Following the viral photo of the infamous dress that tore the Internet apart last month, another optical illusion photo has recently surfaced on 9gag, asking readers to answer this puzzling question: is the cat going up or down the staircase?
According to most users, the cat must be going down the stairs due to the obvious ledges, while others felt that the faint light source behind the cat suggests that it is actually climbing up instead.
What do you think—which direction is the cat coming from?
Scroll up to give it a try, or hop over to the original post to read the funny “theories” shared by other 9gag readers.
[via Mashable, image via 9gag]