A tin-foil hat worn proudly, from the University of the South's 2002 yearbook.

“You resist / strangers until a stranger makes the old hungers / brutally wake.” —Frank Bidart, "Like," Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 

Photo from Swarthmore's 1974 yearbook.

You've heard that cats are aware of God's existence and know that humans are middlemen between them and the divine realm.  This kitten, even through closed eyes and the mists of time, is aware of you as an intermediary.  From Northeastern Illinois' 1974 yearbook.

This cursed image appears in Gaston's 1975 yearbook.

From the University of the South's 1993 yearbook.

If the first thing you noticed was the bunny in the window, a rabbit may be your spirit animal.  From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1971 yearbook.

This photo may be used to open the "perpendicular path" to enlightement/salvation, as explained in Philip K. Dick's Exegesis and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.  From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1971 yearbook.

There are those who call for news photography to return to impressionism.  From The Gateway, 1977.

From the University of the South's 1993 yearbook.

We double checked, and it's true -- the easiest way to catch mysterious orbs in the air is to reach out toward another person.  From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1971 yearbook.

A miniature spirit double from State Teacher's College, Farmville, Va.'s 1934 yearbook.

Reblog if you take the light with you.  From Guilford's 1960 yearbook.

From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1971 yearbook.

Memories of college.  From College of the Albemarle's 1981 yearbook.

We, too, wear a bag over our head as we search out your favorite posts on the internet.  From Greensboro's 1986 yearbook.

"A world removed."  From West Virginia Wesleyan's 1964 yearbook.

"Sometimes, I’m like a cracked mirror reflecting her own image back at Alice. Usually, this is on her fifth or sixth drink. There is a crack in everything, I realize fleetingly" (Michael Dickel).  Photo from Washington College's 1972 yearbook.

This mysterious, shadowy personage (seen in UNC Charlotte's 1972 yearbook, pictured top) is a sort of puppet-master behind a great many musical acts.  That same year, he appeared in the University of Montana, Missoula's yearbook (pictured bottom).  We documented two of his other mysterious incarnations in this post.

We fact-checked this, and it's true -- the years were, indeed.  This seemingly incomplete yet grammatically correct phrase is from Concord's 1969 yearbook.