Just 1% of people can find the elephant hidden in incredibly hard optical illusion

This mind-boggling puzzlehas left social media users completely baffled.

The cartoon featuring an elephant hunter has his quarry concealed in full view. The head-scratching optical illusion was posted by puzzle guru Hectic Nick on TikTok, challenging his followers to crack the riddle of the vanishing elephant.

Sharing online, he declared: "Only one percent of people can find the hidden elephant in this image. It's not easy, but try flipping your phone over and you might be able to find it." In other related news,only geniuses can spot sneaky chicken amid flock of sheep in 8 seconds or less.

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The picture presents quite the conundrum to crack. These riddles mess about with how our minds and vision process information and the manner in which we decode what we see.

Beyond being an entertaining test, brainteasers examine your awareness whilst bamboozling your brain away from its regular patterns, compelling you to take another look at what you're genuinely observing, reports the Mirror.

Cracking this puzzle requires a sharp eye for specifics. The scene depicts a woodland setting complete with foliage and vegetation, plus a hunter pursuing his target through the timber. Should you clock the elephant immediately, you're amongst the elite 1% of observers.

Can you locate the creature? No worries if you can't - most folk find it tricky to spot initially. Perhaps with a hint, you'll manage to discover it.

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Right then, the entire elephant isn't visible in the scene, merely a portion of it. Should that still prove unhelpful, you can continue reading for the solution. With enough scrutiny, you might notice that the elephant was lurking in the front section, with the two substantial trees serving as its limbs and the slender tree functioning as its trunk.

Meanwhile, if you enjoyed that, give the Sailor's Wife puzzle a whirl. At first glance, an image might appear to be one thing, but when viewed from a different perspective, it can unveil itself as something entirely different upon closer inspection.

These illusions occur due to how our brains process visual information in diverse ways, challenging our perception. This vintage snap of a sailor searching for his wife is a prime example of such a conundrum. She's hidden somewhere within the frame, but it's said that only 1% of folks can spot her in under 15 seconds.