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Pumpkin-head illusion, six seconds

Name: Pumpkin-head illusion, six seconds
Uploaded: 2026-10-12T11:00:00.000Z
Duration: 6 s
Description: Night sidewalk. A pumpkin fills the frame until it reads as a head. The pumpkin lowers. A dark wool coat is standing there. The face stays turned away. Sodium streetlight, wet pavement. No intro, no talking. This is the pumpkin-head illusion used as a costume reveal.

Fill the lens with the pumpkin, then lower it. The coat stays. The face does not need to.

Transcript

Night sidewalk. A pumpkin fills the frame until it reads as a head. The pumpkin lowers. A dark wool coat is standing there. The face stays turned away. Sodium streetlight, wet pavement. No intro, no talking. This is the pumpkin-head illusion used as a costume reveal.

Poster: A person on a night sidewalk holds a large pumpkin against the camera so their face is hidden. The pumpkin-head illusion is one move: fill the lens, then drop it. Face stays out.

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