Chilling selfie sends shivers down spines of eagle-eyed Twitter users

A freaky selfie is creeping out social media users with the subject turning heads across the internet.

The image of a couple smiling while taking a picture of themselves with a smartphone is sending shivers down the spines of many.

The image that is creeping out Twitter users. Picture: Twitter/isthemans
The image that is creeping out Twitter users. Picture: Twitter/isthemans

But it is taking a few social media users a second glance to figure out what the fuss is about.

Those who look closely have spotted the couple’s chilling reflection in the glass window behind them.

The woman’s face appears in the glass window, instead of the back of her headscarf, while the back of the man’s bald head is reflecting beside her - the way science intended.

The picture, posted by user @itstheman with the caption: "WHAT KINDA DEVLISH TING IS GOING ON,” has been shared more than 18,000 times since being posted on Sunday morning.

The ‘paranormal’ image was originally posted on 9gag.com, a social media site that enables users to modify images for fun.

Twitter users have joked the woman could be Harry Potter villain Lord Voldermort. Picture: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Quirinus_Quirrell
Twitter users have joked the woman could be Harry Potter villain Lord Voldermort. Picture: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Quirinus_Quirrell

Twitter users have likened the woman’s reflection on the back of her headscarf to Harry Potter’s evil Lord Voldermort, who took over the body of Professor Quirrell, with his face appearing on the back of the professor’s head which he covered in a turban.

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