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Have you ever walked into a room or area and immediately felt an unexplainable chill go down your spine? You may have been the victim of a liminal space, a location that is simultaneously abandoned, yet eerily familiar.
The “Elegiac Images” X page is dedicated to creepy, haunting and just eerie pics of liminal spaces. We got in touch with Lillie Marshall, a teacher and veteran traveler with a self-confessed love of the liminal to learn more. So get comfortable, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red sprites...they occur above thunderstorms about 50 miles up. Very cool.

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    honeyk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can't leave until you smile? while you're dealing w whatever psychological terror that is happening in the room? hmmm. i don't like it. not at all.

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    Bored Panda got in touch with Lillie Marshall, a teacher and traveler from Aroundtheworldl.com who has spoken to us about liminal spaces before. We wanted to hear more of her thoughts on this matter, so we asked her to share some personal stories about them.

    “Until I went through it recently, I never realized how profound a liminal space (or liminal time) the divorce process can be. You are halfway between being married and not married, and it completely throws everything for a loop!”

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

    You’ll take any friend you find find after the apocalypse…you just need to set the bar really low.

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    Tony Terry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's quite simple: If you're being chased by a pack of coyotes, learn to levitate.

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    “There are many of the same eerie and surreal feelings evoked during a liminal time like this as there are for classic physical liminal spaces -- and also the same potential for deep growth, development, and learning as you move to that next chapter,” she shared. This got us wondering about the idea of other liminal “things” that aren’t necessarily just creepy rooms.

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

    They're insanely creepy anyway. They get a transmission, their antenna straightens up, they roll around on the ground all happy. The transmission ends, and they go smoke a cigarette.

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

    this is absolutely terrifying!!!!

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    “As I recently wrote in my article about life transitions, every major life transition we go through -- be it positive or challenging -- is a liminal space that can be scary. I really urge people to start identifying liminal times in their life (not just physical liminal spaces) and to reach out to get extra support during those months or years. Self-care strategies such as meditation and exercise can help move the energy through during those transitions as well.”

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

    Why the swings and merry go round move on their own

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    “A liminal time is essentially a life transition: You are leaving one chapter of your life, and entering another, but not there yet. For example, the teen years are a liminal time because you are between child and adult. That is an example that lasts for many years, but you can also have a shorter moment in time that is a liminal moment or liminal state.”

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    Ernie Marquis de Sade
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just thinking about that light going off and hearing the echoes of me crapping my pants.

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    Verena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living at a coast with lots of tourism, this is a familiar sight. They take standard cars to the beach, and one the Mercedes of his boss.

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    “For instance, meditation or Reiki therapy brings you to a state that is neither awake nor asleep, but rather an in-between time during which great growth and processing can happen, to launch you into the next state powerfully.” she shared.

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    Given her interest in this question, we wanted to hear why Lillie believed “liminal spaces” had become so popular as of late. “I think -- in fact, know -- that liminal spaces have become so popular lately because, as I explained in my liminal space article, they are a wildly exciting space of growth -- with that same thrill of heart-thumping adrenaline that comes from amusement park rides.”

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    “If you think about it, that moment before a roller coaster dives down the first slope is a liminal space! There is so much possible in those moments of anticipation.” If you want to learn more about liminal spaces, you can check out Lillie’s other article on them and if you just want to feel more uneasy, check out Bored Panda’s articles on creepy stuff or more unsettling spaces.

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    Julia Mckinney
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Loved the story on how they finally figured out what it was. It was the mom, walking away, and her scarf and dress got blown around by the wind.

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

    Oh, yeah, nothing bad has ever happened here...

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    Julia Mckinney
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't think checkerboard went with shiny, bare trees, shades of black, brown and beige squiggles, faux Southwestern Pendleton blanket, light pink paint AND light blue large and small diamonds.

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

    Always when you are desperately looking for a bathroom...

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    Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just don't go there when the zombie apocalypse starts. There's a giant sign hinting them to go there.

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    Floeckchen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a setup for another rat utopia (don't look it up if you are easily triggered, especially by animal abuse. That experiment was all kinds of messy)

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    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Night of the Undead Flamingos" - Playing NOW at a Drive-In near You!

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    SUPASAAB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhh this is from that famous video. Seriously, if you haven't watched it, you're missing out. https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=7XR4jI3xZc72z0F0

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

    Blast From the Past. They had everything down there.

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    Floeckchen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This propably smells of wet carpet and cold sweat

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    Cat_Whisperer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, take a seat. This will only take a moment…

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    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh My God! Windows 2000 Workstation, seen feral in the wild!

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    Ernie Marquis de Sade
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I immediately thought of a Roomba running over a dog turd and dragging it everywhere in the room.

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

    That poor whale has seen things they will never be able to unsee.

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    Cat_Whisperer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! A well-lit courtyard at night! I can’t feel safe unless the space is drenched in shadows from at least one burned-out bulb and I need to use my phone as a flashlight

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

    If you've seen this, you don't see very well

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    sk23
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is inside the Taj Mahal... not sure why it's 'creepy' https://www.tajmahal.gov.in/taj-story.aspx#:~:text=It%20was%20built%20by%20the,birth%20to%20their%2013th%20child.

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    G A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like any number of pubs children's play areas right now.

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    honeyk
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    i'm so disgusted with AI - there's nothing real anymore.

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    Floeckchen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are we sure this isn't AI or shopped? The logistics don't make any sense.

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    SUPASAAB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of minecraft images on this thread lol. I mean it is both nostalgic and eerie

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    Minecraft_Chicken (He/Chicken)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey! That's where I live! Right behind it is my owners chicken farm!

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