Cursed portrait: ‘Horrifying’ painting returned to trust twice

A portrait of a young woman has caused a stir on social media after she was twice returned to a charity shop by two panicked customers, one of whom said she ‘never wants to see the worst thing ever again’ in her life.

“She’s back! Sold twice and returned twice! Are you brave?,” the charity Hastings Consultancy Center wrote in a post note, before exhibiting the painting for a third time at its facility in St Leonards-on-Sea in southern Ireland, a post in the UK. According to X (Twitter) Tuesday.

The picture of the painting has been viewed more than 8.8 million times on the social network, while many netizens advised the foundation to burn the canvas as soon as possible.

According to the establishment’s owner, Steve, the portrait of an unknown woman whose eyes “follow you across the room” was originally bought by a woman along with other frames and paintings, only to be returned two days later by itself. , he confided to “The Telegraph”.

“I have to get rid of it,” the British newspaper reported, before speaking of a “light” surrounding the painting, whose artist is also unknown.

But a second woman reportedly brought the painting back after buying it, this time stating that she was completely “terrified”, “shocked and distraught” and “never wanting to see the damn thing again”. Note, he continued to “telegraph”.

Not only did she see the popularity of the canvas online on Tuesday, but the woman reportedly returned to the store the next day — reluctantly — to buy it again, saying the owner said it might have some monetary value.