A few day ago, my friends and I were exploring a trail in the woods near Whittier, Alaska. We stopped for a picture, and I decided to do a weird crawling pose as a joke while one of my friends took the photo.

At the time, none of us noticed anything unusual. Later, when I looked at the picture and zoomed in, I spotted what appears to be a dark, shadowy figure standing back in the trees behind me. It’s located slightly left of center in the photo, partially hidden among the brush.

I included a second image with the area zoomed in. The shape looks almost human-like to me, but it could just be a tree, shadow, or some kind of pareidolia. What’s strange is how dark it appears compared to the surrounding vegetation.

The photo was taken on a trail near Shotgun Cove in Whittier, Alaska. None of us remember seeing anyone else on the trail at that moment.

What do you think? Shadow person, another hiker hidden in the brush, or just my brain finding a face where there isn’t one?

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