Hand with no thumb

I found this picture on Puld.net, who writes: "The sources said this is not photoshopped or edited and this person really have no THUMB at all! I wonder how he “Thumbs Up” his friends?"



Update: Posted to the Hoax Photo Database.

Body Manipulation Photos

Posted on Tue Jun 10, 2008



Comments

*squint* I think I'm seeing some artifacting around the three fingers on the left side, which is usually a good indicator of a 'shop.
Posted by Robin Bobcat  on  Wed Jun 11, 2008  at  01:54 AM
Although it's been done very well, it still looks a little off.

Besides, if he really did have no thumb and 6 fingers, this story would of have been reported when he was born, or at leats when he was a child.

Also, the finger to the our right is bending in the wornd direction to the others.

I don't know about you guys, but I know I can't do that.
Posted by Nameless  on  Wed Jun 11, 2008  at  03:14 AM
Yes, you can tell by the splay of the fingers that both right and left hands were used. Still, it's certainly artifully done! COOL!
Posted by hulitoons  on  Wed Jun 11, 2008  at  03:56 AM
This is an obvious construction -- the two fingers on the rightmost part of the image are pasted-in -- there is a diagonal line where they have been dropped into the image -- the hoaxer didn't even bother trying to smudge the linen very effectively.

If you follow the crook of the second+third finger (from right) diagonally to the "northeast" you will see the line -- and, see that where the line ends, at the side of the hand, the angle *of* the side changes.
Posted by michi-kogaku  on  Wed Jun 11, 2008  at  09:06 AM
This photo is of a real but rare condition called mirrored or reversed polydactyly. Notice that the fingers on each side match. (eg. pretend each finger has a number, the picture above would be: 543345) Unless the person has 9 or 10 fingers on one hand (eg. 543212345 or 5432112345) it's not unusual for them not to have thumbs.

Refer to a book called MUTANTS about differing DNA conditions.
Posted by Stiglet  on  Tue Jul 01, 2008  at  03:39 AM
*chuckle*

That's interesting. Is it also normal for these poor folks to be saddled with crude photoshopped cut-paste lines too? 😊

(The fact that a certain anomalous condition may exist, does not mean that bogus images of it cannot also exist. The two are not mutually exclusive.)
Posted by michi-kogaku  on  Tue Jul 01, 2008  at  04:26 AM
I don't know if its been altered or not it very well could be. I just wanted to make a comment to a comment stated earlier

"Also, the finger to the our right is bending in the wornd direction to the others."

I actually had a friend who had four fingers and no thumb on both her hands. Her index fingers were turned towards her other fingers and she used them like thumbs.
Posted by dee  on  Tue Dec 23, 2008  at  07:07 AM
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