Do YOU see it? Bizarre optical illusion tricks your brain into distorting celebrity faces into terrifying MONSTERS - here's how it works

From the cigar nestled in the brickwork to 'The Dress', many optical illusions have left viewers around the world baffled over the years. But the latest illusion is arguably one of the most bizarre, and will trick your brain into distorting celebrity faces into terrifying monsters. In this terrifying TikTok Dr Karan Raj shares an example of a creepy optical illusion called the flashed face distortion effect One commenter added: 'This scared the hell out of me. Thankfully, this is not any kind of supernatural phenomenon and is actually a well-documented optical illusion called the flashed face distortion effect. As you keep your eye focused on the faint cross in the centre of the image, the celebrity faces begin to warp into grotesque monsters As Dr Raj points out, this effect is particularly pronounced if the face shown has a distinctive feature like a big nose or forehead In their paper, published in the journal Perception, the researchers described the effect, saying: 'When cycling through the faces on a computer screen, each face seems to become a caricature of itself and some faces appear highly deformed, even grotesque.'