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![The Hands Resist Him eBay Haunted Painting](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0SfCcK95BLLfctabsbba-XJx9wG8M89EvmNyMuzESoAgkZtUuUNveOcZ1zcD59oh2CkkgpGAxZAWCF8vGJxhMuNYanTXG_yFRykqcRiGGyNBFmAY2MWZruVcIR6e2xzNlx7zyPE2ONM/s512/Hands_Resist_Him.jpg)
The Hands Resist Him, also known as eBay Haunted Painting, is a painting created by Oakland, California artist Bill Stoneham in 1972. It depicts a young boy and female doll standing in front of a glass paneled door against which many hands are pressed.
According to the artist, the boy is based on a photograph of himself aged 5, the doorway is a representation of the dividing line between the waking world and the world of dreams and possibilities, and the doll is a guide who will escort the boy through it. The hands themselves represent alternate lives or possibilities. It became the subject of an urban legend and a viral internet meme in February 2000, when it was posted for sale on eBay along with an elaborate backstory implying that it was haunted