Mum ‘creeped out’ after spotting Shakespeare’s face with goatee in cloud

A MUM was left “creeped out” after photographing a cloud which resembled the face of William Shakespeare complete with his signature facial hair. Shaquira Hobbs was preparing to capture pictures of lightning from her home’s veranda in New South Wales, Australia, last month when a bright flash made her turn around and spot a dark grey cloud. Kennedy News/Forbidden Fruit PhoThe incredible photo was taken in NSW, Australia, and shows the details of a mans nose, eyes and chin in the storm clouds[/caption] Shaquira was in her back garden taking pictures of a lightning storm in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, when she saw the remarkable outline of a man. The extraordinary shot shows a cloud looking similar to the profile of a man with his forehead, eyes, eyelids, nose and a prominent chin all outlined among the dark grey clouds. Excited viewers have since pointed out it looks like just like the Bard himself – as they speculated it could have a goatee just like the famous playwright. The face, which the professional snapper captured floating ominously over Mount Sugarloaf has since gone viral, racking up more than 13,000 reactions on Facebook. The mum-of-one said ‘the whole street’ heard her shout for her partner Brandon McEwan when she was startled by the sighting. Shaquira said: I said ‘oh my god’ and screamed Brandon’s name and told him to come and look, so he he came running out. Most read in News HEARTLESS Chilling moment shameless mum & lover blame 2-year-old boy for Star's murder GAS SCARE Hundreds of people evacuated from London's main tourist area over gas leak fear THE LION CLING Incredible moment lioness goes in for a HUG with her human best friend FACING THE DOCK US diplomat's wife Anne Sacoolas to face UK court over Harry Dunn's death LAWN AND ORDER 'Britain’s worst garden makeover' so bad landscaper was taken to COURT VAXX TO THE FUTURE Brits will need 3 jabs for vaccine passports from as early as February “I’m pretty sure the whole street heard me yell out. “I had to get him to confirm I was seeing what I was seeing. I couldn’t believe it. It all happened to be at the perfect place and the perfect time.” She’s since revealed the ‘intriguing’ comparisons, which also included Zeus and Thanos, have made the image her favorite weather shot ever. “I was creeped out when I saw it. There’s so much detail there. “I could see what looked like a man’s forehead and quite a prominent chin. After I’d taken the photo and I looked back I was shocked to see the cloud’s darkness created an eye socket and an eyelid. “Some people said it looked like Shakespeare and I can see that. I saw Thanos and Zeus too. I was really intrigued by what people were saying.” Shaquira said the ‘perfect formation’ only lasted for around 30-45 seconds until the cloud shifted into another shape and into the distance. “I was looking in the complete opposite direction, then there was a big flash behind me. I turned around thinking I was going to miss something and there it was. “I didn’t quite have enough time to get my camera off the tripod to take it, so I grabbed my phone instead. It moved along quickly, so I got the photo just in time. It was taken at the beginning of storm La Nina which rumbled through Australia last week and has been dubbed as the worst of its kind to hit the nation for 150 years. ‘THIS IS AMAZING’ She posted the startling image to her Facebook story, and it has since gone viral with hundreds of Facebook users praising the capture and suggesting who they think it looks like. Julie Anne commented: “Looks like Shakespeare.” Sheree Williamson added: “It looks like Thanos is coming.” Deb Griffin Seeley said: “Zeus the god of thunder.” Sheila Marshall wrote: “Wow. This is amazing. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Absolutely beautiful!” Nicolla Amy de Sousa said: “Wow that’s crazy you can see a male face clear as day.” Seeing recognisable things in otherwise random objects is a phenomenon called ‘pareidolia’, a term for a human’s tendency to find patterns in random places. Dr Alan Bowman, a clinical psychologist at Teeside University, said the phenomenon is completely normal and experienced by everyone. He said “Our eyes can “play tricks” on us when our visual environment is ambiguous. “We have all experienced this at one time or another, for example when that shadow in the forest looks like a person for a fleeting moment, or when we momentarily see a face in a sky full of clouds.” The professional photographer said: “This is my favourite cloud photo so far and I don’t think I’ll beat it.” Excited viewers have since pointed out it looks like just like the Bard himself – William Shakespeare Shaquira Hobbs was preparing to capture lightning snaps from her home’s veranda in New South Wales, Australia when she spotted the creepy face