‘Where is the rest of the girl?’: This viral optical illusion is baffling social media

A woman had netizens rubbing their eyes in disbelief as she posted a photo of her daughter who appeared to be sinking into concrete. The photo, which had people commenting that their ‘brains are fried’, was posted on Reddit.

It shows a girl, dressed in pink, in the middle of an open space and appearing to be stuck in a concrete wall. In the mind-bending picture, only half of the girl seems to be visible. “My daughter, where’s the rest of her?”, the caption reads, asking netizens to try a closer look at the optical illusion.

Take a look here:

While many struggled to figure out the picture, for others, the illusion proved to be too easy, with many taking to the comment section, revealing the solution.

The image, which also made its way to Twitter, managed to garner over 7,000 likes on the platform. Take a look at some of the reactions here:

OMG! Thanks it’s…unbelievable!

— Pierre-Yves Jonin (@madeopyj) May 7, 2021

Oh wow that took a minute 😳

— 🟣BeCoached (@becoached1) May 6, 2021

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— Giacomo Aldegheri (@gialdegheri) May 6, 2021

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— Rob Arbon 🏳️‍🌈 (@BertieArbon) May 6, 2021

I see it but it really not obvious ^^

— ToToR (@ToToR65) May 8, 2021

is she Sitting or standing ? help…

— ANNE (@AnneMboi) May 7, 2021

once you see it, can you ‘unsee’ it? 🙃

— Edgar Bermudez (@viajesubmarino) May 6, 2021

can u help me see it, I am going crazy pic.twitter.com/ZMRix0h7bX

— Andrea Gaggioli (@gag4all) May 6, 2021

Is it a Haha?!

— Jonathan Steed (@jonathan_steed) May 7, 2021

This is making my brain hurt…I just can’t see it 😭😭

— Dr Linda K. Kaye (is on leave) (@LindaKKaye) May 6, 2021

For those of you who did not manage to figure it out, the girl was standing in a cobblestoned path, next to a similar looking cobblestone wall, which created the optical effect.

Ok! Using photoshop to fix it pic.twitter.com/qdOBC3OyuD

— Lucas Ferreira da Silva (@bioinfolucas) May 7, 2021

Zooming in helped me see it pic.twitter.com/UX5QbJRCJj

— Gabrielle Ras (@RealGabinator) May 7, 2021

Her elbow in a wall which is the same(ish) colour as the pavement she’s standing on

— Gavin Buckingham (@DrGBuckingham) May 6, 2021

Back in 2019, a similar optical illusion of an unassuming little girl standing in the ground with unnaturally skinny and long legs had spooked many on the internet.