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25 “Interesting But Creepy” Photos You Might Not Be Able To Look Away From (New Pics)
Do you enjoy being disturbed? Most of us would immediately respond with, “Of course not!” But if you love watching true crime documentaries, listening to podcasts about heinous acts that were committed decades ago, or watching horror movies in your free time, you probably don’t mind.
And if you’re interested in seeing some photos that might pique your morbid curiosity, you’ve come to the right place, pandas. We took a trip to the Interesting but Creepy community on Reddit and gathered a list of their most fascinating posts. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the images that make you feel simultaneously intrigued and disturbed!
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#1
When A Baby Dies Before Teething, The People Of The Toraja Tribe Cuts Out A Small Chamber In A Tree, Wraps The Infant In Cloth And Places It In The Tree. The Opening Is Then Sealed With Bamboo Sticks And The Tree Slowly Closes Over The Grave, Encasing The Tiny Corpse In Living Wood
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
Yayheterogeneity: before modern medicine, the survival rate for infants (and their mothers...) was shockingly low. 😢 But: we don't know what population that tree's infant graves represent, nor the time period over which they've been interred. Part of me thinks that this is a lovely way to deal with the awfulness of losing a tiny baby.
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Mel in Georgia 1 week ago
Googling, this is practiced by the Toraja community in Indonesia, believing the babies' souls will be wafted away by the wind.
Susan Raskin 3 days ago
the give each other life. The infants' bodies decay and those nutrients feed the. tree. The tree stands as a living legacy too these babies. A natural way of taking from and giving back to the world.
Keith Handly (Ike) 1 week ago
If I was a tree I'd be freaking out if they did that to me, especially that many times.
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#2
Sounds Painful
Holly Herr 2 days ago
At the beginning of second grade, this is what my nephew wrote on the manilla paper that was to be hung in the hall. It was supposed to be one fact about the child, but my nephew thought this info was more important!😆
Carlo Custodio 1 day ago
Please indicate the source of information. Humans also close their eyes when food is difficult to swallow.
#3
An X-Ray Of A Patient With Hyperdontia (The Condition Of Having More Teeth Than Average). Usually Adults Have 32 Teeth. This Person Had 81
CatD 6 days ago
Babies kind of look like this too because of baby and adult teeth.
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Robyn Hill 1 week ago
As someone who hates all things related to teeth, this is the stuff of nightmares.
Nikki Sevven 1 week ago
We should evolve to have infinitely budding teeth to replace any we lose.
Angela C 1 week ago
Yeah it's wild that we get a set of teeth, start losing them at like 6 years old, and then have to make the new ones last another 70 years
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GenuineJen 1 week ago
One of my upper teeth is close to my sinus cavity and causes a lot of pain. I can't imagine the severity of pain that this condition would cause.
The Interesting but Creepy subreddit has been around since 2019, but it’s still a very popular community, as it boasts 1,500 weekly visitors today. The group has a simple goal, as its about section states, “this subreddit is for all things you find interesting but creepy.” But that doesn’t mean that it’s boring by any means.
Community members are still sharing a wide variety of photos, screenshots, videos, and more that will disturb viewers. Almost nothing is off limits in this community, meaning that you might come across something that will give you nightmares after scrolling through. We hope that you won’t be traumatized by this list, though, just mildly disturbed and, above all, fascinated.
#4
Hearts Can Be Unfolded
Savannah greenleaf 1 week ago
This is actually pretty interesting. I googled it to double check and this is what the AI response was "the human heart can be unfolded : r/todayilearned Yes, a human heart can be "unrolled" or unfolded to reveal it's essentially a single, long, spiral-shaped muscle band, like a continuous rope or helix.". More reputable websites confirmed as well.
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
Maybe AI learnt it from lots of incorrect iterations of the above post, though
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Michael Largey 1 week ago (edited)
And how many of us have had our hearts tied up in knots over the years?
UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
My understanding of how a heart muscle works just unfolded between my eyes.
#5
Self-Defence Gloves For Ladies In 1850, London
Lotekguy 1 week ago (edited)
Temu offered them, but they were too small and only had three fingers.
Load More Replies... Kit Black 1 week ago
In today's society, the woman would be charged with a crime for defending herself with these
TotallyNOTAFox 1 week ago
They would be asked to leave the area where blades are banned while those carrying knives wouldn't be searched by the cops
Load More Replies... CatD 6 days ago
My Mom used to carry a hat pin. She stuck it in the thigh of a guy who tried to grópe her in the theater once.📍
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#6
This Is What All The Nerves Related To Your Teeth Look Like
Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
I still can't understand why teeth have nerves. I seems like more of a disadvantage, than an advantage.
Sea Squirrel 1 week ago
Your teeth would inflame and decay without you noticing it (except for the rotten smell).
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LadySparre 1 week ago (edited)
Cr@cked a molar just before New Years... Still waiting for the dentist to return from Christmas holidays. So I'm unfortunately fully aware of the |extensive nervous system related to our teeth 😬
Philippa Davies 1 week ago
I can empathise. I also c*****d a molar towards the end of last year, but luckily I could get in to the dentist before Christmas and he gave me some pain relief. I am getting root canal treatment. I hope yours can be fixed too and you get some relief soon.
Load More Replies...So why exactly are people so captivated by disturbing content in the first place? Well, according to Haiyang Yang and Kuangjie Zhang at Harvard Business Review, one of the main reasons people consume horror content is to experience stimulation.
“Watching a horror video simultaneously activates both types of stimulation, with the most pleasure experienced at the most fearful moment,” they explain. “The biochemical inside our bodies also changes when we consume horror. Fright can trigger the release of adrenaline, resulting in heightened sensations and surging energy.”
#7
Unfortunate Life
Drop Bear from Hell 1 week ago
Oh, that is heartbreaking - that poor animal must have been terrified.
#8
The “Oxford Dodo” Is The Only Dodo Specimen With Surviving Soft Tissue. It Was Cataloged In 1656 As “Dodar, From The Island Mauritius.”
Rusty’scate 1 week ago
I thought this said Dil-do. Then I was like a fricken bird skull? Fuuuuuudge
Kiki Likes Sweets 1 week ago
Everything's a Dodo if you're brave enough 🦤🦤🦤
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Elaine Frank 2 days ago
Just add this poor extinct animal to the long (& getting longer) list of creatures that Homo sapiens stupidly extinguished in our Anthropocene!
#9
Drawings Or A Schizophrenic Inmate
Sara Frazer 1 week ago
Do you ever wonder if schizophrenic persons are just existing on a different mental plane...??? I have a cousin who is schizophrenic, and my mother and older sister worked for a long time in our state's adult care homes; basically 21st century asylums. At times I'd think people with schizophrenia were just existing on a totally different level
Philippa Davies 1 week ago
Depends on each person’s symptoms and how well it’s managed. My husband has schizophrenia. He hears random voices that sound like background chatter. I think he finds them a bit annoying sometimes, but they don’t say disturbing things to him and overall, he manages it well with medication and psychiatric support.
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2WheelTravlr 1 week ago
Well there is that part about "My time has come. Your cities will burn." which is a bit un-math-like.
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geezeronthehill 1 week ago
A trained draftsman, including the lettering. Impressive, content aside.
Another reason why people tend to love horror is that it allows us to gain novel experiences. Hopefully, we won’t ever know what it feels like to live through the apocalypse or be hunted by zombies. But we can live vicariously through people fighting for their lives in a film or television show, opening us up to new experiences and emotions. Just because the story isn’t real doesn’t mean the emotions that we feel while watching it aren’t real.
#10
Oh Hell No
Roxy222uk 1 week ago
I have literally no idea why people are so freaked by this. It’s just an animal. How can the way a specific species evolved be inherently disgusting?? And the ones that really would hurt you people find ‘so beautiful’ such as tigers or orca
glowworm2 1 week ago
I think it’s due to its size. I’ve seen Madagascar hissing cockroaches at the zoo before and while I was not disturbed by them, I also wouldn’t want something that big running around in my kitchen.
Load More Replies... Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
That is a small body for such long legs. It's a miracle that it even works.
MistBorn 1 week ago
They dwell in seabeds to the legs help them stay out of marshes and loos sand
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Savannah greenleaf 1 week ago
The gentleman in the picture appears pretty happy while holding that monster of a crustacean . There is no way I could bring myself to pick that up, let alone do it while smiling.
#11
Chatgpt's Confession
TsavoE 1 week ago
Because of smartphones we don't memorize phone numbers. Ai might affect how much we study on our own and the like.
UpupaEpops 1 week ago
I feel like our ability to remember things is generally worse. My 89 y/o grandmother can recall an entire poem that's 211 stanzas long (about 1688 lines) My father can recite my favourite childhood story (about 48 pages), I struggle with the grocery list. 😭
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Jenifer 4 days ago
Definitely true. I started trying it out and noticed I started leaning more on it for things I used to be able to just do on my own and forget syntax. If you don't use it you lose it. I probably would be better at math in my head if I did not overly lean on a calculator too. Less extreme example. AI is confidently incorrect a lot but also loves to exclaim and agree how wrong it was if you ask...
Andy Frobig 1 week ago
"I don't worry about telling you this because you won't pay attention until it's too late, muahahaha"
#12
Family Couldn’t Find A Funeral Car, So They Took The Coffin On A Public Bus Instead. A Truly Unique Final Ride. Cuba 2025
NightOwlPanda 6 days ago
I looked this up. Glad to know the difference now.
Load More Replies... alchemilla vulgaris 6 days ago
In Victorian times, London graveyards were full to the brim. several large cemeteries were built outside the (then) city limits. These (in particular, one in Surrey) were served by dedicated trains, with one carriage for the coffins and the others for the people attending the funerals. Relatives got a return ticket, and the coffins one way only (but still had to have a ticket). Look up London necropolis railway.
Susan Raskin 3 days ago
It's Cuba. The people there have to be very resourceful. Money is very tight.
Beak Hookage 6 days ago
Given how often I ride the bus this would be a suitable funeral procession for me.
Creepy content also allows us to satisfy our morbid curiosity. If you’re a stable human being who’s mentally well, you probably wouldn’t ever consider harming another person or committing a violent act. But you might be curious about what drives other people to do these things. It can be hard to understand where these atrocities come from without doing some research or trying to get inside the minds of the perpetrators.
#13
Italian Funeral Home (Onoranze Funebri) With Coffin-Shaped Balconies On The Floors Above
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
During earthquakes it is advised to lay down in the balcony along with important documents so that they can identify the body and bury it easier. /s
#14
My Friend’s Dad Went To School With Ted Bundy (Image From Yearbook)
Tropical Tarot 1 week ago
My English teacher was in college at FSU during the attacks there. His fingerprints were on their sorority door. Thank gods it was locked.
Twidder Sux 1 week ago
If you REALLY want to see something disturbing, Google "Ted Bundy cotton balls"
#15
Mirror Mirror On The Wall…
Andrew Keir 6 days ago
Presumably the people who hung the mirrors were afraid of vampires
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FranSinclair 6 days ago
Some people have actually said that he has the "best mirrors" people have told him that his mirrors (like hands) are some of the biggest they've seen!
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You might even derive pleasure from viewing disturbing content. But the circumstances have to be just right to do so. For example, you need to know that you’re physically safe while consuming this content to be able to enjoy it. If you’re actually scared for your life, a terrifying movie might feel a little too real. You also have to be detached from the content itself. If you’ve recently been in a horrific car accident and you see one portrayed in a movie, you might feel triggered and unable to immerse yourself in the story.
#16
Male Blue-Lined Octopuses Inject Venom Into Females Before Mating To Keep Them Paralyzed During The Mating Activities, So They Don't Get Eaten Afterwards
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Sounds sensible tbh lol,female tarantulas eat the males after mating to , maybe they should take a leaf outta this one’s book
David Paterson 1 week ago
So when a blue ringed octopus paralyzes a human who puts their hand into its rock pool ...
#17
A Vietnamese Man Who Had Endured Severe Headaches For Five Months Was Shocked To Find Out That His Pain Was Caused By A Pair Of Chopsticks Lodged In His Skull, Likely Having Entered Through His Nose And Penetrated His Brain
JL 1 week ago
Was having no memory of chopsticks shoved up there caused by them stabbing his brain?
FranSinclair 6 days ago
As a recovering alcoholic...its shocking the things we can do to our bodies without realizing then forget all about. Things like alcoholism and TSS are symbiotic friends. Just so I can tell someone though...im 3 years 100% clean& sober TODAY!
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Lukas (he/him, it/its) 1 week ago
Apparently he got into a fight while drunk and doesn't remember anything but being stabbed with "an unknown object". He went to the hospital afterwards and apparently the doctors didn't notice anything wrong.
Sue Denham 1 week ago
I need clarification. He was shocked because the chopsticks were there and he had no knowledge of their being there? Or he was shocked because he'd put them there but wasn't expecting them to cause him any discomfort?
ManuelQue 1 week ago
Apparently he acquired them during a fight. He was drunk. He recalled only that he was stabbed with an unknown object. The doctors he saw immediately afterward didn't notice them.
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 1 week ago (edited)
Dang, I can use chop sticks with either hand but never tried the nose. Challenge accepted!
Laszlo Larthlanc 1 week ago
Perhaps the chopsticks destroyed the cells that would have held that memory?
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#18
Morgue Chocolates: Crafted From Wound Molds Taken In A New York Morgue
Lotekguy 1 week ago
I don't remember the name of the manufacturer, but their plant and Warehouse are located on the picturesque Islets of Langerhans.
Pandaodboredem22 1 week ago
What material would you use to take the molds then get it clean afterwards to eventually make the chocolate molds (non porous and can clean all the corpse out of the tiny cracks and crevices)?
To enjoy horror content, you also have to feel confident that you are in control. For example, you can turn off the movie. You can exit the haunted house. You can tell your partner to stop sharing their spooky story if it becomes overwhelming. If you have no control over the situation, you might actually end up terrified or believing that you’re in danger.
#19
Italian Vintage Hancuffs
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Uncle, "los manos" isn't even Italian, it's Spanish :p
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#20
My Old Slappy
So, creepy kinda funny story.
Got this guy for Christmas 2016, I was 7. He was probably my favorite thing ever. He is a standard upgrade Throwthings one, I remember obsessing over it and checking the site constantly. I used to put him on a bench in the corner of my room next to a green monster puppet and a full sized Poltergeist clown I made (poorly).
In December of 2019, my house caught on fire, and the corner of my room that he was in had practically melted into a giant mass. On the bench, the monster and clown had fused to each other and the bench. They had melted onto Slappy too. He is probably the only thing to survive from my room that wasn't in my closet. I remember before my family realized he was salvageable, I went into my room to see (my parents told me not to, I pushed very hard and I still regret it), and I thought he was done for. He was pitch black covered in soot. It looked like it had just stained him.
So, soon after, my parents would check on the house often. We lived with some family that lived nearby for a while, and there was a cleanup crew working on getting all the ruined junk out. My parents very soon discovered that they were also making a pile of stuff they were going to take for themselves. That’s where most of the stuff that I still have was, along with jewelry, electronics, etc. I remember one day I got home from school, and Slappy was in the garage, covered in black, but clearly fine.
He works perfectly, cleaned up nicely, all the soot was easy to just wipe off. Only permanent damage done was on his clothes, there are some weird pink stains from the soot or something. These are recent photos. He is the sole survivor of a house fire that destroyed almost all of my belongings (all that's left other than Slappy are some plushies and baby toys that were in my closet).
Idk, I always thought that was interesting. When I told my friends they said to burn the dummy, it freaks them out a little.
Ben Kay 1 week ago
He didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world was turning.
Load More Replies... Robyn Hill 1 week ago
So this creepy AF doll is the only thing that survived a fire and HE'S STILL KEEPING IT?
Shark Lady 1 week ago
I'm more concerned about the contractors helping themselves to stuff that survived the fire.
ManuelQue 1 week ago
His parents noticed and took charge. That's why he still has the stuff that he does.
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Loki 5 days ago
??? OP was 7 in 2016, so he'll be 17 in 2026. Where did you get that hell be 10?
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BrownEyedGrrl 1 week ago
I wanted a ventriloquist dummy SO badly when I was little. Never got one.
#21
I Found An Overturned Car In A Ditch, With Some Parts Scattered
Eugene the Jeep 1 week ago
And they are still trying to reach him about his car's extended warranty
UnclePanda 1 week ago
Our local woods had the hulk of a 30s era pickup truck with only the cab still above ground. At times, it served as a clubhouse, get away car, airplane cockpit, lunar lander, submarine, machine gun nest...
Otto Katz 1 week ago
And op never did contact the police from what I can tell snooping his reddit account.
ManuelQue 1 week ago
Judging from the look of it I think the police had been there a long time ago.
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Are you enjoying these creepy yet fascinating images, pandas? Keep upvoting the ones that you find particularly disturbing, and let us know in the comments below what kind of unsettling content you enjoy consuming. Then, if you’re interested in checking out another list from Bored Panda featuring the same community, look no further than right here!
#22
Watching You
#23
Random Droplet Face I Have Found At Workplace
#24
Ok, So My Family Has This Weird Wooden Mask
Soo, my family has this strange artifact and nobody knows what it is. My grandma said some of her relative was travelling a lot and got this thing from somewhere, but couldn't remember where is it from. She said "Somewhere from Africa, I guess", but the words look Korean. Can anybody tell me what this mask is, and what does the words mean? You'll solve a mystery for my family
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
Yep. I can't read Korean (only some Chinese) so I used Google Translate on the text under the mask. It literally says "Hahoe mask (yangban)". Yangban were the highest social class, the aristocratic gentry, and ruling elite of Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) so it's basically a mask meant to represent a nobleman. The red "stamp" underneath is stylized and doesn't easily translate, but it's probably the artist's name or the name of the place/company that mounted it.
Load More Replies... Lynchamigsakta 1 week ago
Korean Hahoetal masks, took me literally 5 seconds to find on Google with the information above
Beak Hookage 6 days ago
I have an "evil eye" charm just like that one hanging up in my bathroom! Nothing evil has happened in there yet, unless you count the smell.
#25
Woman Willingly Drinks Lysergic Acid To Test Visuals And Feelings
#26
This Guy Randomly Dropped Off An Opened And Re-Taped Box At Our Apartment And It’s Just Guitar Pedals?
Quinn 1 week ago (edited)
The box has a bit of distortion but it's still serviceable.
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High Contrast Negative Of The Shroud Of Turin
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 week ago
IF this was Jesus, he would have been misproportioned in life, and his skull would be very small, meaning a small sized brain. All evidence points to this being a medieval fake using a badly proportioned statue being the basis of the print. See Joe Nickell's book on the shroud.
Harry Gondalf 1 week ago
the shroud was radio carbon date to 1530 AD ±60 year. I dunno what the fuss is all about.
Sue Denham 1 week ago
Anybody else seeing an owl and maybe a screaming bat? Just me then? Ah well . . .
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Owls yes bats not so much , but nope your not alone ,
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#28
The Astor Family’s Secret
otiose 1 week ago
They left a bit out "While looking at his family tree i noticed someone missing. John Jacob Astor II. There’s a III, IV, V, and even a VI but there’s no John II listed. That got me thinking, what tf happened to John II? Immediately i began to think, was he shunned from the family? At that point in history, having a mentally disabled family member especially in a family as prestigious as the Astors, would be seen as an embarrassment. A quick google search and lo and behold, this is what i found. " precedes the above.
Hippopotamuses 1 week ago
It would be interesting to know what his christian name was. There have been so many Astors.
#29
Took Picture Of This Artwork In Italy
#30
I Collect My Stray Eyebrow Hairs And Eyelashes
Phantom Phoenix 1 week ago
Stray? What does that mean in this context? Either they were growing where eyebrows or eyelashes grow, or they aren't eyebrow hairs or eyelashes... How tf are they 'stray'?
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Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
I'm not at all sure I should say "thank you"... Interesting, certainly, so thanks for that part. What my next nightmares are going to be like? Hmm... 😉
Cindy Brick 1 week ago
The eyebrow hairs are disgusting enough -- thank you for not featuring people who collect their nail clippings, too. YUCK.
Forrest Hobbs 1 week ago
I'm not at all sure I should say "thank you"... Interesting, certainly, so thanks for that part. What my next nightmares are going to be like? Hmm... 😉
Cindy Brick 1 week ago
The eyebrow hairs are disgusting enough -- thank you for not featuring people who collect their nail clippings, too. YUCK.
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