one in the tree… It’s so funny seeing this post just after coming back from a trip to Holland.

  14. All who wants to know:

    SPOILER ALERT:
    – 2 guys to the right of the mill in the bush
    – 1 guy in the tree infront of the houses.

    All just faces

  15. 2 below the windmill on the right side of the card, 1 in the tree directly above the left most girls head.

  16. omg i found them… they r in the trees… one is hidden on the left side of the picture.. and another 2 r hidden on the opposite side. im awesome!!!

  17. Wow… Nice illusion and I love this site… SPOILER ALERT.. 2 On the Right and one on the Left… I think?

  18. Looks like it’s more than a postcard. That little cannister in the corner makes me think it’s also an advertisement. Cards like this were popular ways for companies to advertise their products. Still is, for the tourist trade though.

  19. I see them! it wasnt that difficult. Thepeople and scienery look dutch to me but it has German writting on it.

  20. Well i’m confused because i think i can see 4 boys. Not sure whether I should say where because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, but I will say 3 are in areas which are in the same colour (2 being next to each other) and 1 is almost in line with the separate 1 of the 3 if that makes sense…

    Anyone else see 4 (or more!!)?

  21. Three faces hidden in the trees in the background I beleive, 2 on the right and one on the left?

  22. saw the left one immediately.
    then thought that i can spot a second one, but after i that i found anoother two that fitted to the first one.

    i like it a lot! oldfashioned but nice.

  23. At first I thought there was a boy behind the first upright support of the bridge, then I saw two boys
    underneath the windmill, and one in the tree. There is also a ghoul’s head poking up above the house to the left of the windmill. Was the partly invisible figure on the bridge and the ghoul deliberate? There is also a faint monster directly underneath the windmill…

  24. I found two! I’m not sure if I should say where they are. Oh well. I hope I’m right. Well, I guess I’ll tell you one, it’s in the left tree looking at us.

  25. I found two! I hope I’m right. not sure if I should say where they are. Oh well. Whatever, I guess I’ll tell you one, it’s in the left tree looking at us.

  26. Honestly, If they were the choice in town..I’d hide too. Looks like hair under their lips!.. Wait a minute, This is from Holland, where the boy stuck his finger in the dike? I’m not gonna say anything else.

  27. One in the tree right above the left girl’s head, two on the far right edge below the windmill blades.

  28. Far right, just below and to the right of the windmill. I was expecting more, but it’s kinda cool nonetheless.

  29. Ah, it’s from Germany… “Wo sind die drei Knaben?” means “Where are the three boys?”

  30. There are two faces in the bushes underneath the windmill and just above the bridge…and one in the bottom right of the tree.

  31. Nice, but no need to make sexist comments about “big-headed” girls. The boys’ head are quite big as well.

  32. Found them!

    They’re in the trees, and it also looks like there is a ghost outline of a 4th boy on the bridge, you can see an outline of his foot behind the girl on the right end, with what could be his head possibly? Anyone else seeing the 4th outline?

  33. two on the right, next to eachother, in the bushes
    one in the tree on the left
    (Only their faces)

  34. Two in the grass to the right of the windmill and one in the tree in front of the blue house.

  35. Quite difficult i must have spent about five minutes lookin for them then they just jumped out at me :D

  36. There’s one in the lower right corner of the tree and the other two are to the lower right of the windmill

  37. lol… found them… although I think the three girls look more boyish than the three boys…

  38. Sure there’s not four hidden faces in this? I don’t want to ‘pipe’ on about it, but to the right of that, it sure looks like a fourth face!

  39. It took me awhile to see that they were in the trees. Yeah, I would be hiding from those girls as well. Cool illusion

  40. One in the tree on the left, two by the mill, above the bridge. I’d say “first !” but usually people who claim to be the first to post appear in third or fourth position, so I’ll refrain ;-)

  41. Found ’em. Hope for the girls’ sake they stay hidden. Like the old saying goes, “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”

  42. cool vintage card! but i can’t tell if im seeing what im suposed to or I’m spoting accidentle stuff! i love your site btw!

  43. I see two faces in the bushes in front of the windmill but above the bridge. There is an outline of a wooden shoe on the bridge deck. The third boy is in the tree! (Face visible in the right side looking towards girls.

  44. there are actually a dozen fellows hiding back there. at first i saw nothing, then there they were enmass. can y’all find them all?

  45. Funny card, it has German text, but the image is typical Dutch; windmill, wooden shoes and the clothing of the three girls.
    It didn’t take long to find the three boys. 2 of them don’t seem to be interested in these girls because they look in a different direction.

  46. There are two of them next to the wind mill, and there is another in the tree…also there is a person-shaped cloud in the sky

  47. This one was pretty easy.. All the faces are hidden in the foliage. Look just under and to the right of the Windmill for 2 of the faces. They are right next to each other. The third face is in the tree in front of the buildings. Good Luck..

  48. I can see 4.
    1 in the tree in front of the houses. (Face facing right)
    Two in the trees below the windmill (Faces facing left)
    And a half-obscured golliwog behind the two girls on the left (the smile is on the cottage door)
    There also appears to be a clog and a bit of a leg against the bridge post in teh foreground!

  49. kinda boring.. =/ i see them, but they’re not really, uhm, real boys. can something really hide if it doesn’t exist? bushes, pfft.

  50. One boy is in the tree on top of the rightmost lady and two boys on the foot of the windmill.

  51. Was tricky initially, but found all three.

    One face in the tree on the left and two faces in the trees on the right under the windmill.

    Nice, very well hidden.
    Keep up the good work, love this site.

  52. I saw them right away.
    Though I’m not sure if the last one is actually one of the ‘lads’ or if it is just my imagination….

  53. I think I see them in the trees.

    When you said cowards, I thought they were gonna be hiding under the bridge or something. xD

  54. It’s hard to spot them but they are really there… I think there are more than three though..

  55. Two boys under the windmill in the bushes and one in the tree in front of the houses.

    I like the pic, is it a postcard?

  56. Found them…. Easily! They are hidden in the…. (Won’t spoil this one….) Hey, first comment ever and first this time!!! Yeee

  57. I can see two of them and a foot.
    At first I thought they were somewhere in the girls. Like when you have to see the old hag in the beautiful young lady.

    They’re invisible!

  58. The guys are easy.

    1) left tree among the foliage on the right half of the tree

    2 and 3) right side of the picture just down and right of the windmill. hiding amongst the foliage just like #1.

    i havent yet been able to locate the “big girl”

  59. I’m seeing at least two. And I see two other figures that could be boys. But one kinda looks more like a skull than a boy D:

  60. Took me a while, but I spotted them! Maybe they are secretly watching the 3 damsels, while enjoying the wind?

    Awesome website by the way!

  61. Ich weiĂŸ nicht, wo die drei Knaben versteckt sein können…

    Okay, sorry, in English ;)
    But I like it, that there’s actually some German on the picture.

    That’s a tough one, I needed just some time to find them!

  62. NICE! It took me awhile to find them but then BOOM right infront of me! Thanks for this one vurdlak!

  63. Very nice illusion.
    One of the boys is in the tree and the other two boys are in the forest at the mill. You see only the faces of three young men.

  64. Nice, There is one in the tree and two in the bushes (under the windmill). greeting from Holland!

  65. ooooooooo they are hidden in the ….. (think green to find them!!!) it was really easy i just saw it straight away

  66. you can see the three faces in the bushes below the windmill by the road
    also a (wooden)shoe and a leg appears on the bridge.

  67. I see two “knaben” on the right side in the bushes and the third one on the left in the tree.. btw am i first?
    whoohoo

    greets from The Netherlands

    Dennis

  68. The text on the bottom of this picture is German, but the picture is a typical Dutch scene. I know this for sure, since I am from the Netherlands!

    I can only see two boys, there is still one missing in my opinion!

  69. one boy in the tree on the left, just right of the middel, facing right. + Two heads in the bushes underneath the mill, facing left.
    Are there more?

  70. the boys are that 3 suposed girls…they are sweet transvestite.

    Trraaaaaansexualllll transilllvaniaaaaaa (rocky horror show)

  71. I do see three. Though looking at this card I feel there should have been more… clouds, roofing, skirts, bricks all could have hidden another boy. Thanks for the vintage look. My favorite thing about visiting your page is the variety in the illusions.

  72. I found the 3 boys (faces)! Two of them are on the right side of the card (into the green) and the 3rd guy is on the left *on the right side of the tree).

  73. I see only two boys, one in the three and one in the bushes below the windmill! Nice site btw!!!

  74. Yes first com !!!
    Sorry for my english but i’m french i love your web site…
    They’re always funny things
    So !! I can see 3 of four only… :(

    Have a good day and a good week end !!

    XOXO

  75. caroline says :
    I see two faces in the leaves under the windmill, and a shoe on the bridge…

  76. Nice i thought this was going to be another “the boys” being words like in the tiger illusion. but found them. Not exactly the hardest to figure out

  77. I have 4 (maybe 5)
    1 in the tree to the left
    2 below the windmill
    1 to the right of the chimney
    and a possible face in the wooden board behind the rails of the bridge … ? maybe?

  78. ah you can not see the complete body of the boys of course so tou can stop searching for that. you can see three faces in the picture,
    one is positioned to a little right from the center of the tree. It is the front view of the face.
    the other two are hidden to the extreme right-bottom edge of the picture. These two are in the side view.

  79. I also found 3 boys. But this is an easy one, the one with the “Sex” in the flowers was harder and funnier.

  80. FOR THOSE WHO COULDN’T FIND THEM!!!
    SPOILER! =D

    One is in the tree by the little blue house, and 2 are in the bushes by the windmill. They’re more like heads though…

    Wow! That was kinda hard! =D

  81. It looks like there is a face in the water by the bridge. Looks like the right eye, nose, and mouth.

  82. There is more then a Foot on the bridge, the head is on the shed next to the house. The shoulders are on the railing of the bridge.

  83. I see 5 faces, one in the tree, two to th right of the windmill in the trees, another in the middle of the picture in the trees and what looks like a skull right to the right of the windmill

  84. i ment the 1st one is at the trees right guys and
    the 2nd is at the last point at the bush the head
    of the girl is beside the 2nd boy the middle of the 2 girl is the 3rd boy

  85. I think there are more than just the three boys hidden on this puzzle, because I DO see the boot on the bridge and there is an outline of something on the buildings behind the girls. I wish there was a really clear picture. And a list of things to look for!

    1. There is a foot on the bridge, if you look closly the two boys are sitting on a bench or something and the other boy is standing but at a tilt.there is a faint outline of the bodies.

  86. Thees more then 3. (:
    1. In the tree.
    2 & 3. In the other tree by the mill.
    4. Onthe leftside of the mill, towards the ed of that giant tree. Look CAREFULLY.

  87. AHA! I found them all! It was difficult at first because I was looking for the boys in the girls faces! :)

  88. i found 3..but it seems like the middle girl looks like a boy too.. but i would stick to the 3 i have found- 1 in the tree, and 2 in the bushes.. ^^

  89. There’s at least two in the bottom right next to the mill, two to the left of the mill in the bushes, and one in the tree, and idk if the boys are like, up the girls skirts or something, but yeah so at least 5….

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