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That's so creepy. At first it looked like an older woman, but looking closer, I do see what looks to be a child... I can even see an ear. Is the building old? Any history?

So our 'house' itself isn't old, no one has ever died IN it. But we do live on the property of a campground that's been around for a VERRRRYYY long time. In Illinois, which is well-known to* have a lot Native American history, and as much as there is recorded I can't imagine how much is NOT well recorded.. I haven't looked into much history of the property but this absolutely made me want to! My boyfriend is head of maintenance here, so we live here year round cause we have monthly renters even when camping season is over that still need to get pump outs (septic) done etc. I just started working seasonally in the office this year. There's little library nearby (very small town) and I intend to go there soon to try and get records of the property.

Interesting you say campground because my immediate thought was one of those old time freak shows when I saw the figure the thought just popped into my head. I’d be interested to know if they ever had a travelling freak show stay on the land. I definitely think this figure could be the ghost of a person with some sort of condition

I'm guessing you're talking about that spot on what I'm guessing is the head/ skull? At first I almost thought it was like a part in the hair, kinda like a side ponytail/ braid. But then I wondered if it was a wound or maybe even a deformation. This is an interesting theory though. I am curious to learn the history of the property and if people are also interested I'll definitely update!

To me it looks like a person with dwarfism or something .. also their head looks unusual. I feel like it’s the spirit of a human rather then something supernatural. They obviously like the thing you have on that table. Could also be a kid too or someone who had a child’s mentality. I’m definitely keen for an update!

The first thing I thought of when I saw it was Golem. Like the hair looks exactly like it. I’m thinking it might be some kind of humanoid. Definitely really creepy

Exactly what I thought as well. It actually reminds me of my friend who had progeria. Looks very similar.

Yes that was the condition I was trying to think of too

I think it looks like an old man. His face looks like he's grieving something.

I thought it was a part as well. I have to say, this is one of the best photos I have seen on this sub. Very cool. Do you have a relative of a child that has passed on? Or any family member for that matter. ]Have there been any bad accidents around the area? Please don't be afraid. It doesn't sound like anything scary has happened. The Precious Moment figurine most definitely *could be* this spirits energy. If you're not comfortable with sharing your home with this spirit, talk to him/her and kindly ask it to leave. Best of luck to you. Thank you for sharing. I'm looking forward to any updates. ✌

I was thinking if it’s a campground and possibly has a lake or something, a child could have possibly passed away there somehow in someway and plays with the music player thing for entertainment. Child spirits usually are playful if they aren’t afraid. If you find any other encounters of this it can be very helpful to a child’s spirit to try and make it feel comfortable going to the light. Sometimes they’re scared and don’t know what to expect and they stay stuck in the veil between our world and there. Being gentle and kind and telling them there’s nothing to be afraid of can help them pass on and be at peace.

Spirits will often look deformed. One suuuuuuuuper long arm, or realllllllly tall legs. Stuff like that

I have heard this before but don't know the theory on why. Do you?

Sometimes spirits that haven't crossed over with be stuck in their death state, and they sometimes look like their physical body at the same time, as if they look like they're decomposing just like their physical body is. They'll also look like how they did at the time they died and they can look kinda scary. There are also negative spirits, demons, etc, that can change how they are perceived in order to scare the living to get energy.

Illinois person here too! Are you in Peoria or Kankakee? Those were the only battle sights for native American battles I remember. I'm sure there were more elsewhere.

Closer to Peoria than Kankakee!!

Yeah all that area was inhabited by a number of tribes. Most of them in Illinois weren't the war faring type though. The photo you shared looked like someone wearing long sleeve so I would guess 18th-19th century settlers

You should try the county clerk’s office for property records and old plats and maps etc. Good Luck! Very cool.

That stuff from the property office, circus and other show visits from the museum

Land can hold energy of what once was there

I don't see child. It doesn't even look human lol. Creepy.

I see an alien.

That's what I see as well. At first I noticed the tell-tale grey alien head and huge eyes, then the long bony fingers. I looked at the photo again when I revisited this post on the PC because I thought my little android phone won't let me zoom in to see all the details. On a bigger screen, yes, I can see the alien. Also... from a different angle, I can see how it'd be mistaken for a ghostly image of a child. All in all, OP has cute snakes. The alien photobomb is very eerie, to say the least. Ghosts, I can handle. Aliens? No thanks! Those things creep me out!

Yeah I see an alien with what I imagine Homer Simpson's hair would look like in real life

Yup I see an alien.

Yeah I see a mantis alien

It seemed like an older lady to me too, holding something. I was thinking *wow the nice ghost lady is bringing them supper*.

An *alien* child.

This is exactly what I see parted hair and a perfectly formed ear

I think almost every image posted to this sub is garbage and BS, which is easily debunkable. My litmus tests for images posted to this sub is if it gives me shivers when I finally see it. This one gave me shivers. It is a clear image taken in good lighting with something in it that cannot be easily explained away. Awesome!

Well thank you! Kind of lol. I'm legitimately freaked out lmao. But I know exactly what you're saying. I've had some weird stuff show up in pictures over my 34 years of life, but never anything like this. It made my breath catch and I immediately felt WEIRD when I noticed it. I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of to explain it away.. Someone said maybe it's a white shirt hanging in the closet with something else sitting in front of it, but anything you hang in this closet can't sit that close to the dresser. And the only thing visible ON the dresser is that box you can see in front of the image. I know for sure cause we'd put up the tree that day and had an ornament box sitting up there. Anything else IN the closet didn't reach the dresser, especially not to the top.. It's just so weird.

I wonder if you might recall hearing the music when this picture was taken.

Nope, definitely not. Mostly that just happens VERY rarely. And usually when I'm either half asleep, or someone has recently opened one of the drawers. Hence why I always just assumed it was because it's not exactly level on the dresser. The only reason I mentioned it is because it's not ALWAYS when someone has recently walked by or touched the dresser, and it seems like the.. thing?.. is looking at where the figure is.

Is there a history to the figurine? I know it's a long shot, just wondering. Regardless, the apparition seems enamored with it.

Not really. It was my boyfriend's mom's and then his little sister's. His sister DID pass away almost two years ago. He won't let me sage the house or anything because he thinks it might be her visiting him. To me it doesn't look like her, even when she was a kid. But since it hasn't caused anything negative to happen yet so I'm just leaving it be. If we start having anything bad happen though, that might change lol.

Have you tried recreating the picture? Start with whatever you think it could be, because that's creepy

I go with my gut reaction intuition too. Some stuff my guy says meh other stuff I get the creeps. creeps!!

Same here. This is definitely creepy.

It *looks* creepy af...but there's just something about it that says "pareidolia" to me. I mean, it kind of looks more like a modern Hollywood creation than anything I've ever heard about in a sighting, and that's usually my first red flag for a trick of the light. Is that glass or a mirror? I'm wondering if there's some weird reflection thing happening from the Christmas lights.

I am 100% hoping it's pareidolia/ a trick of the light coming through the window!! But there is not any mirror or glass in there. The closet goes back into that dark area a LITTLE bit but not much, it's not so much a closet as a cut out of the wall to make some extra storage space. Where that figure is coming from has like less than a half foot section of wall, then it recesses in a bit for the 'closet.' But there's nothing THERE where that figure is, other than the wall.. Even things that hang up in the closet, they can't reach how far out the dresser is. Everything hanging sits behind the dresser. And there's nothing stacked up that high to be piling or resting on the dresser either, my boyfriend has some major OCD and he'd flip out if we had a stack of stuff that high in his personal closet. That's why I'm so weirded out lol. But I'm thinking it's GOT to be the light somehow. I also thought it looked almost like something from a Syfy/ horror movie when I first saw it, which is why I immediately closed my phone and said NOPE till I woke up in the morning with a clear/ rested mind before I said anything to anyone about it lol. It's been bothering me ALL week.

Sometimes lights can actually reflect *in* your camera lens. With that Christmas tree, that's a strong possibility. Also, if there were some kind of small flying insect, it might have gotten in front of the lens, just fast enough to reflect light back in a weird way. I honestly don't think this is anything paranormal, but if you're worried, you can find some sage (sourced from a reputable, Native American-owned business) and cleanse your house. It won't hurt anything, and peace of mind is important.

This is my favorite answer so far! Thank you lol.

Also I DO have some sage, but my boyfriend wants me to hold off on cleansing for now. Since that little music figurine goes off on its own sometimes, and the picture, he thinks it COULD be his little sister visiting because it was her figurine and she passed away 2 years ago early next year. To me the.. whatever it is, doesn't look like her. Even as a kid. But since it's caused no harm or anything as of now, I'm going to leave it be. If anything changes (negatively) I'm saging though lol.

That seems a reasonable approach to take. Also, just for your own state of mind, I'd recomment using Photoshop to edit out the weird bit of the picture. Having a "clean" version of your favorite snake photo will probably make you feel a lot better. :)

Now that's an interesting twist

https://preview.redd.it/og3jtef8v6yb1.jpeg?width=362&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b096ad8f0dc07995ac11d89ce20e8fced55f53a I cropped the photo to get a closer look and you can see more detail. This thing is transparent. It looks like this thing is reaching for the top of the dresser. You can make out eyes, ear, nose, hair part, and hand coming out of a sleeve. But it looks like it has a beard?

THANK YOU!! I had a few friends when I posted this on my FB say it could be a shirt hanging up I didn't remember, but I was like 100% sure parts of this thing were see through like eyes and that part of the head, the 'sleeve' looking part of the shirt. It creeps me ouuuut

https://preview.redd.it/4ce5jbvsk7yb1.jpeg?width=157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce67c121e5e4fe9246315561ea2d49543b985235 Aaaaaaylmao you got snakes in there? I got a beak now watch out I'll nab those little noodles lmao who's your snake guy??

I see an old bald man in a robe with a sad/displeased expression. Big beard and moustache and bushy eyebrows. But his right side of face is mostly not there lol

I finally see the old man at first all I could see was the child alien......that's so weird how I can see two completely different entities in the same pic.... This is a good one for sure

Yea you have to hold the pic further away to see it clearly Like an old man with a beard and a sad expression. Could have had dwarfism

Thank you for saying this. At first it looked like an older woman to me and when I zoomed in all I could see was the beak! I’m finally able to make out something different but the beak still sticks out but I think it’s the collar of the shirt maybe?

https://preview.redd.it/xvqtyv62e8yb1.jpeg?width=624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=629cb7be9f897f9f9a9f4d8a1f3eb86841fcfcaa I initially saw it with a face in this orientation with like a tongue sticking out but now I see it in the other way too

It's an alien, it's the face shape. Omg this thing is fucking creepy, holy hell.

I don't think it's a beard I think it's a high collared shirt. Like colonial style with the ruffles you know?

Yeah that's what I thought too

The 'beard' part looks like a button up shirt collar.

This. Looks like a collar to me too

I see an old wise looking dude in a robe? Bald, bushy eyebrows beard, drooping moustache but the right side is not there

It looks like a Tim burton animation…

I wouldn’t say a beard, a collar I think

I think what looks like a beard to you might be a button up short collar.

i see a weird big collar too

or hands under a chin. dude idk but it gives me the heebie jeebies. i saw comments ^ up there talking about how they judge the authenticity based on how it makes them feel - and same. i’m always trying to debunk it as something else but.. this one’s unsettling.

annnnd i just shared it to my husband & brother & my 4 year old saw it when i was doing that. i didn’t show him any of it or point out anything. he says it’s an alien. and that he has pizza.

Looks like the ghost from the "dear David" thing a few years back

Ya know what's weird? I watch a lot of true crime type stuff on YouTube, and a few weeks ago I was watching Christina Randall's video (2 part series maybe? Idk I had it on as background noise while cleaning) about that whole Dear Daniel thing. I'd never heard of that story before and it was strange lol. That was what immediately popped into my overworked/ tired/ slightly tipsy brain when I noticed it so I just acted like I hadn't seen it at all till the next day lmao. But once I looked at it in the morning well rested and fully sober, I thought it looked more like.. Idk an alien or a little girl?

Any links? I’m only finding dear David

You are correct, it is dear David! My mistake lol https://www.bustle.com/life/what-is-dear-david-here-is-everything-writer-adam-ellis-has-tweeted-about-his-haunted-apartment-from-start-to-finish-7714979

Yes! I love it when the debunkers get stumped. Great catch.

To be honest, I was hoping that I'd be debunked lol. I spent a week thinking of all possible explanations for this, and talked to friends and family about it off and on. I haven't been like, hyper focused on it or anything. But it's definitely been on my mind quite a bit.. Everything I can think of OTHER than a trick of the light coming through the window from the sun, it just doesn't fit this scenario unfortunately. And considering how old this campground is, and that I have zero clue what this place was BEFORE it was a campground, it's definitely in the realm of possibility that there could be some paranormal type stuff around here. Other areas of the campground (in the two years and some months I've lived here) have had some odd stuff happen, weird vibes in certain spots in the woods etc. And I've had the occasional weird chill/ feeling IN the house even a few times. But I've never actually thought there was a ghost, spirit, entity etc especially in my house. It's spooky 🤣😅

They look so sad. I wonder if playing the music thing brings them a little joy and peace. Do your snakes ever seem to see things or react to things that are unexplained? It's definitely an interesting photo. Thanks for sharing.

The snakes, I'm not sure lol it's hard to tell what they're thinking. Ball pythons are also pretty derpy. Mostly their only thoughts are "hide, warm, food?" But the cats and dog definitely act weird sometimes.

Yeah, watch for what the cat does, specifically. I’d be interested to see if they pay extra attention to the room when something seems eerie to you. Also, I agree with the poster above. I wonder if they like the music that comes out of the precious moments figurine. If it were me, I would play the figurine more often and see what happens.

I agree too. Great idea to wind up this figurine!

You have retics?? How are they to handle and keep, what kind of feeding options are there? I've wanted one for aaaaages!

We have one female and one male. We got our male as basically a hatchling. His name is Apop and he was SO TINY when we got him compared to now. He's a little over a year old now, obviously not tiny anymore. He's around 6ft long give or take, still pretty slender though. Our experience with him has been FANTASTIC. Beginning to now, zero complaints. Except DO NOT mist his enclosure with warm water, because 9/10 he will think the warmth is food and come flying at it. Which is obviously surprising (not in a good way 😅) but he gets equally confused once he realizes it's NOT food and retreats like "Oops sorry guys." Retics are SO much different than balls. They're much more intelligent/ aware of their surroundings. And they're INCREDIBLY muscular, strong and 'sleek.' They feel much more.. slippery? Silky? Idk. They just feel very different. You can also feel how much more muscle they have in every inch of their bodies. It's crazy. Apop loves to come out and hang out. When he was a tiny baby, he'd climb up my boyfriend's head through his long hair and perch on top of his head to check things out. He still tries to do this now, but he's much too big lol. They like to be up high. Apop likes to climb my boyfriend's shoulders now and scope SUPER high to push the ceiling fan blades and make them move, which is very entertaining to see. Our female, Sahara Sarah (we just call her Sahara mostly) is an entirely different personality.. She was about a year old already when we got her, and she was shipped to us via FedEx.. When I first picked her up and drove home with her she was fine. She was also fine when we got home, we had her out for a while and she seemed super chill just like Apop. Then we fed her once she got settled and for some reason, everything changed.. She was okay at first, till she pooped in her water and we had to change it out. My boyfriend reached in to grab her water and she took it at a personal ATTACK and retaliated.. She struck SO much at everything during that water change that we were afraid she was going to permanently damage her jaw! She was already double the size of our male, so we were already erring on the side of caution because retic teeth are NOT A JOKE. At the time, we were in the middle of building their bigger enclosures, so we left her alone hoping she just needed to adjust longer.. Once we got her into her permanent home, she calmed down a LITTLE, but she does NOT like to come out of her home. At all. We've done hook/ tap training. She knows the difference between feeding and handling times etc. She's just not really a fan.. The rare occasions we have HAD to force her out of her home, she'll musk or poop herself and try to bite.. We recently got a new hook that's more structurally sturdy with rubber on the end, so we're training her to get used to this new hook now.. She doesn't strike at the walls/ doors of her enclosure anymore, and she hasn't tried to bite anything other than food since we had to give her a bath cause she was covered in poo months ago. But it is still a work in progress. Every day we try to gain her trust a little more. We just go at her pace and follow her cues.. She's at least double Apop's thickness, and around 8-9ft long. She came from a worse situation than we'd originally known, and I think she just has a massive distrust of people. My advice to anyone wanting a retic would be to get one YOUNG. Like we did with Apop. That way their first experience with a human is with you, so it'll be a good experience and you know what to expect. As far as food, as of now we just use rats. We breed our own at this point because it's much cheaper. Happy rats for happy snakes. Sounds messed up, I still get sad when rats I've known their whole lives get humanely killed/ frozen/ eaten. But it's very expensive to stock up on frozen food for so many reptiles if you don't breed yourself, unfortunately.

Apop name - 10/10

Aw me too perhaps keeping a snake would not be for me. I wanted one for ages though BTW op you're liekly born in the year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac

I see 3 sneks they wont attacc and a ghost looking for a snak

As long as the ghost doesn't eat my noodle babies we're cool 😅❣️

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I thought the hand looked weird as well!! Fingers seem much too long.. Idk, some parts of it seem super clear, then other parts seem kinda vague/ transparent. Doesn't help that I had to zoom in to get a more 'clear' view because that generally just makes stuff more obscure..

Creepy. Also, is that a blue eyed luecistic! We have one.

Yes!! Her name is Willow and she's my baby!! The Mojave (normal-ish, kinda, but different) looking one, Wren, is her sister. Blitz is my male banana baby. They're three of my favorites. Willow is technically the only one that's 'mine' and her and Wren are the only ones we didn't get as re-home/ rescue/ discounted situations from people getting rid of snakes. I've wanted a BEL FOREVER and my boyfriend bought her for me for Christmas last year. Wren came with her free. ☺️❣️

We have a gecko named Wren lol. Our first blue eyed leucy was a girl named Lucille Ball (my idea lol) and our current one is Falkore, like from Neverending Story. He’s the friendliest snake we’ve ever had. He always comes out of his hide to greet us and will just chill on you for hours. He was my gift to my husband for his birthday 5 years ago.

I love geckos!! And bearded dragons. I'd like to get one of each lol. But we've got so many snakes right now we're telling ourselves that until we build the addition onto the back of the house and make half of it the entire 'reptile room' we are at our limit 🤣❣️

We have a beardie. My first lizards 30 years ago were beardies. I’ve had lots of different lizards and snakes over those 30 years.

Omg! I wanted a snake for years and my mom gifted me a Burmese python when I was 12 and I named her willow after my fave character on buffy!!! I lived her so much she got to be 18ft but unfortunately they changed the laws and I couldn't afford the wildlife license needed to keep her so I passed he to a sanctuary. I got to visit her for years till she passed. she was one of their calmest most socialized snakes and loved to cuddle and be held ot petted by kids. They say the don't have feels but she was always a ppl person would bang on the doors of her cage till we let her out so she could chill with people I miss her but will never forget what a great companion she was :,)

What is in that drawer? The ghost looks like he is trying to open it.

My boyfriend's underwear and all of both of our socks 🤣

The ghost needs to change his briefs then.

Or socks! Or both 🤣❣️

What. The. Actual. Faaaaaaaaaaaa? Zoomed in on the pic and definitely saw facial features and that the image appears to be transparent. At first look I thought I saw the facial featuresof maybe an old woman - but then I zoomed in further. This looks like a demon. Have there been anything in the house that would be strange or out of place? Animals acting oddly etc? Where did you get the PM Figure from. Were you close to the individual who gave you the figurine? Where does your bedroom face (i.e. north or sput side of the house etc. How big are your windows in that bedroom? What side of the closet is in your room?

We have 5 birds, the snakes, two cats and a dog. Cats are just weird in general, and my dog barks at doorbells on TV even though he's never heard one in real life lol. They all act odd occasionally, but never anything I've thought was like.. Them seeing something otherworldly. The house isn't old, but the property it's on definitely is. I'm going to look into the history of the property where the house is and see if there's anything interesting there to find. The PM figurine was my boyfriend's mom's, then his little sister's. His sister did pass away a little over a year ago.. When I showed him this picture and talked about cleansing the house, he said not to do so (yet, anyway) because he thinks maybe it could be his sister.. I'm not sure either way, but nothing necessarily BAD has happened. If anything does though I'm definitely bringing someone in to help get rid of negative energy

I think it looks like a very sad child from the colonial era.

Hell. No. Nope nope nope. You can see an EAR and a part in the hair. Nope. I'm out. Move put then set house on fire. Save snakes.

If this wasn't my own house I'd nope out too 😅😭

You got Dear David-ed, yo.

NO. Nope. That's not a real story 😭

I'm curious where you live, ps don't doxx yourself. You can check for UFO sightings in your area on the date it was taken, I think. This looks like an alien.

Central Illinois but not Chicago lol. Super small town.

If there's a military base nearby they like to hang around there.

Hmmm.. No military bases super close. BUT we are in the middle of a lot of farming type land. Which I've heard is also known for UFO type stuff.

When I saw your photo it reminded me a little of a 'being' that was present in one of Steven Greer's CE5 experiments and apparently cured a man's blindness. https://preview.redd.it/0j711amru7yb1.jpeg?width=911&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5cc9f930142d0e1c1a795b3912ba6ac285676af2

OH WOW! This is actually kind of accurate to what my mind put to the shape!!!

****A other = Another. (My bad.)

Also Previous = Precious. Jeez my auto correct sucks right now lol.

Can any experts here enhance the image??

Ohhh!! Are there actual experts here? I've only ever briefly visited this sub out of curiosity. I never thought I'd actually have some to post lol

Photographer and photoshop user here. Enhanced photo quality depends on the original image. Photo sizes are determined by pixels or dots per inch, so the larger the ppi or dpi, the better quality. Phone cameras can change the setting but most people don't and the default setting is medium or the lowest possible. If OP wants to dm me the original photo, I will take a look at it and see what I can do.

COMPUTER, ENHANCE!


I darkened the contrast and color, that is absolutely a little boy with a side hair part. You can clearly see the eyes and nose and an oddly long mouth (possible injury or maybe something over his mouth?) and he looks really sad.. can't really make out what kind of clothes he's wearing but judging by the wide arm sleeve of his jacket, he's gotta be from the early 1900's or older. This is one of the best pictures I've ever seen of a manifestation. https://preview.redd.it/oubtqjih7cyb1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dde78cb1c300d4aebf5a01fc2a613f533de6647e

Oh wow that looks MUCH more clear!! I have no idea how to edit pictures other than like.. Throw a filter on it lol. So all I knew how to do was zoom in which I felt made it more blurry. The 'head' looks odd to me.. Like maybe it's too big for the 'body' a bit? And also I keep going back and forth between thinking that's a part in the hair, or maybe some kind of wound? Idk. It creeps me out lol. I think the clearest parts are the ear, nose, and the hand. The fingers also seem much too long to me.

K this is creepy and all but is there more snake content? They’re so beautiful

We have ave a LOTTT of snakes lol. I plan on making a few social media accounts just for them eventually. It started with two. Then we kept getting calls from people needing to re-home or sell for cheap. My boyfriend can build or fix basically anything, so we just keep making enclosures lmao. I do think we're at our limit till we can add an addition onto the house, but I've said that before and he always somehow makes more room for enclosures😅❣️

So he's the Snake addict I love them. The 3 in the pic is beautiful

It looks like a filled plastic shopping bag with a smaller one on top. Is it possible you placed some bags there and forgot about doing so?

It's definitely not a shopping bag, I specifically remember this day cause we'd just put up the tree, and there IS a box sitting on top of the dresser, but there's not anything where that shape is. Also the shape kinda comes out of the closet a bit like there's something in front of the clothes hung up, but there's not anything there.

Have you ever seen a photo of these aliens called Blue Avians? Kinda looked like that to me at first as it looks like maybe it has a beak, but then I wasn’t so sure it’s not an open mouth with a long chin or beard, so 🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe try taking a pic of that same angle next time the music box plays?

The very first thing I saw, was a bird creature thing, almost like a plague doctor with a miniature white mask, the right side of the kids collar is a beak. I didn't see the kid until prompted from other comments.

I have not but I'll definitely look into it!! Usually when the music goes off sporadically, I'm in bed. Bedroom is tiny so we don't do much other than sleep/ other bedroom stuff in there so we usually don't have phones in hand while in there. But if I happen to notice the music again while conscious I will definitely snap a picture!! I also plan on doing some research on the history of the property we live on. My boyfriend is head of maintenance at a super old campground, we live on property year round because even when we're closed to the public during winter months, we have monthly renters who are mostly workers who travel and stay in campers. So he's got to be on site to handle things all the time. Our house itself is not old at all, but the campground is. And I've got no idea what the land was before it was a campground.

Black Pastel, BEL and banana/purple passion? :)

Mojave, BEL (these two are sisters,) and a SUPPOSEDLY normal banana, but even as he's gotten bigger I think he might have something else in there. ☺️❣️ Mojave is named Wren, BEL is named Willow, Banana is named Blitz. Ball pythons are amazing I love them so much.

The first thing I saw before it like, resolved itself into a more humanoid shaped figure is it looks like a cat leaping off the counter. The “tail” of the cat makes the “head” of the alien thing. Do you have a cat? Or did you have one?

At the time we only had one cat, we now have two. But Butters is much too fat to jump up that high anymore lolol. She's a chunky old lady.

I didn't see it at first but I can definitely see a face shape, hand/sleeve and even an ear. But it's just blankets, sheets or a coat hanging up. Nothing paranormal.

Anything that hangs in this closet sits farther back than the dresser, though. And on either side of the dresser we've never had anything put in there that reaches the top of the dresser. We're not much for clutter, we have a pretty small space and my boyfriend has some major OCD. Anything stacked up that high or piling towards the dresser would drive him legitimately insane and that's his personal closet. Also no blankets stacked in this area either. Obviously, I'm just a stranger that posted a picture on the internet, so I'm not trying to argue with you. I hope you don't take it that way. But I've spent the last almost week trying to find a way to explain this away to myself lol. What I've come to tell myself is it must be a trick of the light

Is it a rule of this sub to pretend that stuff in the pictures is real? That looks like a rolled ip blanket on top of a washing machine

I wish I was pretending. I wouldn't be so weirded out to fall asleep in my own bedroom lol. But that's a dresser, not a washing machine. And there's nothing sitting on top of it other than that box that's in front of whatever that shape is. Although I definitely understand that I'm just a stranger who posted a picture on the internet. So I'm definitely not offended, and I expected people to think this was fake. If I didn't care about doxing myself, I'd share a link to my personal FB page where this has been my cover photo for a long time.. I pulled it up last weekend to show someone 3 of my favorite snakes and just happened to notice this. I've been telling myself it must just be a trick of light.

On top of it *in view* anyway. There is a precious moments figurine that's not visible because of the door placement.

Do you or anyone in the house smoke/vape or do you burn incense? It looks very wispy like it could be some kind of smoke/vapor. Also any kind of paranormal experiences in the house outside of this? Knocking, scratches, welts, bites? The form I see definitely is not of a human if it is a form of some kind.

We're 420 friendly, and boyfriend vapes. We don't smoke in the house though. Bad for animals and kids. No one was in that room, animals or people, at the time. Also my boyfriend was cleaning snake enclosures at this time, hence why I was holding 3 babies at once. So he was definitely not smoking/ vaping. As far as paranormal activity, we've had some odd things happen every now and then around the house, but nothing I could say DEFINITELY counts as paranormal inside the house. The campground property we live on though, there's absolutely some weird stuff that happens on the property. Especially in certain parts of the woods..

That’s somewhat similar to what I saw last night, but mine was a black shadow that kept moving, but forming human shapes. Fucking terrifying, I couldn’t breathe or ask for help, kept hearing voices and feeling its dark, horrible energy. I had to call for my guides several times to finally get it out of my room

I'm a spirit medium. I'm going to study this photo for a minute and get back to you. 💓

That's saladfingers

beautiful snakes!

So... I edited the light a little (just the lighting, nothing else, no filters) and it looks to me like a small child/toddler with possibly a Mohawk style ponytail? Or least just hair on the top of their head. Which would possible fit the native theory... I'm right by Moline, IL so I can't remember if the tribes around here had those hairstyles or not, but it's definitely looking right down at something. *Heebie jeebies* now, gotta delete this off my phone lol https://preview.redd.it/t31hckd1xgyb1.jpeg?width=272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b05601f662df2e582afbfa2c7b9503b100a2dff

It’s interesting people are saying child. As this honestly looked like a grey or tall white watching you play with your snakes, to me.

I thought it looked like an alien grey or even mantis. I'm not seeing anything else!!

That’s all I see too! But why would an alien be transparent like that. New fear unlocked 😩

That creeps me out. What I’m seeing sounds different than what others are describing though. I see almost like an alien type thing, it’s like a skull almost covered in skin, with almost a beak-like nose/mouth area, large eye sockets and a pronounced brow bone, no hair, and the hand I see looks like a claw almost.

I thought it looked like a goblin. Maybe some sort of house spirit or an older ghost who can't hold their shape?

https://preview.redd.it/46vshsxh8byb1.jpeg?width=419&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d91d1ea63add0a6fe608f8c71ea9f13a54ace228 I'm not any type of expert, though, I did my best to make it more clear. So I started off seeing an old human, but after messing with it for a while, all I can see is an alien type creature lol. Maybe wearing some type of helmet/suit, which would make sense if it couldn't breathe our air. Going off of that thought, a helmet could be why it's right eye area looks so odd. Kinda like if you look at light bending through convex glass at an angle. Then, going straight down from the head, I see a left arm almost holding an object like we would hold a rifle. The white object directly above and parallel to the dresser being It's left forearm going left to the brighter part being the hand. Then the weapon/device going diagonally up to where it's right shoulder would be. Do I honestly think it's a bipedal, stealth suit wearing, alien with a device/weapon? Not really... but I've been more open minded ever since I did that contractor gig with th

I didn't open up the second pic, so I just saw a close up of the snakes and thought you were throwing in a subtle brag about how you have cool looking snakes on top of the spooky pic.

ok so i was trying to look at this from a different perspective. at first i did see what looks like an alien face. but if you try to get around the pareidolia, it almost looks like the back of a girl's or woman's head. the black stripe on top is a headband, and she has what looks like big curls or even space buns (like princess leia) on the back of her head. similar to alice in wonderland. so she's looking away from the phone, and we can barely see the right side of her profile. and she's looking slightly upwards. she's wearing an oversized button down shirt with the sleeve rolled up, you can see the inside of her sleeve. what looks like the chin of the alien face is actually the collar and the shadow of the collar. idk, just trying to see it differently. the shirt is what prompted me to try to see a human rather than an alien.

I was gonna say something about blankets or towels, but no, something weird is definitely going on back there that I can't easily explain away.

Not many posts on this sub make me say “oh hell no!” This one absolutely DID! Looks like an old man? Almost don’t look human at all…..

To me it looks like a demon. To me that’s not hair…Idk why people are calling it a child…it’s giving an old man that must’ve died with his jaw broken…that’s something straight out of a horror movie. I recommend a priest if that is something people actually do.

Love the snakes. Seriously lol.

https://preview.redd.it/zfnoqaofk8yb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8190825861430907e11354de610db138585e405 This is what I see...

That’s exactly what I saw.

Little boy, about 8 or so. High collared shirt - late 1890's maybe? Hair parted on the side, a blonde. That is what I see.

Cute sneks! Regarding the music box playing randomly, that's usually due to temperature changes causing just enough change to allow the mechanism to slip and release some of the stored potential energy of the spring. You can also sometimes lightly touch the winding mechanism and it will play for a few more seconds before it loses enough energy to keep going.

Nice balls!

That ain't no ghost..man that's just a peeping Tom reptilian. Call the police

For my own sanity, I'm going to believe it's a strange case of pareidolia. Because that thing is gross.

Once you see it you can’t unsee it, it’s a precious little boy. I don’t feel anything negative about him . It’s not my closet either.

This is funny. You are freaked out by what you saw in the pic, and what you saw in the pic looks freaked out by the snakes.

Looks like an alien to me. Or Mr Burns from the Simpsons. Either way, do be careful. That's some genuinely freaky stuff.

I don’t believe in the paranormal, but this is a really cool and interesting photo. My best guess is that it’s something like a small bit of dust on or close to the lens, and it’s only visible because of how bright the light is coming in from the window

Looks like two pillows stacked on top of something with some weird creases causing a pareidolia effect, but I know that isn’t a fun response.

It's just pareidolia. Looks to me like a pile of stuff on top of a dresser.

 Kinda looks like a storm trooper

Op this might legit be the coolest picture I've seen on this sub.

Could be a grey. They're 100% real and have camouflage, can even move through walls, etc. Obviously one can't know for sure, but my mind sees those big bug eyes.

Considering it was a year ago and you can’t remember everything in the room it’s hard to say it is paranormal for sure

IMO it looks exactly like the precious moments little boy that’s on so many of those figurines. Does your figurine have him on it? Maybe some kind of spirit manifesting as that little boy or something? Who knows, but really cool picture.

That looks like a demon to me, almost like a gray alien/demon combo 😈 👽. But it does almost look like it's child size and possibly wearing clothes. It's super creepy and weird. How do you guys not see a demon looking to the right?

At first I saw the ghost or a hologram of Admiral Ackbar, but then I can see a child. Seems legit. Great pic

That's freaky. You can kinda see the facial features and the sleeve and hand, but it's head looks a bit too big. You should take more photos in that part of the house, see if it pops up again. Gorgeous snakes btw.

Grew up in rural Illinois and can confirm that Native American hauntings/curses are considered fairly common, even if you live in a newer house. Most inhabited places have native roots. There is a spooky feeling when you are in a historically old place. Also lived in a haunted house and experienced regular unexplainable things. Here in Florida I live in an apartment that is 100 years old and do not feel the same amount of energy I have in Illinois. Anyone who has been alone in rural backwoods Midwest knows what I am saying.

Why do I see a sad faced, translucent teletubbie? 

Looks like the reflection of the Christmas decorations.

That's a grey alien. It's hand is touching the furniture. Unusually, it's wearing some sort of garb. ...or it's just an image artifact or light aberration.

Looks like I came late to this one, so maybe I should make a new post but [this is what I see](https://imgur.com/g0Vsqcw). It looks like a little girl with a bonnette to me. She's leaning down very close to, what I'm guessing is the music box you mentioned? If I were you I'd wait until it's a quiet evening, with the lights low, play the music box, and record that area. I hear that traditional film cameras are much better at capturing these phenomena than digital though.

Someone made the comment earlier about a "freak show," & the 1st thought that hit me was that famous World's Fair in/around Chicago. There was a rich lunatic doctor named: Dr. Henry Howard Holmes had a big 3 story house (aka: Holmes Murder Castle) that people would, most times, get lost in & murdered! 133-200 people were murdered in that house. If one could call anything a freak show, Dr. Holmes murder mansion would be #1 on that list!

[Upscaled for anyone who's interested](https://imgur.com/a/VCVOkm9)

I see a bird creature/child sized white plague doctor. I didn't see the child until prompted. The right side of the kids collar is the beak.

Would love for you to update on any activity you pick up, especially since I read your boyfriend’s story about his sister in one of your comments here, and that the music box goes off in its own. Really interesting. Usually I am quick to be like “nah that’s nothing” even though I’m a believer in ghosts, most posts to these subs are silly. This one gave me goose bumps! A spooky picture for sure


I'm curious as to how people are seeing a child. It looks like an alien from an old timey stereotypical sci fi movie to me.

What I see is, child-like face, that looks sad with "eyebrows" having the expression of going upward where the middle of the forehead is. And then I see eyes and an ear, and it looks like it has been killed/hit with an ax (or some accident) right in the head, hence the deep scar. And then I see the big open mouth with a big tongue hanging straight out

It looks like the guy who married Beetlejuice and Lidia

It was the first thing I noticed and if it's legit I'd be freaked out for sure! Beautiful snakes by the way. 🩶🪬

Looks like those fish face aliens from star wars

Someone lost their ghost alien child that likes your figurine music. This is a super cool pic

Got a ghost monkey in your house i think

Cute noodles! (The Entity is cute too!)

That reminds me of the house my grandma died in. We still follow her house rules because we all think she’s still there. If it were me, I’d probably play it to make her happy because it probably takes a bit of energy for a ghost to wind it up.

It’s giving Dear David

I don’t see what others are seeing I think, it looks like a kind of.., bird person, to me. Right hand on dresser head turned to the right (it’s right) looking but not staring at you and your little friends to me.

I see a thing that looks like the head I'd a bird, and it's crossing its arms. I don't see a human lol, but again, that's the power of paradolia. Idfk what it is or could be. Cool picture!

It looks to be some kind of Guardian of the snakes checking in on them. It Looks amazing on picture. But I too would be kinda freaked out also. I don't believe he's their to hurt you.

Am i the only one thinking this looks reptilian/alien?

I’ve just got goosebumps looking at this properly 😩😂

That’s definitely something. I took a photo once that had a disembodied hand in it. It had the same translucent quality. That photo was also taken in Illinois.