Isn't that what everyone's family room looks like? ):, maybe not. It does say showings require 24 hour notice due to renters. I couldn't imagine that the owners of the home would let the home be photographed like that, but then again maybe it was photographed like that before they rented it out.

Lovely.
A room brimming with murder victims.
:-(

Oh my. That decor works in the vast stone trophy hall of a medieval castle, but in that house it looks...almost cartoonish. And could they maybe set that deck chair upright before they take the picture?

Oh, that is too funny!!! What a weird photo to include in your listing. You have to wonder if it's a joke or something.

It could be worse. At least it looks clean.

The rest of the house is so normal looking. Kind of ironic that they have the heart wallpaper border in the kitchen, huh!

LOL! Maybe that's symbolic of "I Heart Dead Things."
;-)

I am soooooo glad I'm not responsible for selling that place! :)

Tricia

It's just crazy. Who mounts a ZEBRA!
We should look at it just to see if it's real, but my kids would have nightmares for life.

I can tell it is a joke, the pictures are photo shopped, if you look the zebra and critter on the other side of the fireplace are hung on a window, and the critter on the table the surface doesn't match up, also that deer couldn't stand on the mantle. Someone photoshopped in a bunch of animals, there probably are a few hanging on the wall, and these others were added.

Note to sellers: Always remove hunting trophys or whatever you call the dead stuffed animals. Many folks are turned off by this. (I am one of them). It even bothers me to see dead stiff fish on the walls.

I recall viewing a home where they had killed a rattle snake (caught on the property) and hung the skin on the wall on a plaque. They were so proud. I was disgusted that they killed it, but didn't say a word. But for any other buyer, an advertisement that rattle snakes live in the area is not a good thing.

I needed a good laugh, and you know what I thought of? If it was MY house, my agent would say "oh LEAVE the animals, you're allowed to have a hobby"!! :)

Yeah ... on closer inspection, it definitely looks like Photoshoppage.

The zebra looks mounted to a floor stand on a post.

What about this picture from the same house? Is that a giant, unpainted patch on the wall? Not disturbing, but definitely weird.

Here is a link that might be useful: Giant patch job?

That overturned chair was recently vacated by the one that got away

Keep in mind this listing is from Baraboo, WI, definitely a lot of hunters. But unlike the rattle snake story, I don't think we have too many Zebra or wild boar in these parts.

The picture looks photoshopped. The question is why is it on the Realtor's website?

Looks photo shopped to me too. I'm tempted to email the LA to find out if the photo is a joke.

Here is a link that might be useful: Listing agent

Do you think someone hacked it and no one's noticed? I hadn't looked at my lising on the realtors website for a week or so and when I did it was all dorked up. Duplicate pictures, missing pictures. I have no idea what happened and the realtor said she didn't either.

Well, some of those things on the wall are really there (see the shadows) but I agree the zebra was added. Someone must have wanted to make a roomful of trophies look even more extreme.

I'm more disturbed by people's obsessive need to put wallpaper borders in every room, no matter how cluttered already.
What a pain to redecorate!

OK, we have an apt set for a showing tomorrow at 2:00 and I will see for myself what is real. I just have to see for myself. I may even bring my own camera. I just can't imagine why or how someone would play a joke like that. We'll see tomorrow.

Ojoy how fun!

Are you really interested in the house? Or are you just going to see if that freakshow of a zoo is for real?
;-)

I am only going for the freakshow. Maybe see what the realtor has to say about it. I hate to put the renters out or give false hope to the sellers but this is too weird to pass up.

House isn't bad on the outside, I might look at it if the price was good for the area.

You'll have to post back and let us know. I can't wait.

Will you tell them about the photo after you view it?

"I hate to put the renters out or give false hope to the sellers but this is too weird to pass up."

Aw, c'mon - it's one thing to joke about it here, but do you really want to inconvenience others, just to ogle the oddities in person?

If she gives feedback on that room and tells them about the photo, they may not appreciate the favor she's doing them but I think its worth the price of admission. They need to take a lot of that stuff down.

If she gives feedback on that room and tells them about the photo, they may not appreciate the favor she's doing them but I think its worth the price of admission. They need to take a lot of that stuff down.

especially if the photo has been changed & they have no clue. They may be wondering why no one is looking at the house

International safari hunting is a rather pricey thing.

This is obviously photoshopped. I'd sure want to know it if somebody did this to me. I emailed the broker.

I'm not too sure on the Photoshop theory.

Those of us who work with the program know how tricky it is to insert something into an existing photo and, upon close inspection, have it blend seamlessly. I've done some pretty incredible image repair with it, but to think that Photoshop can work magic in all situations is the product of too much television.

The zebra doesn't show any obvious signs of fudging (see below) and its histogram don't show much, either. I think the reason it appears to float in mid-air is because it's mounted on that pole, not on the wall.

The one suspect item is the buck in the right corner, on the stand above the TV. The corner of the room doesn't look right behind it, and neither does the right part of its horns which seem strangely blurred along a straight line.

Digital damage (artifacting) tends to occur along high-contrast areas in jpg files when they are compressed for the web. This can result in blurring, color shifts or miscolored pixels "outside the lines".

My main reason to think that this isn't a hoax is simply: why bother? Most of the animals are clearly not inserted and the owner isn't selling them. Even an utter imbecile would know that a bunch of dead animals wouldn't appeal to many potential buyers, so why bother adding more?
As for someone manipulating the image and then hacking into a server to upload this one (but not bother to have fun with any of the others) just seems bizarre.

The only reason I can think of is that this image was originally intended for some other purpose (like showing it off to other dead-animal aficionados) or because there was something even more loathsome mounted on that pole, which needed to be covered up.

Below are close-ups showing the pixels of the image (I've cranked the contrast to show more detail). It would be nearly impossible (or it would take a LONG time, working pretty much pixel by pixel, or with two zebras) to avoid aliasing in trying to clip this image out of somewhere and then have it match both the white and green backgrounds. If they can do this, they are wasting their time puttering with insignificant images such as this.

Just my two cents - I find this interesting :)

{{!gwi}}

Been waiting all day to hear how it went. Did you get to see the house?

Sorry, I thought my husband said Sat but it is tomorrow. I will update as soon as I get back.

Well yah hey, this is Baraboo, hey now?

Home of the Circus Museum, and epicenter for all manner of hunters and other wood ticks.

My dime says the photo is totally real.

Thanks! That was really good for a laugh! Did anyone notice the nasty looking bench on the deck? And what was that dirty thing laying on it? Yuck. I can't wait to hear if it's real or not.

Did anyone notice the nasty looking bench on the deck?

Yeah, I stared at it for a while when I 1st found this post. Maybe it was that I was on my 1st cup of coffee; but I think I figured it out that someone made the bench, from what looks like a piece of pine.When I 1st looked at it, it looked like someone set it on fire.

This is a great one for the do people overlook the seller's taste and see the bones of the house discussion. The house doesn't look too bad if you don't mind some rustic. I'm not sure what they did under the window in the kitchen - isn't that where the sink would normally be? I have to assume the sink is now opposite the stove - I don't really like that set up.
And I'm curious about the roof, have I seen singles that bright? I'm not sure what that roof is. It looks like some sort of plastic that's molded to look like shingles - is there such a thing?
I think the varnish on the edge of bench has failed and there is some discoloration, water damage going on. Looks like they left a dirty rag laying there? And gee - they did so well with the game room:)

Yeah, the whole house seems a little incongruous. If you look past the rustic furniture, everything is just a little cheap and tacky. Solid wood furniture in one place, but then a wire bedside table, low-end lawn furniture, no landscaping, missing baseboards, and what appears to be a plastic fireplace.
Not that I'm dissing low-cost items, but the house is a quarter million dollars! I wonder if the roof and obviously new siding aren't hiding one heck of a knock-down barn.
Nice deck, though :)

Now I can't wait to hear the report on this visit!

Well, I went to the showing and the renters locked a door they were supposed to leave open so we couldn't get in. I was feeling really bad and was worried that I would have some 'splaining to do if susanka ratted me out. I did peek in the windows and didn't see any carcases. I think those where the owners touch and took them to their new place. Oh and the bench was gone too. The location was the worst part, across from a cement factory and next to an old fallen down barn and silo also on a busy road. I don't think the picture was Photoshopped either. As a graphic designer, it would be pretty hard to do. Also, what would be the point? Anyway, sorry I can say definitively.

ojoy, I wouldn't be ratting you out. That's a whole different dynamic than letting them know the photos might have been altered. (I wouldn't have gone there to see what it really looked like, either, but different strokes........)

I did peek in the windows and didn't see any carcases. I think those where the owners touch and took them to their new place. Oh and the bench was gone too.

Sounds like they should get in there and take new photos.

This is obviously photoshopped. I'd sure want to know it if somebody did this to me. I emailed the broker.

Did the LA get back to you?

Ojoy, just my curiousity, no need to know - but did you happen to notice the roof? It doesn't look like regular asphalt in the picture but I don't know what it is.

New pictures - oh yes.

The roof were brand new green asphalt shingles. There are not super common around here, but I have seen that color before.

susanka - I was just kidding. I was just hoping you didn't mention this site to see what I and other people had written about the property. Normally I would not go see a house just for a laugh but since I had brought it up, I felt like I needed to find out the truth.

roselvr -- No. I just used the "contact" email at Firstweber, so my email might not have been seen yet. If they contact me and say anything about the photos, I'll let everybody know.

ojoy-- No offense taken. I didn't mention the site name; used to be a psychotherapist, so I'm pretty good at confidentiality.