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Signs are supposed to have the most basic of practical purposes. They can give directions, for example, or give the name of a street or place. Perhaps they are there to warn us of a potential hazard up ahead.
Sometimes though, a warning sign can instill more fear and trepidation in a person than is strictly necessary. Sure, it's better to be safe than sorry, but who really wants to be told to watch out for falling snakes? I mean, how often is that really happening?
This list, compiled by Bored Panda, is a series of sinister signs that captured people's attention for their slightly threatening nature. Sometimes tongue-in-cheek, sometimes deadly serious, these are the kind of warnings that everyone is definitely taking notice of! Which is, ultimately, the point in putting up signs in the first place.
Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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#1
Sign At An Irish Zoo
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Too bad so many people can't be bothered to read. Or watch their children.
Nathalie Hidalgo 6 years ago
I think we need this sign in the U.S. for all of the knuckleheads and/or their spawn who decide to let themselves into the dwellings.
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#2
Sarcasm Meets Capitalism
Id row 6 years ago
Back in '93 I was in Chicago for a wedding a saw a big sign in a cemetery we passed that read, "Drive safe. We don't need your business yet."
#3
It’s Only Fair
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
And if a bratty child does it, the irresponsible parent will have to fetch it.
Jennifer Crompton 6 years ago
Reptiles, being cold blooded, conserve energy at all costs. Therefore they don't move unless they have to. So selfish zoo visitors throw rocks at them to entice them to move for their entertainment 🙄😡
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Christopher Chang Peng Yen 6 years ago
Maybe should change to "Those who throw objects at the crocodiles/snakes will be thrown to retrieve them."
#4
This Sign At My Uncles House
WilvanderHeijden 6 years ago
Due to the increased prices of ammunition we no longer fire warning shots.
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xXKittensweetXx 6 years ago
omg i want this sign i can really relate- i mean, it would just be funny :D
#5
I Noticed A New Sign At My Doctors Office
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
What?? People get a lollipop after vaccinations. All I got was a sore arm (and protection from vaccine preventable diseases).
Jacob/Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 6 years ago
Yeah! Living is an option in some cases!
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GenXandEarnedItAll 6 years ago
If your parents are a$$holes and don't believe in vaccines does the kid still get a lollipop?
#6
Slower
Ben Smith 6 years ago
Yep, you got the joke! Another gold star for Foxxy.
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#7
Good Advice
#8
At Pittsburgh Zoo - What?
prevent the toast 6 years ago
its part of the exhibit. theris a deer pelt that they hang on one of the trees
Danielle Rux 6 years ago
omg i remember seeing that when i went there i was little and my sister told me it was real XD
#9
This Corn Maze Sign
Florea Cristina 6 years ago
This is from a halloween walking trail which normally happens at night. There's a guy there saying all these and the last part is more of a joke. You can't really get lost!
Catherine Todd 6 years ago
Another real ROTFL!!! Whoever wrote that sign deserves a couple of awards!
Zach Tan 6 years ago
The corn maze needs some free fertiliser sometimes you know.
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Thanks For The Heads Up
Sue Kozin 6 years ago
I believe this is New Mexico, I have seen this sign.
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Koalamonster 6 years ago
Yup- there's one a couple hours from here and someone ALWAYS comments on it whenever we drive by. It seems to be a rule that someone has to mention it.
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deanna woods 6 years ago
Hmmm. This person is wearing an orange jumpsuit and has menacing tattoos and we are in the middle of nowhere. Yep, I should give them a ride.
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
That kind of implies you have a problem with people escaping or don't provide rides to the ones you release.
Catlover5 6 years ago
Well I'm pretty sure they don't provide rides and they are supposed to find there own way back and it's just standard practice. I live near a big prison that definitely doesn't have an escape problem but they put the sign up as a safety measure
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I Mean... It’s Not Wrong
Catherine Todd 6 years ago
HAHAHAHAHA out loud! Even though it's not really funny at all. Good one!
Id row 6 years ago
According to Black Mirror, we won't die. We'll just be hunted down and killed by swarms of robot bees.
#12
Presenting Exhibit A
Ben Smith 6 years ago
But you’ll still win sadly. They’ll find some reason it wasn’t your fault...even though it 100% was
Koalamonster 6 years ago
I hate that so much. If a person does something stupid I don't get how they can sue for that. Someone I know recently ran into a phone pole so hard they knocked it over- and were mad that that got a ticket for a couple hundred dollars. It's going to cost a LOT of money to fix it, it was their fault, and they still don't think they should have to pay a fine. People drive me crazy.
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Naomi Armitage 6 years ago
Almost like a story I read on another site: Guy refuses to leave during a fire alarm. so OP starts filming, confirming that the guy is refusing to leave during a fire alarm. Guy says, "So, what, is that for YouTube?" OP says, "No, for the inquest after your autopsy." Guy left.
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
Like I said people can't be bothered to read. "But I didn't see the sign!"
ElectroPhoenix 6 years ago
In addition to injury, they would lose their case and make a fool of themselves.
#13
I Have Well Meaning Neighbours Who Knock On My Door At All Times (All Times) To Inform Me Of Neighbourhood Discord
SherylBryan Gardner 6 years ago
I use to work nights and had a DAY SLEEPER Do Not Disturb.... Idiots still knocked. My sister inlaw included so I started calling her a 3am! She wasn't happy. lol
John Montgomery 6 years ago
See I think that's when the door should be answered in the nude. Surely that'll fix the problem.
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Randomcthulu 6 years ago
As a someone who works graveyard shift, I need one of these....especially for my neighbor who runs his leaf blower etc by my window EVERY DAMN DAY
Alice Laughs 6 years ago
I'm going to start adding "... or a crime is going to occur" as a qualifier to rules I give people
#14
This Sign
ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
Have a look at the famous german shortfilm "Staplerfahrer Klaus" (you don't need to understand german to appreciate :-))
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago (edited)
Pedestrians will be skewered by a maniacal forklift operator
Ronnie Beaton 6 years ago
One of my previous places of employment used little electric powered forklifts which were damn near silent at low speeds, and one of the drivers - who shall remain nameless - was the absolute master at the "Creep and Beep". He'd sneak up behind people, the forklift crawling along at just about walking speed, and honk the horn.
#15
Nope
Max L. 6 years ago
They bite to attack, to injury you, or to play like they play amongst them. I used to own a horse who bite me like this, I once got annoyed and bite him on his cheek. He stared at me with such a face like "how comes you bite too now ??"
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Pearl_TheRapperLOL 6 years ago
Imagine just being out with your friends and they turn into a werehorse. I'm slow/ first to die.
Load More Replies... Demetri Bryant 6 years ago
Keep your hand FLAT when feeding an apple to a horse or you will directly experience the reason for the sign.
#16
This Sign Outside A Cabin My Family Is Staying In
Alexandria Rejon 6 years ago
Me and my twin brother have shirts with the saying too 🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies... Ronnie Beaton 6 years ago
And paratroopers. Paratroopers will kill you and then sing songs about it afterwards.
#17
Gotta Be Bold To Urinate In Public In Tirana, Albania
George-Florin Constantin 6 years ago
You have to be bold to do anything in public in China...
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Never underestimate the power of public shaming. Imagine if your boss decides to log on to YouTube and sees this.
Kate Johnson 6 years ago
You just KNOW that someone will do it because they want everyone to see them doing that on YouTube.
Steve Cruz 6 years ago
But in Berlin, Bern, Amsterdam and Prague, people (men and women) pee in public -- usually after getting drunk at night and in the gutter, although if there's no traffic a street show may ensue.
#18
At The Hippo Exhibit
volcanic_larva3 2 years ago (edited)
why did the sign look like something inappropriate at first
#19
This Sign At My Local Orthodox Church
John Laurens/Gay Turtle 6 years ago
Yeah, I'd see this sign and run away screaming! XDDD
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Ruth Beaty 6 years ago
This is no joke! My BIL wouldn't move away from the pen of an angry male hippo at the zoo one time, he paid the price and we all got a good laugh.
#20
Take A Guess
#21
Alligators Love Kids
Master Markus 6 years ago
As far as I know, alligators can digest bones and the like, so I'm pretty sure the big problem is the nutritional value.
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
The gator is smiling, waiting for some fool to take their eyes off their kid.
#22
Public Service Announcement To All Kids
Roger Haywood 6 years ago
So you're on the ride until an emergency happens? No wonder people are crying.
volcanic_larva3 2 years ago
pov youre crying beacuse the hydraulics of the ride cut your hand off but they dont stop the ride🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
John Laurens/Gay Turtle 6 years ago
What if a kid is crying because of an emergency? Then what?
#23
This Is A Real Sign
Michelle Muirhead 6 years ago
They have kamikaze sheep in the Highlands of Scotland who just leap out. They need those signs there too.
FreakOfArt 6 years ago
Cats, deer, squirrels, humans, coyotes, some dogs, it's like they have no will to live
FreakOfArt 6 years ago
(please dont hate me I have feelings and it was a joke)
Load More Replies... Id row 6 years ago
The way they pop out of the trees on the side of the road, it sure seems like they have a death wish. Happened to the car in front of me one time. It just popped out of the woods into the road in a split second. There was no way to stop. Today I had to slam on my brakes for a squirrel that sprinted out. He got across ok, thankfully. Those little guys are suicidal, too.
#24
At A Nearby Wolf Sanctuary
TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
Imagine trying to rob the place and not realizing there are wolves
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago (edited)
That calls for a movie or at least a short film xD (though I was thinking more home alone violence levels not horror/slasher movies)
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Christina Ciccarelli 6 years ago
The security camera is there to film the wolves eating the trespassers.
#25
Crocodile Enclosure At Sydney Aquarium
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
And if the crocodile doesn't kill you, you're either lucky or not human
Miklós Nagy 6 years ago
ANd if the crocodil doesn't kill you some other local animal will do. Welcome to Australia!
Demetri Bryant 6 years ago
Yeah, even some of the birds are vicious. (Wonder if their bite is venomous)
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Seen At My Local Tattoo Studio
Lachlan Steininger 6 years ago
This is the only time ive seen there be 12 comments and they are all replies to one comment
volcanic_larva3 2 years ago
(please note that you will have to pay in advance for your funeral in addition to the 50 removal fee)
#27
Just Another Day In Alaska
Beth Arriaga 6 years ago
But to most urbanites - and even the vast majority of suburbanites-this is terrifying!!
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#28
Texas, Home Of The World's Scariest Sign
Markus Holstein 6 years ago
Okay, I'll now look out for them, but still: What do I do when a snake lands on my head? What is the consequence of this knowledge?
Magpie 6 years ago
That'd be the kookaburras. And yeah, then they laugh at you.
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#29
This Is How Our Tigers See You
#30
Trust Me, I Won't
Carol Taylor 6 years ago
I've actually seen him..was doing a driving holiday round Scotland when l tripped over his paddock..got photo's of him..
Load More Replies... Astrid Nineor 6 years ago
Yep, Highland cattle are gentle gigants, so you probably can
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#31
No Idea What It Means But Can't Be Good
vilitza 6 years ago (edited)
In Bulgarian, too. Is English the only language that didn't make the connection? :)
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Francis 6 years ago
if you p**s in my garden, i will cut your eggs.. well i don't see a problem there...
Jermony Adams 11 months ago
No they're going to cut your balls of DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#32
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee-Uh Oh!
Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch 6 years ago
The lawyers said it had to be... after the third time this happened.
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#33
No Worries, 3 Layers Of Glass Still Remain To Protect You From The King Of The Jungle
Francis 6 years ago
okay one lion was successful; now only three lions have also to jump against the glass and they're free?
Andy Acceber 6 years ago
This was my childhood zoo in Colorado Springs. They must've updated it. When I was a kid, there was just a large trench and a rope between the lions and the public. Better?
#34
My Relaxing Road Trip From Darwin To Melbourne, Australia
Sue Arnold 6 years ago
According to Fb, it is lucky any of us make it to adulthood. But having said that. I have evacuated my horses and sit here waiting with packed bags, to see what our declared catastrophic fire day will bring.
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TheExtremeSmell 6 years ago
Should just be a sign at the airport saying warning you are in Australia.
Id row 6 years ago
Everything in Australia wants to kill you. It really is the land of Darwin.
Sarah Bollman 6 years ago
When I was a child, Australia was my dream vacation. As I grew older, I realized e-v-e-r-y-t-h-I-n-g there is dangerous. Here’s more proof of that!
Ani Archeron 6 years ago
My personal favorite are the beach signs - they list a good ten things each that could harm or kill you - stingers, sharks, rays, rips, waves, rocks, snakes, cliffs. You name it, you can find it waiting at an Aussie beach.
#35
A Good Reminder Not To Drown
Hellysal 6 years ago
Well, to be fair, they probably are experts in the field of dying.
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volcanic_larva3 2 years ago
you wont have tpo worry abpout getting your day ruined if you drown because youre not alive anymore :D
#36
Killer Coconuts In Oahu Hi
MikeyG 6 years ago
You are still 30 times more likely to die from a falling coconut than a shark attack.
Marilyn Holt 6 years ago
Yes. Sadly humans kill thousdands time more sharks than sharks kill humans.
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Rebbeca Chunn 6 years ago
The coconuts aren't falling they're flying in their annual migration.
Carolyne Favregros 6 years ago
So the coconuts don't just fall down when they're ripe, the trees actively hurl them at people. Ok, got it.
Kate Johnson 6 years ago
Ah, same wavelength except that I'm in some super-late time zone! 😄
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#37
Advertisement For An Anti-Malaria Medicine (1941)
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago (edited)
Would also make a good pro-vaccination advertisement. “These people’s parents didn’t believe in vaccination”.
Bill 6 years ago
Anti Vaxx movement is a conspiracy from the children's coffin lobby
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chi-wei shen 6 years ago
This is from the second world war when American troops fought in Malaria prone areas but didn’t have quinine available. Quinine is a natural medicine to treat Malaria but it came from the Dutch East Indies, which was then occupied by the Japanese. Alternatives like Atabrine were not as effective as quinine, had side effects and, as a consequence, where disliked by American troops.
#38
Found This Gem At A Local Bulk Foods Store
#39
Ominous AF
April Simnel 6 years ago
Are we sure this wasn't just some fan of The League of Gentlemen who had Photoshop?
Phil Boswell 6 years ago
Chinnor is lovely, one of the first places where Red Kites re-established themselves. We've been there many times and always managed to leave just fine…
#40
Ummm... Okay?
Jo Johannsen 6 years ago
If your kids "live" here, they are zombies: drive as fast as you can!
Calypso poet 6 years ago
I actually lived in a cemetery! It was a small road with about 15 houses. My great grandpa’s grave was across the street from our driveway. That’s where we rode our bikes and I learned to drive .😁
Christina Smith 6 years ago
I saw a great sign in France, it said, “Arrêt ou mort” (Stop or Die!) posted on a river above a waterfall. We took our canoes out of the water at that sign, not going further. :-)
#41
Scary Ratio
Roger Haywood 6 years ago
Is this where you get hurt trying to read the sign by moving the bush?
#42
Bringing Health And Safety Considerations To A Whole New Level
#43
Feed A Pigeon Lose A Finger
#44
In Australia, High Is The Second Lowest Fire Danger Rating
Gary 6 years ago
We currently wish we were in High. Sadly we in Queensland and New South Wales are in Catastrophic.
Pumpkin Spice 4 years ago
I saw one of these in California as well. It had safe, medium, high, very high, extreme, catastrophic, and "all your charred burnt dead bodies are belong to me"
#45
On My Jogging Route
#46
Good Morning! Have You Exorcised Your Dog Today?
Kate Johnson 6 years ago
I'm guessing it's more because of the noise between the dogs and the demons and the priests.
Load More Replies... Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
But...But my dog is possessed and this is the only field good for exorcisms.
#47
I’ve Never Seen A Look Of Terror On A Little Sign Guy. Sign On A Commercial Washing Machine
Bunzilla 6 years ago
Because a triangle is more threatening than a cylinder
Load More Replies... Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Industrial washing machines are huge and cavernous—-you could stand up in them. I imagine if no one knows you’re in there, and you’re working toward the back, you could be shut in one—-and hope no one turns the damn thing on.
#48
You Know What, I Think I'll Turn Around And Take The Long Way
Naomi Armitage 6 years ago
Like that old Johnny Carson bit about taking the Slauson Cutoff ("get out of your car, cut off your Slauson...")
#49
When You’re 2 Miles Into A Tough Mudder And You Think All Is Going Well Then You Run Past This Sign
#50
Is This Church Threatening To Kill Me?
Toujin C'Thlu 6 years ago
A sign like that would make me want to stay far away from that church
Kate Johnson 6 years ago
Really! Especially since *the church knows all about it*.
Load More Replies... Pretty Pangolin 6 years ago
When I was little, my dentist's waiting room had a book like this - it was supposed to be inspirational but it scared the c**p out of me - Jesus going through a children's hospital ward and then the next morning the kid is found dead, only with his hand raised on a pillow so he can get blessed. Yes, it was every bit at bonkers as it sounds.
#51
Um... Are We Still... Are We Still Talking About Ice Cream?
#52
Don't Be A Norman
Kate Johnson 6 years ago
'Norman Nine Fingers'? Well, he got off easier (ha!) than Five-Finger Freddy! (I'm sorry. I'll see myself out...)
#53
Key Chain
#54
The Sign Outside My Local Church Is Vaguely Threatening
#55
Cursed Sign
Dilly Millandry 6 years ago
Some of those twisty, narrow roads in Cumbria are pretty lethal. In my own village we have a Business -ark.
#56
Should I Be Concerned?
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What's In Your Head? 6 years ago
You know, these may be threatening, but they are MUCH more effective than all those coochy-coo-patronising signs we see everywhere today. All of these are fair warnings, use it as you wish, the consequences are for you. My dad once said that if cars had sharp pins under the wheel instead of an airbag, people would drive MUCH safer.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
I agree. More warning signs should be like this. One sign might say, 'No Swimming'. That doesn't tell anyone anything, and isn't going to do much to dissuade people. A sign saying, 'No Swimming: Piranhas' is a lot more effective. Give people a reason why they're being warned off.
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Air Cachero 6 years ago
In English "Don't cross, somebody already died here". We also don't sugarcoat signs here in the Philippines. JbCXzp5ll1...e929a0.jpg 
Kathleen Cochran 6 years ago
I have actually seen this pair of signs several times in different locations. Some prisons have open gates....
Dilly Millandry 6 years ago
Have an open prison fairly near where I live.
Load More Replies... Kate Johnson 6 years ago
We've got signs around Graterford Prison here in PA. One comment under the "Prison, don't pick up hitchhikers!" was 'No duh!', but we have lots of tourists pass through there, and they aren't necessarily going to realize that there's a prison up ahead as they are on their way somewhere else; those signs are necessary. Hell, I've lived here in PA all of my life, and have known about that particular prison for at least 30 years. I *still* don't think about it when I drive up there because I'm never going up there to stop in, I'm on my way somewhere else. Those signs are a good reminder.
What's In Your Head? 6 years ago
You know, these may be threatening, but they are MUCH more effective than all those coochy-coo-patronising signs we see everywhere today. All of these are fair warnings, use it as you wish, the consequences are for you. My dad once said that if cars had sharp pins under the wheel instead of an airbag, people would drive MUCH safer.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
I agree. More warning signs should be like this. One sign might say, 'No Swimming'. That doesn't tell anyone anything, and isn't going to do much to dissuade people. A sign saying, 'No Swimming: Piranhas' is a lot more effective. Give people a reason why they're being warned off.
Load More Replies... Air Cachero 6 years ago
In English "Don't cross, somebody already died here". We also don't sugarcoat signs here in the Philippines. JbCXzp5ll1...e929a0.jpg
Kathleen Cochran 6 years ago
I have actually seen this pair of signs several times in different locations. Some prisons have open gates....
Dilly Millandry 6 years ago
Have an open prison fairly near where I live.
Load More Replies... Kate Johnson 6 years ago
We've got signs around Graterford Prison here in PA. One comment under the "Prison, don't pick up hitchhikers!" was 'No duh!', but we have lots of tourists pass through there, and they aren't necessarily going to realize that there's a prison up ahead as they are on their way somewhere else; those signs are necessary. Hell, I've lived here in PA all of my life, and have known about that particular prison for at least 30 years. I *still* don't think about it when I drive up there because I'm never going up there to stop in, I'm on my way somewhere else. Those signs are a good reminder.
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