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A family staying at a bed and breakfast made a bizarre discovery when they spotted a ‘spooky painting of their son’
When the family sat down for an evening meal at the B&B they noticed a familiar face staring back at them(Image: @JennieStevenson/Twitter)
A pleasant getaway quickly transformed into an eerie experience for one family after they uncovered a disturbing “portrait of their son” at a “haunting” bed and breakfast.
The family, who relocated to Sweden from the UK two years earlier, were returning from a skiing break and needed a stopover during their long journey home. Mum Jennie Stevenson explained they stayed at an “isolated” B&B for the evening hoping to catch some rest.
Yet it’s questionable whether they managed any decent sleep following their bizarre and unsettling find.
The family were preparing to have dinner in the shared dining area when they spotted something amiss. “My daughter just went, ‘Mum, there’s a picture of Barney on the wall,'” Jennie remembered.
When the mother-of-three examined it more closely, she discovered a portrait of her child bearing an almost exact resemblance to her seven-year-old son. The mum described it as “disconcerting” and the family felt thoroughly unnerved.
The piece, entitled ‘Flowers in the Meadow’, by Swedish artist Carl Larsson shows a young girl who bears striking similarity to the boy, apart from her lengthy hair. In the artwork, the youngster appears wearing a hat whilst surrounded by blooms.
Fortunately, Jennie and her husband weren’t overly unsettled by the artwork and Barney found the entire situation amusing.
The parents did, however, characterise the B&B as an “old-fashioned” establishment with “creaky floors'”.
Jennie said: “Woke up at some point to a terrifying papery noise (think riffling of pages or a deck of cards) but we all survived.”
Recounting the incident on X, the mother wrote: “Just arrived at our secluded rural BandB 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.”
Fellow social media users offered their own theories. One individual suggested the sound might be “the child trying to escape the painting”.
Another enquired: “Any witches nearby?” Jennie responded: “In Sweden, Easter is when all the witches fly to the Blue Mountain, so I’m going to assume yes?”.
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