There have been some incredible optical illusions over the years, illustrated or otherwise, that have stumped the best of us. Our brains tend to take shortcuts to make sense of an image - while not always taking the correct route to visualising something. However, you don't need to slave over artwork for hours on end to create an image that messes with people's minds. You could just get lucky with a photo and post it on the internet, as these Reddit users did in the thread subreddit 'confusing_perspective'.. 1. Is that baby slenderman? 2. Three legs? 3. Living rug 4. Naked rider 5. This took me way too long to figure out 6. Who's that looking at me? 7. Twice the doggo 8. Taking her out for a spin 9. The mystery loop 10. Monster pooch 11. A chair designed to mess with you Who needs any elaborate <a href="http://vt.co/lifestyle/20-optical-illusions-prove-can-anything-makeup/">optical illusions</a> now when you can just browse Reddit for the weirdest photos out there, from strange perspectives to <a href="http://vt.co/lifestyle/11-perfectly-timed-photographs-taken-just-disaster-struck/">perfectly-timed shots</a>. I know that number 5 really freaked me out before my brain figured out exactly what was happening there.

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