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You've probably already heard of the internet’s beloved corner of Reddit known as “Oddly Terrifying,” which is home to a whopping 2.5M members. The community is dedicated to sending chills down people’s spines by sharing images that are hard to look at, yet tempting to watch, in a strange way.
“It’s hard for us to look away from unsettling photos and videos because they challenge our usual ways of perceiving and cataloging the world, disrupting our sense of ordered reality and even suggesting that reality might be something other than we thought it was,” Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, previously explained the phenomenon to Bored Panda.
This time we wrapped up the newest batch of oddly terrifying images, so pull your seat closer! After you’re done, more of the same goodness awaits in our previous features here and here.
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#1
Tinkerbells Message "Dream" Casting A Contradicting Shadow
Kate Jones 3 years ago
especially because in the shadow it look like an angel looking down with a noose around its neck. Creepy!
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#2
Looks Like The Tree Absorbed Someone
Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago
Anyone else randomly just thinking of Thalia Grace from the Percy Jackson books? You know, the pine tree?
Linda's friend Ginger 3 years ago
...it literally looks like all the other lines on the tree?
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Joran Quinten 3 years ago
"Come... Weary traveller, come. Rest in my shade. Lean against my bark. Come! Rest your weary head. Sleep."
#3
Terrifying Water Bottles
While we may feel completely safe while watching uncanny images, glancing into weird and terrifying-looking objects, places, and people, encountering something odd and terrifying in reality is rather different. So in order to find out how terrifying experiences and events affect our personalities and behavior, as well as ways to build resilience to them, we spoke with Dennis Roberts, an American clinical psychologist based in Paris from the Paris Psychology Centre.
#4
My Backyard During A Fog
Fluffy mommy panda 3 years ago
Me too and my dad has one I am so jealous everytime it rained it looked so mystical after.
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#5
This Rock Kinda Looks Like The Megalodon
#6
Statue Was Invaded By Bee's And This Happend
Roberts explained that frightening experiences can be challenging for us, but it's important to remember that they don't really change who we are. “Sometimes people can experience events that are so overwhelming that they feel that they will never be the same again. And that's understandable,” he said.
According to Roberts, what really changes, though, is our sense of security in our environment. “Someone who has been in a severe car accident, for example, might say that they have trouble feeling safe in a car following the accident. Their personality hasn't changed, but their sense of safety in that environment is now different,” he explained.
#7
Dall-E Generated Image Titled "Last Selfie On Earth"
Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
I can't be the only one wondering about the "person" on the far right.
David Henry 3 years ago
Queen Elizabeth waiting on us all to get off her front lawn.
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Terran 3 years ago
If you are wondering, why the AI generated such an unsettling image: it's an AI. It creates images based on millions of images and image descriptions feed to the AI. The selfie part is therefore the obvious part. The apocalyptic vibes of the background are probably like this, because "last ... on earth" will usually be the description of already apocalyptic images. It's not a prediction or based on any reality. If you tell an AI to paint a picture of the apocalypse, it will exactly do that.
Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago
Here's my positive backstory/context for the image for you 🙂: t's okay! It's just the last selfie. That's because they're getting better, sustainable technology and deciding to all live underground while they heal the earth and will make it 3x better than ever. And that person with the selfie is just about to go underground and get all healthy and happy again.
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Lovecraftian Clouds
glowworm2 3 years ago
"Yog Sothoth, is that some kind of yogurt?" To quote from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
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#9
This 800 Year Old Tree In Japan
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
You know you have dirty mind when you see two tree creatures doing it doggy style lol *hides in shame*
It is perfectly normal to feel distress after any terrifying events. But you may wonder why some people get PTSD after these events and some don't. Roberts said that it’s hard to answer because we really aren't completely sure. “There seem to be some possible answers, but there is more research to be done. It might be a mix of previous experiences, underlying beliefs about ourselves and the world, and maybe even genetic predisposition.”
According to Roberts, “what matters is the idea that if someone feels that their reaction to a traumatic event has become problematic, perhaps they are having trouble sleeping because of nightmares, or they are experiencing intrusive memories, or they are having trouble with severe emotional reactions, then they should seek help.”
#10
The Remains Of The Astronaut Vladimir Komarov, A Man Who Fell From Space, 1967
Caffeinated Hedgehog 3 years ago
Aside from this picture, also terrifying is the last recorded transmission before his spacecraft fell to Earth.
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
He supposedly went down "crying in rage", cursing those who put him in the poorly constructed module. The main and the emergency parachute failed.
JustinTime 3 years ago
He knew he was going to die because it was rushed by the bureaucracy. He only took the mission with the demand that his funeral be open casket to show the world what they have done and to show the dangers of rushing complicated tasks.
#11
Pulled Up The Carpets In Newly Purchased House To Find This
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
The Winchester probably used that house at some point to trap a demon. Feel protected.
Amber The bear 3 years ago
Yeah! Sam and Dean got ur back! Now you yourself can trap ur own demons!!
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Felix Grace 3 years ago
It's a symbol of protection, although you might wanna keep some incense or sage (not white sage!) on hand
Zona Greig 3 years ago
Why not white sage? (Asking because I'm truly curious)
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Monique Reed 3 years ago
Hello? Is this the parish down the street? It is? Good. I'd like to schedule an exorcism, please."
Analyn Lahr 3 years ago
The only bad thing is the damage to the wood floor. The pentacle itself is harmless.
#12
A Close Up Look At A Longhorn Beetle's Face
The psychologist argues that there are good treatments available now, based on good research, and help is available. “If someone is in this position, perhaps a conversation with their primary care physician might be in order, or a talk with a psychologist or other mental health provider would be the best place to start,” Roberts said.
#13
A Humbling Message Outside A Cemetery In The Middle Of The Woods
K4l1m3r0 3 years ago
Clever and not really unsettling. I think the message is beautiful actually. Reminds me of: Don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by, for you may be the next to die..
The Scout 3 years ago
Or, as said in one of the greatest movies of all time: "You'll see it's all a show, keep them laughing as you go - just remember that the last laugh is on you..."
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François Carré 3 years ago
A very well known, traditional message that you could find pretty much everywhere, except in modern society where people apparently decided to live as if death didn't exist and started to freak out at the mere evocation of it. To be fair, death was much more of a random and daily thing in ancient times, so people had better acknowledging it anyway.
The Scout 3 years ago
This message, but in Italian, is also set on a sign inside Rome Capuchin Crypt (Santa Maria Immacolata a Via Veneto). Which makes the Rome version much scarier it the fact that it was put into the hands of an actual upright 17th century skeleton wearing monk's robes...
Tree P 3 years ago
I saw that on a show once, if it is the same one, the skeleton is a saint. Sorry, can't remember the name.
Load More Replies... Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Enjoy the moment, the little things, you never know when it's the last time you do something.
Hywel Thomas 3 years ago
"Look alive, see these bones What you are now, we were once Just like we are, you'll be dust And just like we are, permanent." See these Bones - Nada Surf
Debra Robinson 3 years ago
Here, for anyone interested... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdyYBdGsmzk
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#14
I See Your Empty Chair In A Storm Drain And Raise You This Clown I Saw While Geocaching After A 10 Minute Trek Underground
Limey Cheesehead 3 years ago
Someone has a sick sense of humour...I would laugh after I cleaned the mess out of my pants (ha ha).
Minath 3 years ago
I hate clowns, when I was younger I had clown wallpaper and they were in relief, if the moonlight hit just right the shadows would move. Most nights I slept with a blanket over my head.
keepgoing 3 years ago
I hate clowns too. I think they are terrifying and sad and not funny in the least.
Load More Replies... Johanna she/they 🇺🇦 3 years ago
My only encounter with clowns was at a fair, he had a fake plastic pair of scissors about 4 ft tall. He pointed to my brother’s head and said, “can I cut that off for you?” Me and my siblings still joke about that after like, five years
crazy_stupid 3 years ago
And so Ronald's mother sent him to his hole for eating a big mac before his dinner...
Catie Reams 3 years ago
More like Big Mac- the fat kid across the street.
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I'd definitely scream and c**p myself if I saw this (and run so fast I'd leave a vapor trail), but at the moment, I can't stop laughing. This is a good prank!
Ladedah 3 years ago (edited)
One of two things is going to happen when a good storm rolls through... either that clown is getting flushed downstream or someone is going to have a real interesting day at work when clearing the "blockage." How the hell would you even describe that in an official report? Cause of roadway flooding: Creepy clown lodged in storm drain. Status: Crew assigned (again). ETA: 1 hour to 100 years, depending on availability of willing personnel.
#15
Something Got Out
JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
The flanges on the doors suggest the out-opening doors were forced inward?
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Also, according the direction of the locking mechanism, yes. very perceptive observation. But the water on the floor lends credence to a flash flood or forceful release.
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Xenia Harley 3 years ago
My pit bull when he panics, on occasion, when I leave him home alone.
Roberts argues that it's most important to acknowledge to ourselves that something frightening or overwhelming has happened, and to remind ourselves that it's ok to feel scared in those times. “I can accept that I was scared and it was a frightening experience. That sounds obvious, but a lot of people get themselves into mental health trouble by deciding that they can never let themselves think about what happened. A thought, a memory, is just that.”
#16
What Has He Done
Emma S 3 years ago (edited)
I'm guessing this was to prevent grave robbing, which was very common years ago. Edit: Just Googled these. Apparently they're called mortsafes and were common in Victorian Britain to prevent body snatchers. Back then medical schools and such would pay good money for a dead body for research so people would dig up and steal the bodies of recently dead people to sell. Like Burke and Hare, but they didn't rob graves but killed people to sell instead.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
Is this an anti vampire grave? From when people used to believe the undead could rise up?
neeru choudhary 3 years ago
This is a grave to stop grave diggers from taking the dead body. The time must be around 1800s or something.
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Frances Mitchell 3 years ago
This was common in Scotland. It prevented grave robbers digging up recently interred bodies for doctors to dissect, or for their grave clothes and jewellery.
#17
Dangerous Blanket
Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago
Cat: LET ME OUT HOOMAN THIS INSTANT, I HAVE HELD YOUR FINGER PRISONER
#18
This Creepy Sign Somewhere In The Philippines
Nathaniel 3 years ago
The children are slightly transparent and are wearing clothing from the 1800's.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
getting some 'children of the corn' vibes off of this. the 'please wave back' sounds desperate.
The psychologist reminds people who went through difficult things that “it isn't dangerous to remember, and if we make a big effort to avoid thinking about or remembering something, we are probably not going to get the results we want. It is often the struggle to control our thoughts and memories that makes things worse,” Roberts concluded.
#19
Body Riddled With Parasites As A Result Of Eating Raw Pork For 10 Years
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Trichinosis I guess. Though the patient having eaten raw pork for 10 years doesn't really make a difference. You just have to eat the wrong raw pork once to catch this little bugger and then the severity of the decease depends on how your body handles things. The worm larvae are encapsulated so they're protected from stomach acids and only come out after they've moved to the intestines.
Solidhog 3 years ago
Do they remain stationary once they emerge or do they move around?
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Alias Delfs 3 years ago
I need The unsee juice but this will always be in a dark corner of my mind
Mokayokok 3 years ago
Wait wait wait!!!!! Look at this first, AND THEN bleach your brain! https://craigmedred.news/2017/07/07/cook-your-meat/
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Danielle Edwards 3 years ago
I think this might be one of the worst things I have ever seen, thanks BP.
Jubum 3 years ago
Question 1: Why does someone think they eat raw meat? Question 2 : So these parasites can survive our stomach acid. Aren't things evolving and eventually wanting to... get out?
Shannon Kathleen 3 years ago
The meat does not have to be raw, just insufficiently cooked to kill the parasites. Trichinella can be found in many kinds of wild meat or in pork where the pigs are allowed to forage. Thankfully, it's not a problem with inspected meat in the USA. Once the parasites are encapsulated in the muscle, they remain there until consumed by another unsuspecting victim. Parasites are extremely creepy.
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Unsee therapy for those who needs it. https://bit.ly/3PPrzsR
#20
What're The Chances My Neighbors House Has A Dead Body?
Deborah B 3 years ago
I'd say the chances are "Worth calling the non-emergency police line and asking them to do a welfare check." high. If they're not dead, they may be hoarding animals, or be unable to care for themself.
Nupraptor 3 years ago
OP updated the reddit post; The owners had several dead animals in the house and it was filled with animal feces.
Linda Shonta 3 years ago
Nope, those are flies, look on the bottom of the window sill, not polka dots. ;-}
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Justme 3 years ago (edited)
My parents found this once. They went next door to check on their neighbor because he had 3 months worth of mail (he was reclusive and usually only got his mail once a month). They approached his house and saw hundreds of flies in the front window. Sheriff called - he had been dead for a few months. Cats were still alive though 😬
Amber Cook 3 years ago
Welllll.... probably can guess how the cats were surviving for so long.
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Deborah Harris 3 years ago
I don't want to, i'm too scared just tell me what it says
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olx 3 years ago
OHH THOSE ARE FLIES i thought they were the curtains pattern 😭
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UpupaEpops 3 years ago
My flat looked like this for a couple of weeks after an exceptionally poorly executed rodent extermination at the student house I was living in. It was like something out of a horror movie.
#21
Daughter Made This For Me In School. I Love It But
Aldhissla VargTimmen 3 years ago
That's a kodama from princess Mononoke, they are adorable but a little unsettling
Constanze Mühlau 3 years ago
She made a Kodama. :D The Kodama (木魂; "tree spirit", "tree soul"), also read Kitama, is a fictional being of Japanese folk belief from the group of Yūrei ("ghosts") and Kami ("nature spirits"). He is considered friendly to man, but is said to appear only to those with a pure heart.
#22
This Is George. He Lives In My Bathroom And Eats Bugs
Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 3 years ago
I would sh*t myself if I saw that in my bathroom, then burn the house down.
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charli 3 years ago
huntsman are very useful! they aren't very aggressive at all and are happy to chill and eat bugs! i've had a few stick around long enough to name like OP did
My O My 3 years ago
Do you get used to them? I mean, do they have their favorit corner where they allways hang out and sleep? Also, can you tame them
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Michal Dolyniuk 3 years ago
I'm keeping few spiders in the dark corners of my flat. They are lovely in keeping my home free from mosquitos 😍
Ali H M Salehuddin 3 years ago
I had one living in my bathroom. I left him alone. He done no harm to me. Too bad recently he crawled inside the toilet bowl and I accidentally flushed him away.
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Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
I let the little ones stay...bigger ones that like that fella? No, sorry, sir. I'm afraid you've exceeded the size limit. Here is your complimentary paper cup and plate to escort you to the outside of the premises. We wish you all of the best of luck in your endeavors.
Rainy Day Wolf 3 years ago
have you lived in planet Earth? the bugs are never gone
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I have a standing agreement with the spiders in my house. As long as they maintain staying up high then I won't evict them. (Literal eviction and not termination).
Lorrinda Lane 3 years ago
I do the same thing lol, although there is currently one in my medicine cabinet named Henry, (daddy long legs, not huntsman)
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Wind Turbine After Being Hit By A Tornado In Texas
Karen Grace 3 years ago
That's what I was thinking! It looks like a wilted plant.
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#24
Alien Bedside Lamp
Sarah 3 years ago
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1248431854/alien-jar-xenomorph-specimen-facehugger Here :)
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My Full Name Is Way Too Long 3 years ago
Well ain't you a little cute face hugger stuffed in a lamp 😳.
#25
A Coworker Heard I Baked And Requested A Cherry Pie For A Friends Birthday. I Made Her This
#26
The Ronald Mcdonald Statue In Front Of The Mcdonald’s In My Town
Alias Delfs 3 years ago
Or has a long history of the water being polluted
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#27
Last Night I Hear A Tapping And Snaps. Looked At The Window And..this Is On The Outside. Not The Inside.(I Am In A Two Story House, Second Floor. Under The Window Is A Roof Above The Front Door)
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Raccoon handprints and VERY similar to human ones. And those suckers can climb whatever they want.
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
I never tend to believe these kind of stories, I think they’re set up. Am I too cynical?
olx 3 years ago
no i think u have a healthy amount of cynicism. i watch a morbid youtuber that i really like with this kind of stance (her channel is hannahthehorrible if youre interested)
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Immortal Jellyfish 3 years ago
One night I was home alone, I walked into a dark room at the back of the house. At some point that day a pigeon had flown into the window and left a perfect in flight chalky print, a bright full moon was shining and illuminated the chalky print and it looked like a ghost bird was flying at my face! I have never had a bigger fright to this day.
meerkatz007 3 years ago
I had one of those! Looked like an angel had crashed into my window. But who knows? Maybe it was an angel ...
Load More Replies... Seedy Vine 3 years ago
I stayed in a guest house one night and noticed there were face prints and hand prints on the outside of the glass... on the second story windows!!
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
Time to move. Leave everything behind and go. You can buy a new family when you get to where you're going.
#28
The Warning On Nuclear Waste Disposal Sites Designed To Be Read Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years Into The Future
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
I hope future generations will figure it out quicker than we were able to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Kharyss 3 years ago
Knowing humans, even if they do decipher it someone will go ahead and dig it up. It’s the “don’t press the big red button” effect.
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ohjojo (you/your's) 3 years ago
How about a simple "do not open or your face will melt off your skull!"
Lindsay Ameye 3 years ago
Didn't stop those Germans in the Indiana Jones movie
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"What this message is not about is the exact nature of the danger, thus ensuring it's dangerous to more than just us."
Potato Chimps 3 years ago
I think it's a tiny bit egotistical to think anyone will be able to read this in 100,000 years. I hope they put a picture in there as well to really communicate the message. Maybe a sad mutant creature crying over the insanity of our species' hubris. That should be easy to create in one image.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
It’s also, if I remember rightly, in several languages and pictograms.
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RajunCajun 3 years ago
good thing with the new diamond batteries coming out, sites like this will be a thing of the past
Q B F T 3 years ago
Even if we never make another one, these sites are very much a place of the future - they need to be stable for 200,000 years.
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Yeah, very optimistic expecting people (?) hundreds of thousands of years in the future to be able to understand this.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
A better method might be to take a Rosetta Stone approach and put the same message in every presently known written language. Pictograms would also be good, but it is extremely difficult to put together a set of images that would be interpreted properly by a wildly different culture at a different level of technological development.
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SirWriteALot 3 years ago
Why don't they just say "Warning: Hazardous Material" instead of this pseudopoetic enigma.
#29
Inside The Vatican
François Carré 3 years ago
Well, that's Vatican for you. Big old wicked theocracy full of gold and dirty secrets. Iron Throne is for losers.
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Nordic And Sneezing 3 years ago
I'm more bothered by the fact that the pope sits off-center than the whatever-the-heck-it-is behind him
Bonnie Szabo 3 years ago
So, I've been there. What section is this in because I DO NOT remember seeing this.
PVR 3 years ago
It's The Resurrection, by Fazzini, and it's located in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome.
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#30
Just Found Out About Arboreal Salamanders And Their Teeth, Wouldn’t Expect It From What’s Basically A Gummy Lizard…
mamalama27 3 years ago
Cody Rhys, I just laughed so hard my cat woke up from a dead sleep and jumped off my chest 🤣 thanks for that
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Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Call me a sissy but I don't get how people can just take a pic right after this happened?? I'd be rushing to get the wound cleaned, maybe a tetanus shot, etc.
#31
The Muscles On A Hairless Chimp
Nathaniel 3 years ago
I was impressed by the muscles, but as I kept scrolling I noticed the love spuds.
ALittleKnownGoddess 3 years ago
upvoted just because I now know 'love spuds', thank you very much
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Poultry Geist 3 years ago
Jealous ? What would you even do with those? Never jog again that’s what! 😂
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#32
People Offering Prayers At The Yamuna River, India, Which Is Frothing From Industrial Waste
Justme 3 years ago
Looks like we’re literally swimming in industrial waste
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Raven Sheridan 3 years ago (edited)
You'd think that a society that considers many of its rivers to be sacred, would take better care of them.
Lea Panthera 3 years ago
As an Hindu, I have to say that the goddess Yamuna is probably not very happy with us.
ShellsBells 3 years ago
They are celebrating the Hindu festival of Chhath, and they make offerings while standing in water. This spot just happens to be a religiously significant tributary of the Ganges River. Yes, they know it's polluted. Yes, they are disgusted by it. But faith runs deep for some, by doing this, they are protected for the year.
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The Cute Cat 3 years ago
For a society that worship is tightly related to the river, this is very wrong. What the govt do so many years passed??
#33
I Am Currently Working Construction At A New Amazon Fulfillment Center (650,000 Sq Ft). This Is The Fourth Of Fifth Floor. That Is Fog In The Background
Nathaniel 3 years ago
Centuries from now archaeologists are gonna dig these places up and think they are huge prayer rooms or something religious.
olx 3 years ago
imagine if hell was literally this room but then it turns out to be an infinite mirror maze
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LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago (edited)
We are ridiculous as a species to even need something like this. Having said that... it's large, empty and smooth, let me get my rollerblades.
#34
Our Hr Team Just Received A Stapelia Flower As A Thank You From A Candidate. There's A Note Warning Not To Touch It Because It Will Sting And Not To Smell It Because It Smells Like Rotten Flesh
JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
Did someone tell this candidate "Don't call us, we'll call you." Seems pretty aggressive?
Vic 3 years ago
IMO, this is the correct response to"We will get back to you"
Load More Replies... Anthony Nizza 3 years ago
I know, why would they give them that as a thank you??
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Big Blue Cat 3 years ago
I don't think we have those here, otherwise I might sen flowers to our hr.
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Johanna she/they 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Maybe I’ve been watching to much stranger things if it’s the first thing I think of… no, not too much, I’m gonna watch some more. Shamefully
#35
I Live On Part Of An Old Rice And Cotton Plantation. I Know A Slave Cemetery Is Somewhere In The Area But No Records Survive Showing Precise Location. We Got A Ton Of Rain A Few Days Ago. This Was Uncovered By The Water After A Few Feet Of Erosion
KM 3 years ago
Would a wooden coffin really survive this long in the ground? Or is that not what I'm seeing?
olx 3 years ago
it depends on the soil conditions but i think it could, especially if this was later during the time that it was legal cuz remember, for a long time after the trade was illegalised "masters" didnt have to release slaves and children of slaves were also kept on the plantations so this could potentially be from the later 1800s, rather than the late 1700s.
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RoanTheMad 3 years ago
I'd honestly call someone about re-interring the remains somewhere they can be placed somewhere more fitting and respectful then on the land they were once forced to work to death on.
Scott Rackley 3 years ago
Nearest local university's anthropology and history departments
Load More Replies... Justme 3 years ago
Did they bury slaves in coffins? Or just in a shroud? Making or buying a wood coffin sounds like an expense most slave owners would forgo. Slaves were usually considered livestock rather than people. I still can’t believe we did that.
Atreïdes 3 years ago
A coffin could be made of just simple wooden boards without any extra features. The dead slave’s family could have also made it.
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Brittany 3 years ago
I think that's a stick, but it definitely does look like a toe.
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Starhawk Hunt 3 years ago
It depends on the ground and PH levers. I bought a really small wooden box (about the size of my largest finger’s last joint). It’s carved from “bog oak” which a tree that fell into a super anaerobic peat bog. The waters preserved it quite well; the tree died 10,000 years ago. The wood is darkened but definitely wood; I could burn it if I wished. Look up “Tollund Man” or “bog bodies” but prepare to be a little freaked out. Don’t be squeamish either.
#36
The Lower Dungeon Of Warwick Castle. An 'Oubliette', Where Prisoners Were Dropped And Forgotten About
1410c 3 years ago
It is very likely this was never used as a cell but as a latrine instead. To post an excerpt: "An example of what might be popularly termed an "oubliette" is the particularly claustrophobic cell in the dungeon of Warwick Castle's Caesar's Tower, in central England. The access hatch consists of an iron grille. Even turning around (or moving at all) would be nearly impossible in this tiny chamber. However, the tiny chamber that is described as the oubliette, is in reality a short shaft which opens up into a larger chamber with a latrine shaft entering it from above. This suggests that the chamber is in fact a partially backfilled drain. The positioning of the supposed oubliette within the larger dungeon, situated in a small alcove, is typical of garderobe arrangement within mediaeval buildings. These factors perhaps point to this feature being the remnants of a latrine rather than a cell for holding prisoners."
Safy 3 years ago
While I agree with the top comment about it more likely being a latrine, I wanted to comment that I only know what an "Oubliette" is because of the Labyrinth. :)
Ozymandias73 3 years ago
First thing I thought of when I saw "oubliette" was the movie Labyrinth
PunkRock*Bottom* 3 years ago
Anyone who talked about Labyrinth here…thank you! I named my son Bowie because I loved him so much 🥰🥰🥰
Catie Reams 3 years ago
I've been to Warwick Castle when I was 10 (before 9/11) and I didn't see an oubliette on our tour. Looks sad and lonely though.
#37
Hoover Dam Spillway Tunnel, 50 Feet Wide & 600 Feet Deep. You Can Hear Rushing Water Down In The Darkness. The Walkway Above Gives A Sense Of Scale
Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
This makes me terribly uncomfortable. Heights don't bother me but thinking about that fall into the darkness is...not cool.
#38
Cross Section Of An Asbestos Laden Cigarette Filter. Kent's Micronite Filter Cigarettes Were Marketed As "Good For The Lungs"
Nathaniel 3 years ago
The "snow" used in Citizen Kane is all asbestos. It was common in Hollywood to use asbestos in snow scenes.
Raven Sheridan 3 years ago
Asbestos snow was also used in The Wizard of Oz.
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François Carré 3 years ago
"Because tobacco itself is not bad enough. We want to make sure you ruin your lungs as cowboys and real men do".
Ruben M 3 years ago
I mean...tobacco itself isn't bad. Cigarette companies pack them full of nicotine and carcinogens, that's what's bad.
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Julian Hall 3 years ago
My Dad smoked these; he died at 47 of a heart attack but my Mom, who didn't smoke, got Lung Cancer.
Andy Frobig 3 years ago
Hey, you can't die of regular lung cancer if mesothelioma gets you first
#39
Brazil Man Known As "Diabão" (Big Devil), Famous For Doing Numerous Surgeries To Look Like The Devil, Celebrates The End Of Mask Mandate By Completely Removing His Ears
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
He's actually a very nice man, he and his family help to rescue and rehome stray animals
Demolition Lover (He/him) 3 years ago
A lot of "scary" people are very nice in real life. I get that the modifications are really extreme, but it's his body so I don't judge.
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Aboredpanda 3 years ago (edited)
Removing the ears seems like a dumb move in terms of sound amplification and things like water etc. getting inside the ear canal...
SirWriteALot 3 years ago
He won't notice, he'll be too busy with nasal infections due to his MISSING NOSE!
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Heather Bailey 3 years ago
Those stitches don’t look like they professionally done.
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Petra Moon 3 years ago
Poor man. Surely the doctors realise he is mentally ill? Why subject him to surgery when he clearly needs psychiatric help?
#40
This Strange Device Was Used To Prevent Masturbation In British Mental Hospitals Patients During Xix Century
Patrick Whittington 3 years ago
Nah this is way to exciting. He liked the vanilla stuff....
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Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 3 years ago
Yikes, they were really serious about the link between self naughties and mental health problems.
#41
The Infamous Message In Lipstick Left On Frances Brown's Flat Wall, By The Lipstick Killer In 1945
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
William Heirens served over 60 years in prison for these murders. Athough the evidence was questionable and he confessed under torture (sodium penthotal) he never got paroled or a re- trial. He died in prison.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Did the murders stop once he was incarcerated?
Load More Replies... Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
If you are having hard time reading this, it's "For heavens sake catch me before I kill more, I cannot control myself."
Ansi 3 years ago
I don't know if it looks like that in every language, but it's written in cursive. Were I live it's common. But that's why it looks "weird". 04b7a7a5e6...095c5e.jpg 
#42
Tarantula Infected With Cordycipitaceae
Edda Kamphues 3 years ago
As if a tarantula alone wouldn't be terrifying enough. Nature goes: nope, we need to turn it up a notch.
Stephanie A Mutti 3 years ago
I don't like spiders but this makes me feel really bad for the critter
Nathaniel 3 years ago
Is the Tarantula still alive? Is this one of them fungi that can take over insects bodies?
Saint Thomas 3 years ago
Not it is not (alive), and yes it is (a cordiceps). When the fungi grows out of the body, the host is already dead.
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Down With Agent Hedgehog! 3 years ago (edited)
Creepy. *promptly gets up and covers eyes of baffled arachnophobic friend*
#43
Abandoned Summer Camp Closed Due To A Child Drowning In The Lake. Sound Familiar ?
The Radio Demon 3 years ago
Vorhees a jolly good fellow..... which nobody can deny
Load More Replies... Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Handprints provided by the lost, trapped souls who dared to spend a night, muhahaha.
A Thousand Years Wide 3 years ago
I read the last part of your comment like the intro to "Madhouse" by Anthrax
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#44
Room In My Girlfriends Basement That She Has Never Been In
My O My 3 years ago
*high five* so another somebody remembering Blair Witch Project
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A Thousand Years Wide 3 years ago (edited)
My sister used to rent an old historic house that had a trap door wine cellar in the back yard. I don't think she ever went down there but I always imagined it looked like this... but with skeletons.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
We now need to improve the foundation! Filling it up entirely with concrete should work!
#45
This Very Suspicious Suitcase A Guy Put Under The Seat Before Promptly Exiting
#46
My Friend Found An Apple Air Tag On Her Car. Genuinely Scary
Arwen 3 years ago
It’s basically a tracking device, someone is stalking her
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A Thousand Years Wide 3 years ago
This happened to my boyfriend's dad. Someone put one of these on his van to steal stuff off his property while he was out. Specifically his trailer.
Jenny Michelle 3 years ago
Can't have been hidden well..tape looks slightly dirty (considering where its been) device looks clean and tape looks barely worn.. hopefully if this is real they didn't get anywhere with their tracking mission!
#47
Housesitting My Parents Home And This Is Growing Out Of Their Compost Bin...what The F**k Is It
Virginie Michaud 3 years ago
It's not exactly fungi. It's in a separate category called myxomycete (Physarum polycephalum, or blob). It's quite fascinating and totally harmless : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physarum_polycephalum
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#48
This Is Robert Earl Hughes, Born 7/4/1926. During His Lifetime He Was The Heaviest Human Being Recorded Weighing 1,071lb (486kg) He Remains The Heaviest Human In The World Able To Walk Without The Need Of Assistance
Richard Graham 3 years ago
Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was a farmer and circus sideshow attraction. He was born weighing a hefty but not abnormal 11 lb 4 oz and was a fairly average-size baby until he contracted whooping cough at about five months old. The whooping cough was believed to have played a role in his extraordinary weight gain. At age six, he weighed 175 lb., at ten, he weighed 380 lb. Hughes made some income from selling photographs of himself, as well as guest appearances at carnivals and fairs. While travelling with the roadshow in Nappanee, Indiana, Hughes developed a rash, and the flesh under his fingernails turned blue. Because he was unable to be moved to the nearest hospital in Bremen, Indiana, doctors treated him at his trailer, and determined he was suffering from measles. He developed uremia, and died at age 32.
Aboredpanda 3 years ago (edited)
"walked without the need of assistance" - *walks with a cane*. Also how in the world is this scary? It being on the list is rude to this persons memory.
Debra Robinson 3 years ago (edited)
The conditions he had are scary, even the idea of suffering like that.
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Richard Graham 3 years ago
He was never a wrestler. You might be thinking of Haystacks Calhoun, a wrestler in the 1950s who wore overalls and resembled Hughes.
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#49
This 9000-Year-Old Stone Mask Is The Oldest Mask In The World, And Was Found In The Judean Desert In Israel
#50
Found In A House In Eastern Oregon (High Desert Area). Described As “Oozing” When Touched
Vanja Vidovic 3 years ago
Relocate it safely in nature! Why would you kill everything you see around?!
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Jennik 3 years ago
I hope by "touched" they meant "poked with a broom handle from the other side of the room"
Mama Panda 3 years ago
Call the Winchesters! I am sure Sam and Dean will know what to do with this!!!
Lily bloom 3 years ago
Perhaps didn't know it was there and tried to turn on the light?
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#51
Newly Purchased Home: Clearly A Grave In My Backyard...right?
#52
People Eating The Traditional French Meal Of Ortolan Bunting. The White Cloth Over Their Head Is To Hide Their Sin Of Eating The This Particular Meal From God
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
Ortolun bunting is a tiny songbird that is considered vulnerable. There’s something very wrong with people that want to eat endangered species when we have an abundance of plenty of other things in the world to eat.
Deborah B 3 years ago
Ortolan bunting are a small songbird that is wild caught, force-fed to fatten it, then killed by being drowned in brandy. They are so small, that they're eaten as a single bite. It's cruel, illegal, and the birds are endangered.
Anthony Nizza 3 years ago
That's absolutely disgusting. Humans are the scourge of the earth.
Load More Replies... Nadine Debard 3 years ago
I'm French and even if I heard the name, nobody I know has ever tried this. I didn't even know the way it was prepared. I think (I hope) it has completely disappeared.
Rod 3 years ago
C'est illégal depuis un bon moment en France mais certains chasseurs en attrapent encore...
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Thorsten M. Weisner 3 years ago
blinding a living songbird and drown it in brandy... i wouldn't eatr that ever.. no wonder they hide their faces
#53
I Was Walking Through A Farm Near My House When I Suddenly Tripped And Fell And I Saw This Right Infront Of Me, What Kind Of Spider Is That ?!
Saint Thomas 3 years ago
And also totally harmless to humans, despite the name and apparence.
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Yettichild 3 years ago (edited)
All spiders are venomous, but most are harmless. It looks like a species of Orb Weaver, but I'd have to look it up and it's like 3am here.
Beck 3 years ago
We call them drawing spiders. Because it looks like they draw.
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Yuki 3 years ago
Okay, so it's a Florida thing! I saw someone further up call it a "wasp spider" and was sitting here like "but I've always heard them called banana spiders " I'm from Tallahassee, so it makes sense to me now 😂
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Scipio Africanus 3 years ago
I ran into one of their webs when I was little. Needless to say I was not super thrilled. I do love spiders tho
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago (edited)
It’s an orb weaver, a St Andrew’s Cross I think? They’re quite common in Australia, I’m not sure about elsewhere. Why is this on the list?
Samantha Mannion 3 years ago
Always called it a drawing spider they're really neat and shake their whole web when threatened
François Carré 3 years ago
These used to swarm in my garden but I haven't seen any this year, which is concerning now that I think about it.
DC 3 years ago (edited)
Grandma's garden is full of them by now. Few years back, I found one of these with a huge bag of eggs she was carrying around, seeking a place to heve them hatch unmolested, and it seems either she succeeded in doing so, or there already were more than that one. Anyway, I can't walk more than two meters in the meter high grass without encountering at least one of these. Other spiders reside there, too, and they, too, do so in abandunce. Thousands? Course! It's like 1700 m² or so, so I'd expect it to be well in the five figures, all spiders together. These are immigrants from the mediterranean, in germany, they first appeard around Berlin and in the Ruhr area, where international travel was a lot more frequent than elsewhere in germany, seems this has brought them along, and seems they're doing well here. I have no hard feelings about them whatsoever, but sometimes I'm still impressed by their size. A body length of more than 1" is common, and at Grandmas, the largest I've seen was at least 1.5" long!
#54
Glued Herself To The Street With Fast-Drying Concrete
Jubum 3 years ago
In Europe, so-called “activists” like to tape themselves to busy streets in the middle of rush hour to raise awareness of climate change. Currently, they even go so far as to attach themselves to priceless museum treasures such as Raphael's "Sistine Madonna". Needless to say, these people are not very popular in Europe.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
There was some in the UK that dug up the lawn at Cambridge University. You'd have thought that destroying green space would be actively against what they're protesting, but there you go. I'm all for saving the planet but these so called activists are just stupid and insane.
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Downunderdude 3 years ago
He needs to be careful. He could blunt a perfectly good chisel doing that.
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Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
I was scrolling slowly the whole time so that I could read the title before I could see the picture, if the headline was too scary, SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL CLOSE YOUR EYES
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
Me: Oh it's almost 11 I ought to sleep, but there's something on my game to do in four minutes what can I do until then... OH YEAH that creepy BP article! I have no brains cells left I swear
TomCat 3 years ago
It makes it feel like nothing is worth it....this is how things will end, despite our good intentions and the struggle for happiness. I'm ready to take my eternal nap.
TomCat 3 years ago
What do you do when you're left still crying for help...
Load More Replies... Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
I was scrolling slowly the whole time so that I could read the title before I could see the picture, if the headline was too scary, SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL CLOSE YOUR EYES
An Unpopular Opinion. 3 years ago
Me: Oh it's almost 11 I ought to sleep, but there's something on my game to do in four minutes what can I do until then... OH YEAH that creepy BP article! I have no brains cells left I swear
TomCat 3 years ago
It makes it feel like nothing is worth it....this is how things will end, despite our good intentions and the struggle for happiness. I'm ready to take my eternal nap.
TomCat 3 years ago
What do you do when you're left still crying for help...
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