Comments on: Scary alien hand in real estate listing photo? http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: davearter http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594446 davearter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594446 I used to live on the next road over, I did always wonder what the strange creatures I saw after dark were... I used to live on the next road over, I did always wonder what the strange creatures I saw after dark were…

]]> By: ndollak http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594197 ndollak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594197 E.T. sell home. E.T. sell home.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594969 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594969 The hand probably belongs to the lovely old lady who is subletting the room in her apartment, just like #63 pointed out. That means you would bump into your creepily discolored landlady every single day. The hand probably belongs to the lovely old lady who is subletting the room in her apartment, just like #63 pointed out. That means you would bump into your creepily discolored landlady every single day.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594975 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594975 #61... that would actually be the correct spelling. In Finnish, the possessive of "Sibelius" is "Sibeliuksen", and "katu" means street. So it's Sibelius' street. #61… that would actually be the correct spelling. In Finnish, the possessive of “Sibelius” is “Sibeliuksen”, and “katu” means street. So it’s Sibelius’ street.

]]> By: Bloodboiler http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594722 Bloodboiler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594722 The first commenter is right. Nothing to see here. All Finns have hands like that. The first commenter is right.
Nothing to see here.
All Finns have hands like that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-865836 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-865836 I think its a fake. Someone trying to make fool Rahul, India I think its a fake. Someone trying to make fool

Rahul, India

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593966 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593966 um... somebody (a human) with their hand around a doorknob? Thumb at the bottom, index in the middle and the rest of the fingers curled around the top of the knob? Am I alone in not seeing anything at all unusual here? um… somebody (a human) with their hand around a doorknob?

Thumb at the bottom, index in the middle and the rest of the fingers curled around the top of the knob?

Am I alone in not seeing anything at all unusual here?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593967 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593967 E.T.!!! E.T.!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594479 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594479 Oxymoronatron will save us with their robots. Oxymoronatron will save us with their robots.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594225 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594225 Kuato! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6r3mWIfJw Kuato!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6r3mWIfJw

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-702769 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702769 i think this is just what the people of finland look like :) i think this is just what the people of finland look like :)

]]> By: Maurice Reeves http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593972 Maurice Reeves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593972 "So why are you selling?" "Well, living on Earth's been fun, but it's about to implode on itself soon enough, I better sell my place and get the hell out of here." “So why are you selling?”

“Well, living on Earth’s been fun, but it’s about to implode on itself soon enough, I better sell my place and get the hell out of here.”

]]> By: coop http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593973 coop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593973 Humm, maybe one of the members of Lordi? Eurovision winners 2006 http://lordi.fi/ Humm, maybe one of the members of Lordi?

Eurovision winners 2006

http://lordi.fi/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594741 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594741 #54 Well, apart from the fact that you're supposed to buy your own damn curtains and wall decorations, it's true that apartments here in Finland are pretty much like this: very white. It's really freakin' boring. #57 Did you notice that this is an ad for someone subletting _a room_ in their apartment. #54 Well, apart from the fact that you’re supposed to buy your own damn curtains and wall decorations, it’s true that apartments here in Finland are pretty much like this: very white. It’s really freakin’ boring.

#57 Did you notice that this is an ad for someone subletting _a room_ in their apartment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594234 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594234 dude with a deformed hand, duh dude with a deformed hand, duh

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593980 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593980 Anon1, I thought the same thing. Just an odd position to the person's hand. The human hand is very flexible and can look really weird if the photo is taken at an inopportune time. (One more reason to keep body parts out of photos of house listings!!) Anon1, I thought the same thing. Just an odd position to the person’s hand. The human hand is very flexible and can look really weird if the photo is taken at an inopportune time.

(One more reason to keep body parts out of photos of house listings!!)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593981 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593981 Doesn't look human to me. And if you look closely at the tree leaves outside, there are two faces. eek!! Doesn’t look human to me.

And if you look closely at the tree leaves outside, there are two faces.

eek!!

]]> By: Fenchurch http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594238 Fenchurch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594238 Django Reinhardt!? Django Reinhardt!?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593985 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593985 That's Sven the concierge, who blew off some of his fingers while dynamite fishing one drunken New Year's Eve. That’s Sven the concierge, who blew off some of his fingers while dynamite fishing one drunken New Year’s Eve.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593986 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593986 That's a hoof. That’s a hoof.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593987 The Brazilian creature perhaps? Oh, and how about this: my captcha for this post is"urethras 45-year-old" The Brazilian creature perhaps? Oh, and how about this: my captcha for this post is”urethras 45-year-old”

]]> By: sgs http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593989 sgs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593989 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(The_Addams_Family)">Thing</a>? Thing?

]]> By: Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593990 Mark Frauenfelder Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593990 #1 and #5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI #1 and #5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI

]]> By: zanbowser http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594758 zanbowser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594758 MANBEARPIG MANBEARPIG

]]> By: MomentEye http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594247 MomentEye Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594247 forced perspective... http://digital-photography-school.com/forced-perspective I reckon it's a gecko on the wall much closer to the camera than expected forced perspective…
http://digital-photography-school.com/forced-perspective

I reckon it’s a gecko on the wall much closer to the camera than expected

]]> By: Ratdog http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-594248 Ratdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-594248 One of the advantages/disadvantages to this house is the never-ending X-Files soundtrack in the background. One of the advantages/disadvantages to this house is the never-ending X-Files soundtrack in the background.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593993 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593993 Joshua? http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=c9V&resnum=0&q=understanding+joshua&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Je-3St_FLoX0Mfza3doO&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4 Joshua?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=c9V&resnum=0&q=understanding+joshua&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Je-3St_FLoX0Mfza3doO&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4

]]> By: beboman http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593994 beboman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593994 Huuh???? Huuh????

]]> By: gATO http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593995 gATO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593995 Not only the alien hand, but did you see that <b><i>glowing orb</i></b> by the window?!? OMG, there's all kinds of weird going on there!!! Not only the alien hand, but did you see that glowing orb by the window?!? OMG, there’s all kinds of weird going on there!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/21/scary-alien-hand-in.html#comment-593998 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-593998 That's my uncle That’s my uncle

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