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[This message was edited Wed Feb 12 4:06:49 PST 2003 by Haystack]

In February, 2000 the sudden appearance of a rather strange painting with the accompanying title of "Haunted Painting" made it's debut on Ebay.com. Of course a title like this is going to attract attention and it's still discussed to this day whether the painting is genuinely haunted or not. Even stranger is the reactions that the general public had when viewing the photos of the painting.

The artist is Bill Stoneham, the painting title is "Hands Resist Him".
You can visit his website at Stoneham Studios.
Bill tells of how he painted Hands Resist Him in 1972, the boy in the picture being himself, the hands being other lives, the windows/door being a thin veil between waking and dreaming with the small doll like girl being the guide through.

Bill does not know how his painting ended up abandoned as described by the Ebay.com seller, but he does know a gallery owner where the painting was originally displayed and sold at, and a Los Angeles Times critic, who reviewed the show, were both dead within one year of the painting being shown.

THE ORIGINAL EBAY TEXT THAT ACCOMPANIED THE PAINTING

WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS PAINTING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD ART. A " PICKER " HAD FOUND IT ABANDONED BEHIND AN OLD BREWERY. AT THE TIME WE WONDERED A LITTLE WHY A SEEMINGLY PERFECTLY FINE PAINTING WOULD BE DISCARDED LIKE THAT. ( TODAY WE DON'T !!! ) ONE MORNING OUR 4 AND 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CLAIMED, THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE PICTURE WERE FIGHTING, AND COMING INTO THE ROOM DURING THE NIGHT. NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IN UFOS OR ELVIS BEING ALIVE, BUT MY HUSBAND WAS ALARMED. TO MY AMUSEMENT HE SET UP A MOTION TRIGGERED CAMERA FOR THE NIGHTS. AFTER THREE NIGHTS THERE WERE PICTURES.THE LAST TWO PICTURES SHOWN ARE FROM THAT 'STAKEOUT'. AFTER SEEING THE BOY SEEMINGLY EXITING THE PAINTING UNDER THREAT, WE DECIDED, THE PAINTING HAS TO GO.PLEASE JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. --- BEFORE YOU DO, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING WARNING AND DISCLAIMER. ---WARNING: DO NOT BID ON THIS PAINTING IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRESS RELATED DISEASE, FAINT OF HEART OR ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH SUPERNATURAL EVENTS. BY BIDDING ON THIS PAINTING, YOU AGREE TO RELEASE THE OWNERS OF ALL LIABILITY IN RELATION TO THE SALE OR ANY EVENTS HAPPENING AFTER THE SALE, THAT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PAINTING. THIS PAINTING MAY OR MAY NOT POSESS SUPERNATURAL POWERS, THAT COULD IMPACT OR CHANGE YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER, BY BIDDING YOU AGREE TO EXCLUSIVELY BID ON THE VALUE OF THE ARTWORK, WITH DISREGARD TO THE LAST TWO PHOTOS FEATURED IN THIS AUCTION, AND HOLD THE OWNERS HARMLESS IN REGARD TO THEM AND THEIR IMPACT, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.--- NOW THAT WE GOT THIS OUT OF THE WAY, ONE QUESTION TO YOU EBAYERS. WE WANT OUR HOUSE TO BE BLESSED AFTER THE PAINTING IS GONE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW, WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DO THAT? THE SIZE OF THE PAINTING IS 24 BY 36 INCHES, SO IT IS RATHER LARGE. AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, HERE THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS. THERE WAS NO ODOR LEFT BEHIND IN THE ROOM. THERE WERE NO VOICES, OR THE SMELL OF GUNPOWDER, NO FOODPRINTS OR STRANGE FLUIDS ON THE WALL. TO DETER QUESTIONS IN THIS DIRECTION, THERE ARE NO GHOSTS IN THIS WORLD , NO SUPERNATURAL POWERS, THIS IS JUST A PAINTING, AND MOST THESE THINGS HAVE AN EXPLANATION, IN THIS CASE PROBABLY A FLUKE LIGHT EFFECT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BID ON THE ARTWORK, AND CONSIDER THE LAST TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AS PURE ENTERTAINMENT, AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION, WHEN BIDDING. AS WE THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BLESS ANY HOUSE, WE STILL WELCOME INPUT INTO THAT PROCEDURE.

This auction is nearing the end. I want to thank the more than 13000 people that took the time to look at this image on Ebay. I appreciate the more than 30 suggestions, that I received regarding blessing the house, exorcising and cleansing. 7 e-mails reported strange or irregular events taking place, when viewing this image. And I will relay two suggestions made by the senders. First not to use this image as the background on the screen, and second not to display this image around juveniles or children. Last not least, thanks for appreciating the art as well.



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The reactions to viewing the painting are varied and strange, people report of feeling ill and passing out, having strange visitors in the night, children crying in horror when seeing the pictures and some people are even too afraid to look at the pictures.

The strange light on the painting as seen in the pictures displayed on Ebay.com. could have been achieved by various camera tricks or just by shining a red light on the painting. Very simply done. NO the painting is not genuinely haunted.

Hands Resist Him eventually sold for $1,025.00 - first bid was $199.00 - it had a total of 30 bids. I would imagine with the popularity of this painting that it would be worth a lot more now, not merely for its value as a painting but for its value as the now famous "Haunted Ebay Painting".

Haystack said:

I like to do that on a ragular basis. I suppose I'm just a caring sharing type of guy.

applekisses said:

Thanks for that. Although I hope people will click on the link to see the pictures of the painting, because there is something quite eerie about it. Not necessarily supernatural, but there's something about it that would stop me wanting it in my house.

nice find -- that's very cool. i'd like to see the actual painting.

but i wouldn't pay $350 for a an ink jet repro

Haystack said:

You're welcome It IS really creepy! I've been doing a little research on it since you posted this. I've sent the info to an Urban Legends Web site ( www.snopes2.com ) and, hopefully, they'll do some investigating about it. If I hear anything, I'll let you know.

I couldn't Haystack. I got as far as the 2nd row of pictures and i had to shut the page man... the close up of that boys face was enough.

I don't know if that was all the build up of things read before hand or what...

(shudder)

Well, that just creeped me out!

Creepy picture!! I don't believe in ghosts or the suernatural, but it's defintiely creepy, nonetheless!!

i didn't even read it yet, but this:



already scares the shit out of me

i just read it.



AGGGHHH!!!

@ demon child and robot girl

i'm still very frightened by this and i'm about to go to bed. wish me luck...

OKAY HERE IS A VERY FREAKY THING THAT HAPPENED TONIGHT, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THIS PICTURE


Shortly after I read this story earlier this evening, a thunderstorm rolled through. But there was no thunder, no rain, no snow. But an incredible gust of wind blew my back door open. I didn't really think anything of it until later, when I started getting freaked out by this picture. And now I'm on the phone with another orger, and he says that shortly after he'd seen the picture, the exact same thing happened to him. Hours later. And 2 states away


i'm scared

to add to the scariness...

isn't this what you imagine George W. Bush looked like as a kid?

AaronUnlimited said:

I guess I don't get it. The only difference I see among the "spycam" shots is in the lighting. Can someone clue me in?

Moonbeam said:

Did you read the text along with it. People reported strange things happening. One thing I noticed is that the girl looks like she's holding a gun instead of her bottle thingy.

TRON said:

I did read the text. But the spycam photos don't seem to indicate anything different to me other than lighting.

Moonbeam said:

I don't know. It just freaks me the fuck out. Weird lighting or no lighting. And the fact that that little can thing she's holding with the window frame behind it looks like a gun in the dark. And that evil glowing red pig-face. And the hands in the window.

for the freaked out orgers.

AaronUnlimited said:

It is creepy. I just read that the pictures were only taken because there must have been some movement. I wouldn't be surprised if it were due to wind or something, though.

Moonbeam said:

Yeah, like that evil wind that blew my door open tonight, and then your brother's, hours later!

AaronUnlimited said:

It's not too uncommon in storms. Both of you are part of the same geographical region, so I wouldn't be too alarmed. You'll be ok, I promise.

Moonbeam said:

It's never happened to me before. And he says he can't remember it happening to him before. But it happened to us both, on the same night, after looking at that picture. What are the chances!

AaronUnlimited said:

Higher than you might think, I'd imagine. I know that Nathan's door out to the deck is never too securely closed, so it doesn't surprise me that it would blow open. I've happened to me before, although not necessarily with doors that lead outside.

I've happened to me before too.

wkb said:

How does one happen to oneself?

Moonbeam said:

I thought I'd ask you the same thing.

wkb said:

WOW! I didn't even notice that! Hmmm...let me try to BS my way through this one...

Sometimes I just get to myself. My idiosynchrosies get in the way of what I should really be doing/feeling etc.