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A terrifying picture captivates you like a horror movie you never signed up for, but still watch till the end with palms on your face hiding from the screen. You look once, you look twice and then think, “This is enough for me today,” only to realize you’d like to see some more. Thus, we’re going to give you some more scary scenes of unsettling images.

We've listed 50 terrifying images from the scary corner of Reddit known as ‘Oddly Terrifying.’ This community of 2M members has people sharing the weirdest, creepiest, and most unsettling pics of random moments and computer-generated images. These creepy pics promise to fire up your brain with some tingly sensations. So, scroll down through Bored Panda’s new batch of spooky pictures, upvote the ones that you find the creepiest, and frighten your friends by surprisingly sharing these disturbing images.

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The Fun Behind Unsettling Images

First things first, a terrifying picture isn't meant to be a horror scene. Unsettling images capture moments, and places from people in their daily lives that shift our reality’s perspective by evoking a disturbing, scary, or fearful emotion. The fun in oddly terrifying pictures lies in their paradox—although terrifying, it’s also impossible to look away and miss the fun of finding scary things hidden in pictures. 

Many people love them, and if you’re one of them, you must read the expert’s insights. To find out what fascinates us about the unsettling photos and videos, Bored Panda spoke with Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.

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Best Cinema Ever

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War Changes You

Changes in face after a four year war

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was in another post recently, along with a bit of his story. Most of the four years he spent in a concentration camp.

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Unsettling Images Fascinate Us. Why?

“It’s hard for us to look away from unsettling photos and videos because they challenge our usual ways of perceiving and cataloging the world, disrupting our sense of ordered reality and even suggesting that reality might be something other than we thought it was,” Lisa told us.

She explained that “these photos and videos tend to revolve around grotesque juxtapositions of things that should not be together; they are objects that defy science and rationality and disturb our sense of scientific category. More often than not, they focus on disgusting bodies that are monstrous fusions of things that should be kept apart.”

The professor added that while these monstrous bodies are usually individual ones, they often suggest a larger universe that is seriously out of kilter as well.

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This Extremely Disturbing Face Swap

Scary face swap from human to dog picture

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Mahatma Gandhi's Statue After Some Prankster Added Red Lights To The Eyes Of It (San Francisco, 2019)

Statue with red light eyes

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A Terrifying Picture Offers A Different Perspective 

The professor states that it’s no surprise that humans are fascinated by oddly terrifying images and that there are whole online groups dedicated to sharing them. “Photos and videos are supposed to give us clear and accurate representations of reality; they assure us that we document and thus know the material world around us in methodical and consistent ways.”

But unsettling images can do the exact opposite, Lisa suggests. “They can undermine our faith in reality: either the camera does not lie, and it has captured some monstrous rip in our own reality, or it does lie, and we have to recognize that we cannot even trust our own technologies to accurately document the world around us! Either way, it’s disturbing.”

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This Abandoned Hospital Had A Visitor Last Night

Abandoned building with one light on in a window

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Amazing Halloween Costume

Zombie with mushroom on his face Halloween tattoo

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Why Do People Keep Looking at Creepy Pics?

So you may wonder why we keep looking at these photos —and disturbing art in general? Lisa has an illuminating explanation. “Grotesque imagery is part of every culture and goes back to the dawn of civilization. Today, we actively seek out terrifying experiences by looking at grotesque photos, watching horror movies, and even going on roller coasters,” she said and added that “as humans, we seek out these terrifying artistic and cultural experiences for at least two different reasons.”

“First, as designed experiences, terrifying art and culture give us a way to engage with things that are disturbing, uncanny, and even utterly monstrous from a safe distance. Our psychological and mental categories for understanding the world are temporarily turned upside down, but we’re not directly, physically threatened by the grotesqueries we are looking at or experiencing, and we know eventually everything will return to normal,” Lisa explained.

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This Is What Running Birds Look Like

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The Black Crack, A 65-Foot-Deep Fissure Along A Trail In Canyonlands National Park In Utah

Massive black crack in a National park

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The Impact of Photos With Disturbing Backstories

Lisa argues that it leads us to a second important point. “It’s the pleasure that comes from looking at disturbing images: they give us an opportunity to exercise our minds and to play with reality ourselves. Suddenly, we become storytellers asking ourselves and each other: Where do these grotesque images come from? Who is behind them? How would I react if I encountered this object or situation in real life?”

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The professor suggests that at their most provocative, horrifying images can even inspire real-world change: “And how do these images make me see my own reality differently? What do I need to do in my own world to make sure this never happens? Terrifying and grotesque events are part of the human experience, and encountering them first in safe artistic and cultural spaces provides us with excellent ways to prepare for them,” she concluded.

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Woke Up Scared Stiff Last Night When I Noticed A Victorian Ghost Floating At The End Of My Bed. Took Me A Few Minutes To Realise It Was My Clothes On The Door

Towels and robe hung up on a door

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Debbie Barnes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my god.. This is why I don't have anything hanging from my doors or have dolls, whose eyes seem to always glow in the dark...

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#16

280 Million Year Old Fossil Found In Western Australia, Photo By Tom Kapitany

Person holding old fossil

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#17

A British Tourist Filmed A 'Monitor Lizard' Coming Out From His/Her Toilet Bowl In Thailand

Small lizard coming out from toilet

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#18

A Whale Skeleton Found In The Hot Dunes Of Egypt

Skeleton discovered in a desert

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#20

Was Playing Video Games When I Heard A Sounds To My Left. Looked Over And Saw This

Brown bear looking through the window

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#22

Imagine Seeing One In The Middle Of The Road While Driving

Reindeer with lit up horns

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#23

Pregnant With Triplets

Woman showing her belly with triplets inside

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#24

At Vezio's Castle In Italy There Are Lots Of These "Phantom" Like Statues

Phantom statue in a touristy place

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#25

Eye Injury Causes Man's Iris To Collapse

Eye from an injury

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#26

Found This In My Apartment While Living In Japan. They Are Fast!

Massive insect inside home

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#27

The Tornado Showing Up Because Of The Lightning Strikes

Front cam of a car during a storm

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A Webcam Appeared In The Bottom Of My Computer Screen After It Blue Screened

Random camera on a crashed computer screen

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#29

A Creepy Standing Goat.

Picture of a creepy standing goat

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#30

The Remains Of This Caribou In Greenland

The remains of an animal stuck between two rocks

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#32

My Daughter's Bat Morph Suit

Baby hugging her sister in a bat costume

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#34

This Jack O Lantern With Mold Growing From Inside

Mold growing on a pumpkin

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#38

Found This In My Girlfriends Loft. She Only Moved In 3 Months Ago And Says She Has Never Been Up There. Guess What My Name Is...

Creepy name written in houses attic

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#39

Found This In The Basement Of My New House

Terrifying torture equipment found in basement

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#40

Spacex Has Robot Dogs Patrolling Their Rocket Factory Now

Robot Dog walking in a construction site

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#41

There Is A Mutation In Frogs Where Their Eyes Grow On The Inside Of Their Mouth.

Mountain frog with eyes inside her mouth

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Gelato Cat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is a lie, the eyes don't grow from the inside of their mouth because of a MuTaTiOn, they can roll their eyeballs back in to the top of their mouth to clean then with their tongue if they get dirty and so it can help them swallow.

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This Corridor, Man… This Is Gonna Haunt Me On Dreams

Narrow creppy corridor

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Daria B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, it will haunt those dreams where you're desperately looking for a toilet

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Man Goes In Narrow Underwater Cave

Man Goes In Narrow Underwater Cave

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. NO.

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Kyle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a cave like this on a river in Georgia. It’s only long enough for your entire body to be under for a second or two. It empties into another part of the river. You can’t see or feel the exit when you climb in the entrance and that takes a lot of courage.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Updated headline: Idiot man who knows nothing about cave diving almost kills himself to get that perfect Instagram Reel.

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MellonCollie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My god, you must not cling to your life very much if you do that.

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AspieGirl88
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg, STUPID!! Why throw your life away like that?! 🤦‍♀️

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Demi Zwaan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s a narrow entrance, but plenty of room inside and other, bigger exits.

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Catherine Brady
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then why not enter through the bigger exits. Is this a place where the tide rises and falls??

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deathrose
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I remember correctly that's a "natural slide". You slide down it and fall into a lake on the other side. I saw it on the travel Channel once.

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Alexander Neil
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did he have a map? How strong is that current? Define "narrow"? When his body plugs the exit will the surrounding farmlands be flooded?

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DippityDooDerp
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen this somewhere (can't recall where) and iirc it actually leads to this really pretty swimming hole with beautiful water.

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Marco deLeonardis
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am surprised at all the negative comments...I am a diver and I have free-dived in multiple caves. Why? Because it's fascinating and often amazing colours and vegetation are amazing, other times to shoot fish. Is it scaring? Not at all, as you know your limits and don't venture in places past your limits. He is going in a cave where ther is air on top of the water as you can see in the pictures, so he will be able to breathe once in...

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Andy Hinds
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

MrBallen on YouTube will no doubt telling us all about him in one of his absolutely riveting stories before long.

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Jennifer Brown
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This terrifies me more than anything else posted on here!! I have night terrors about being trapped in a small cave and not able to move my arms.

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Claire Armstrong
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG! Why, just why?? I've watched loads of videos on YouTube on Mr Ballens channel about people going into caves, underwater caves, and getting trapped there and dying. Sometimes even people going in to try and rescue them ended up dying too. Moral of these kinds of stories - stay out of tight places you really shouldn't go into!

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Karis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why on earth is the person with him sitting there and taking pictures while they could have saved him!!😡😡people will do anything for a couple of likes on instagram

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PoeticWolfWriter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought it was a like...a Ken doll...I mean..look at it closely! You can see how the right hand stays the same, and how there is a line like a connection at the shoulder..

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If that foamy, smoky, swift-moving-looking water isn’t photoshopped then getting out would be difficult or even impossible against the force of the water. If it’s real then he’d be pushed against a rock wall or underwater ledge and drowned. It happens at Wappa Falls in QLD Australia too often.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Last pic- voice oiver: "And at that moment, he knew he f****d up..."

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Alex Luiz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's not necessarily a suicidal idiot - it is possible that he knew the area, had read a guide book, and had done this a few times before. Speaking as someone who goes caving, canyoneering and coasteering from time to time. Although I would definitely have a helmet and some neoprene in his situation.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Just to reiterate, that's a no from me, dawg.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have so many cave deaths in Fl. They try to keep people out of them, but there are always a few...

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~Alex~
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My uncle actually did this one time at a family vacation. I was eight and started crying and ran away because I thought he was going to die :(

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MiriPanda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this some mannequin used for demonstration? Because if it were a human, he'll be dead now.

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All Of A Sudden You Hear Sirens

Orange warning sign in a forest

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Izzy Curer
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm guessing the floodplain of a dam? There are signs like this along the Susquehana south of Columbia PA

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Pov: Polar Bear Is Trying To Eat You

Polar bear looking thorough the stair gap

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Katie Lutesinger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bastards look so cute and harmless, too. I have this horrible suicidal urge to start scratching his nose while saying stupid s**t like "aww, who's a Mister Cuddlebug? Yooou aRRGH!"

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One Of The Last Known Pictures Taken By The Hikers Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959)

Terrifying silhouette captured winter in the forest

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw all the pictures (was told) from the cameras at the Dyatlov pass - I never saw this!

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#48

This Happens To My Hands At Cold Temperatures

blue purple and rep persons hand

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#50

Robot With A Face Is Quite Creepy

Terrifying picture of a robot with a face

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