Bark Pareidolia: Bear Fishing for Salmon

Bark Pareidolia: Bear Fishing for Salmon

I see a brown bear standing on a rock in a stream, trying to catch a salmon that is jumping partly out of the water. Don't see it? Check out the outline here: Bark Bear and Salmon Outline


This is a case of Pareidolia, which I find very interesting. I realize that not everyone will be able to see this- some people are more sensitive (or overly sensitive even) to pattern recognition than others. Seeing something like this is like hearing voices in white noise, which is not always a good thing.

Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse.
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidol…