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'Scary' optical illusion that looks like 'glitch in the matrix' is blowing people's minds

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Published 19:13 15 Feb 2024 GMT

'Scary' optical illusion that looks like 'glitch in the matrix' is blowing people's minds

An optical illusion forced a driver to pause and wait to see how other drivers reacted to driving in a 'mind bending' tunnel.

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

A well-placed optical illusion left a driver puzzled and in fear he was going to drive himself into a pit.

The worst place to spot an optical illusion is probably while you are driving.

It just adds an unnecessary complexity to a task or route you have done thousands of times.

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Well, one unsuspecting driver in the US shared his bizarre interaction with a tunnel that genuinely did look like a glitch in the fabrication of reality... that or terrible city planning.

The Reddit user, StormShadow250 shared his video on the website a few years ago but the video has reemerged on X and has been blowing minds.

Hitting the brakes in front of the mind-bending optical illusion, the driver can be heard saying: “F**k bro. There’s no signs blocking it off, and I thought I was just f*****g high.”

And in the driver’s defense, at the angle he is recording, it does feel like a looney tunes skit featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.

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The driver continued: “That’s just a pit. What the f**k. They don’t have this s**t blocked off or something?”

Another car then approaches and slows down as it nears the hole. At this point, the driver ponders: “Is he gonna f*****g go?”

As the vehicle slowly passes the hole, the person filming the clip realises it’s actually a puddle of water, not a gateway to hell.

Hitting the brakes in front of the mind-bending optical illusion, the driver can be heard saying: “F**k bro.
Reddit/StormShadow250

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“Holy s**t. Oh, it’s water!” he shouts, adding: “I am high.” The driver then clarifies: “I’m not actually high, but holy f**k bro. It looks like a pit doesn’t it? I thought they just carved out a hole. I’m tripping.”

Social media users on X were equally perplexed by the illusion.

“Ol’ scary a**,”one user simply joked. While another concluded it was simply a ‘glitch in the matrix’

“That’s called the falseness of the retinal, it’s actually cool to see things from afar that way but are not true,” added another.

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Other users were less forgiving and explained the illusion away simply.

“Water reflects light… more the street is lighten in the night and more it will reflect as a mirror,” one user wrote.

In the driver’s defense, at the angle he is recording, it does seem like a looney tunes skit.
Reddit/StormShadow250

“Lmao I love this one. When he realizes that it’s water,” commented another.

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“It's just a puddle of water in which the ceiling is reflected,” a third wrote.

Well, glad that is all cleared up but I don’t blame the guy for taking a minute to watch what other cars do before he potentially drives into a ditch.

Featured Image Credit: Reddit/StormShadow250

Topics: Reddit, Cars, Social Media

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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