Optical illusion of girl with ‘skinny legs’ leaves netizens bemused

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While some “felt sorry” for the girl, thinking it to be an abnormality, others found the effect “scary”. However, as it turned out, the missing piece to the puzzle was in the caption of the picture. “Young girl posing with a bag of popcorn. This picture messed me up…lol,” the caption read.

With over 2,500 shares, the post was flooded with reactions. “This got me. I felt so sad, then I laughed. Out loud,” read a comment by one of the many people who were deceived by the illusion.