Illusion by cocokinetic

Illusion

I took a stroll in an isolated part of a nearby village in the late afternoon, and from about 300 metres away I thought I saw what looked like a legless, armless torso-shape lying under the trees in the dappled light. I couldn't believe my eyes.

I ummed and aahed about going any further, but my curiosity got the better of me. I approached the limbless ‘body’ and to my relief, as I drew closer and the light grew clearer, I saw that it was a mound of dried cement.

But really... what a shape! And how did it get there, what’s its story?

And just maybe.… what’s ‘inside’ that blob of cement? There's even a head on the torso! I may have read one too many crime novels.
Goodness I thought the same
June 12th, 2024  
Gosh - that must have been disconcerting!
June 12th, 2024  
that really would have bothered me - what a shape that ended up and like you, I really would like to know the story behind it!
June 12th, 2024  
At first glance that crossed my mind.
June 12th, 2024  
Great find, story, and shot!
June 12th, 2024  
Wow, how scary! I tend to stay away from crime stuff for the most part, but that's the shape I thought of too. I wondered if it was a broken statue (in part because it's grey, and in part because if it had been a dismembered corpse it may not have found its way to 365, lol).
June 12th, 2024  
Your very brave…
June 12th, 2024  
I’ve been watching a murder thriller on Netflix so my first thought was crime scene.
June 13th, 2024  
@princessicajessica
That’s it! I think you’re quite right. It was probably meant to be some kind of statue that didn’t quite make the cut. Good thinking.
June 13th, 2024  
Nice find and capture and probably good that you walked past there in broad daylight :-)
June 13th, 2024  
It is scary to come closer and take a photo.
June 13th, 2024  
Interesting find
June 13th, 2024  
It would have been quite an unnerving sight.
June 13th, 2024  
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