Doppelgangers, zoomorphs, pareidelic facsimiles and eidetic images - all the unusual suspects. If you have an odd thing which looks a bit like something or various please send me a photo.

Sphinx

Sphinx

This red rock formation was found by Big Jim and his daughter Mary-Lynne in the rattle snake infested Valley of Fire, near Las Vegas, Nevada.

The riddle is: is it really a dog?

photo: Big Jim Bristow

Sapato

Vila Velha State Park, Brazil, is off the "Rodovia do Café" (the Highway of the Coffee) 80 km from Curitiba and 20 km from Ponta Grossa.

The old name, Itacueretaba, means "the extinct city of stones". There are about 23 stones with strange shapes including the sphinx, the Indian, the bear, the camel, the gorillas, the castle, the ship and the cup. 

Sapato
Scarpone

Scarpone

Italy's boot shaped peninsula puts its foot in four seas: the Adriatic, Ionian, Mediterranean and Tyrrhenian.