50 “Oddly Terrifying” Images That Are Not For The Fainthearted (New Pics)
Interview With Expert
The invention and popularization of the camera were seemingly wonderful innovations. Look, now we can document important events, save precious moments, and just immortalize things that are important to use. But are there some things that are better left unseen?
The “Oddly Terrifying” online group specializes in spooky and unsettling images that are surefire nightmare fuel if you dig long enough. We got in touch with Frank T. McAndrew, a psychologist, and professor as well as a behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner to learn more. So continue at your own risk, get comfortable, and scroll through some of the best ones. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts and experiences below.
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Afgan Hound Jumping
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Didn't Need To See This
Bored Panda got in touch with Frank T. McAndrew, Ph.D., a psychologist, professor, and essayist to learn more about why certain things fascinate and scare us at the same time. Seeing that it was just Halloween, we were curious to discover if we were more inclined to be frightened at certain times of the year.
“At Halloween, we are continually reminded by the decorations on houses and in stores as well as by the movies that are featured to think about spooky things. So yes, at this time of year the morbid and the creepy is in our thoughts more than at other times of year,” he shared with Bored Panda
Sanding Wood For An Hour Creates This Arm Of Abomination
X-Rays Taken By The Us-Mexico Border Patrol
Too many people die horribly this way in the South Texas heat. Many are tragically abandoned inside their transport vehicles while their smugglers flee.
This 15th Century Mummy Found In A Rain Forest
Some people actively enjoy seeking out the morbid and spooky and seem to like the emotions associated with it, so we wanted to know what is the psychology behind that. “We are drawn to things that scare us (as long as we know they are not "real") because we can learn from them,” Frank T. McAndrew shared.
The Guatemala City Sinkhole
"kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, no garden and a gigantic cellar with direct access to hell - available right now""
A Dead Whale On The Brink Of Exploding
X-Ray Of A Chinese Woman Who Underwent Footbinding
“We can mentally rehearse strategies for dealing with possible future encounters with terrifying people and places, and we also learn some things about ourselves. What scares us the most? What are we prepared to deal with and what will simply be too much for us?” In a sense, just clicking on this article could have been your way of answering these questions.
Sinking Of Amoco Cadiz In Brittany 1978 Looks Like A Giant Whale Surfacing
When You (Hear A Bang And) Discover An Aircraft Engine Lodged In The Wall Of Your House
People Sat On The Abraj Al Bait Clock Tower In Mecca
Lastly, Frank T. McAndrew explained some of the mental reasoning our brains might have when seeking out the creepy. “This self-knowledge can guide us toward and away from situations in a way that will be most beneficial to us.” You can find more information about Frank as well as his essays on his blog.
Falcor In His Retirement Home
It's Late At Night And I Hear A Loud Bang Come From My Garage. After Looking Around I Notice The (Fairly Heavy And Formerly Flush) Crawl Space Cover Is Ajar
This Crocodile
Bored Panda also got in touch with Coltan Scrivner, a behavioral scientist and expert on the morbid. We asked if Halloween in particular can cause some people to be more interested in this content. "People feel like it's less taboo or weird to be interested in creepy things around Halloween, so you see a lot more people acting on that interest around this time of year."
Old Man Who's Been Stalking Me At My Job Leaves Note On My Car
A Medieval-Era Painting Of King Richard II Of England And Isabella On Their Wedding Day. She Was Six - He Was 29
Wikipedia: Although their union was an arranged political marriage, and in spite of the age difference, Isabella and Richard developed a mutually respectful relationship. Due to the age of Isabella (the Canonical law for sexual consummation being twelve), the marriage was never sexually consummated. However, Isabella and Richard enjoyed a good platonic relationship, which has been compared to that between a father and his adopted daughter or between a niece and a doting uncle, and he was noted to have treated her not as a wife but rather as the daughter he and his first wife Anne never had. The king regularly visited her in Windsor, where he treated her with respect and entertained her and her ladies-in-waiting with humorous conversation, and pampered her with gifts and toys. Isabella reportedly enjoyed and looked forward to these visits
Vintage Forbidden Candy Identification Chart
At the same time, we also wanted to know why some folks are so attracted to the morbid and seek it out. "Some people seek out experiences that make them feel scared because they enjoy the adrenaline rush," he shared with Bored Panda.
Skeletal Cancer Aftermath
Taking A Lift Up A Mountain In Gwangju (1984)
I love it with the little one just seatbelted casually against the mother. I will say, no one seems as nervous as I used to be when I rode ones like these when I was a child going skiing (although ours didn't have seatbelts, obviously).
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"Others enjoy the feeling of overcoming their fears when they experience safe instances of fear, like a horror movie or haunted house attraction. Some people even enjoy scary experiences because those experiences actually help them overcome the anxiety they may be facing." You can find more of Coltan Scrivner's work on his blog.
My Headphone Suddenly Stopped Working. It Was Full Of Ants
Whoa There, Buddy😬
Inner View Of Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa
This Sign At My Local Hospital
This 9000-Year-Old Stone Mask Is The Oldest Mask In The World, And Was Found In The Judean Desert In Israel [3000x4000]
![This 9000-Year-Old Stone Mask Is The Oldest Mask In The World, And Was Found In The Judean Desert In Israel [3000x4000]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/653a3cae3b49f_19ce5fhnnebb1__700.jpg "This 9000-Year-Old Stone Mask Is The Oldest Mask In The World, And Was Found In The Judean Desert In Israel [3000x4000]")
The Original Voldemort Design In Harry Potter
Foxconn "Antijump" Nets Designed To Keep Factory Workers From Ending Their Lives
according to OSHA, this is a legit safety measure. [EDIT] to those of you saying that OSHA does not function in china, safety measures are the same around the world. If It's considered safe in the US, its safe in china.
How Far And Fast It’s Moving
This Is A Teddy Bear Made Out Of Human Placenta
he placenta is cut in half and rubbed with sea salt in order to cure it. After it is dried out, it is treated with an emulsifying mixture of tannin and egg yolk to make it soft and pliable. Then, it is crafted into a teddy bear
Dendrocnide Moroides, Or Deadly Stinger, Is One Of The Most Dangerous Shrubs In The World And Even Morphine Is Rendered Ineffective Against Its Venom
Needs much bigger fencing. Some child is going to slide its little grubbies in there (unless this is hopefully behind glass).
Child, yes only a child would be stupid enough, surely.
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We posted the same comment at the same time! 😆👍🏻✌🏼
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I guarantee there will be one village idiot adult who will touch it, just to see
Just one? I don't have that much faith in humanity anymore.
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Morphine was pretty useless last time I was given it, so yeah I agree on that....
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Also: such a random looking plant! It could be in anyones backyard by the looks of it.. this “fence” around it is laughable! Super dangerous!
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We were at Dublin's Botanical garden, where upon entry to one of the green house guide casually dropped - on here we have plant that claims the most human lives. It was sugarcane.
Sometimes called the suicide plant, its sting is so painful some people *unalive* themselves to end the pain. It will not kill you, but imaging the most painful thing you can and multiply it by maybe 100.
There's a man somewhere that's tried it, probably just after he licked a battery.
Such a plant should be kept behind a few inches of plexiglass and in no way able to be touched by anyone other than those qualified to handle it safely.
Because someone told you not to. It's practically a dare!
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That sign doesn't tell you the whole truth. After the nine months is up, the pain is still there. The plant has been named the the superslide plant (obvs not, but bp) because no one has lived more that 2 years with the pain.
The tougher the living conditions, the more extreme the adaptations to survive. I guess. I've wondered the same many times.
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This thing is dangerous because the pain hurts so much that it makes you commit suicide because of the pain.
I’ve already said this before, but my son touched this in the wild one time immediately after being told not to touch it. It wasn’t that bad, it hurt for about 10 minutes but once we got the little hairs out it stopped completely.
It's disturbing how innocuous it looks. I imagine that would be the downfall to the people who come across it in the wild. That it is so unassuming and has nothing that triggers a warning from its appearance.
Real talk? It would take every ounce of self-control I have, and it ain't much, not to touch that.
You'd regret it. i brushed my arm against one, the lightest possible touch, felt like it was just the hairs on my arm that touched it. Stinging pain for a couple of hours.
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Went Exploring At Our Local Abandoned High School. Found This In The Basement
This Person’s Randy Room
A Friend With Low Body Fat
Sorry, but most people who get into heavy duty body building are fooling themselves if they think this is sexy to everyone else.
Bathroom Over An Abandoned 15 Story Lift Shaft
I've seen this picture before and every time it makes me not want to go to the bathroom for several hours. Ironically, any time we are up several stories, this is the reality of what is happening, even though we can't see it. However, I just don't feel the need to know about it.
A Puppy Born With One Eye, 2 Tongues And No Nose
It Looks Like Something Is Hatching Out Of His Head
Double Decker Airline Seats
Abandoned Diner
This Cosplay Makes Me Uncomfortable
The “From Hell” Letter, Sent By Jack The Ripper To The President Of The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee That Was Pursuing Him
From hell
Mr Lusk, Sor I send you half the Kidne I took from one women prasarved it for you tother piece I fried and ate it was very nise. I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wate a whil longer signed
Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk
Found A 16 Inch Blade Tucked Under A Tree In My Front Yard. Not Mine And Was Not There Before
What The Feet?!?
Abandoned Tori Gate Found At The End Of A Submerged Tunnel In Japan
There are no "abandoned" Tori gates. Torii are erected to indicate that you are entering sacred space. They can be found in many places that inspire awe, or a sense of reverence. The location of a Tori may not be well traveled .
First Aid Manual Of What To Do When Someone Is Choking
My dad did this to me when a slice of bacon went down wrong. It was not pleasent to have grown man fingers in a 5 years old throat, but I guess it helped? the tear is accurate.
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Rare Case Of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
I was going to ask a question, and then I realised I actually didn't want to know any answers related to this.
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Love that they've "updated" the ads on the app so I get stuck watching random ads on their whim while still seeing ads throughout, plus having them randomly open and close within the article so what I'm looking at jumps around, BUT STILL CAN'T SEE MORE THAN THE STUPID OOPS PANDA ON HALF THE ONES I WANT TO LOOK AT!
Use a browser- Firefox or Brave are good. Get the (free) plugin uBlock Origins; it blocks regular ads, it blocks YouTube ads, it blocks a bunch of annoying, malicious cr@p. Screw the app.
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