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50 “Oddly Terrifying” Pictures That May Leave Your Bowels Dropping In Fear (New Pics)
While there's still a good chunk of the year left before we get to spook each other during Halloween or until another internet sensation like Skinamarink provokes a two-week-long bout of insomnia, the internet is not short of supply when it comes to oddly terrifying material.
If you're one of those daredevils who takes great pleasure in horror films and reading creepypastas (alone in your apartment!), then you'll be right at home in the Oddly Terrifying community. From mysterious fingerprints on one's ceiling to creepy, abandoned churches in the middle of nowhere, this is pure nightmare fodder that will surely give you the heebie-jeebies. And in case someone asks, you'll find us under a well-lit blanket coloring our mandalas, trying to return to our happy place. Hopefully, there's no creepy forests on the way back.
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Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Completely Untethered, Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive. The First Person In History To Do So
Under the glass case inside a trapper’s store called the Banff Indian Trader Shop, an unsuspecting-looking wooden cabin located at the edge of Banff, Alberta, lies a mysterious creature. A half-fish, half-terrifying "man-beast of the seven seas," presumably caught in the waters of Fiji in the 18th century.
In broad daylight, this mummified monstrosity looks exactly what it sounds like: a dried-up monkey stitched up on top of a giant fish à la merman. Something you'd imagine a 16th-century sailor spinning tall tales about to scare the bejeezus out of other sailors. And sure, it looks kind of comical under normal circumstances.
But leave me alone with it in the wee hours, and I'm pretty sure you'd find me rocking back and forth with my arms around my knees. Even though it was probably me and no one else who decided to go seek out this monstrosity, despite the possibility of a sleepless night - something that r/oddlyterrifying is excellent at, often making others like myself question why we come back here time and time again in the first place.
A Month Ago I Became Friends With A Crow. Today He Brought Me The Skull Of Another Crow
Created in 2013, a few years after creepypasta's Slenderman took internet by the storm, r/oddlyterrifying today boasts 2.6 million community members, ranking among the top subreddits for horror-related content. Honestly, it's not difficult to see the appeal, since there's only a few (safe) places on the net where people can act both as digital curators and consumers of a cornucopia of spine-tingling, possibly cursed imagery.
Of course, considering that 71% of Americans under the age of 35 enjoy scary movies, it's not entirely surprising why some horror enthusiasts might look for an extra thrill either on r/creepypasta or its frightening cousin, r/oddlyterrifying.
I Don't Know About You, But This Feels Weird
This Ad From 1996 Was Prophetic
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According to acclaimed horror novelist Stephen King, horror films often act as a "barometer of the societal anxieties that plague our collective subconscious." While this perspective may romanticize the genre, Clark McCauley, a research professor of psychology, suggests that one prevalent reason why young adults, particularly men, seek the thrills of horror movies is to display their courage and bravado.
"Young males often compete to watch horror, to show 'I can take it,'" McCauley explained to Bored Panda in an email, noting that desensitization to feelings of disgust tends to occur faster than desensitization to feelings of arousal, leading to an increased fondness for horror among this demographic (which statistically ranges between 15-25).
Chicago Metra Up-N Track, Carries 34,000 Passengers On 70 Trains Across This Bridge Every Day
Civilians Taking Care Of Zoo Animals In Their Own Homes During WWII
When A Kangaroo Feels Threatened, It’ll Submerge Itself Chest Deep In Body Of Water To Lure In The Threat, Then It Will Ferociously Drown It By Holding Its Head Underwater And Biting It Until They’re No Longer Putting Up A Fight
In his 1998 essay 'When Screen Violence Is Not Attractive,' McCauley argues that there are two key factors that influence the enjoyment of horror films (but are not limited to moving pictures). "First is that enjoyment of horror depends not upon the balance of positive and negative emotions elicited," he wrote, "but rather upon excitement and involvement that can be associated with either positive or negative emotions."
The "Snow" In The Wizard Of Oz Movie Was 100% Pure Asbestos
A Woman’s Glove From 1850’s In London, Used For Self-Defence
My Friend Is A Bus Driver In Portland, Or And Sent Me This
Fear, it seems, holds as much significance in human existence as basic needs like food and water, manifesting itself in various forms such as movies, roller coasters, and unexpected tragedies. Or, in our case, the chilling images on r/oddlyterrifying.
The ability of these uncanny images to provoke reactions, then, suggests that our response to them is influenced more by our individual identities than the authenticity of the images themselves. In other words: there's nothing wrong with you, whether you seek folkloric 18th-century mummified monstrosities or stare at the darkly-lit abyss that is r/oddlyterrifying for cheap thrills.
A Friend's Printer Broke, Here's The Result Of Him Printing Off A Picture Of Nicolas Cage
The Human Eye
Thought I Heard A Noise Coming From Outside My Window A Few Nights Ago But Brushed It Off. Noticed This This Morning
An Octopus With 32 Tentacles Found Off The Coasts Of South Korea
A Crocodile In Australia Was Caught That Kept Eating Cattle
A Rickety Old Foot Bridge Leading Into The Misty Distance
Just Imagine What They'd Do To You
Climber’s Shelter At The Middle Of A Cliff
Microscopic Image Of A Tape Worms Head
Signature Evolution In Alzheimer’s Disease
This Foot Two Days After A Rattlesnake Bite
And Those Are Just The Ones The Tape Caught
What Rat They See That They Had To Make These?
This Post Box
Manute Bol, Tallest Ever Nba Player (7'7"), Swimming
Weird "Are You Dreaming" Sign Found In Psychologist Waiting Room
The Italian Fascist Party’s Headquarters (1934)
A Drained Swamp. Really Pretty But Kinda Creepy
Won't all the trees die? What happened to the other residents depending upon the swamp?
Kidney Stone Surface As Seen In An Electron Microscope
Fortune Cookie
The last fortune cookie I will ever open said, "You will soon be crossing the great waters."
Graffiti Artists Tagging A Bridge In Mexico
They are either too dedicated or too stupid to get there in the first place
Basalmic Vinegar Is Not An Appropriate Substitute For Poached Eggs If You're Out Of White Vinegar
My Walk Home
TV Turned Itself On At 3am To ‘Update’. This Was The Loading Screen
Archaeologists Discovered The Claws Of A Moa, A Bird That Went Extinct 700 - 800 Years Ago
The largest moa species reached about 3.6 meters (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kilograms (510 lb).
While Filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair Was Rigged To A Mechanical Bed That Shook Her So Violently She Fractured Her Spine. The Shot Was Used In The Final Film, And Her Screams Of Pain Were Real
Apoica Wasp Nest
Bodies Are Probably Infected. That’s My Guess
This Dark Obelisk In The Desert
Staying At My Grandmother's House For A Bit, Opened Up The Toilet And Was Greeted By This
Burn house, burn grandma, run to the woods, run from the woods, burn it
Nope It's Not A Skull It’s A Fly Infected By Cordyceps Fungus
Someone Anonymously Sent This To My Neighbor
The Skull Of Mary Magdalene In St Maximin Basilica In France
It is real....and they've got another one from when she was a child...
Robe And Axe Of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Who Was The Official Executioner For The Papal States From 1796 To 1864. During His Tenure He Executed 514 People
My (28f) Spine
Baby Mute
Michael Jackson’s Bedroom When He Died Had Target Ads Of Babies He Didn’t Know
Looks like there's a watermark in the picture. Not sure I should believe this.
This Is Demodex Folliculorum. Right Now There Are 6 Of These On Each One Of You Eyebrows Hair Follicles
Found My Old Teeth When Visiting My Parents (I’m 33)
Arm Caked With Wood Dust, But Looks Disturbing
The Mouth Of An Arctic Lamprey
Submerged Church In A Toxic Lake, Romania
Geamana? Was a lovely normal town that unfortunately, was flooded with toxic waste in the 70's, during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, who decided to exploit the copper deposits around the village. The town was evacuated within just one year. The mine itself is no longer operating either, but still remains the largest copper deposit in Romania iirc, and at one point was producing 11,000 tons of copper a year. But instead of safely getting rid of the waste, the village was sacrificed. :/
Just Got This Text From My School. Not There Thank God, And They Sent The All Clear Out
Was Going To Go Out Somewhere And Found Blood On The Side Of My Car
Torture Mask From 1800's Germany
Two Prison Guards Posing For A Photo With Ed Kemper, Who Was 6’9 And 300lbs
Not a nice man - from Wikipedia: "Edmund Emil Kemper III is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people. Kemper murdered a 15-year-old girl, as well as his own mother and her best friend, from May 1972 to April 1973. This was after Kemper's parole for murdering his paternal grandparents at 15 years old"
Cross-Section Of A Boeing 747: 40,000 Feet, -70 Degrees Fahrenheit, And A Few Inches Of Material To Protect You From It All
Wind Turbine After Being Hit By A Tornado In Texas
Ancient Japanese Preserved Tattoo And Skin. With All The Right Paper Work You Can Get Your Tattooed Skin Framed Within 18 Hours After You Die
A Tin Of Cat Food Left Out Created Some Bizarre And Creepy Mould
In Australia, This Snake Had 3 Eyes
i read about this in a National Geographic article, sadly he didn't live to long
Air Conditioning Units At The Smdc Shore Residences In Manila, Philippines
Walked By This Door In An Apartment Complex One Night While Delivering Doordash. It Leads To The Garage For Someone's Unit
This Is How Mercedes-Benz Advertised Their Strong Headlight
But would you want lights that bright coming towards you?
My Light Emits A "Ghost Current", It's On Even Though It's Off
Mickey Mouse Club - 1930’s
Didn't Need To See This
Children‘s skulls with their baby teeth and the ones that are to grow later
El Salvadorian Gang Members Were Sent To A New Prison Meant To Hold 40,000
They literally have no space to move! The whole situation in El Salvador is quite sad really. Many of the people being arrested for being in gangs are no longer active gang members and haven't been for years. They're targeted because of their old ink and are incarcerated purely for having gang tattoos with no evidence of any crimes. I have a friend who fled to Spain and is seeking asylum because he was in a gang as a teenager there but left when he turned 20 and got his life clean. He's almost 50 now and has been a law abiding citizen all these years. Even when he was in the gang he didn't do anything violent towards anyone.
This High-Rise Tower In China Isn’t A Housing Block Or A Prison — It’s A Pig Farm
French Serial Killer Charles "The Serpent" Sobhraj Heading Home After Being Freed In Nepal
I Saw A Ham That Looked Like A Cross Section Of A Human Head
The Bathroom At My Dads Shop
Got A Call For A Blocked Wc At A Funeral Home. Wasn't Expecting This. Guess It's A Common System Design
These "Eye Caps" That Morticians Use To Keep Your Eye Lids Closed. Notice The Angled Perforations?
I worked at a crematory that offered un-embalmed viewings for family members who couldn't afford the embalming process. I would set the facial features of the deceased and often used these eye caps. They are meant to go under the eyelids (like large contacts). Then, I would maneuver the eyelid over the caps; the scoring would grip the soft tissue inside the eyelid and assist in keeping the eyes closed.
Big Eye Grendalier Fish. They Usually Stay Very Deep, Near The Ocean Bottom
These malformed deep ocean fish with horrible tissue damage from rapid pressure change is getting old BP. There's plenty of cool underwater photography of fishes like these in their natural habitat where they aren't suffering/dying.
Plica Fimbriata Doesn't Hurt Or Harm A Person But Personally I Think It Fits Here
My Housemates Toothbrush
Tongue Eating Parasite Found Inside Fishes Mouth
My Collection Of Bullets Found At Work
I've Recently Started Playing Shamisen, A Traditional Japanese Instrument. I Asked What The Black Dots On The Skin Are, Thinking It Was A Measurement Of Some Kind. Turns Out Theyre Nipples From The Cat Belly Skin Used To Make The Instrument
Discovered These Fingerprints On Our Ceiling Tonight. No Idea How, Or When, They Got There. Nobody In Our Household Can Reach That High. We Are The Original Residents Of The Home
Probably fingerprints from construction, then moisture and dust in the air build up and cling to the oil from the prints.
The Inside Of A Rotary Kiln
I’m an artist and also had to google , picture a giant flesh light llookswise😂 “ rotary kiln is a physically large process unit used in cement production where limestone is decomposed into calcium oxide which forms the basis of cement clinker particles under high temperatures. The modelling of rotary kilns are well documented in literature.”
Freckles Removal Treatment From The 1930s
My Cousins Invisalign
The Toilet At My Workplace
Woke Up To A Lot Of Chewing Gum Packages On Our Window Sill
BP will notify me that someone commented on my comment but I can never get back to my comment on the post. How does one navigate this? Of course ods are if someone answers I'll never be able to find it.
This happens when BP trims the original entry count. On this particular post, there were 87 entries originally. It has been trimmed to 50. To view your comment, go the last entry. Right underneath it, there is a note notifying of this trimming; along with a hyperlink to the original 87 entries. Click that link and you can scroll to search your comment there. Edit: The method I explained above works only for web version of BP. I just tested this using adroid app version. Sorry. No such link available. Not sure if IOS app version has it.
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BP will notify me that someone commented on my comment but I can never get back to my comment on the post. How does one navigate this? Of course ods are if someone answers I'll never be able to find it.
This happens when BP trims the original entry count. On this particular post, there were 87 entries originally. It has been trimmed to 50. To view your comment, go the last entry. Right underneath it, there is a note notifying of this trimming; along with a hyperlink to the original 87 entries. Click that link and you can scroll to search your comment there. Edit: The method I explained above works only for web version of BP. I just tested this using adroid app version. Sorry. No such link available. Not sure if IOS app version has it.
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