Family terrified after finding 'painting of their son' inside B&B during stay – The Mirror
A family were left feeling unsettled when they stayed in a ‘spooky’ B&B with ‘creaky floors’ and discovered a familiar face staring back at them from the wall
A fun trip soon turned into a chilling encounter for one family when they discovered a creepy "painting of their son" in a "spooky" bed and breakfast.
The family, who moved to Sweden from the UK two years ago, were on the way home from a skiing holiday and needed a pit stop on the long drive home. Mum Jennie Stevenson explained that they stayed at a "secluded" property for the night in a bid to get some rest. But it's any wonder if they managed to get a good night's sleep after making a strange and unsettling discovery.
The family were getting ready to sit down to dinner in the communal dining room when they noticed something wasn't quite right. "My daughter just went, 'Mum, there's a picture of Barney on the wall,'" Jennie recalled.
When the mum-of-three took a closer look she found a painting of her child that looked almost identical to her seven-year-old son. The mum said it was "disconcerting" and the family were left freaked out.
The artwork, called 'Flowers in the Meadow', by Swedish painter Carl Larsson depicts a little girl, but she looks remarkably similar to the youngster, except for her long hair. In the painting, the child can be seen wearing and a hat and is surrounded by flowers.
Thankfully, Jennie and her husband weren't too spooked by the painting and Barney found the whole thing funny. However the parents did describe the B&B as an "old-fashioned" property 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."
Sharing what happened on X, the mum said: "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."
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?"
A version of this story was first published in April 2023.
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