Well he DID write The Tempest! Stunned mother spots William Shakespeare’s face in a cloud while photographing lightning
- Shaquira Hobbs snapped the unusual cloud in Booragul, New South Wales
- The clouds had formed into a shape which bore a resemblance to Shakespeare
- The Aussie said she thought she might have been imagining things at first
- But her photographs clearly show the clouds taking the shape of Bill’s face
A woman gazing up into the stormy sky above her backyard in New South Wales, Australia, was flabbergasted when she saw a cloud formation which bore a striking resemblance to William Shakespeare.
Mother-of-one Shaquira Hobbs managed to photograph the incredible sight outside her home in Booragul in NSW’s Lake Macquarie region on November 21.
The extraordinary shot shows a cloud looking remarkably similar to the profile of the famous playwright, with his forehead, eyes, eyelids nose and chin all outlined among the grey shapes.
Shaquira Hobbs managed to photograph the shape of a man’s face outlined in the clouds above her backyard in Booragul, NSW on Sunday, with social media users commenting that it looked like Shakespeare
Ms Hobbs was preparing to capture lightning snaps from her home’s veranda on November 21, when a bright flash made her turn around and spot a dark grey cloud that ‘creeped her out’.
The 24-year-old photographer grabbed her phone and took a photo of what she thought to be the side profile of a male, and excited viewers have since pointed out it looks like just like the Bard himself.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Ms Hobbs, said the phenomenon lasted for about 45 seconds.
‘I thought it was incredible but had to get my partner to look as well because I thought I may have also been seeing things,’ she laughed.
She said she’d been setting up her professional camera to take some shots of the lightning when she noticed the unusual cloud formation. She sent the image to her mother, who was blown away.
‘Mum was shocked and she said ‘you need to send it to every news channel’,’ Shaquira said.
‘Mum is still talking about it.’
A mum was left ‘creeped out’ when she spotted William Shakespeare peering down from a storm cloud – and the incredibly detailed face even appears to sport his signature goatee
‘It happened so quick I had no time to move around so I quickly grabbed my phone instead,’ she said.
‘It is honestly scary how good the detail is.
Ms Hobbs immediately sent the photo to her mother and afterwards inspected the shot with her partner.
The incredible image has since done the rounds on social media, where users began to chime in that the cloud formation resembled one of the world’s greatest playwrights.