It started the way many unsettling internet discoveries do — with someone casually scrolling across satellite imagery and stopping cold. High above a remote stretch of mountainous terrain, a formation appeared to stare back. Dark hollows where eyes should be. A jagged shape resembling a mouth. The illusion was strong enough that once it was seen, it became impossible to unsee.
Within hours, screenshots began circulating across social media, each one zoomed in tighter than the last. Users described the image as a “demon face,” carved directly into the land itself. Some called it eerie. Others described it as deeply disturbing, claiming the longer they looked, the more human — or inhuman — it appeared.
The formation was spotted using Google Maps’ satellite view, where natural shadows and elevation changes can merge into unexpected shapes. But unlike common cases of people spotting animals in clouds or faces in toast, this image carried a heavier weight. The scale alone made it unsettling. This wasn’t a small rock or a trick of lighting on a building — it spanned an entire section of mountainous terrain.
What made the image travel so quickly was its symmetry. The “eyes” appeared evenly spaced. The central ridge looked like a nose. Below it, darker contours suggested a gaping mouth. Viewers described feeling watched, even after closing the image. Some admitted they felt uneasy returning to the map at all.
