“Oddly Terrifying”: 50 Times People Spotted Creepy Things And Just Had To Share Them (New Pics)
InterviewEven though we are way past Halloween and should be focused on all that Christmas cheer, it’s hard to avoid having some chills going down our spines every now and then. And no, not because of the cold winter nights crawling on us, we mean real creepy stuff.
The internet is famous for its random and disturbing content, so we cannot help but spread the most interesting bits we find! So let’s plunge into the subreddit r/oddlyterrifying, a place that, as you might have guessed, is dedicated to sharing strangely terrifying images. It has 2.5M members, which isn’t that surprising considering the pictures there are weirdly enticing to look at.
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A Screaming Dead Sun
Glancing at these images, we experience a paradox. It’s terrifying to look at them, however, it’s also hard to look away. To find out what fascinates people about the unsettling photos, Bored Panda spoke with Francis McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College and Coltan Scrivner, behavioral scientist and expert on the science of horror and morbid curiosity.
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Just A Little Reddit Before Bed
Prof. McAndrew told that there are different types of creepiness, but they all have one thing in common: ambiguity. "In its most extreme form, it is about the uncertainty of threat or danger. We can get creeped out by a spooky place because it is uncertain if the place contains hidden things like predators, ghosts, or badly intentioned people who mean to do us harm. Similarly, we can be creeped out by a person who is behaving strangely and not obeying the usual rules for interacting with a stranger. Our uncertainty about whether the person is dangerous or just awkward leaves us wallowing in discomfort and feeling 'creeped out.'
Sometimes, we can get creeped out by things that we know are not dangerous, but they still make us uncomfortable because we do not know how to categorize them or react to them. For example, dolls or robots that are too lifelike trigger responses that we would make to an actual human being, but the fact that we know they are not human creates an uncomfortable tension that we need to resolve. We do not like uncertainty."
These Bathroom Tiles
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Seems Like A Stone Giant Is Waking Up
C. Scrivner explains creepiness as the feeling that something might be dangerous. “When we are sure we are facing something dangerous, we feel afraid. When we are facing something that is more ambiguous, we feel creeped out.”
People are attracted to learning about danger, particularly when they can safely learn about danger (in this case, looking at these oddly terrifying images). C. Scrivener explained that things that are unsettling are creepy, which means we aren't sure if they're dangerous or not. “This uncertain danger is particularly attractive for our minds. We want to learn more about the unsettling thing so that we can know if it's dangerous or not.”
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My mum has alzheimers. Her writing is still fine but she used to be an English teacher and every time I see her spelling, crossing outs and grammar it breaks my heart. This is one of the very small ways the disease has effected her. She is now delusional and paranoid most of the time; nearly always terrified and anxious.
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C. Scrivener continued: “Creepiness differs a bit from individual to individual, just like fears. However, just like there are some things that are more likely to be feared (e.g. heights, snakes), there are probably some things that are more likely to be creepy. Things that have both elements of danger and safety might be more likely to be creepy, like a life-like doll or an abandoned house. Dolls are cute and safe, but maybe not if they're alive. Houses are places of refuge, but maybe not if they're abandoned.”
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I hope it's just the lighting that makes it look like bloody footprints.
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According to prof. McAndrew, things that are novel or strange automatically attract our attention. "For good evolutionary reasons, we need to figure out new things we encounter in case they are a threat to us or possibly a good thing that we can take advantage of. That is why we can't look away until we have figured them out."
"Some people are more comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity than others, and the people who are least comfortable with it are the people who will be most easily creeped out."
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This Banana Blossom
What changes in us when we are creeped out? According to C. Scrivener, feeling creeped out has similar effects to anxiety. “Our mind prepares the senses for information gathering and we are more on alert than usual. This helps us efficiently learn about the potential danger. In the case of images, there is no actual danger. There are likely no long-term negative effects of viewing unsettling images.”
Prof. McAndrew added that they raise our arousal levels and focus our attention. "They create an uncomfortable emotion that will keep us motivated to keep processing information about the images until we resolve them, much the same way hunger or thirst (unpleasant feelings) motivate us to engage in behaviors (eating and drinking) that will eradicate the feeling."
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Lighthouse By The Coast Of Iceland
How does the keeper go up there? I see no stairs or cableway there.
This Is Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World. You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity
If only you could get some solid land (volcanic island?), internet and food delivery there, I'd move in a heartbeat.
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Walking Home 4 Miles In Abandoned Railroad Tracks
No other way to get home unless I want to walk through gang run drug areas. that's the scary part, this is safer.
So sorry, you have to deal with that and have no safer way to get home.
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Imagine Going To Explore Your Ski Resort On Holiday And Running Into This
My family owns a ski area in Colorado, and we have quite a few signs like this. People stop, read it, and duck under the ropes anyway. Then my brother and his crew find the bodies when the snow melts.
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Every Single Frog Is Looking Eerily In The Same Direction
Known Locations Of Bodies On Mt. Everest
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This Past Thursday Marked The 13th Anniversary Of John Jones Death In Nutty Putty Cave
Jones found himself in a situation no man could help him and after being stuck upside down for 26 hours he died of cardiac arrest while his wife and daughter stood hundreds of feet above.
I understand curiosity, but what makes you go like "Hmmm i think i will go in this narrow cannal in this part that is not explored where i can barely squeesse and pass, that seems like a smart idea"
Same. I have claustrophobia and get anxious just looking at the diagram.
Load More Replies...I live in utah. This was very sad. We all thought they had him but the ropes slipped and he became even more stuck. After he died they cemented him the cave so no one could go back in it.
With him in it, right? I'd really hate to see how they would get the body out after he died.
Load More Replies...That, right there, is my absolute nightmare! I really wish I hadn’t seen this now.
I was only two at the time, but my dad had gone spelunking in this cave just a few months before he died. We lived really close to the cave.
That is very irresponsible of him. He was putting more than one life in jeopardy.
Load More Replies...I'm absolutely petrified of caves, I think must be a really specific claustrophobia. Even large ones like Cheddar Caves, I always think I'll get stuck somehow
My breathing sped up and my heart started pounding just reading this. WOO time to lie down
I have really bad claustrophobia. I can't get on an elevator with more than a few people, or sit in the back seat of a 2-door car. I can't wear a seatbelt over my bulky winter coat without feeling panicky. I have reoccuring nightmares about getting trapped somewhere like this guy, and just looking at this photo and diagram is literally making me nauseous right now.
On April 4, 2018, the plaque that was engraved to Jones was reported to have been vandalized.
Didn't think I had claustrophobia until I saw the diagram. Imagine being stuck there for 26 hours, and upside down. The things that must have gone through his mind as he slowly loses his hopes and sanity, and then cardiac arrest... :( It's terrifying.
wait i read a stephen king book that talks about smthn like this. someone else in the comments mentioned that he thought he was in a passage called the Birth canal. idk it sounds farmilliar and the book had smthn like this. any stephen king enthusiasts out there abl to help?
This is why caving is my #1 nope. There isn't enough money in the world to get me to even consider it.
I watched a movie about this. I cried so hard at the end. I didn’t know it was a true story until the end. And when I realize that they had to walk away and let him die, the emotions I felt were unreal. And I don’t even know this man or his family.
What the hell was he doing down there to start with? Good God! People do the most asinine sh*t imaginable. Then they act morally offended when it leads to trouble.
This particular cave is downright dangerous! He got confused and make a bad choice. The tightness of the passages made it impossible to even remove his body and his position in the narrow with one arm unusable made it impossible with him to inch his way back up and out of there. The cave is now closed to everyone.
Sorry, but that kind of sounds like a Darwin award winner to me.
I watched some self made doc's on these tunnel rats and man it gave me heart palpitations. They would get to areas so tight they would literally say they have to expel all the air in their lungs to flatten out, hold it, and slowly scurry through the opening to the bigger area a head...like where does the danger light go off in their heads.
Yikes - Ive been in Nutty Putty 3-4 times. I had not idea someone had died there (I was there 40 years ago)
What an idiotic way to go. I feel sorry for the pain the family must've been gone (and are going) through.
A person can be intelligent without being rational. That's why religion is so popular.
It sucks he suffered. It sucks he was stupid enough to attempt that. I'm struggling to muster up too much sympathy. Except for his wife and unborn child. Which actually makes me more annoyed about his actions.
The cave was considered an easy trek, and the family had explored it many times. Even Boy Scout troops used to go in there. He just made a wrong turn, is all. Perhaps instead of being annoyed and unsympathetic, you should learn more about it before passing judgement.
Load More Replies...So we learned, go with your feet first not your head. Well... we learned from Floyd Collins that that doesn't necessarily mean you're safe. But he survived way longer
I saw a video covering this story and it sent me down a rabbit hole (nu pun intended) about spelunking and cave diving... I had trouble breathing after that.
He daughter wasn't standing anywhere - she was still in-utero at the time. Which makes it ever worse I think.
I was telling my kids about this story a few months back, I had no idea it was so long ago. I suppose something so tragic stays with you a while
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My Father In Their Home Right Now During Ian
I didn't even see the water till I read the comments, just thought it was a really tall guy standing in a really messy room lol
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Phoned me at around 5am explaining that he had no idea where he was, soaking wet to the bone and covered in cuts, bruises and this bite(?)
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Chinese Ghost City. Huge Skyscraper Areas That No One Lives In
Copied from Reddit, because this is important: "I hate to break everyones party here. But this area is called: Meixi Lake park right outside Changsha. This picture was from 2015 when these buildings were new. This area is populated with its own metro system and a new mall. Type the area on youtube and you can see multiple videos of the area to get a gauge on how many people have since moved in and live there. HERe https://youtu.be/YPvjPllLp5o"
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I cannot explain how uncomfortable I felt this entire time. I think I might go to bed now, or at least try.
I shouldn't read this kind of stuff before going to sleep. Need a Barbie-movie now.
It says based on user votes it shortened it, but has anyone ever actually voted to do that?
No that's not it. It means based on the articles that got the most votes they are displayed while the rest are optional to view. This was something they did awhile back to shorten articles because - some - users were complaining about how long articles were.
Load More Replies...Not sure how it works! Tried watching videos but couldn't get thru it!
I cannot explain how uncomfortable I felt this entire time. I think I might go to bed now, or at least try.
I shouldn't read this kind of stuff before going to sleep. Need a Barbie-movie now.
It says based on user votes it shortened it, but has anyone ever actually voted to do that?
No that's not it. It means based on the articles that got the most votes they are displayed while the rest are optional to view. This was something they did awhile back to shorten articles because - some - users were complaining about how long articles were.
Load More Replies...Not sure how it works! Tried watching videos but couldn't get thru it!