“Awkward Family Photos” Shared 30 Unforgettable Shots Of Kids Meeting Some Truly Terrifying Character Mascots

“Chicago, 1982. The year I became afraid of clowns. And whatever that thing is behind me.”⁠

“My sister at her Chuck E. Cheese birthday party. I am the child on the right doing absolutely nothing to console her.”

“My brother met a clown during our trip to New York City. He was thrilled.”⁠

“My mom thought it would be a good idea to hire whatever this is for my 3rd birthday party. This photo was taken moments before I started screaming and crying.”⁠

"It was 1979, and I met Miss Piggy in Pontins holiday park, Prestatyn, North Wales. It looked like she was recovering from a rough night."

“Here’s me in 1986 with this terrifying Big Bird where you can see the guy’s face in the cutout below the beak.”

"My cousins and I at a birthday party with Alf, who appears to be having a rough one."

“Mr. Peanut still haunts me to this day.”⁠

"Our early 90s triplets in unison Santa photo."

“My sister on the lap of the most gawd-awful Easter Bunny ever.”⁠

“Strange times at the Montgomery County Fair in Ohio, 1981.”

“We took my son to a church Easter egg hunt. Afterward, he took photos with the bunny… and a bonus clown and bird.”⁠

“Just what every kid recovering from an elbow reconstruction wants: a huge promotional fish from Long John Silver's stopping by with a care package of coloring supplies. The early 90s were a strange time.”⁠

“Still not sure why my mom wanted to take us for Halloween pics with the Michael Myers of penguins.”⁠

“My brother and I with a bootleg Big Bird & Oscar in 1991.”⁠

“1989, Texas. Me with our local mall easter bunny. Something seemed a little off.”⁠

“Found this gem while digitizing our family photos. It was taken sometime in the late 70s in Des Moines, Iowa. I’m the little guy with Cookie Monster and my brother, whose sole comment upon seeing this photo was, ‘miss that hat.'”⁠

"Bert and Ernie helped me celebrate my first birthday in 1978. That's me sitting on the lady in yellow's lap."

"Stockton-On-Tees in the early 80s, and I got to meet Rupert!"

“My friend Shawn when she was in 2nd grade.”⁠

“At the Lakeside Mall in New Orleans in 1985, I was lucky enough to meet a leprechaun.”⁠

“Me and a really drunk Miss Piggy in Long Beach Island, 1982.”⁠

“My first Easter. Looks like even back then I thought it was pretty dodgy.”⁠

“When I was 4, I met Mickey Mouse in Argentina.”⁠

"Every year for the holidays, my family took me to the Westland Mall in Columbus, OH, for pictures. My 1984 encounter with a bunny filled with darkness still haunts me to this day."

"When I was one, I met Big Bird and the Easter Bunny in 1979 at the Eastgate Square Mall in Hamilton, Ontario."

“My bowl cut and I got to meet Barney."⁠

“Four-year-old me, 1998, on one of my family’s many caravan holidays in Cornwall, UK.”

“There was a meet-and-greet with Fred Flintstone at a Shopper’s Drug Mart, and I got to sit on his lap.”⁠

“Big Bird was a big hit at our 1983 block party.”⁠