Here Are The Creepiest ‘Oddly Terrifying’ Photos If You Don’t Feel Traumatized Enough (50 Pics)
The horror genre is having a serious comeback at the moment. True crime shows are more popular than ever, scary movies have never been as authentic and original (thank you Ari Aster, Jordan Peele and Robert Eggers!) Even officials from the U.S. military have admitted that UFOs are real. Well, more accurately, they said that the government is in possession of “inhuman” remains. That probably creeped us out even more.
To celebrate this resurgence of all things creepy, we have prepared another list of unsettling photographs from the r/OddlyTerrifying subreddit. Whatever, I wasn’t planning on sleeping tonight anyway. Let’s scroll down and satisfy our morbid curiosity together, pandas! And to know more about why we’re so into recreational horror, read our interview with American Literature lecturer Dr. Kevin Corstorphine.
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Hidden Microphones
Get someone out to check the wiring. Something may be clicking or buzzing at a frequency we can't hear but the cat can.
Check the socket. Could be arcing or something. Never ignore strange animal behavior.
Cat knows something is wrong... remove the plate or call an electrician. NOW!
First, try using both plus at the same time. Do they work? If so, still take off the plate to check for a creep camera underneath.
There's certainly something to be said about why people actively seek out and are fans of horror. There seems to be something about scary things that draws people in. It can’t be just the fact that people like to be scared, right? Bored Panda spoke about the specifics of horror with Dr. Kevin Corstorphine, lecturer in American Literature at the University of Hull.
Dr. Corstorphine says that one of the reasons we like horror is because of its soothing element. This might sound counterintuitive, but scary things might provide comfort to us. “Being scared is thrilling,” Corstorphine says, “but I think that most people who really enjoy horror and actively seek it out find an element of solace in it. Horror is unfortunately a part of life, and fiction lets us explore it and make sense of it somehow.”
Abdandoned House's Porch Looks Like A Mouth With Fangs
After it is no longer condemned. So, you have a couple million dollars for renovations?
Load More Replies...I hate seeing houses abandoned like this. Even if the front door might eat you
A Tunnel Dug By The Giant Ground Sloth In Brazil (10,000 Years Ago)
As I told a medical friend, it looks like some other kind of tunnel.
Oh no! the giant sloth is attacking! (I go to lunch and take a nap). Oh no! The giant sloth is still attacking! (Stay tuned for more of this exciting chase.
I definitely thought it was a poorly taken care of belly button at first glance
Load More Replies...loads of skeletons/fossils, and their poo. Also in the USA a lot of them, I think California. VW-van sized ground sloths.
Load More Replies...Different types of media might scare and terrify us in different ways. An eerie song might unsettle us, a scary book can conjure up different creepy images in our minds. Film, of course, is more explicit, it leaves less to the imagination, and so does photography. Thus sometimes visual media is best at evoking a scare out of us.
Dr. Corstorphine agrees: “Even though a film might have many components that work together, it's interesting that images stick out so strongly for us: Regan's possession in The Exorcist, Carrie dripping with blood at the prom, or even some of the gruesome torture scenes from the Saw films. The visual is definitely the element that stays with us and comes back even if we try to forget about it!”
Dark Hedges Ireland
Drew something almost exactly like this, with Queens of the Stone Age lyrics, years ago. Time to do an updated version using this photo as reference.
Nice! Do you post your work anywhere? It sounds amazing, I'd love to see it!
Load More Replies...We still have the two-legged wildlife.
Load More Replies...Mhm, King's road! It even more glorious in real life. :)
Load More Replies...absolutely! and i'd join right in on that holiday lol
Load More Replies...This looks like the road that drives up to my house. Beautiful when all the trees are in bloom, nightmare fuel in the autumn & winter + spinkle in a few billion deer jumping out of the dark with eye shine 😱
Subtropical Swamp In Louisiana, USA
So much so that there was an episode of "Naked & Afraid" filmed in the Louisiana swamp.
Load More Replies...This looks like my back yard & my backyard one of those most beautiful, relaxing places on earth. Moving to the swamps was the best decision I ever made. I get to hang out (at a distance) with swamp puppies & huge turtles that have taken over my river bank & claimed it as their own basking area... there's no sounds other than birds, frogs, cicadas & the wind blowing thru the cypress trees.. it's literally heaven. All I do out here is canoe around the swamp (I have a boat but I don't wanna scare the gators & turtles) & find a spot to read a book.. nobody bothers us.. I don't bother the animals. It's quite peaceful.
First look did give me a jolt of primal fear. My first thought was giant mosquitoes. But I can see Kermit singing Rainbow Connection here.
I live in the desert Southwest, this looks like a different planet to me.
i went to the southwest this summer, and as a southerner i am used to seeing swamps and bayous everywhere, the west looked so weird to me
Load More Replies...This makes me so uncomfortable as an Australian, it looks so dangerous
Driving At Night With Astigmatism
I have a very strong astigmatism in both eyes and thankfully I can afford glasses (I live in France where you can get them, even when poor). The result is nearly perfect with the proper correction.
Even with correction, I still get the star effect 😢
Load More Replies...it was my vision at night and i thought everyone sees the same way :))) until i put glasses on for the first time
I still see a little glare even with my glasses, but I also have like ght sensitivity issues
My dumbass thought the title said "Driving At Night In Afghanistan" and I was confused by the top comment referencing 'astigmatism'. lmao
I see the same when I take off my glasses and I think it's beautiful. It's as if the whole atmosphere changes and I'm in a completely different world.
I can't seem to find anyone that will correct my astigmatism. I've had it all my life and I've just learned to compensate.
Wow I only have astigmatism in one eye and I thought this is what everyone seen at nights
If your vision is this bad when driving, for whatever reason, please don’t. I don’t want to breath my last because someone literally couldn’t see
However, horror is not always as explicit as it is in the Saw franchise. The photos in this list are proof that sometimes things scare or unsettle us even if they’re seemingly mundane. It’s the strangeness we find in ordinary things, what Freud called unheimlich (the unhomely).
Sinkhole In Turkey
Got to admire the bravery of the farmer planting his crops so close to the edge. ;-)
Which came first, the sinkhole or the crops? Where is the farmer by the way?
Load More Replies...My college geology teacher would be out there geeking out over the clearly seen layers.
It makes a very interesting optical illusion - - anyone else see a stone bridge?
I thought it looked like a giant tyre tube exploding up out of the ground when i saw it in small format, it had me very confused, freaked me out when I looked at it in a larger format and realised what I was seeing.
Load More Replies...This Is A Single Shot And Not Two Pictures
The Pasha Bulker! Ran aground in Newcastle Australia after a mammoth storm. Scarier to me were the gigantic fig trees that got completely uprooted.
Just 75.000 Mt DWT. She can load the cargo of 1.000 trucks of 75 tons.
Load More Replies...Yeah, wake up in the morning, look out the window while filling the kettle and casually call over your shoulder, "hey Honey, looks like your family has come to visit..."
Load More Replies...This happened after a 1985 storm on Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/30-years-ago-socrates-beached-on-park-point
I mean to say that the same thing happened to a ship in Duluth. The original post just reminded me of it because I was in Duluth at the time.
Load More Replies...My Dog Was Pretty Nervous About Heading Down This Trail For Some Reason
If you've ever seen a horror movie, you trust your dog in these situations.
Go home. Take the dog, and go home. Give the dog a steak dinner, and be thankful your pupper is looking out for you.
Never ignore strange animal behavior. Your doggo senses something they don't like.
It may just be the trees, but there looks to be a dark humanoid shadow at the end of the path.
I am, and lately my dog won't go up the trail we usually walk.
Load More Replies...Dr. Corstorphine explains the uncanny: “[It’s] that weird mix of the familiar and strange, like when you wake up and just for a second, your dressing gown is a hooded figure standing in your bedroom. In visual art and film, I think this comes across frequently with the look in someone's face, and the eyes in particular. It's that sense that something is not quite right that's so unsettling.”
Was Leaving My House At 6am And Found This In The Dew On The Front Steps
If you've ever walked up barefoot, the oil from your skin could have been left behind --and repel the water, so it shows up when everything else is covered in condensation (i e dew)
You are right, surely it was that - yet, we want the fun answers now ;)
Load More Replies...Hmmm...do you have a dog to act like a warning system in case you're in a horror movie?
If you live with someone, they could have decided to take the odd barefoot midnight walk. 🤷♀️ 😂
My Job Is To Inspect Every Single One Of These Car, Night Time Hits Different
I can't ever shake the feeling someone, or something, is going to jump out from one of these. Always hearing these weird whisper noises that I'm sure is the wind, but still makes your hair stand up.
Nahhhh im bringing three fully geared out special forces squads.
Load More Replies...I had a friend who rode the rails (the 90's) he called it "riding ol' dirty face". It's pretty dangerous. The yard cops are mean as fawk. And only jump on and off if it's stopped or on a turn where they have to slow down. I think nowadays it's pretty unsafe. I think themadays was pretty unsafe, too. It's not a 1940's movie out there any more.
that's a scary job. sometimes you find trafficked staring kids, smuggled exotic animals, crazy amounts of drugs etc.... and you're left standing there like - holy s**t
My one uncle lived the life of a hobo in the 50s & 60s. He traveled with his hunting rifle & fishing pole. He traveled all over the US, Canada, & even to Alaska where he spent his time hunting & fishing. He just have relied on the railroad police being too scared to check the cars at night.
A Female Omothymus Spider Spotted In Malaysia
I saw at first only the small ones and then it hit me sideways and i am like f*****g hell, nope nope nope .. nope nope nope
I'm pretty sure the scientific name for the spider is actually a F***-No.
Load More Replies...Just googled it. Span width 20-25 cms. That's 8-10 inches for older people. About 3 Bald Eagle Heads for Americans.
Dr. Corstorphine’s research interests include horror and Gothic fiction and he has written extensively on authors such as Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. “I'm a big fan of the Evil Dead films, including the latest ones,” he shares his favorites. “It's that mix of body horror, tension, and a bit of humor that works for me.”
Nasa's James Webb Telescope Has Spotted A Giant 'Question Mark' Object In Deep Space
Oh sure, take the fun out of it. Space scrooge /jk
Load More Replies...Lighthouse Perched On A Rock Pillar In The Westman Islands, Iceland
How the f**k did they build that? & how do they get up there? What if there's an emergency?
Rather complete answers to all of your questions here: https://www.philipkallan.com/single-post/the-lighthouse-at-the-edge-of-the-world
Load More Replies...This is a really smart place to put a lighthouse. The exceedingly high location all but guarantees that it won't be destroyed by the surf or heavy storm damage, it will never be subject to coastal erosion, and if the light itself is traditional kerosene (which it presumably is because how could electricity be supplied to this structure) then it will never be lost to water damage from the ocean (yes, waves that are big/strong enough can and will sometimes reach the height of a lighthouse and break glass). My question is how did the building materials, and the builders for that matter, get up there to construct this incredible project?
That's what I want to know. I'm amazed at what people can do
Load More Replies...The Cork-Lid Trapdoor Spider. If You See What Looks Like An Ancient Coin Buried In Sand, Leave It Alone
LOL you beat me. That is EXACTLY what I was going to type but when I scrolled down yours was the top comment. have an upvote.
Load More Replies...Isn’t there an ant who’s only purpose is to be the door?
Load More Replies...Imagine being out on a walk, seeing something that looks cool & unusual, and trying to pick it up. "Oh hey, what's this? Looks so cool, I wonder....HOLYMOTHEROFGOD!!!!!!!"
Corstorphine is also aware that picking favorite pieces of horror (or any kind of) media is notably personal. “I think there's a nostalgic element to horror films as well: they're bound up with the experiences you've had watching them in a specific time and place,” the academic says.
He also includes the video game franchise Silent Hill amongst his favorites for its inventive visuals. For anyone interested in visual horror, he would also recommend the art of Clive Barker, the creator of the Hellraiser franchise.
Vegetables Shaped Like Humans
This farmer couple used silicon to create molds in the shape of their own feet. They then planted turnips using these molds. As the turnips grew, they filled the molds and took on the shape of their feet.
Now I've got Blackadder's "turnip in the shape of a 'thingy' " in my head...
Close-Up Of An Ant
Seen this photo before. It looks worse than it actually is since they cropped it. You can see part of its eye in the top left corner.
This Monstrosity On The Bathroom Ceiling Of A Local Restaurant
They should have foot the water sprayer (fire-thing) between the legs...
Load More Replies...Why not? ;) Probably as a joke to freak people out. Very clever!
Load More Replies...OMG, I think I know where this is. The restaurant is called Accomplice and is located in Bellingham, WA. Their ice cream was very good and wish we were in town long enough to try the rest of the menu!
and I think the theme and title "Accomplice" comes from it being the fast-food component of the full restaurant next door (called Carnal)
Load More Replies...Aarhus University in Denmark has a Recreational Fear Lab which studies the human fascination with all things frightening. Its director Matthias Clasen told The Washington Post he and his team identified three broad types of horror genre enthusiasts. “Adrenaline junkies”, “white knucklers” and “dark copers”.
This Shark Has Seen Some Shit
Coal Miners Returning From The Depths After A Days Work, Belgium, Circa 1900
Nope. That for me is a total no go and plays to my worst fears about being stuck in a cramped spot
And then get stuck underground with tons and tons of rock above you. Nope, not for me.
Load More Replies...If red states in the US have it their way, we'll be returning to this Era of Black Lung. I don't understand why they want to regress towards extreme poverty. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Because the less pay and benefits the workers get, the more the owners get to keep. And the owners are the ones who make political donations. This is why we need a good education system and workers' unions.
Load More Replies...They used to use regular sized lifts, but the miners still came up crouched over like that because their bodies had been in that position the last 12 hours in the tunnels. So they put in those to bring more up at a time.
That mine is a historic site now. Or it was 30 years ago when I went down in it. We didn't pack in like that, of course, but I'll never get over being a kilometre underground with only electric lights, and pumps - water out, air in. Yeeks.
where was it located? I grew up in Belgium, my father was a miner....
Load More Replies...The guys we can see, are those at the front . Just to add an additional layer of horror. Anyway, unions good exploitation of workers bad
Brine Pools At The Bottom Of The Sea
The "mist" is caused by the incredibly high levels of salinity (salt) I believe. Essentially, the water is so salty that salt can no longer dissolve into it, so it pools here.
I've seen the meg thats the thermasphere there are megladons under there dont go there
i saw a NAt Geo on this fish almost instantly die if they enter due to the salinity
Pretty sure this is what Goo Lagoon is based off of in SpongeBob SquarePants!
“Adrenaline junkies” get an adrenaline rush from the recreational fear experience and seek it on purpose. This heightens their mood as the endocrine system releases cortisol and noradrenaline as well, resulting in a kind of high, driven by experiencing fright.
The Sun Being Compared To A Lovecraftian Deity Is Terrifying
fun fact: The sun doesn't stop "screaming" and when the sun dies, it will still be "screaming" for a few years because sound travels slower than light
Is it really making a sound if there is no one left to hear it?
Load More Replies...What the hell did this person just do to my brain. No wonder I Hate the light so much.
David And Louise Turpin Together With Their Children They Kept Imprisoned And Abused For Many Years
For me, this one of the worst ones on this list. Those children were horrifically abused.
Makes me *really* wish the Twilight Zone could come squat in their ice cream.
Load More Replies...What is more horrific is some of these children continued to be abused by the foster parents an agency (contracted by the state) placed them in so while in state care the abuse continued. At least one of the foster parents already had abuse allegations placed on them prior to putting some of these children in the home.
Right - normally you shouldn't judge people by their appearance, but he *chose* that haircut
Load More Replies...Genuinely, a terrifying picture. I hope the children are doing okay now.
Your name is off topic, Bunny 😊 But yes, I agree
Load More Replies...A lot of people wanted/want to blame this on their religion, but I believe it was some serious mental illness on the part of the parents
Their religion contributed greatly to the levels of crazy. If it wasn't for their bat$hit religion, they probably would have had fewer children to torture.
Load More Replies...There really should be a litmus test before anyone should have children.
A horrid case of child abuse. Here's a link. This is one of the less graphic ones. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpin_case
Load More Replies...The last two at the far right are 18+. If I recall they also went public about growing up in the house of horrors
Load More Replies...Saw the 4 part interview with 2 of the daughters on You Tube. One was the girl who escaped. The whole 911 call and police officer responding. Thank God she had pictures of her sisters chained up. When the officer saw them he realized that she had indeed not “ run away”. She had escaped.
Chris Mccandless Note That Was Found In His Truck In The Middle Of Alaska
Very sad story. He starved to death because he couldn't get across the river back to safety. If he'd had a map, he would have known that there was a river crossing less than a mile from where he was. People have died making pilgrimages to the bus he died in, so they had to remove it a few years ago.
He starved to death because he was stupid. He went into the woods completely unprepared and unskilled. If you don't know what your doing in places like Alaska you die. Simple. I don't see the admiration for this guy.
Load More Replies...ok im going to point out that he was cremated in 1992 so there is no new evidence. As an Alskan and someone who is way too familiar with the story he actually died due to eating what he thought were wild carrots, the actual root vegetable he ate paralyzed his digestive tract thus disabling his bodies ability to remove waste or take in new food. He would have however died eating rabbits from what is known as rabbits starvation. Rabbits have so little fat on them, you can actually starve to death eating regularly
Found a great New Yorker article might have actually been wild potato, poison that also cripple inmates at a concentration camp in WWII, super interesting: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-chris-mccandless-died#:~:text=The%20toxic%20agent%20in%20Hedysarum,chief%20cause%20of%20McCandless's%20death.
Load More Replies...If you want to learn more about him, there is a great episode of the podcast "You're Wrong About" on his story. He came from a very abusive family.
I absolutely love that podcast but for some reason I haven't come across that episode! Thanks!
Load More Replies...The man was a romantic dumbàss and died because he was ill-prepared and too arrogant to listen to advice . Don't make him into a hero.
Very sad, those very berries were probably the ones that poisoned him, looked identical to edible berries in the area. The river he crossed was a stream that became a raging river later in the season. He wasn’t stupid, had many successful adventures in nature. The words he scratched into the bus while dying are both haunting and enlightening: “happiness isn’t real unless shared.” beautiful book and movie. RIP Alex Supertramp
Ok so I I swore it was berries but after reading John Murphy’s comment below I looked into it and found a great New Yorker article claiming it was most likely seeds from a plant called wild potato, which paralyzes and left him unable to forage and hunt, leading to starvation, a mistake that the author said was neither incompetent nor ignorant as Alaskans often deride him as. Interesting read: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-chris-mccandless-died#:~:text=The%20toxic%20agent%20in%20Hedysarum,chief%20cause%20of%20McCandless's%20death.
Load More Replies...We got so many people trying to go out there, we ended up spending a fortune in rescuing! Like seriously, what's wrong with people!
“White knucklers” tend to look for that sweet spot that is neither too scary, nor too boring. They usually employ humor or try to lessen their exposure to the frightening stimuli. Thus they’re more motivated by self-learning than attaining some sort of high from adrenaline.
Two Prison Guards Posing For A Photo With Ed Kemper, Who Was 6’9 And 300lbs
Smile for the camera. "Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948) is an American serial killer who murdered 8 people, including a 15-year-old girl, his own mother, and her best friend, from May 1972 to April 1973..."- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper
I can't imagine being able to manufacture a smile while standing next to this guy. He was monstrous.
I think he said as soon as he had "finished his mother", it was over and he gave himself in.
Load More Replies...I would not be ok posing next to him like that. He looks like he could crush both their heads with his hands.
I believe he said as much to an FBI behavioural scientist who interviewed him.
Load More Replies...As brutal as he was in his killings, he was rather calm once apprehended.
He was supposedly very intelligent and easy to get on with - But still lethal.
That's actually what made him so useful to researchers. Being intelligent and able to articulate his thoughts and motivations gave them a lot of practical knowledge
Load More Replies...Hong Kong Apartments
This looks like the Wan Chai district housing where I stayed for a bit. The "apartments" (large closets) are about 10ft/sq and that's including the area to bathe (sink, toilet, and shower all in a corner of the room). The walls are paper thin and whole families live in these large closets. The hallways are already narrow and made more narrow because families will keep bulk items (like dressers) stacked in the halls. My husband and I would take morning poop-shifts; one of us would sit on someone's dresser in the hall and read rather than sitting next to the other while they poo, only separated by a piece of glazed glass. I love Hong Kong!!
im gonna call bull s**t on this since you could not even fit a single person sized matrass into ten square feet let alone a toilet, shower and sink as well. unless you mean 10feet x 10 feet but thats a 100ft squared.
Load More Replies...Surprisingly, their very well organized and it's easy to find your way around.
Load More Replies...It looks like LOHAS Park, up to 68 floors if so
Load More Replies...East Asians accept a much higher population density than any Westerner would be comfortable with
"We regret to inform our tenants all of our elevators are out of order for the reminder of the year. We also have to ask you do not attempt to feed the people stuck in there because of safety concerns. Though our thoughts and prayers are with them, their families and the people who will clean up the mess next year."
Pretty sure 'Thoughts and prayers' is only for Americans when yet more toddlers get shot in the face...
Load More Replies...Wait… A Victim Of The What??
Also a cigarette butt (seems a bit stingy) and a lighter?
Load More Replies...Apparently, her husband Elmer (whom her family hated) blamed her death on the government. Democrats, in particular. She died of natural causes. A Google search says that Elmer is in the same cemetery but as far away from Lilly as her children could manage.
For those curious: "The secret behind the cryptic epitaph of Lilly Gray, "Victim of the Beast 666," rests with her apparently nutcase husband Elmer. She died of natural causes (she was 77), but Elmer blamed her death on the "Beast 666" of government, and particularly Democrats. The company that made the headstone recalls that Lilly's family hated Elmer, and when he died in 1964 he was buried in the same cemetery but as far from Lilly as possible."
Garlic cloves are useless, it's the garlic flowers they hate, do your research people !
https://www.fox13now.com/2016/10/31/the-mystery-of-lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-unearthed#:~:text=%22She%20died%20of%20natural%20causes,wife%2C'%22%20Misner%20said.
Lastly, “dark copers” are the closest to what Dr. Corstorphine described. Through frightening stimuli, they’re able to challenge themselves and challenge their fears in order to deal with their anxieties in the real world. The researchers at the Recreational Fear Lab found that horror fans are more resilient psychologically, as was proved in the beginning of the 2020 pandemic.
Partially Submerged Statue Of Shiva The Destroyer During The Flash Flood In Uttrakhand
She's smiling and very proud of her - Edit "He", thank you for correcting my mistake! (Sorry for my ignorance)
Its both. Shiva (male presenting) and Shivani/Ma Shakti Devi (female presenting) are the same entity/god. It represents the duality of the god as both creator and destroyer. You cannot have one without the other. Any act of creation is destroying something at the same time. You cannot have one gender without the other. Most of the time, statues are male to focus on its primary aspects but there are plenty of female statues too.
Load More Replies...I'm sure there was a lot of damage, pain and loss caused by this......but objectively, that is cool as hell.
Job well done! Lots of destruction all around but kept his own statue intact.
metal af… you can understand why this part of the world has a god of destruction, with floods like that
Sinking Of Amoco Cadiz In Brittany 1978 Looks Like A Giant Whale Surfacing
A Nursing Home Flooding
There's a black and white cat in the very back. It in fact was rescued along with all the residents. Hurricane Harvey 2017.
Some sort of floating device. Others are wearing them
Load More Replies...This is horrible. During Katrina, in New Orleans, a nursing home was flooding and the employees took off. I can't recall if any of them made it out safely, or not
All but two workers took off. 2 of the janitors (aka: angelic heroes:) stayed behind to care for everyone.
Load More Replies...Probably rose too quickly to get them out. When Ike hit Houston, that is what occured. I had 2 feet of water in my home and it didn't take long for it to enter.
Load More Replies...Whether you’re an adrenaline seeker or just looking for how to survive in the world, horror is a great form of entertainment to enjoy. There’s no need to think that liking scary and unsettling things is somehow wrong. So don’t forget to upvote the best terrifying photos from this list, pandas!
Saw The Full Mirror In My Hotel Room Randomly Shake And Discovered This Space In The Wall Behind It
Can you see through it from the back? If not, the hole is probably just there from accessing electrical or plumbing. Too lazy to patch wallboard, so they hung a mirror over it.
But someone might still be able to get into the room when you're not there or when you're asleep.
Load More Replies...Y'all just turn the mirror around and see if you can see though it. Does it light up? It might be a really weird way to plug it in?
Poor Matthew
Mathew it's 1891 that street car was going like five miles per hour what are you doing/
Probably just staggered out of the publicans house into the bright sunlight.
Load More Replies...This is in my home town! There are a bunch of these along the street down to the water.
Came Across This Abandoned Building In Vermont While Hiking In The Woods. There’s No Door And The Windows Have Been Boarded Up And Caged
Good news: the reason it doesn't have a ground level door (there's a ladder to reach a second floor door) is because it's a Spring House / Cistern Resevoir. So in 1885, that supplied water to the surrounding estate. Creepier news: the surrounding estate is an old Mental Asylum: Brattleboro Retreat. All things considered, it's not the creepiest or darkest asylum I've seen.
The Brattleboro Retreat is still in business… I’m told it’s TERRIBLE for the patients in there.
Load More Replies...The door is/was the second floor "window". This is a drying hut. The wagon backed up to it and you unloaded your firewood/hay/tobacco (not in Vermont), etc into the building to dry out and remain dry. The ventilator at the top of the building allows moisture and excess heat to escape but keeps the snow out.
I watched The Haunting of Hill House yesterday, do not attempt to go in there
Wan Shi Tong's library. Only go in if you're willing to fight a giant owl demon
I’ don’t think anything could stop me getting inside for photos and a respectful peep.
Is that a pipe to the left of the top picture? Perhaps this is some kind of water reservoir and has never needed a door.?
Ferris Wheel On A Local Night Fair
in some countries a ferris wheel must be inspected by a safety inspection company every time it is erected. Maybe that has a reason....
This is not the Ferris wheel itself, but the queue platform.
Load More Replies...Half the fun of carnival rides is taking a bolt out of your pocket, turning to your seat mate and saying "Hey, do you think this is important?" right before the ride takes off.
Ontario, Canada 🍁..we used to have an annual fair and a guy that traveled and worked with them told me not to put my kids on certain rides because they were not safe, put up by high and drunk carnival workers and not inspected. This was 35 years ago but I believe it still happens
What Rip Current Looks Like
don't try to swim against it, let the waves next to it carry you back to the beach
Swim SIDEWAYS if you are able to 1. swim and 2. keep your bearings, which is difficult to do when caught in a rip. This happened to my sister and me in 1997 in the Atlantic Ocean off the south shore of Montauk. Long Island's south shore (when you get further east beyond the barrier of Fire Island), is EXTREMELY rough and volatile because of its unique position. The ocean rolls in from both the east and upwards from the south, smashing into the coastline and often creates riptides that show up seemingly out of nowhere. When you are taught how to swim here, you are also taught how to maneuver out of a rip. It works. Fortunately, she and I were relatively close to the shoreline and it didn't take us much time to safely swim out of it and get back to the beach but it does disorient you for a moment. It feels like the ocean is pulling you in every possible direction at once and it's difficult to know which way is even up. But if you don't panic, you can get yourself out safely.
Load More Replies...I just realized that I always try to go where there are no waves. Dumb idea! I feel like a dufus.
Basically think of it this way: this is where the wave energy is weakest because the water carried in by the wave(s) around it are pouring back out to the sea in this focused area. Think of it as a waterfall, and the current can toss you far out to sea because the energies are parting as the water flows out. Some are shorter than others.
Load More Replies...if i keep trying to swim against the waves will it be considered determination or insanity
Just float in the current until you get out of it, then come back to shore.
I heard that term my entire childhood growing up in California. Now - age 69 - I finally know what it means. Yippee. I got smarter today.
Youtuber Dallmyd Vlogged Their Trip To The Same Submersible That Would Later Implode A Few Days Later. Their Trip Down The Titanic Was Cancelled Due To The Weather. This Is What The Inside Looked Like
I watched the coverage for days and was quite relieved that they didn’t die slowly suffocating after several days. As brutal as an implosion is, the anxiety of knowing you’re likely going to die for about four days seems much worse
I agree. I said at the time it was the second best outcome after them being brought back up alive.
Load More Replies...Regardless of the tragic outcome, you'd never get me inside something like this. Talk about claustrophobic...
Did they research this guy and the piece of junk he put together? Recycled water pipes as ballast?! Anything like that to be controlled by a remote control for games?! That alone should be a clue that they should not go down in it. To see the Titanic? Why? Did their families and friends think it was worth taking that kind of chance?
All very valid questions, Miss F.! This is almost impossible to comprehend!
Load More Replies...Bear Paw Armor, Used By Warriors In Islamic, Indian, Persian & Pakistani Civilizations
"How did you lose your eye?" It itched and I forgot I was wearing my bear paw bling.
Agreed. The hinges on the fingers alone indicate so. You would break your fingers trying to effectively swipe at someone.
Load More Replies...Walked Outside To See What The Dog Was Barking At
And that is why you don’t walk outside to see what the dog is barking at
I Was There… January 15, 2018
Glad I am not glued to my phone. Would have taken me a couple of hours to get around to reading that, panic would have been over.
Load More Replies...I was there. If you have ever received an alert for a flash flood or extreme weather, then you have heard the piercing noise your phone makes. I was in shock in the first 5 minutes. Trump and North Korea had been rattling sabers. I knew I was in range a N. Korean missile. I was on Kauai, about 35 miles from the Barking Sands missile base. Within about 15 minutes, I was able to make peace with death. I was in paradise after all, and we have to die sometime. I was sad for what a nuclear exchange would mean to the world, especially with Trump with his finger on the button. My roommate said F it and went surfing. I couldn't find any online news to shed light on the situation, but the absence of news neither assured nor alarmed me. I posted a goodbye on Facebook. In the end, that was the worst part. Not one of my friends on the mainland responded.Of course, it was only 5 AM on the West coast, but even hours later my post was barely acknowledged. I have barely touched social media since.
I hope you're okay... Traumatising for you probably doesn't even cover it... *gentle hugs*
Load More Replies...I cannot imagine what it was like to see this and believe it’s all over. My brain just can’t go there.
My former next door neighbor was in Pearl Harbor when it was bombed in 1941. She was a child and described the events once to my sister and me. I recall her telling us that she, her mother, and her sister had to drop what they were doing and evacuate immediately and that she had no idea what was going on until later on. She left with no shoes on her feet.
My cousin was vacationing there when this happened. My best friend was watching her kids for her. They had to call and say goodbye. It was very traumatic.
I was there, but luckily live as absolutely far as possible one can be from Honolulu and still be in the state. Which is where we assumed the missiles would strike. Still, we had the warning system go off & just hoped that the trade winds would keep us completely safe. Most of my community didn’t really do anything to hide or hunker down, assuming there wouldn’t be strikes on the Big Island, but it was surreal just thinking about what was apparently about to happen and what that would mean going forward. Then someone mentioned we may not be out of the woods given the possibility of the missiles being off course. I know my friends on Oahu were terrified even more than we were, which must have been severely traumatic.
This Was New York City Earlier Today, Which Was Temporarily Ranked #1 For The Worst Air Quality In The World Due To The Wildfires In Canada
I (barely) remember the killer smogs in London in the early 50s. You could hardly see the street light outside our house.
Load More Replies...With the wildfires still active in Canada and bushfires started in Australia, how are they going for fire-fighters (as they usually send them from one country to the other, but fires not normally concurrent)?
Friend Found This Outside Her Door With Some Damage At The Lock, What Would This Be?
no its not. Its a spanner wrench. they were trying to jimmy the latch. 100% not a lock pick at all.
Load More Replies...Or a big scary dog behind the door, they won't even try it
Load More Replies...Luckily whoever tried to pick the lock doesn't watch lock picking lawyer on youtube
I think it's a spanner wrench, maybe used as a lock pic, but that end is way to big to get into most key holes
House While Hiking In The Appalachian Trails. There Were No Paths Or Roads Going To This House
I've lived in the Appalachians and this is not that unusual. Someone tragically lost their home through death or destitution and the Earth just reclaims the area. The wind blows out the paths, the grasses grow over it, and then the underbrush hides all evidence beneath it.
Well, not anymore. It looks like it's been abandoned for quite some time, any paths/roads would be overgrown by now.
I see something different. Once upon a time, a house was built for a hopeful young family. The parents worked hard; children played in the meadow. Lives lived here.
Exactly. I don't know why but places like this fascinate me for the stories that have died there.
Load More Replies...I live right next door to the smokies and hike there all the time. This should say there are no paths or roads right now. I bet I can find the old trails.
Abandoned Summer Camp Closed Due To A Child Drowning In The Lake. Sound Familiar ?
One poor kid drowns? Tragic, of course. But one kid out of how many others who’ve been to the same camp. And why did they have to close down completely?
It's most likely has to do with loosing their business license, and not be able to secure another insurance contract to cover liability claims. Can't operate without either of those.
Load More Replies...Ad About Work Accidents On A Colombian Magazine, Posted 30 May 2001
Planes have hit buildings before. One crashed into the Empire State Building.
The Wreck Of The Titanic From Afar
And this is how we should leave it. It’s a mass grave, let’s respect that.
Only fake in the sense that the image is modelled. But it is modelled to show what was understood at the time after sonar and submersible had examined the area, the wreckage and the distances. You are correct it is not a photo of the real site however.
Load More Replies...Seems hardly worth risking your life (and spending a lot of money) to go and gawp at.
That must've been a really bright light or a really sensitive camera
It is a modelled final image based on the data from submersible and sonar images and measurements.
Load More Replies...This Is Jocelyn Wildenstein, The Wealthy Socialite Nicknamed “Bride Of Wildenstein” And “Catwoman” Because Of Her Extreme Plastic Surgery
Poor lady. Confirms my opinion that there should be psychological assessments as part of elective plastic surgery.
It is mandatory in many countries in Europe, with a mandatory 7-day reflection time
Load More Replies...Google her before surgery. She used to be so beautiful. It's so sad dude.
A mate of mine who works at the zoo I volunteer at, interviewed to work as her butler. Flew all the way to New York from UK, met with her, said she was lovely but just couldn't. He took a job with Princess of Monaco instead to be her butler. Now he's in charge of food service at a zoo. Big change of direction.
That wasn't done by a surgeon, it was done by a Sawzall.
Load More Replies...We used to see her a lot when I was in New York. She was apparently very nice and had a good reputation for being friendly and generous at restaurants with wait staff at restaurants where I worked and others.
She is or was married to a billionaire and he had some art galleries close to a friends house. She is very sad and just shows how unscrupulous Doctors will perform these horrendous procedures on a person as lo
Load More Replies...The Vegas Msg Sphere
Giant spherical building full of LEDs to impose images or videos on it
Load More Replies...The want to build one of these in Stratford, East London. This is predominately a residential area. The windows of some apartments will face this and only be 75m / 250 feet away. When not used for events it is proposed to show adverts. The solution by the developer for those affected - free blackout blinds. You couldn't make it up. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12587661/las-vegas-style-stratford-msg-sphere-glowing-adverts-fury-neighbours-blackout-blinds-offer.html
Outrageous. Why should nearby residents have to put up blackout curtains? They're no longer able to see the city lights?? 🤦🏻♀️ Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 🙄
Load More Replies...I'm hoping. Unfortunately, I bet the only thing shown on it in the near future will be ads.
Load More Replies...The company is going through the planning process to build one in London UK understandably the local residents are less than happy.
1 Am And My Cop Neighbor Is Doing This Through My Kitchen Window
Had an extremely similar experience. I have a first floor room at the front of the house and one late night (2-3 am) while I was up studying all of a sudden a torch light beam started moving from one end of my room’s windows to the other as if someone was trying to see inside my room. Scared the hell out of me. Thinking someone was in our yard, I ducked down and literally crawled to my parents room. My dad proceeded to stupidly open the front door to talk to those who shone the light. Luckily they claimed to be two policemen looking for a particular address. They left after asking us for directions but part of me feels like they weren’t real police. How would policemen not know where to find an address and even if they didn’t know, it doesn’t sound like a good idea to visit a random house at night to ask for directions. Also I didn’t hear any vehicle which is weird cause why would they be looking for a random house at 2-3 am on foot??
Same thing happened to me, but I didn't have a cop neighbor. It was just a random bright light through the door in the middle of the night. I almost had a heart attack in the split second before I saw the police car in the drive way. He was responding to our (false) alarm that I didn't realize had gone off.
Hiding In The School’s Communal Showers During A Code Yellow Turned Red (Few Months Ago)
It's so nice being European and not needing to know this.
Load More Replies...This doesn't always mean school shooting. I'm the emergency contact/ pick up for my nieces & nephews and they had a code red a few years ago when there was a horrific tornado that passed through the area. After the immediate threat wss over the school sent out texts/ autocalls to come pick up the kiddos.
I see posts like these and feel sad at how dismissive some comments are.
Absolutely terrifying. I can't imagine sending your kid(s) off to school and something like this happens.
Kinda looks like that one scene from "I Know What You Did Last Summer," with the plastic wrap on the mannequins. Hopefully no one was hurt.
Pyongyang, North Korea
I'm not sure what this one is showing us. North Koreans do not have internet access even in Pyongyang, as far as I'm aware. The real terrifying part is when you look outside of NK's capital. Pyongyang is a misdirection tactic used to prevent the world from questioning what goes on in the rest of Kim's (and the previous Kim, and the Kim before him) dictatorship. It serves a "look here, not over there!" purpose. Hence, all the pomp, circumstance, pageantry, and opulence. Anything outside of Pyongyang is a veritable desolate wasteland where the people live in the worst type of poverty and crimes against humanity imaginable, electricity is turned on and off at random, food is scarce and citizens often resort to eating insects or soil for nutrients, and the Kim Dynasty has been enacting a - quite literal - genocide against its people for over 80 years. The scary part of NK is not Pyongyang. It's everywhere else.
Looking a satellite view of North Korea at night is really stark. I looked this up after reading a book called 'In Order to Live', written by a young woman who escaped North Korea when she was about 12-13. She details in the book what you mentioned here. I think most of us are aware that it's bad there, but reading exactly how bad and in what ways was shocking.
Load More Replies..."ordinary river amusement park"... well that's kinda suspicious too tbh
I think the Help Me Please circled is a translation problem. Or an actual cry for help since it is North Korea.
After looking for what seemed like forever, I finally found that area on maps. All the labels are the same (including the english) except that "help me please" church label. So now obviously I'm dancing between "this is fake" and "conspiracy!"
Load More Replies...Pyongyang is scary enough, with its colossally wide boulevards and the female cops (chosen for their looks) who robotically ‘control’ traffic that hardly exists. (Dictators love super-wide avenues as much as goose-stepping soldiers.) Also its daily city-wide wake-up call and calisthenics over public loudspeakers, the non-stop propaganda broadcasts in every home, and more. Must-see: The 2016 Russian documentary ‘Under the Sun’ covers a year in the life of a Pyongyang family whose sub-teen daughter is about to join the national Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday). Director Vitaly Mansky beat the regime’s censors with a camera that had two record modes. Thus Mansky could turn off one recorder (which satisfied his minders) but surreptitiously leave the other one on to capture supposedly “off-camera” NK life. It’s chilling from end to end—especially at the very end, when you see that little girl turn into a robot before your very eyes.
i just looked at Pyongyang on Google earth. Creepiest thing is, it's huge but it looks like a ghost town, almost zero vehicles on the roads. So weird.
I saw a picture once of the current Kim with his fraternity bros. He knows perfectly well what going on out here.
You can look at this exact spot on Google Earth and it does not say “help me please”
This 9000-Year-Old Stone Mask Is The Oldest Mask In The World, And Was Found In The Judean Desert In Israel [3000x4000]
That mask actually belonged to Jason's great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great uncle.
It would be fascinating to know whom this was, and why they were worshipped.
Underwater Tunnel Connecting Denmark And Sweden
We have a few underwater bridges in the US.. not as long but the Chesapeake by bridge which is 20 miles & the holland tunnel that connects NYC & jersey city.
I love the CBBT all the way up to the first tunnel. The drive past Fisherman Island is so beautiful! Then I wish I could turn around and nope the bleep outta there.
Load More Replies...If you search for the Öresund bridge on YouTube, there's documentaries about how they built an island for the bit where the bridge connects to the tunnel. There's a road and rail line. Used it loads myself, the road is part of the main motorway between the two countries and the railway line is fast. Goes to the airport in Copenhagen and I think they have now continued the line on the Swedish side right up to Malmö airport, as a branch off the main line.
Load More Replies...Texas City Shares Photo Of Unidentified "Entity' Outside Zoo
I live in a forested area and was driving home in the dark one night when a deer ran across the road a ways ahead. My first reaction was to scream, "AH! Chupacabra!" 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...nah man thats just me, sorry, i can take the fursuit off if you need
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
i guess technically it is a gift since they warned them. sending that with no context for them to open it up, get stung and smell rotting fish, THAT, would be an ef you gift! 😂
Load More Replies...Built In The 18th Century, This Is One Of The Oldest Buildings In Hattfjelldal Municipality In Norland, Norway
Dendrocnide Moroides, Or Deadly Stinger, Is One Of The Most Dangerous Shrubs In The World And Even Morphine Is Rendered Ineffective Against Its Venom
also known as the [self delete] plant due to the fact that most people would rather [unalive] themselves than stand the constant, unending, unrelenting pain . . . . . . . Edited to add: I know the word is suicide. I wasn't doing it to appeal to some censorship thing. I have experiences that I would rather not remember, so I use euphemisms. (if it genuinely bothers people I am sorry and I will change it, just comment "change it plz" and I will)
The word you're looking for is "suicide". Don't perpetuate this ridiculous corporate censorship.
Load More Replies...Just guessing, but do you not respond well to authority?
Load More Replies...Why is the wire mesh thin enough with no empty space barrier for a stupid 14 year old to stick their hand through to prove they are brave? You can't stick chicken wire around it and give the plant a 2 foot radius?
Australian opinion: If someone wants to be that dumb, who are we to force them to stop their personal freedom of expression.
Load More Replies...Yeah isn't it called the suicide plant or something? Like ppl can't take the pain so much so that they kill themselves?
Saw this plant irl last month. They just have it, like, growing in the forests like any other plant. Hikers beware!
Kidney Stones Under An Electron Microscope
and then some bitches dont give you painkiIIers
Load More Replies...I'd rather have a baby than a kidney stone. I get them at least 3-4 times a year and every time, I crawl on the floor begging for an epidural like I was in labor again! LOL
What My Fingers Look Like When I Get Out Of The Bath After Years Of Biting Them
I was a nail-biter for most of my 66 years. Last year, Mar 1, I made a promise to myself to not bite them again. And I pride myself on keeping my promises. It's now over a year later, and I still have not bitten them. So freaking proud of myself.
Honestly, anyone spending years in the bath, their hands are going to look pretty bad. 😁
Most often it's a soothing/coping strategy for an anxious brain. I would know.
Load More Replies...I didn't know there were people that bit the skin instead of the nail. Gnarly.
thats not years my friend, thats just recently. stop for a week and you'll see a difference
Took A Photo Of My Baby Playing With A Light Up Ball. No Filters
Cool. So baby is apprentice to the face that talks to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
I Also Found Something While Digging In My Yard Today
It appears to be an old well or cistern. He put up a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCY74rOQjZ8
1950's Doomsday bunker. Pretty common in the US, but today mostly forgotten.
Load More Replies...Elephant Seal
Elephant seals are Monets. Look good from a distance, but up close,,,scary
Was he behind a glass pane not visible in the pic? Looks like he's smooshing his nose. .
This Was Discovered While Renovating Our Home. The Previous Owners (25 Years) Have Never Seen It Before. We Removed Over A Foot Of Pine Needles
The Control Room Of A German Sm Ub-110 Submarine From 1918
Got Home Late From Work To Find My Entryway Vent Like This
Got a cat? My cat did this at my old house that I used to rent that had crappy vent coverings.
This happened to me when I moved into my dad's house after he passed away. I woke up to every vent pulled out of the floor all over the house. It freaked me out at first. But then i laughed because i figured it was just my dad messing with me. My cigarettes would always go missing too. Never to be seen again.. I smoked the same kind as my dad. When I switched brands they stopped going missing. So I think it was my pops for sure.
Roses are red, the impostor can vent, this invasion you now cannot prevent
A Restraining Device Used To Immobilize Infants During Circumcision
Lord help me. Circumstraint was not invented for the sole purpose of circumcision. It was designed to restrain infants for a multitude of purposes such as blood draws, x-rays, CTs, etc. circum, meaning "circle in Latin! As in restrained all the way around, so they don't flail around!
So you don't think kids get to decide to have gender reaffirming surgery but you can decide to chop off a healthy part of their penis for religious reasons without their consent. Gotcha
Do not @ me that it's for health reasons. It's not. That's a myth. Stop mutilating babies for your crazy cults.
Load More Replies...If you think this is inhumane, you should read up on the horrific things done to intersex children who are born with ambiguous genitalia. "Mutilation" is an understatement there.
over 30 years ago they told me it's standard for health reasons after they released my son from NICU. They released him from the hospital without doing it & his Dr said if they did it now it would require anesthesia so he would have to wait . We/ He never had it done & he's just fine
My son broke out of this. Please don't hate me. I didn't know any better at the time.
A Package I Received Today
My husband “wrapped” a gift for his brother in a beat up box with duct tape. He was forced to open it at the restaurant where they were celebrating because the host wouldn’t seat him without proving it wasn’t a bomb. The moral of the story is that if you want to bomb a restaurant wrap it in pretty birthday paper and they will walk you right in.
Ah good, I would be happy to open it now, maybe it is full of money!
GF Taking The Dog Outside For A Shit And The Crappy Amazon Solar Lights Illuminating Her Face
Found In A House In Eastern Oregon (High Desert Area). Described As “Oozing” When Touched
It's not fungal mold, it's a slime mold! They're pretty neat.
Load More Replies...When i was a kid, we lived in town in northern ohio that was founded in the 1700's, in the historic part of town. So our house, had a coal cellar. Unfinished basement area was about 20% the size of the house and in the back wall, were two little windows that led to darkness and grime (the area where coal was stored once upon a time) creepy as hell, so the basement was left unused aside from storing old boxes and magazines, we didn't go down there for YEARS. Well, apparently there was a leak in one of the pipes. Just a drip, right over a huge pile of magazines. When i was in high school, a buddy and i built a fire pit in my yard, and eventually ended up poking around in the basement. The magazines, had turned into a single condensed brick due to the leak. Perfect fire pit fuel! We'd chisel off a few inches, and it would burn for hours. Took us all summer to get through it. When we picked up the last bit....we found a translucent, pink mass of what looked like gelatin.
Size of a watermelon. My buddy and i freaked out for about 30 seconds, and than watched the mass dissolve...deflate into a puddle. This happened 25 years ago. We both still tell EVERYONE about it, and to this day we have no idea what the hell it was beyond mold/fungus.
Load More Replies...Slime Mold. There's hundreds of types, not sure which this is though (maybe fuligo rufa, but usually those are white or orange/yellow in colour), but if you want another kinda creepy looking one, Arcyria Stipata looks like raw ground beef, or "brains" :)
That's what was assumed, but both of us have spent an embarrassing amount of time and effort over the years researching them and have never seen anything that looks quite right. It has aspects of both the examples you gave....but with the opacity of pink jello. Nothing we've seen looks "right" which just makes the obsession...dumber lol
Load More Replies...Since We’re Doing Houses Today…
I'm guessing the water situation in Flint has still yet to be fully sorted out and people just gave up hope and left. Sad. :(
Yes, many blocks in Flint that are just gone now from houses that were burned to the ground. We used to be the arson capital of the world at one point.
How quick we forget - The problem with Flints water has been shown to be NOT just there... https://www.nrdc.org/stories/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know
It appears that the house on the left had a fire (perhaps both houses did) and thieves have stripped the aluminum siding off the house on the right.
Load More Replies...I only know Flint as horrible water situation city. So abandoned perhaps?
Load More Replies...Maybe Its Because Im Not American, But This Looks Terrifying To Live In
Even more depressing is that this isn't as bad as they get. At least this one seems to have some walking/biking trails and green-space. All that said, with all the people in such a concentrated area, the only real other option is apartments.
Load More Replies...If you accidentally turn in there, finding your way back out is annoying. And if you zoom in, it would probably be a lot more beige.
I Don't Even Know What The Middle Emoji Is Supposed To Mean
Testosterone built up to the point of explosive facial hair. Now the cheer team is going to get waxed after school.
Was Awoken In The Middle Of The Night To The Wind Blowing The Bedroom Door Shut, Then I Thought I Heard The Floor Creaking Like Someone Was Walking Around. I Opened My Camera App And This Was The First Screengrab I Saw
nothing. its a bug flapping. I see these all the time on my cameras.
Load More Replies...The wife was coming in the back door, the GF was running out the front door.
I don't get what's going on, can someone explain? (edit: spelling
I think it could be that it looks like a ghostly figure in white on the porch steps ( top left) but who keeps their ground floor window open all night?!
Load More Replies...Does nobody notice the mysterious writing on the road it appears to say “he you”?
The Mummified Head Of Saint Catherine Of Siena (1347-1380) On Display At The Basilica Of San Domenico, Siena, Italy
Serious answer? Because the early church (and other religions) had a tradition of preserving reliquaries as signs of faith. Usually its just a piece of fabric the person wore, a finger bone or lock of hair but sometimes you get items like this. In the 15th (?) century, her hometown & family wanted her body to be returned home, and a group of people tried to smuggle her out of Rome where she had been interred. They were unable to get her past the guards so they smuggled her head out which was remarkably preserved. Catholics believe that praying THROUGH these reliquaries will assist their petition to god. This tradition of reliquaries and prayer to them was one of the (many) reasons for the Protestant & Anglican splits from the Catholic Church in the early 15th Century. You will still see reliquaries in a Protestant or Anglican church, but its more of a historical artifact with significance than something you pray to or through. It definitely more complex than that, but I didnt want to rant TOO much lol Edited to fix some grammar and spelling :)
Load More Replies...BRUH I GOT A TEST ALERT FROM THE NATIONAL ALERT SYSTEM AS I WAS LOOKING AT IT
This is/was quite common. A saint would be chopped up into relics and different parts spread around the world as local shrines for pilgrimages. You can't make the holy land but you can make the cathedral 40 miles away. In NYC, most of St. Cabrini is in her shrine but her heart is in a church in Italy and parts of her are in a church in Chicago. She died in 1917 so this isn't something that only happened 500 years ago either. Side note - there are 4 heads of John the Baptist out there. One of them is in the Great Mosque of Damascus.
Having A Barbecue And There's A Tent In My Backyard
We get it a lot, people camping/crashing in our woods. We tend to leave them alone and don't get a problem. They normally just get drunk, fall asleep, then leave in the morning. Only had one that was an issue, that was a long night! Police refusing to come (they said it was probably just a badger), 4 hours hunting each other, him with a machete, me with... well I managed to grab a pair of boxer shorts before I went out...
I'm, sorry, what? 😅 Were you naked before you went outside or were you planning on defending yourself by giving the trespasser an atomic wedgie? I'm very confused.
Load More Replies...My Kid At Costume Camp
These Hand/Paw Prints On My Back Door
tell me you don’t clean your house without telling me you don’t clean your house… just kidding.. you obviously have children. it doesn’t matter if you clean your house. the kids will find a way!
The Thoughts On What Kind Of Accidents This Stair Might Cause In The Future
I was staying in a place in the Netherlands with stairs like this. With each floor climbed, the stairs got more narrow, as did the hallways, and the ceiling got lower too. It was a crazy place...with a residential cat for me to pet!
Load More Replies...Been in many an old cottage that had stairs this steep, according to the occupants, if you grow up there they don’t bother you. The quality of the work in this picture though…
This Dead(?) Spider I Found In My Basement Cellar
Sure it's not just the exoskeleton that the living spider cast off off as it grew bigger?
Dude Suddenly Wakes Up, Game Over!
I'm pretty sure they will give more juice before coming to if they aren't done.
They will have a syringe filled with a tonne of sedative and often a keeper with a tranquilliser gun and possibly a gun with bullets in case things go ape sh!t.
Kola Superdeep Borehole Is Under The Cap (40000 Ft Deep)
I think this is neat, not terrifying. Geologists dug multiples of these doing research along the Russian/Finnish border. They had to restart several times because the drill would break 30km down and you can't exactly climb down and fix it.
The Packaging Of These Barbies
You can blame Ken all you want. Its actually Midge, Barbie's bi s&m pal
Load More Replies...I should have known that Barbie trafficking would rise with the popularity of the movie.
Almost Swallowed This
The Red House West Maui
If I remember correctly from the last time this was posted, the owner had their siding and roof reinforced with more fire-resistant material in the past. The position of the house played a big role too with only having one other house next to it not separated by a street the fire really only had one side it could have gotten to it.
Load More Replies...Zombie Ant Tank?
Dude did not “scuttle away” that’s a shed. Maybe the wind blew it or something, but you can clearly see it’s empty…
Found This In My Dog's Water. Assued That A Grasshopper Somehow Got Atuck In Some Weeds And Drowned. Yeah These Are No Weeds, I'm Uncertain What Exactly They Are But They Are Moving
Horsehair worms. They are parasites that live inside of usually grasshoppers, beetles, and praying mantises. What they do is both grotesque and fascinating. As they grow, they takeover the entire inside of the host, eating everything in the body until they reach the brain. Once they gain control of the command center of their host, they compel it to seek out a body of water and drown itself so that they can leave the host's body. In other words, insects infected with horsehair worms are essentially zombies stumbling around with no control over their own bodies. Terrifying.
Thank you for that very informative and descriptive answer that I never wanted to know. 😉
Load More Replies...Change your poor dogs water bowl a little more often. Like everyday.
crazy how that really long worm fits and stays inside that tiny grasshopper. volume is crazy! it’s okay to make dirty jokes about what i said. but i just want you to take away from this that surface area and volume is crazy and deceptive!
Southern California Just Got Hit With An Earthquake During A Hurricane
I was there, nothing big happened. Was like a regular rainy day and a regular small earthquake lol
These Clothes Are Next To The Lake For A Few Days Now. I Hope There Is A Harmless Explanation (I Checked, No Missing Persons In The Area)
Horseshoe Crabs
Poor creatures. Apparently, their blood which is bright blue when exposed to the air is used in the testing of vaccines (according to google), hence them being bled like this.
Its true. But they are tagged and only bled every two years. They feel little pain and have saved billions of animals lives (including humans)
Load More Replies...Horseshoe crab bloot contains amebocytes,a type of blood cell that binds to bacterial endotoxins (harmful components secreted by bacteria), and the use of the amebocytes is critical in vaccine and drug development. The crabs are captured, bled for a certain amount and then put back. Sadly, around 30% still die afterwards. There's a few alternatives developed by farmaceutical companies, of which some have been approved for use in the EU. In the US, the use of HS Crab blood has increased (or so a google search tells me).
I'm not sure if you are an expert or simply being helpful passing on information, but if it's the former, has anyone looked into ways to reduce the mortality rate? If they're dying because of the environment in which we extract their blood, could it be changed, even though the process may cost more? If we are taking too much blood, could we take less and do more crabs? My view on things like this is we should make the process as humane as possible, even if it costs more money. IMO one of the roles of government is to meet the needs of society while protecting its values. So if the process costs more, but the mortality rate drops, it's a good use of tax dollars. So if there are ways to get this done and drop the mortality rate, I think we should look at pursuing them. Either way, thank you for the information
Load More Replies...Okay, thanks for the explanation, at first I thought they were forced to drink powerade with a straw and I was about to call a doctor. The reality is much more disgusting.
Ella Harper, 1885
Ella Harper born 1870 with this condition where her legs bent the wrong way. She went around on all fours. She appeared in the circus as ‘Camel Girl’ which earned her enough to live on. She was eventually able to quit the circus and marry as she always hoped.
she was born with a congenital deformity in her lower limbs. Now they can perform surgery to fix this. Then they didn't even have a clue, and as romantic as we think "the old days" were, the circus was sometimes an only option.
Load More Replies..."Human" Feet On A Language Learning App
Actually it appears to have 6 toes and a thumb. O_O
Load More Replies...This Persons House
Find: 12 M&Ms, 2 Canadian flags, 3 bananas (for scale), Tigger, 7 flamingos, 2 horses, 2 Mickey's, and an ice cream cone. Enjoy.
Sigh…if any of it was worth more than a few dollars at a rumage sale it might be interesting.
In Response To The Truck Hauling Pork Blood, I Introduce You Liquid Chicken
"The Wizard Of Oz' Wrap Party - 1939
Found This Package Leaving My Apartment Building
A Black House In Germany
Just Found At The Beach
Why do people pick up things they don't know about? I'm not touching any random creature/thing that comes out of the water. No thanks!
The Black Eyed Children Exist, I Was One. This Is An Unedited Film Photo Of Me Circa 1990s. No, My Parents Didn't Put Scleral Lenses On A Baby
The Black Eyes, refer to the Iris, is such a dark colour, it is closer to black than either Blue or Brown. A few centuries ago, These children would have been burned as witches.
Back in ye olden days, this would sometimes happen when you tried to use software to repair the red eye effect from flash photography. I’m guessing the santa photo place used such software.
Concept Art For Bruce From Finding Nemo
I love that they named him after the fake shark they used in Jaws.
I Need Help Identifying This Creature. It Came With A Fish We Ordered To Our Restaurant
(Replying to Weasel Wise) I need someone to hold my ball of disgusting slimey barbed wire, can you hold it for me?
Load More Replies...For those interested; according to a reply from marmaladecorgi it is- "Sphyrion laevigatum I believe. They are a parasitic copepod that attach to fish, and infestations of this parasite have been quite devastating to farmed fish stocks of late."
Right!? "Oh, here's some disgusting, horrid object. I'll pick it up! Gee, should I taste it?!" wt actual h, people!?
Load More Replies...according to a reply from marmaladecorgi it is- "Sphyrion laevigatum I believe. They are a parasitic copepod that attach to fish, and infestations of this parasite have been quite devastating to farmed fish stocks of late."
Load More Replies...Abandoned Diner
Looks like a stereotypical diner film set that gas been left to ruin.
Unattended Toddler Crawled Inside An X-Ray Machine Scanner
There are tons of parents out there that should not be parents.
Load More Replies...Found This In My Yard When I Was Trying To Dig A New Garden Bed
Could be a carriage stoop. I lived in a VERY old house in Detroit that had a couple of these, one in back and one in front. They were to provide a place to disembark from a carriage without stepping onto (possibly) muddy ground. There were smaller stepping stones leading to the front and back doors.
if it was a grave.. it would have already been destroyed by scavenging animals. we bury deep so things won’t smell us and eat us.
Load More Replies...This Milk Has Been Rotting In A Broken Fridge At My Local Dg For A Month. They Don’t Even Have The Decency To Throw It Out
That's Dollar General for you. It's almost rare to find one that cares about its product.
That's because they hire two people who are expected to stock, clean, unload the truck, run the register, and more, and get paid slave wages too. Surprised they can keep any employees.
I wonder what makes the security labels so alarming they can be considered security? Maybe it's the expiration date.
6 Year Old Paperboy, 1910
If you haven't heard of the musical Newsies, you need to check that out asap.
He's proud of earning money to support his family, and he's wearing shoes (and probably shirt and trousers) that his older brother had outgrown.
Load More Replies...What The Feet?!?
Good for the wrinkly 7 toed feet earlier on the list.
Lil Tay's Youtube Page's 'About Me' Was Changed To 'Help Me.'
She is fine and there are speculations that this whole thing was a PR stunt.
I believe it was as well. the whole family seems dysfunctional, and she released a new album days after the hoax
Load More Replies...Someone Just Dropped Off Possible Malware At My Front Door
I have my very old laptop. I'd love to see what the malware makes of Windows 2000 with no internet connection.
Load More Replies...Old fashioned delivery for malware. I don't think the deliverer did it right.
The Brain Of Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Middle) A Human Brain (Right) And A Wild Boar (Left)
People think that because the dolphin brain has so many more folds than ours, it means they are more intelligent or have more complex networks than humans. Which some find creepy.
Load More Replies...Godzilla Ramen. Big Seller In Taiwan
I have little doublt it's a real arm, probably from a small caymen or komodo dragon. My questions are 1-how is it cooked and 2-How do you eat it?
Caymans or Komodo dragons don't have real arms? Coulda fooled me the way they use them to walk..
Load More Replies...are we thinking croc? i’m thinking iguana, monitor, or komodo
Load More Replies...This Is New
Climate change activist have been saying California is going off the map for years. Why is this a big surprise?
No, if you read the science, the hotter oceans produce more energetic storms, consequently Cali could be in line for getting more rain, more tropical storms and even possible true hurricanes. With the issues of flooding in the agri valley's already reclaiming a long lost lake.
Load More Replies...Rest easy, folks . . . there is nothing "new" about a hurricane in the northern Pacific Ocean.
This Smiling Dog
Had a big old husky turn up on our front porch when I was a kid. He stayed there all day. My mom was terrified & wouldn't let us out of the house but my brother & I were sneaking him hot dogs out the front window when she was in the other room. When my dad got home, the dog jumped up on him, he was big enough to rest his paws on dad's shoulders, and gave him big kisses. He stayed with us for a week til we found his owner. We had a little dog and a rabbit at the time and he was so gentle with them and us. I named him Wolfgang. Sad we had to let him go but we got him home.
This is the third article today for me. This is getting ridiculous.
Load More Replies...Oops, BP Makes me My skin Crawl hundredth time this week by not loading articles. How terrifying is this?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS WHAT I COME ON BP FOR, GOTTA LOVE THE SPOOKYS
Genius! I genuinely never thought of this and it works 😂
Load More Replies...Won't load...that's 5 today. I guess BP is telling me to get a life 😆
Panda put on a hardhat and got to a manhole, come on panda it's manhole not pandahole, show me the pictures please.
This is the third article today for me. This is getting ridiculous.
Load More Replies...Oops, BP Makes me My skin Crawl hundredth time this week by not loading articles. How terrifying is this?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS WHAT I COME ON BP FOR, GOTTA LOVE THE SPOOKYS
Genius! I genuinely never thought of this and it works 😂
Load More Replies...Won't load...that's 5 today. I guess BP is telling me to get a life 😆
Panda put on a hardhat and got to a manhole, come on panda it's manhole not pandahole, show me the pictures please.
