Whether the bizarre hand-life pattern is really paranormal remains to be seen, but it could just be an example of "pariedolia," a word that means assigning meaning to patterns that are actually just visual "noise".
Formed in 1996, the Berlin based In Extremo has also found chart success with their "medieval style stage garb and unashamed usage of such bizarre, sometimes hand made, instruments as the Scottish bagpipes".
Equally bizarre are the hand-man in The Hand, the chameleon-man in Zelig, the elf-boy in The Dark Crystal, and, of course, the Muppets' frog-man and pig-woman.
After all, by the end of September, flying was getting back to normal - albeit with a bizarre ban on hand luggage - and I was able to share an idyllic week on the island of Santorini, taking in the wonderful sunsets, the clifftop village of Oia, the restaurants overlooking the Caldera, the bars, the shopping, and the relaxing and agreeable company.
On September 11 , 1967 the Beatles undertook a fateful course one that would humble them profoundly in the coming months: with the recent triumph of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the international simulcast performance of "All You Need Is Love" under their belts, they tried their hand, bizarre as it may seem in retrospect, at becoming film directors.
There is a matter-of-fact tenderness in Pascal's bizarre provision; he hands her the drug when he comes home, as if it were the evening paper, and tips her used syringes into the trash like cigarette butts.
As an American in Canada, I'm overwhelmed by how much less fucked up things are up here, especially after discovering a very entertaining American trend of bizarre punishments being handed down to small-time criminals.
If you're having a hard time contorting your hands into the bizarre shapes needed to make hand shadow puppets, don't worry!
I was there to witness first hand his bizarre afternoon and question him about his controversial views on Fifa and the place of alcohol in British culture.
Mr. Burton, the director of "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman," "Ed Wood" and "Sleepy Hollow," is an old hand at bizarre reversals and the blurring of primitive and civilized behavior.
He also hates the countdown timer that suddenly appears on the palm of his hand, the bizarre frogs that attack him and the spunky girl named Shiki who insists on following him around.
