The Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill Stoneham
The Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill StonehamThe Haunted Ebay Painting - 'Hands Resist Him' by Bill Stoneham

Excerpt from the Hands Resist Him : Haunted eBay Painting ($450) listing from February, 2000:

"...when we received this painting, we though 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."

The painting is titled Hands Resist Him ($450) and was originally painted by Bill Stoneham in 1972. He doesn't know how the painting made its way onto eBay, but does know that both the owner of the art gallery where it was originally on display and the Los Angeles Times critic that reviewed the show we're both dead within the year. Legend also has it that many "people report feeling ill and passing out, having strange visitors in the night or having their children cry out in horror" upon witnessing it. I would like to add to the rumors because the first night after seeing this painting on the Internet, I had a terrifying dream about being attacked by something unseen that threw me clear from the bed (fell out). It was the most vivid dream I've ever had, if it was even a dream at all.

So, is this painting really haunted? Who knows, but we'd love to hang it over the watercooler in the Green Head HQ break room and find out! er...Maybe. Exact replicas are now available Bill Stoneham's Official Website as well as the cool sequel Resistance at the Threshold.

Anonymous
That kid is disturbing. Well, actually both of them.
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
Theres more to the story that was left off…

“In February, 2000 a sudden appearance of a painting with the title of “Haunted Painting” made it’s debut on Ebay. Of course a title like this is going to attract attention – but what caused most of the fuss was the frightening photographs of this painting, and the weird reactions of various viewers.

Within hours of this painting appearing on Ebay it’s story and link were soon passed quickly around the world via the Internet and suddenly everyone was talking about the Haunted Ebay Painting. Soon reports were coming in of people’s reactions to looking at the supposed “haunted” photographs taken of this painting.

People reported of being violently ill, being gripped by an unseen entity, children walking in and reacting with horror at the sight, crying, screaming, some were even afraid to look at the pictures of the painting, some very strange reactions indeed.”


Look at painting again?


How do you feel?
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
I feel cursed now thank you!
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
Oops I looked
Oops I read the rest
Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
the green head is a shrunken cursed idol, i clicked on him and he yelled lol

.. and this painting is definitely haunted too
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
i dont think this painting is really haunted,but i would love to have a copy of it in my bedroom!!!!
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
Suggestion is a very powerful thing, as displayed on this message board. Did you feel “spooked” before you read the description and ghost story about the painting, or just afterward? If it was only afterward then you might take a look at why it scared you. Was it really scary or did you project feelings and images into it based on what you had read? I feel it is quite obvious that the seller of the painting was using the “ghost story” tactic to make more money off of the painting. Plus, the suggestion that the doll is forcing the boy out of the picture with a “gun” (which does not look like any gun I have ever seen) is preposterous, not to metion the fact that people actually believe the boy is exiting the painting. He remains in the same spot in the painting in every picture. The light cast on the doll was a trick and was, as I said before, an elaborate hoax used to make more money on an otherwise ordinary, if creepy, painting. Don’t believe everything you read, or see, on the Internet.
By Anonymous - 4 Years Ago
Anonymous
That kid is freaky.

So its like the Ring, Once you see the painting you’re cursed?

Great, thanks for exposing me to evil. :)
By Anonymous - 3 Years Ago
Anonymous
I have set this painting as a wallpaper on my laptop at home(bedroom), which I plan to leave on all night. I will advise all of you if anything creepy happens while I sleep. I know some of you may think I am crazy for doing this, but I am doing this in the name of Science. You can never overcome fear unless you address it and you can never solve any mystery by simply ignoring it.
By Anonymous - 3 Years Ago
The Green Head
Good Luck.
Let us know what happens to you. :)

Michael
Green Head Crew
By The Green Head - 3 Years Ago
Emily
Wow, that amazing. Thats what I call art. Doesn’t that make the hairs on the back of your neck tingle? Thats Hot.
By Emily - 3 Years Ago
Anonymous
LOL …. the close up pic of the boy looks like Gorge Bush …. well… funny picture…
By Anonymous - 3 Years Ago
John
All of the above posters are dead. OMG why does this car look like its driving right towards me….... uh oh…
By John - 3 Years Ago
Anonymous
um kind of werid. i’m crying but i’m not ad. and m eyes keep watering…
By Anonymous - 3 Years Ago
Anonymous
I’ve looked at the painting many times , but never for very long. I’ve never felt ill or anything from looking at it but it is an eerie painting and that’s all it is to me , a creepy / cool painting that I think probably isn’t haunted but then again , maybe it’s just because I haven’t looked at it “long enough”.
By Anonymous - 3 Years Ago
Anonymous
If there is anyone out there who has been upset by this article, or the picture, please have a look at this site where you will find a full transcript of the original eBay listing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/unexplained/2002/haunted_painting/ebay_haunted_painting_01.shtml. What you will notice in the last paragraph (on the 4th page of the article) of this article, after the eBay member’s “Supernatural Disclaimers”, is another statement informing you that the pictures taken during the night whilst the painting was supposed to be gripped by occult forces are for ‘pure entertainment’ purposes only. And that is exactly what this is: entertainment. Yes, the picture is rather unsettling, I think a lot of this is created by the mismatched lighting angles, rather than the hands and doll, but the whole idea that it is possessed or cursed is a rather clever, if not cruel ‘marketing ploy’ that went a little too far, and has caused upset to many people. Don’t feel ashamed if you were one of those affected by this, I found it disturbing, too – but I decided to do a little more research and uncovered what I feel to be the truth about it all, and I hope if you have been affected by all this (or know someone who has been), my efforts will help you sleep better. Please feel free to copy this text into your emails etc. With all my very best wishes, Michael x.
By Anonymous - 2 Years Ago
Augie
I’ve gotten more sick looking at Thomas Kinkade paintings.
By Augie - 2 Years Ago
Anonymous
Sick? I dunno...I think the painting was really cool....but I just ate a huge turkey sandwich, and I AM a little queasy. I think I will sleep just fine....:)
By Anonymous - 2 Years Ago
Anonymous
I meant to ask (I wrote the previous post) WHY HASN'T ANYONE POSTED REGARDING THIS PAINTING since August 29th??? YIKES!!! Hello...is anybody still OUT there that looked at the painting???? (shiver...)
By Anonymous - 2 Years Ago
DEATH
they all died apparently. bwahahaha
By DEATH - 2 Years Ago
b-kitten
I heard some people met and fell in love over this painting.. or maybe it was just lonelygirl15.
By b-kitten - 2 Years Ago
nibbles
I saw this painting on here yesterday and I had the worst nightmares last night. I've been freaked out all day!!!
By nibbles - 2 Years Ago
rasheen-majikal entity
wah will i have night mares AGE:13
By rasheen-majikal entity - 2 Years Ago
rasheen-majikal entity
wah will i have night mares AGE:13
By rasheen-majikal entity - 2 Years Ago
rasheen-majikal entity
ahhh man all i had a dream about was me and a girl i like from school
a day after that(this is where the freaky stuff happens) i was taking a shower when
i hear huuhh ahh huuh ah huuh and foot steps the shower curtian swiveled and i got scared so i turned the shower off and a hand print was there like a kids hand print
there younger than me i tried to match it but it was too small and then my shampoo flew off the sill and cracked the hell out of me!! day after that i hear why are you here and i see a kid out side me door the one in the picture!!!! HELP


AGE 13
By rasheen-majikal entity - 2 Years Ago
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