Spooky Goat day twenty-three! SPOOKY PAREIDOLIA!

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SPOOKY PAREIDOLIA!

(Or, the human tendency to see meaningful patterns in randomness.)

I am sitting at a dining room table which is somewhat (but not excessively) older than I am, and in proximity to which I have dwelt my entire life. I am working on a puzzle. I look down and see:
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Is it an owl? Is it TWO owls? Is it an owl being ridden by a ghost? Is it a ghost seal?How have I never seen this before?