09 April 2023 , 15:07
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A shocked family discovered a painting of a child who looks uncannily similar their son while staying in a 'spooky' B&B.
Mum Jennie Stevenson explained the group were on their way home from a holiday when they stayed at the 'secluded' property for the night.
The family, who relocated to Sweden from the UK two years ago, needed a pit stop on the long drive home from their first ski trip in the country.
But it's any wonder they managed to get a good night's sleep after making the unusual discovery.
The family, who arrived at the B&B around dusk, were getting ready to sit down to dinner in the communal dining room when they noticed something wasn't quite right.
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The family noticed a familiar face staring back at them (@JennieStevenson/Twitter)"My daughter just went, 'Mum, there's a picture of Barney on the wall,'" Jennie recalled. And when the mum-of-three took a closer look, she found a painting of a child who could be mistaken for her seven-year-old son.
Actually, the artwork by Swedish painter Carl Larsson depicts a little girl, but she looks remarkably similar to the youngster, except for her long hair.
Thankfully, Jennie and her husband weren't too spooked by the painting, 'Flowers in the Meadow', even though they were staying in an 'old-fashioned' property with 'creaky floors', and Barney found the whole thing funny.
But Jennie did come across a little freaked out when she later shared her 'disconcerting' find online.
Luckily, the children found the whole thing funny (Jennie Stevenson)"Just arrived at our secluded rural B&B to find a painting of our youngest child depicted as a small girl. There's absolutely no terrifying precedent for this, so it's probably fine," she quipped in a post to Twitter.
Replying to a comment, Jennie, who works as a writer, added: "Woke up at some point to a terrifying papery noise (think riffling of pages or a deck of cards) but we all survived."
Meanwhile, other social media users had their own suspicions. One person speculated the noise could be 'the child trying to escape the painting..'
A second asked: "Any witches nearby?" Jennie replied: "In Sweden, Easter is when all the witches fly to the Blue Mountain, so I'm going to assume yes?"