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Painted severed finger rock hiking trail prank

This is a two-panel meme with explanatory text at the top. The text explains that the poster found a rock painted to look exactly like a severed human finger on the Arroyo Verde hiking trail, appreciated the prank, and replaced the rock to surprise and startle the next person walking the trail. The left panel shows the painted rock half-buried among grey river rocks and pebbles on the trail, appearing indistinguishable from a real severed finger at first glance. The right panel shows a close-up of the rock resting in a person's open palm, revealing it is a smooth elongated rock painted purple with details mimicking skin creases, fingernail shape, and even a small 'blood' detail at the base to make it look more realistic.
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To the person who left a painted rock that looks like a severed finger on the Arroyo Verde hiking trail, you're my kinda people! I put the rock back to freak out the next passerby

Overview

This is a two-panel meme with explanatory text at the top. The text explains that the poster found a rock painted to look exactly like a severed human finger on the Arroyo Verde hiking trail, appreciated the prank, and replaced the rock to surprise and startle the next person walking the trail. The left panel shows the painted rock half-buried among grey river rocks and pebbles on the trail, appearing indistinguishable from a real severed finger at first glance. The right panel shows a close-up of the rock resting in a person's open palm, revealing it is a smooth elongated rock painted purple with details mimicking skin creases, fingernail shape, and even a small 'blood' detail at the base to make it look more realistic.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the platform 9Gag, as specified in the provided additional information, with the original upload title 'Add more fingers'. It is a user-submitted post sharing the poster's real-life encounter with a funny outdoor prank, circulated for comedic value due to the surprisingly realistic painted rock that tricks people into thinking they found a severed finger on a hiking trail.

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