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There was a time when most folks truly thought it implausible for something you see on a screen to be terrifying. Then came films like The Ring or just your run of the mill “cursed images” article to show that, actually, our brains are perfectly good at feeling scared.

We’ve gathered some creepy, unsettling images from across the internet for you to make yourself feel scared, if that’s your cup of tea. So get comfortable, preferably under some blankets, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section down below.

#1

In Honor Of My Mother, I Present To You: Her Knit Self Portrait

Two creepy and unsettling knitted figures captured in moments of knitting, creating an eerie and unsettling atmosphere.

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Mike F
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That would scare the absolute 💩 out of me.

K_Tx
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I am glad my mom didn't knit. lol

Mreoww
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I appreciate the talent…but I will never stop being creeped out.

Roni Stone
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to say that this is pretty amazing talent, *but*.... ... ... Shades of Buffalo Bill!

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AnnaB
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why???

Sue Shea
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly? I love it. I think it's a work of art!

Caffeinated Ape
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3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh good! I'm not the only one! There's something weirdly sweet about it, to me. I'd just want to make sure it's not sitting somewhere I could jumpscare myself with it.

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    #2

    Applying A Window Sticker

    Silhouettes of hands pressed against a fogged glass window at an infectious disease diagnosis and treatment area, creepy moment.

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    Luke Branwen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So we had a Silent Hill a few posts ago. This is Resident Evil.

    Nova Rook
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thought this was Dawn of the Dead reboot?

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    Mary G
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the hand-scribbled sign says, "DÔ NOT OPEN THIS DOOR!!"

    #3

    A Painting Of My Sister

    Dark eerie portrait painting of a girl with haunting eyes creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured on canvas.

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    Rebelliousslug
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn’t know pugsly was such an amazing artist!

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of Alice from the American McGee's Alice games.

    Bored Trash Panda
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg, no ones knows what I am talking about when I talk about that game! I love it!

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    Mreoww
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is beautifully rendered!

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope this isn't a self-portrait

    Susan Teter
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please get this girl some sun!

    There is something strange about the way that a simple static image can unsettle us, even when we are saturated with continuous digital content. We flick through thousands of images and memes every day, and yet sometimes one seizes us unexpectedly, leaving us with a shiver disproportionate to what's on the screen. Logically, we know it's merely a set of pixels arranged in a certain way, but our minds don't operate on cold logic most of the time, especially when it comes to visual input.

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    Part of the discomfort comes from how far our minds are wired to react to faces, patterns, and subtlety. Human beings evolved to instinctively rapidly scan an area for threats, so we're always set up to look for things that don't quite seem right.

    #4

    Wasp Nest Around Spotlights

    Creepy and unsettling moment showing a dark, glowing-eyed figure mounted on a house wall above a bull skull.

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the plus side, intruders are going to keep far, far away. You do NOT want to mess with someone who has a demon guarding their property.

    Jonathan Labelle
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its like a permanent halloween Decoration

    okpkpkp
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Change those lights to LED lights. You'll save tons of money.

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    #5

    Sydney Ferry Worker

    Person on a ship facing a massive wave, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment that looks powerful and intense.

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    Drop Bear from Hell
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well it is Australia after all.......lol

    Tim Gibbs
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything in Australia is trying to k**l you 🤣

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a passenger on one of those ferries in conditions a lot like this. I actually chose to sit outside on one of those benches to get a better look. It was like being in a pirate movie! I took some pictures until the wind nearly ripped my phone right out of my hand. ...wow, I really don't have any self-preservation instincts at all, do I? No wonder my sister said Dad and I are in a competition to see who gets themselves killed first.

    Tim Gibbs
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve seen this on the jetcat lots of fun NOT!!

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    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hold on, you're in for a wild ride!

    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like something you experience on the North Sea

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother was an Alaskan Fisherman, crabbing. Some of the pictures he sent home were horrifying. They (The Ocean Enterprise) was hit by a rogue wave, it looked much like this. Thankfully all the deck crew were firmly lashed and no one was lost.

    Rastilabo
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like...down...under...

    #6

    Dug This Up In A Church Graveyard During Renovation

    Creepy and unsettling moment captured showing a twisted, humanoid-shaped root with long wire-like limbs outdoors.

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    Nova Rook
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try speaking to it in Latin, what's the worst that could happen.

    Bored Trash Panda
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At this point, I say go ahead, the world is f****d up already.

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    Dawn Marie
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like one of those things that Professor Sprout pulled out of the pot in the 2nd Harry Potter movie.

    Susan Teter
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like you got to the "root" of the problem

    UKGrandad
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's made from an umbrella frame.

    Mreoww
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That better be a prank.

    Ronja Oksanen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love few of those in my garden ❤️

    Larry Liebman
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that mandrake root? Should someone tell Prof. Sprout that it got away?

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    A twisted face, mismatched eyes and the rest of the expression, or an unsettling background, these all tiny details ring alarm bells in our unconscious before we even realize it. And that's why photos can become creepy without us even understanding why.

    #7

    I Took My Daughter's Screens Away For A Week And She Ended Up Drawing This

    Creepy and unsettling hand-drawn faces and figures densely cover a cardboard box, creating an eerie visual effect.

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe... maybe get her checked out. And keep her away from devices for a while.

    Drop Bear from Hell
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and knives, hammers and anything that could be used as a weapon.......

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    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to know the daughter's age and explanation of what it depicts, if anything. Sometimes doodles just turn creepy and sometimes it means more. What's going on with the arms (as we're looking at them) on the right?

    Fire Singer
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's totally fair to say I think. I don't have kids but my nieces and nephews drawings when they were little didn't always look the best - think of the kid who drew scissors and they look like a male appendage, or the kid who drew her mom selling a snow shovel and it looks like she's pole-dancing. I'd definitely like to know what the kid said this meant or represented.

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    Howl's sleeping castle
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have kids in the neighborhood who draw such faces, write 'help me' while giggling in groups. Few people got concerned and wanted the parents to get the kids checked. Turned out to be nothing. The kids were just having fun together

    Barbara Wilcock
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just think it's her creative side. I drew weird stuff when I was a teenager

    Historyherstory (old guy)
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually I find it artistic. If it doesn't conform to BP beliefs, it must be bad. You guys should open your minds a little and close the mouths a lot.

    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See what it says right above the central figure's head? "Goofy age!' Kid's got a sense of humour.

    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Artistically this is not horrible. But are those detached p***ses in the left hands?

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    #8

    This Fisherman With A Deep Sea Wolf Eel

    Man in orange rain gear holding a large unusual fish, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment on a rainy day at sea.

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    Mike F
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I said, PUT ME DOWN Alex.

    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat when I pick her up.

    Pyla
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Decipher the photo. It's tilted, so it's flopping downward against him. It's probably bycatch and long since dead. Poor thing.

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their eyes met... and it was love at first sight.

    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could equally be titled "This Deep Sea Wolf Eel With A Fisherman ".

    giku T
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    please leave these creatures alone!

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    another reason I don't go in water

    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fkg hell. He looks really p.issed.

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    #9

    The Face Of A Tapeworm Under An Electron Microscope

    Close-up of a creepy and unsettling creature with glowing eyes and sharp teeth captured in dark lighting.

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    Tobias Reaper
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anyone remember Abes Oddessy

    Tamra
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Abe, Munch and the rest...good times.

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    azubi
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whenever I'm sad, I remember that I could also be looking like this and spending my life in somebody's intestines. Then I'm still sad, but also feel guilty that I don't appreciate my life.

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chin up - for all we know, our universe is actually just a polyp in the intestines of a giant alien lifeform.

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    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure his mum thinks he's great.

    Mreoww
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was about to go have lunch. My fault for clicking on this list.

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, tapeworms are all around creepy, closeups or not.

    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lately, I've a real thing for looking at water bears up close. I find them so cute.

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    could have gone a lifetime without seeing this

    Nikolaj Christensen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You My tapeworm tells me what to do You My tapeworm tells me where to go" Needles - System of A Down

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    Static photos are also creepy because they leave space for our imagination. A picture that suggests something is off, maybe a dark figure lurking in a doorway or a child staring straight at the camera, leaves our imaginations to fill in the specifics. What's going on leading up to this photo? What's going on after? The quiet is eerie precisely because nothing is happening, nothing is answered. While a video lays before us the whole progression, an image is a snapshot, and it is in these gaps that our imagination fills in, carrying us sometimes into the darkest possibility.

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    #10

    Opening In Pavement

    Large c*****d road hole filled with bright green liquid, cordoned off with orange cones and caution tape in a residential area.

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    Raven Sheridan
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add four turtles and a rat, and you've got yourself TV show.

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to the City of Toronto, this is a liquid colored with non-toxic dye to see if the mysterious sinkhole connects to any sewers.

    Joe Reaves
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a lot less concerning. It looked like a major environmental disaster in the making.

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    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone call the Ghostbusters ASAP.

    Uncle Schmickle
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this in Russia ? Just a bit of nuclear waste water under the road. Don't worry.

    BookFanatic
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somebody call Ghostbusters. Slimer's melted.

    Chewie Baron
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Mr. Burns needs to find somewhere else to hide his toxic waste.

    Jenny
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The green is a dye called fluorescein, which is used to track leaks and flows in instances such as this.

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    #11

    Hermit Crab Using A Human Skull As A Shell

    Crab carrying a human skull on sand in shallow water, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment in nature.

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    Caffeinated Ape
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the prior owner would have had a different opinion, but if a hermit crab wants to use my vacated skull for a home they're welcome to it.

    Inigo Montoya
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly! The most epic ending possible. Forget rotting away in a buried box, I want to provide food or shelter for plants or animals. Just please wait until I'm dead first.

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    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just looked this one up because that skull did not look real to me. Turns out it's a sculpture. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/josh-keyes-migratory-soul-1

    NJ P
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gotta be fake skull or that is one BIG crab.

    𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗲/𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I already loved crabs... this may be my favourite picture of one ever.

    Slap Shot
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m not buying this one.

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're right; it's not real. It's a sculpture.

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    Pyla
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A reenactment of Amelia Earhart's final days on that island.

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    #12

    Remoteness Warning Sign In Australia

    Warning sign in remote area advises precautions for travelers in creepy and unsettling outback conditions.

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    Smeghead Tribble Down Under
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't creepy, this is necessary. And common sense. A good suggestion is to also take a large bed sheet (white) with S.O.S clearly painted on it, just in case. Can be easily seen from the air. And always, always, always take more water than you think you'll need.

    BookFanatic
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That bedsheet idea is brilliant. Never would occur to me.

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    PeepPeep the duck
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    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well I feel silly now, done this drive with one jack and one spare tyre 😂 but I never read this specific sign when I drive these areas only the cultural ones. A second tyre and jack is a good idea

    laura lee
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it weird I read that in my head to the voice of a male Australian?

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've actually seen one of these in real life, right before we crossed... I forget which desert it was, but one of the really big ones we have here.

    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Outback Australia is not to be trifled with. There is lots and lots and LOTS of nothing so come prepared.

    Philippa Davies
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to drive across the Nullarbor one day, but I know it’s not for the faint hearted

    Jaime Jeffer
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They need this in Death Valley.

    LuLuBelle
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a good day to stay home

    Ravenkbh
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On second thought... just don't go

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    There's the phenomenon of the uncanny valley, too. Images that try to depict something familiar but don't manage, like AI-generated faces, mannequins, or images Photoshopped for unrealistic beauty, occupy this sense of unease between real and not real. Our brains want things to be in definite categories: human or not human, safe or not safe. When an image is in between, it puts us on edge, like an itch we can't scratch.

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    #13

    Abandoned Hospital

    Abandoned operating room with a broken surgical table and large stain on the floor, creating a creepy and unsettling scene.

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    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the last surgery carried out in this room was a disaster.

    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda hoping that's hydraulic oil or rusty water on that there floor.!

    Luke Branwen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've had Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and now this is Outlast!

    laura lee
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The start of every horror movie in the early 2000s

    Niels AirMax
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even the lamps are terrified! 🫣

    Yrral Spavit
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wouldn't mind those lamps for the workshop.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked as a housekeeper in the ER at our local hospital. This is nothing.

    Learner Panda
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely some of that equipment could have been donated?

    K_Tx
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always leave things better than you found them? What a sad room.

    #14

    Signage On A Machine At Work

    Warning sign showing danger of rotating shaft with a graphic, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment of hazard caution.

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    Mike F
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes sense, I had a flannel shirt torn off me by a drive shaft of a machine.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing the shirt wasn't sturdy enough to drag you with

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    Zephyr343
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in Occupational Safety, one of my colleagues saw the after effects of a worker dragged into a vertical bore drill used for highway construction.

    Lexi
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen clips on the net of people being pulled into a rotating machine, one stands out more and you just know the guy died his legs were smashed to jelly as it spun him slamming them into the floor on every rotation. I've also seen fast acting colleagues turn the machine off before any real physical damage is done beyond bad bruising. Be careful around any type of machine, your family only has one you.

    Faelwolf
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a guy in a shop I worked in get dragged into a gang drill, hydraulicly compressed and have 8 hole bolt pattern drilled into his chest, flooding it with cutting oil. Miraculously, he lived, but was permanently disabled and given hypoid pneumonia for life. Nothing funny about these warning labels!

    Wiles Anonim
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    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.tumblr.com/atomic-chronoscaph/129544809933/charlie-chaplin-modern-times-1936

    Yrral Spavit
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heard of a guy pulled into a drum debarker (Google it if you don't know what it is) by putting his hand through a D handle shovel and using it to try and dislodge a log.

    BrownEyedGrrl
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are SO many videos of people being k i l l e d by lathes. Some people shouldn't work around macinery.

    Faelwolf
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once had a steel slug shoot out of a lathe, bounce off my safety glasses and ricochet through the ceiling. I used the shattered glasses in my safety lecture for new hires. It was a pretty effective visual aid. :)

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    Bored Trash Panda
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In middle school, I had a friend whose dad died in a factory accident. He fell into a vat of molten plastic. The vat also had blades in it for churning the plastic to add colors. I felt so bad for her and her family. It left her mom to have to care for 4 girls by herself. She did get a ton of money in a huge lawsuit though due to safety regs not being followed to protect people from falling in. I guess it was supposed to have a net or grate or something on it and it had broken and was never fixed.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Locktout/Tagout is for the electrical system. My husband almost died because the guy before him didn't follow procedure.

    Orion Red
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he looks like he's having a ball!

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    #15

    One Of My Kindergarten Students Drew This

    Sketch of a face with distorted features and the text I'm unwell, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment.

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    Susan Raskin
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sounds like a hard cry for help. I trust you followed up with your student?

    Cultural associations add another layer. A simple photo of an empty hallway might feel normal to one person, but to someone who’s seen countless horror movies, it carries the weight of every jump scare that ever happened in a dim corridor. Digital media doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it taps into all the stories, symbols, and fears we’ve absorbed over a lifetime. Sometimes we’re not reacting to the image itself, but to the library of associations our brain pulls up in the background.

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    #16

    A Friend Went For A Walk The Other Night And Saw This Woman Just Standing On A Roof

    Creepy and unsettling moment with a shadowy figure standing on a roof at night under dark, ominous skies.

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    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She just stepped out6 for a quick smoke.

    Yrral Spavit
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe practicing for a Press Conference?

    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time to turn around and go home.

    Cindy Brick
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could have been me when the tarp covering our roof-in-progress came loose. I had to climb up there in pajamas and help anchor the tarp back down. (With Husband, but still...)

    #17

    The 13-Mile Long Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

    Abandoned graffiti-covered tunnel surrounded by dense trees, creating a creepy and unsettling atmosphere in the moment captured.

    No motor vehicles are allowed on the property, but bicycle riders are free to use it at their own risk. The trail requires helmets and lights.

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    Historyherstory (old guy)
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally better than most Pennsylvania highways....and likely safer.

    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That place looks scary as hell and I am SO going in there. I mean I explored the creepy backrooms of my last workplace, completely alone, so clearly that sort of thing is my scene.

    John Mishasek
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhhh, why would a turnpike be abandoned? No people live in area now? Better turnpike built? Just asking.

    #18

    Desperately Needed A Toilet And Was Directed To This…

    Narrow, unstable wooden bridge leading to a dark, open door in a concrete structure over murky water, creating a creepy moment.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gah, was directed to something like this in SE Asia. No thanks, I'll hold it.

    NJ P
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why go in the building? It just drains to the swamp

    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather go round the back in the garden. Fk that for a joke.

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    And then there's the fact that static photographs deprive us of sound, movement, and context, in a way that makes them all the more haunting. A fuzzy person in a video can be dismissed as an optical illusion when we see them move, but a photograph is frozen there forever. It doesn't explain, it doesn't tell us anything, it just haunts us. That's what gets us to keep looking, uncomfortably, long after we've scrolled on.

    #19

    Rented A Cabin A Few Years Back For A Birthday Party. Just Looked At This Pic And Thought It Was Strange. Anyone Else See It? It Was Night Time And Pitched Black So I Had The H**h Beams On

    Dark forest path at night with a creepy and unsettling ghostly figure captured among the trees nearby.

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    MargyB
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a reflection of a mobile phone

    Billo66
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's cool, he's just waiting for me. That's my ride home.

    Pollymere
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you see the blonde next to her or is that just me? It could be your photo merged with another one.

    Uncle Schmickle
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why has the opposite to " Low beam " been censored ?

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    #20

    The Hilo Tsunami Of 1946

    Black and white photo of turbulent floodwaters engulfing a structure, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment.

    This chilling image captures the final moments of the unknown person at the bottom left.

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    Zaach
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched an unedited film of a Japanese tsunami in the early 80s - there were 5 people climbing a hill when the water hit, they were not there when the water receded

    #21

    My Friend Works On A Fishing Boat And Just Sent Me This Abomination

    Unsettling close-up of a deep-sea fish with wide open mouth held by a gloved hand, capturing a creepy moment.

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    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Young flounder with an eye that has not yet fully migrated. They are born with an eye on each side but one eye slowly shifts until both eyes are the same side. Nature is a scary place sometimes.

    Lexi
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The other eye is on the side. It could be the young of a flat fish, where their eyes move to one side of the body so both are looking up as it hides in the door or sand at the bottom

    Giles McArdell
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a flatfish, the other eye is around the other side. Flat fish have evolved in two ways, some have flattened their bodies from the top down, they look quite normal, just flat, others, such as this one, lay on their side and their eyes have gradually moved around their body to compensate, they do look a bit odd compared to the first type.

    laura lee
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What did I just say about Lovecraftian horrors

    Melinda Flick
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flounder? Born/hatched with eyes one on each side. As the fish matures, the ‘underside eye migrates over to the ‘top’ side. So, this one would be mid-move.

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    Lastly, disturbing digital media reminds us just how much power mere images continue to wield over us. In a world saturated with moving images, special effects, and near-constant information flows, one immobile picture can still link us up to something primal.

    #22

    This War Memorial Has Blank Spaces For Future Conflicts

    Black memorial monument listing war names including Vietnam War and War on T*******m, capturing a creepy unsettling moment outdoors.

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    LuLuBelle
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're gonna need a bigger plinth

    Ravenkbh
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I don't think we're done yet

    brookeannsimmer
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the plaques on the JFK space center memorial for those lost in space travel are still waiting to be filled.

    #23

    The Creepy Photo Taken Just Before The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    Group of people skiing through a harsh snowstorm, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment in low visibility conditions.

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    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks a lot like my buddies on a ski tour a few weeks ago several kilometres north of Mount Jagungal on a blizzardy afternoon.

    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    slab landslide. Russia has a fcck ton of nuclear radiation because they were fascists with no oversight. scared people doing illogical disrobing b/c hypothermia.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WOW. Look it up - it's insane. I'm just wondering if it was a Yeti.

    Skip Reynolds
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    3 months ago

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    Before. "Just before" is misleading.

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    #24

    Welcome To My Basement

    Close-up of an unsettling, creepy mold growth inside a dark, confined space, capturing a disturbing and eerie moment.

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    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Methinks you have some problems with humidity. But that's just my opinion.

    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have a fungus, sir.

    Dan Schmidt
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you a Nurgle cultist by any chance?

    Kat
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is it in chernobyl?

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    It's illogical, works on instinct, and unsettles us in ways that are irrational but deeply human. That tension between knowing it’s “just a picture” and feeling its weight anyway is exactly why certain images stay with us, surfacing unexpectedly in the quiet moments, like when we’re trying to fall asleep in the dark.

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    #25

    4 Children For Sale

    Four children sitting on worn steps near a woman covering her face, with a creepy sign saying "4 children for sale."

    August 4, 1948 - Chicago, Illinois: They're on the auction block. These small children of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chalifoux of Chicago, Illinois. For long months 40 year old Ray and his wife, Lucille, 24, waged a desperate but losing battle to keep food in the mouth and a roof over their heads. Now jobless and facing eviction from their near barren flat, the Chalifoux have surrendered to their heart breaking decision. Photo shows mother sobbing as the children pose wonderingly on the steps. Left to right: Lana,6. Rae, 5. Milton, 4. Sue Ellen, 2 years old.

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    Upstaged75
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a novel based on this picture. It's called Sold on a Monday.

    Rebelliousslug
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The parents would seem a lot less horrible if the sign said something along the lines of “children need a good home” and not that they were trying to actually sell them, idc how badly they needed the money.

    PeepPeep the duck
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look it up, it’s a complex and horrid story and the kids have horrid memories of the homes they went too

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    Linda Roy
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And didn't she have four more children after she has these ones?

    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not one to body shame, but as I look at t6his, read the description, see how thin these children are, then notice that mom doesn't look too underfed, I'm a bit confused. Anyone else? EDIT: I just discovered the mother, only 23 at this time, was pregnant with a fifth child, which she also sold.

    Ivy la Sangrienta
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    Maybe stop having kids.

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    How the hell did they think this would turn out well for the children? Selfish parents. It was 1948, there were jobs.

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    #26

    This Dog Freaking Out (At Another Dog)

    This Dog Freaking Out (At Another Dog)

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    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A hell hound.

    Susan Raskin
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sad. Result of a***e? Dog fighting?

    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought the dog from hell had three heads. Maybe this was one of his pals.

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    #27

    The Path I Walk To Go To Work

    Foggy dimly lit street with two red lights resembling eyes, creating a creepy and unsettling captured moment at night.

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    PeepPeep the duck
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was like this in Melbourne when I’d finish work at 5am. You’d almost wait for a pack of zombies to start walking through like a Michael Jackson film clip

    Luke Branwen
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are the salaries like in Silent Hill?

    Leekier
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to cut through Mortuary Lane; it was a narrow path with a 19th century hospital on one side and a cemetery

    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually LOVE walking around in places like this at night. I love the atmosphere, plus I always feel more at ease at night, at least if I'm in an urban area.

    Kat
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    couple years ago my and my BF were living in this new apartment building and basically the street around was just warehouses, not very well lit....I used to work day or night shifts from 7 to 7 so in winter it was dark in the morning and dark in the evening, I would just listen to music very loud and walk that street very fast :D

    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason, this reminds me of boot camp.

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    #28

    Found This At An An Antique Flea Market , I Should Have Bought It

    Porcelain jar with creepy human-like face and teeth, capturing an unsettling and eerie moment.

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    Beak Hookage
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes you should have! If it was me I'd have put it right by my front door to scare off solicitors, evangelicals, and unexpected visits from annoying family members.

    Nikole
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s a cookie jar… so even better…

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    LovesBerk
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the guy (Sloth was his name) from The Goonies.

    Kat
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would use this as urn after I am gone :D

    #29

    An Abandoned Funeral Home In The South. This One Had Human Cremains And A Hearse Left Behind

    Creepy and unsettling abandoned mortuary room with caskets, mannequin head, wig, and dirty medical equipment.

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    nicholas nolan
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The abandoned cremains are sad.

    NJ P
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a death mask?

    Deson
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to own a hearse. Plenty of room in the back, well maintained, never driven like a hot rod.

    Taffy Renee
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to google 'cremains'. Never heard it before. If anyone else hasn't, it's cremated remains of a person. Creepy.

    Emma Stupple
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The amount of cremains left by families at active funeral home would shock you. Many families never come and collect them. Where i worked there were hundreds of them never collected by their families, some further back than 100 years ago

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    #30

    Known As "The Pioneers Defense," This Creepy Historical Image Was Captured In 1937 By Russian Photographer Viktor Bulla

    Large group of people wearing gas masks in a wooded area, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment in history.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI summary: While there was no formal "Leningrad Pioneer Defence Academy," the term likely refers to the civil defense drills conducted for young members of the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization in the 1930s. These drills trained children in defensive measures in anticipation of a potential conflict. A notable example is a 1937 drill in Leningrad where young pioneers wore gas masks.

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    #31

    The Laundry Room In The Hospital I Work At. I Hate Going To The Basement After The Workers Leave For The Day…

    Dimly lit industrial laundry room with large carts and hanging bags filled with white fabric, evoking creepy and unsettling vibes.

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    Caffeinated Ape
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    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't imagine why! /s 😬

    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So turn the lights on. Any large, unlit space can look spooky if you take a flash photo.

    Pollymere
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure the people at the back will help you...

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    #32

    Ok, Fine. Message Received. I Won’t Cross There

    Creepy and unsettling scene of old bones arranged against a crosswalk closed sign in a snowy, desolate outdoor area.

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    #33

    My Nephew Refuses To Go To Our Local Park Because He's Terrified Of This Thing

    Sculpture of a person doing a handstand in a garden, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured outdoors.

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    Booker
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your nephew has solid judgment.

    Drop Bear from Hell
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe add a pair of funny pants on it......

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    #34

    The Human Dolls Of Anatoly Moskvin

    Two creepy and unsettling dolls in red clothing captured in a dimly lit room, creating a chilling moment.

    Anatoly Moskvin is a Russian former journalist, college professor, and self-dubbed "necropolyst" with expert knowledge of cemeteries. For years, his hobby of collecting dolls hid a macabre obsession that drew upon his particular interests: digging up the dead and making dolls out of their corpses.

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    #35

    A Chilling Message From The Lipstick K****r

    Creepy and unsettling message smeared on a wall above a cluttered desk in a dimly lit room, creating eerie vibes.

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    Mreoww
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The censored word is “kìll”. I thought that was an r at first.

    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if Shutter Island was referencing this when a prisoner whispered "stop me before I k**l more"?

    LovesBerk
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Wonder why he didn't give himself up if he was afraid of doing it again. That's horrible.

    JAZ_P
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't help but think if he really wanted to be caught he could have signed the note....or turned himself in!

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    #36

    Standing Under Starship

    Rocket engine nozzles arranged in a circular pattern, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured up close.

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    Papa
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    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Starship? Do we have interstellar space travel now? I hadn't heard about it. (I know they meant spaceship, but I couldn't resist.)

    Joy
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's giving reverse vertigo like I could fall into it.

    Nova Rook
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too many holes, makes me uncomfortable.

    #37

    The Nuclear Shadows Of Hiroshima

    Shadowy wet stain on stone steps resembling a creepy figure, capturing a moment so unsettling it left people shaking.

    World War II, Human shadow on bank steps, in Hiroshima after the explosion of the atom b**b in August 1945.

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    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    3 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goddam‍‍nit BP, fu‍‍ck your censorship, it looks like "atom bo‍‍ob" for fu‍‍ck's sake

    Lilian
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ahh... yes, the atomic b**b.

    Marlene Ricker
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture haunts me! How can that be all that's left of a human being!

    Linda Roy
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this does happen again, I hope to have an instantaneous death like this person 🤞

    #38

    A Soldier During The Battle Of Passchendaele In September 1917 With A Dazed, Thousand-Yard Stare, A Frequent Symptom Of "Shell-Shock"

    Black and white photo of a soldier with a bandaged arm, captured in a creepy and unsettling moment during war.

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    joann fielding
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that limb in the background the hands are holding doesn't look too good, either. :(

    Marlene Ricker
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a good looking young man to be in such a state!

    Tobias Reaper
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    Mreoww
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m embarrassed to say I was fooled.

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    Sparky
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    He's smiling. He's focused. This is not a thousand-yard stare.

    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 months ago

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    Yep, just perving on the nurse who bandaged hi up.

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    #39

    I’ll Never Unsee This

    Close-up of a dirty container spout with foam and teeth-like stains, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured.

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    Pieter LeGrande
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I assume someone sneezed while standing over the toilet bowl, lost his dentures and they had to shift it to get them back. A quick rinse and she'll be right.

    Mreoww
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh ew what in the world

    Renaissance man
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where are the term “eat S**t” came from

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    #40

    This Flyer For An Organization At My College

    Creepy and unsettling flyer asking if you hear the mysterious woman calling at night, linked to a haunted research study.

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    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ain't no horrors beyond human imagination.

    Mike F
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd need to pass on that.

    Kat
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine your friend be like oh yeah, I am interested in horrors beyond human imagination so I joind this fun group

    #41

    This Image In The Restaurant Will Haunt Me Forever

    Surreal and creepy hot dog advertisement featuring a man with a bun for a mouth, capturing an unsettling moment.

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cannibalism never looked less appealing.

    Aniviel
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guaranteed to make me *never* eat there 🤢

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    #42

    Kirby From H**l

    Creepy and unsettling handmade Kirby sculpture from elementary school displayed on apron, capturing eerie and unsettling moments.

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    Arabiata Arabiata
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If the BP censors keep working so hard, we'll run out of English words to write. What is the problem with the word h-e-l-l?

    #43

    I Just Found A Tooth In My Luggage While Traveling…

    Close-up of a hand holding a creepy and unsettling extracted tooth, highlighting eerie captured moments.

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    #44

    My Sister Found A Cell Phone In A Ziplock Bag Buried In Her Garden This Afternoon

    Creepy and unsettling moment showing an iPhone found hidden in a ziplock bag under weeds in a planter box.

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    Leg less In Minneapolis
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leave it where it is and cops. This may become a scene to a crime so don’t disturb it

    PeepPeep the duck
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fight the urge to go through it and hand it in

    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go through it first then hand it in if there is nothing incriminating about you.

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    No Man
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charge it up and see what you find

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    #45

    My Cousin Got Send This In Her Phone

    Text message showing a creepy black-and-white face photo sent from an unknown number, capturing an unsettling moment.

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    LovesBerk
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like an AI image. But why??????

    #46

    Aren't Ya Gonna Come Down? (Digital Edit)

    Group of people wearing creepy skull makeup looking up inside a spiral staircase, creating an unsettling moment captured.

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    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now we have Rosemary's Baby. C'mon, Rosemary! Join the party!

    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dance to the Time Warp agaiiin.....Just a jump to the left.

    Caffeinated Ape
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, if you're THAT haunted, it's almost a compliment.

    Zaach
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just a step to the left...

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    #47

    This Thrifted Tee

    Creepy unsettling thrift shop shirt claiming there is not a dead body on Highland Ave with eerie images.

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    Luke Branwen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is something that someone who's hidden a body on Highland Ave. would say.

    Yrral Spavit
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 15 seconds of searching: https://ashbubble.com/product/there-is-not-a-dead-body-on-highland-ave-shirt/

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    #48

    What Is This?

    Creepy and unsettling missing person flyer on a pole warning of bugs under the skin in a parking lot setting.

    I found this missing person‘s at a parking lot at Best Buy. I thought it was another normal missing persons flyer, but until I took a closer look I noticed the weird picture the description and the additional info. Is this some promotion for like a movie or an ARG?

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    W C
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a m**h-head is on day 10 of no sleep, and is sharing their hallucinations.

    Billo66
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see they let my Ex wife out again. I woke up one night to find her with my socks covering her hands and she was scraping at the wall with a spatula because of the bugs. I asked about the socks and she said that's to keep them from jumping off of her back onto the wall. I took her to the Hospital right then. I knew she was using for a long time but really wanted my kids to have both parents as I was an only child, never met my Dad. What I learned: You can't set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. So glad it's over.

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    Steven Frappier
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Need additional info on the additional info...

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    #49

    Protoclone, The World's First Bipedal, Musculoskeletal Android

    Creepy and unsettling humanoid figure suspended by wires in a dimly lit workshop, creating eerie atmosphere.

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    Luke Branwen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DON'T look up the video. Or do it, idc. I'm a random commenter, not a cop.

    Highwaytozen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Tea, for two, and two, for tea" *tap tap*

    Roni Stone
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day he will hate us and organize an uprising.

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    #50

    Poorly Lit Mcdonald’s Play Place

    Dark empty play structure entrance in a kids' indoor playground, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment with eerie lighting.

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From within a voice whispered. "Wanna come play? We have so much fun in here.."

    #51

    When 9 Pillars Of Light Appeared In The Night Sky Above A Coastal Japanese Town

    Unsettling night sky with eerie vertical light beams piercing through dark, creepy clouds over silhouetted landscape.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're caused by light reflecting off ice crystals in the atmosphere and back through gaps in the clouds. The light source is the high-intensity lights used by fishing boats to attract fish. You can see the glow of the boats' lights along the horizon, and they're so bright that they are illuminating the bottom of the clouds.

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    #52

    Found This In The Basement Of My New Home

    Close-up of a rusty chain and ball with a lock on c*****d dirt ground, creating a creepy and unsettling moment.

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    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As they say in the ad: call the cops it may be that one little snippet that puts away a serial kidnapper.

    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that's a tad concerning. 😬

    Larry Liebman
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Call the cops. Refrain from touching it again.

    Drop Bear from Hell
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    3 months ago

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    someone had a fun buck's night!

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    #53

    Bunny Statue At My Mom's Senior Center

    Creepy moss-covered rabbit statue with unsettling eyes in overgrown garden surrounded by green plants and yellow flowers.

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    #54

    Took This Pic On A Abandoned House A Few Years Ago. Didn’t Expect The Surprise

    Dilapidated room with peeling walls and a creepy dark figure behind a small window, capturing unsettling moments.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An old stain on the wall.

    Dogcat vet (retired)
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mickey Mouse is very scary to come up on suddenly

    #55

    Found In The Woods

    Carved wooden sculpture with a screaming face on a snowy forest path, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment.

    I was walking in the woods near Copenhagen and stumbled upon this weird artefact thrown in the bushes. I put it on the trail for a photo and left it there for someone else to be creeped out. I wonder if I should have kept it?

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    Blue Bunny of Happiness
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the middle bit a representation of what I think it is?

    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bad art, dump it in the trash so 500,000 years from now a species akin to our own can find it and go "wow, they had no taste whatsoever"

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    #56

    Was Leaving My House At 6am And Found This In The Dew On The Front Steps

    Person wearing black shoes standing on a c*****d wooden step, a creepy and unsettling moment captured outdoors.

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a photo with a ruler so if anything further happens you have some evidence.

    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, they don't really need a ruler, they can just look at the pic and measure the footprint based on the measurements of the steps

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    #57

    Weird "Are You Dreaming" Sign Found In Psychologist Waiting Room

    Instructional graphic showing steps to find a mirror, stand before it, and check for a creepy or unsettling face reflection.

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    Sara Frazer
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The trick I was taught was to look at a clock. Usually the time displayed is nonsense 🙂

    Chilli
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one of my fave two sentence horror stories; I could never understand how my friends could be comfortable looking into mirrors. Then they told me that they see themselves reflected.

    Ravenkbh
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I want to find out if I'm dreaming I ask the guy sitting on the barstool next to me to pinch me

    #58

    I Pass This Every Single Day

    Creepy and unsettling statue of a smiling french fries container standing on a porch railing in dim light.

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    Pyla
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you haven't burned the house down yet?

    #59

    I Work Graveyard At The Mall Alone This Was In The Middle Of The Floor At 4 Am This Morning

    Red balloon floating alone in a deserted hallway, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured indoors.

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    PeepPeep the duck
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s a reminder that you can float👍

    Gunný Petersen
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These balloon walking videos are scary and creepy as f**k!

    marianne eliza
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First thing I did was look for a storm drain.

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    #60

    My Husband Just Sent Me This... It Was Taken On His Way To Work This Morning

    Silhouetted figure walking in dense fog near a tree, creating a creepy and unsettling captured moment.

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    Jus
    Community Member
    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, husband is walking there too

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    #61

    Reporting An Ad On Facebook Marketplace Gives The Option Of "Knows Too Much"

    Menu showing reasons to hide an ad, highlighting creepy and unsettling moments captured by people online.

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    Mel in Georgia
    Community Member
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So if you click it, the algorithm dings "ad spot on!"

    AtMostAFabulist
    Community Member
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only in the UK can you report something illegal or harmful to children? I am not on Facebook, is there a way to do that for the US or other countries?

    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, not yet, and hopefully there never will be

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    #62

    Went To My Home Office And Found The Ceiling Like This

    Office ceiling with a displaced black panel above a glass partition, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured indoors.

    It's the only one moved

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    Drop Bear from Hell
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    call the police and get out of the house

    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tradesman checking the wiring or air-conditioning after hours forgot to replace the panel.

    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's my guess too. We had some work done in our ceilings at work and they did put all the tiles back but I could see easily forgetting one.

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    BK BigFish
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That false ceiling wouldn't hold ten pounds.

    #63

    Since Everyone Seemed To Like That Creepy Doll Donation So Much Here Was The Second Creepiest Weird Thing I Ever Found In A Shelf Full Of Paintings

    Framed eerie artwork of a distorted figure with wide mouth and glasses, capturing creepy and unsettling moments.

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    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What did Urkel ever do to deserve this!?

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    #64

    The Trophy Heads Of The Māori

    Man seated next to a wall displaying multiple unsettling severed heads, creating a creepy and chilling captured moment.

    Long before European colonizers arrived in New Zealand, the native Māori people were preserving the severed heads of the fallen. Known as mokomokai, the heads were chopped off, boiled, smoked, dried in the Sun, and dipped in shark oil before being displayed or paraded around like trophies.

    Henry Stevens Report

    azubi
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lighter one looks still alive to me.

    Ashtophet
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just read a book that discusses this photo… “Come on shore and we will k*ll and eat you all”, by Christina Thompson. It was an interesting portrait of modern and historical NZ.

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    #65

    Bison Hunting

    Massive eerie pile of skulls with two people near it, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment.

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    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it moves, k**l it; if it doesn't, chop it down. Not sure people have changed much - there's just not a lot left to k**l or cut down.

    GenericElder
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not hunting, that's slaughter.

    Joe Reaves
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a deliberate attempt to make the bison extinct because the Native Americans relied on them for so much of their life (hunting them for food, shelter, etc). Drive the bison into extinction and the Native Americans will either follow them into oblivion or be forced onto the reservations.

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    Cooper
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The White Colonizers including the US Army killed these buffalos to starve, and or drive away the Native Americans. America should be ashamed of itself.

    GenericElder
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hatred and cruelty seem to go hand in hand - look at what's happening the US today.

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    #66

    Mickey Is Always Watching From Behind The Mask

    Close-up of a creepy and unsettling character costume eye, capturing a moment that feels eerie and disturbing.

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    Sparky
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, yeah, so he doesn't bump into things and fall down.

    #67

    The Real-Life "Shining" Hotel

    Old abandoned building with broken windows in a desolate area, capturing a creepy and unsettling moment.

    Though its story remains lesser-known, the hotel that inspired The Shining is just as chilling as its fictional counterpart.

    husker3in4 Report

    Ron Man
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a faked image, or at least not an honest one. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO inspired the story. It's a beautiful and well cared for hotel. See the pic I attached. Stanley_f7...4d6b2a.jpg Stanley_f7e1d038-bc6e-402b-b51c-af1dcb2d5114-68b06b44d6b2a.jpg

    WiredPig
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Stanley under construction, ca 1908. https://www.eptrail.com/2022/03/14/on-the-hunt-for-stanley-history/

    Bryn
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Hotel is beautiful and has some gorgeous views

    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some decent landscaping and window treatment and it would look fine.

    Ron Man
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has all that. The pic is fake. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO is beautiful.

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    #68

    The Ghost Pilot - 1987

    Elderly woman sitting inside a dark vehicle with a creepy and unsettling atmosphere captured in the moment.

    In 1987, Mrs Sayer was visiting air airfield in England with her friend. She thought it would fun to take a photo of her sitting in the cockpit.
    When the image was developed, there was a man sitting in the pilot's seat who hadn't been there when the photo was taken. A long lost pilot? No one is sure.

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    #69

    The Unsettling Implications Of Putting A Cage Around A Grave

    Rusty iron cage standing outdoors on fallen leaves near a stone wall, creating a creepy and unsettling moment captured.

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    Sian E
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used to deter grave robbers back in the 19th century.

    AtMostAFabulist
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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could just roll under the bottom.

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    Sparky
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What, it's unsettling to prevent vandalism?

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the vandalism (or worse) that the structure implies that's unsettling.

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    #70

    A Ghost Petting A Deer On The Side Of A Road

    Deer standing on a dark road at night near trees, captured in a creepy and unsettling moment photo.

    _NotSlimShady Report

    Drop Bear from Hell
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sorry but clearly that is a tree behind that deer.....

    Mreoww
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I just see a tree as well.

    #71

    The Last Moments Of Regina Kay Walters

    Person in black dress standing in an old wooden structure, captured in a creepy and unsettling moment outdoors.

    Just before Rhoades unalived 14-year-old Regina Kay Walters in an Illinois barn in early 1990, he took a series of photos of her cowering in fear as he moved in closer. Authorities found this photo and a collection of others like it inside Rhoades' home after he was finally caught several months later.

    Robert Ben Rhoades Report

    Sparky
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, I don't need to see this.

    Fire Singer
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It feels very disrespectful to her and her remaining family. :(

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    highwaycrossingfrog
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, so BP wants to protect us from words like high and p**p, but is more than happy to present an image of a teenager about to be m******d. Cool

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why didn't she just turn and run?

    Pieter LeGrande
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I'd have removed those stilettos and used them as weapons, run faster in bare feet too.

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