A Haunted Picture

[Lina]

Found an interesting story when browsing on the Internet. Maybe, some of you have already seen the picture or heard the story. But it seemed kind of interesting to me. And I really like the picture, it's one of the pictures I want to look at to see all the details (okay, now, when reading Rose Madder I get a little bit suspicious of pictures, I guess). Here's the story: This 'haunted' painting has been terrifying people for decades

What do you think about it?

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I think this is a case of the internet making something out of nothing; an urban myth for the social media age. Yes, the painting is creepy, but no more so than countless others used for book covers and illustrations.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...I find nothing unsettling about it whatsoever, other than it's a horrible piece of artwork....waste of paint...

 

[Lepplady]

If the hands were in the photograph, it would have been creepy. A painting? Not so much.

 

[Sigmund]

Hi Lina!

I guess I'm a big wuss. The article and the painting freaked me out.

Baby dolls, little kids and home intruders scare me. In the painting there's a baby doll and a evil looking little boy. And floating hands. Eeek!

Little boy climbing out of the painting? Thank you. I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.


Peace.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

Lina, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I don't find it to be a bad painting, but it *is* rather creepy.
I'm betting there are a number of tragic incidents that have occurred to people with whom the painting has a connection.
I also believe there are no coincidences.
Hope that helps with an opinion.

 

[Lina]

Hi Lina!

I guess I'm a big wuss. The article and the painting freaked me out.

Baby dolls, little kids and home intruders scare me. In the painting there's a baby doll and a evil looking little boy. And floating hands. Eeek!

Little boy climbing out of the painting? Thank you. I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.


Peace.

The picture freaks me out, too At the same time, it intrigues me, I kind of like the picture... Sure, I don't believe in things like "the boy came out of the picture", but still there is something creepy about it.

By the way, I found there is another picture that was painted by the same painter a few years later, it is the continuation of the first one:

 

[CriticAndProud]

That kid has one big forehead, was my first thought.

 

[The Nameless]

Call me a cynic, but a painting is just a painting. It said 3 people associated with IT have died - it was made in 75, 3 deaths in 40 years, if anything that sounds below average.

Sorry Lina, I just don't see anything creepy.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

The picture freaks me out, too At the same time, it intrigues me, I kind of like the picture... Sure, I don't believe in things like "the boy came out of the picture", but still there is something creepy about it.

By the way, I found there is another picture that was painted by the same painter a few years later, it is the continuation of the first one:

I think dogs playing poker is much better than this. And creepier! lol

 

[GNTLGNT]

That kid has one big forehead, was my first thought.

...mine was. "old dude just shat a battery, with a hand wrapped around it"....way too much fiber...

 

[The Nameless]

I think dogs playing poker is much better than this. And creepier! lol

That picture never gets old. I reckon kids in the year 2214 will see this and laugh their asses off.

 

[SutterKane]

I think dogs playing poker is much better than this. And creepier! lol

I have one of these framed and hanging in my living room lol

 

[EMTP513]

I think my career has skewered or outright totally redefined what I think is horror. I never planned on that happening, it's just that seeing some of the things I've seen and going some of the places we have to go to collect patients, my idea of creepy or disturbing usually has something to do with physical injuries.
The worst thing I ever saw was a badly eviscerated person. In fact I was surprised the patient was still alive when we got there.