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People Are Posting The Threatening Signs They’ve Encountered, Here Are The 50 Best Ones
Regular drivers have no doubt encountered signage that made them do a double take. From strange symbols to truly ominous texts and warnings, some drivers have likely wondered “What the hell happened here?”
So people from around the world have documented the most scary, weird, and threatening signs they have encountered in the wild. From warnings against ghostly sounds to truly demented facial expressions, oddities can be found everywhere. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples, and comment your thoughts below.
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#1
Warning Sign At My Work
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#2
Just Saw This Sign At The Theater When I Was Leaving
#3
These Pedestrian Crossing Signs Look Like Pedestrians Crossing The Street
The number one place where one might encounter signs is in and around a road system. Indeed, you basically can’t even go a mile without a handful of them in most places. These date back to the establishment of road systems in general. Throughout Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East, one can still find the old Roman milestones, telling travelers just how far they had gone.
While many early signs were set up by the administrators of cities, a significant number started as a way to assist hobbyists. Early cyclers, who wanted to explore the country, would often end up going down hazardous roads without knowing it. So local cycling clubs began to put up warnings, some of which were no doubt as “threatening” as the examples here.
#4
When You Buy The Old Neighborhood's Drug House
#5
This Sign Above The Human Cadaver Lab At My University
#6
Ominous Sign At A Disused Nuclear Bunker In Essex
Business signage has a pedigree just as old as roads. Indeed, the proverb "A good wine needs no bush," likely comes from a Roman tavern. For less literate citizens, certain symbols would be used, which we might still see today, for example, the white and red of a barber’s pole and three circles for pawnbrokers.
#7
Bucklin Trail - Killington Vermont
#8
The Racoon's Choice
#9
Light Blew Out On A Canadian Wendy’s Sign
#10
In Chicago Near The Former Site Of The Argonne National Laboratory, An Early Site Used For The Manhattan Project
#11
These Have Always Been The Scariest Signs To Me. Those Markers Aren’t Even Close To The River. Great Falls, VA
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Mt. Sentinel in Missoula, Montana has lines across it from the various water lines of the glacial lake that formed behind ice dams. Dams broke, massive wall of water flooded Washington. Missoula was 1000 feet under water 10000 years ago.
#12
My Science Teacher Put This On His Door For Lab's Safety Week
#13
I Wish This Sign Had "Aaaaaaaa!" Caption
#14
When It's So Bad You Need A Sign
#15
Weird "Are You Dreaming" Sign Found In A Psychologist's Waiting Room
#16
Michigan Tech Strikes Again
#1 Candevil Fan 2 years ago
*stops bleeding to death slowly and painfully* sorry i'll die somewhere else
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Speaking of inconvenient places to have an emergency, this is an oldie but a goodie. Husband called 911 after his wife was attacked by a warthog but he couldn't spell Eucalyptus Street so he dragged his wife over to Oak street. Here's the 911 call: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=535274050497892
Petra 2 years ago
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Load More Replies... SuperTails1008 2 years ago
Hey, murderer, can you murder me 86 yards north of here? They don't want me to get murdered here
#17
The Numbers Are Exaggerated, But The Warning Is Valid
#18
Found One In The Wild
#19
Door At Calarts
#20
Crematorium Sign
#21
Some Good Advice In The Big Island Of Hawaii
#22
Lynn Valley, North Vancouver, Canada
#23
A Sign At My Local Nursing Home
#24
"Stop Extreme Heat Danger" Warning Sign, Death Valley National Park, California, United States
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
You'd think the fact that it's called Death valley would be warning enough.
#25
This Warning Sign
#26
Good General Policy
JustAnotherRaven 2 years ago
But I have such impulse to touch everything, ESPECIALLY if I am bleeding!
#27
Found On An Abandoned Building 20+ Miles From The Closest Town
#28
This Sign At My Local Hospital
Alex Davis 2 years ago
It's a sign in a UK hospital, there is a big issue with some public building being discovered to be made from crumbling concrete. Schools, hospitals etc. are at risk from concrete used in the 60's that we've now realised it not very safe. Here is an article from the hospital where this sign is from https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/crumbling-concrete-in-our-regions-hospitals/
#29
I Go Camping Here Every Year. There Used To Be A Lake Behind This Sign But The California Drought Took Its Toll
#30
On A Commercial Waste Bin
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
Sadly people don’t always follow this. When I was 15 there was a 17 year old kid who ran away in the ICU next to me. He fell asleep in one of these and the garbage truck didn’t see or hear him and began crushing the garbage, and him. Both his legs had to be amputated below the knee. Be safe people.
#31
Found In A Small Rural NZ Town
#32
There's A Story Behind Every Sign
Cassie 2 years ago
In my state, the department of transportation was required by state lawmakers to put up signs that read "Do Not Drink From Toilets or Urinals Non-Potable Water" in their rest areas at one point. They had the sings made and put a few up before the law was rescinded and they were required to take them down. I now have one of these signs that was never installed in my living room because I find it amusing. Maybe there's a story or maybe it's just somebody trying to cover their butt so they have no liability if a story does manage to come about.
#33
McDonald's In Malaysia Is So Scary
#34
Sign Posted At Staples' Office Supply Store
#35
Was At The Flower Shop With My Son Today And Saw This Sign. Let's Just Say He Didn't Leave My Side
#36
Don't Feed The Squirrels In Zion National Park
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
My grandmother told the story about the time a squirrel fell out of a tree onto a little girl’s head. The squirrel freaked out and so did the child. The squirrel began clawing at her scalp and hair. My grandmother said she would never forget the little girl’s screams. The doctors had a hard time closing her scalp. She had so many stitches and staples and she was scarred for life physically and emotionally.
#37
Sleeping Bear Dunes
#38
A Sign From A Local Lighthouse. And They Still Get Tourists Falling In The Ocean
#39
Something's Telling Me Not To Eat Here
#40
Wittenoom, Western Australia. Previously An Asbestos Mining Town
#42
Sign I Found On The Inside Of A Security Door Of A Fast Food Restaurant
#43
Hawaii Volcanos National Park
#44
Squash Courts Don't Play Around
#45
Found This Halfway Through A Nature Trail
#46
This Sign Near The Top Of The Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
#47
This Sign In Yukon
Ian Webling 2 years ago
There's a sign on the West Coast National Road (N7) in South Africa which says an emergency phone is just 97 km away.
#48
This Sign Was At A Truck Dealership
#49
Stop, But Do It In A Goth Way
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
When your town doesn't do their job, it's up to the residents to police their neighborhood. Small town I lived in, we had to put up, and enforce, our own signs on our roads.
#50
Road Sign Near My House Is Both Blank And Covered In Bullet Holes
#51
It Means That If You Fall Into It, You Will Certainly Die. Not That You Might Die
#52
Casual Belt Sander Fires
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
Good advise, dust and fine particles tend to explode quite impressivley
#53
Light House On Lake Erie
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Wild. Imagine a noise making device capable of warning ships miles away damaging the hearing of someone standing nearby.
#54
At The Hot Springs Today
Nicholas Barrett 2 years ago
so, did the scalding water do a 180 and walk away, or is that what you're supposed to do?
#55
Never Considered The Danger Of Moose While Skiing
#56
Sign Above A Kids' Bathing Pool In South Africa
#57
Mildly Scary Sign. Made All The Scarier By Presumably 70s/80s Artwork Of A Child
featherytoad 2 years ago (edited)
I grew up in the country and lived across from a sand quarry that was across a creek. Me and my friend would always play over there on the weekends. We used to play on the equipment and climb the huge sand mounds. We used to jump of the equipment that loomed above the sands mounds. I don't know what is was called, kind of like a conveyor belt. The cooling ponds always freaked me out though but, the dogs loved them. This was the 70's/80's when no one knew where you were at.
#58
Wading Discouraged
#59
This Sign On A School Near Uvalde, Texas
#60
Falkland Island's Warning
#61
Hidden Volcanic Cracks
#62
These Signs Are Posted All Over The Walking Trails In My Town
Cassie 2 years ago
In my county, there is a significant wealthy district and a significant low-to-middle income district. A bear was spotted in the wealthy district and the residents were up in arms that it came into their district instead of the "poor" district. I guess they have more appealing trash.
#63
This One Had My Wife Rattled
#64
Fatal Atmosphere
#65
A Warning Sign In A Woodwork Shop
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
But given the recent successful transplant of a complete eyeball, maybe in 10-20 years? Note: Looks like the eye is healthy after about 2 months or so. Connected to muscles and blood vessels. Recipient still cannot *move* the eye, but that may come in time. I understand they made an attempt to connect the optic nerve, and it apparently sorta worked, but the recipient cannot see out of that eye. At the very least, it will take time for the eye and brain to learn how to handshake across that connection, and I'm sure they have a lot of work to do to make that part of it work, but progress is being made. The recipient had a live wire go off in their face, and also needed a partial face transplant.
#66
A Sign At A Beach In My City
#67
This Is A Pretty Ominous One At Hanging Rock State Park In North Carolina
Barbara Marsh 2 years ago
Nice place for a picknick (yes, I know it's a different Hanging Rock)
#68
It's A Little Cold But I Still Kept An Eye Open
#69
Fire Extinguish System With CO, Risk Of Suffocation
#70
Popping Off At Breckenridge, CO
#71
What Happened Here?
#72
Parking Across The Street From A Playground
#74
Sick Chickens
#75
Think Before You Go In
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I've been caught in rips too many times, no more swimming at the beach for me
#76
This Sign By My Local River Spot That I've Been Seeing Since I Was A Kid
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
I love my dog as much as anyone - but it is MY responsibility to be sure it is not harming others, be it human or livestock, animal. BTW same with cats
#77
What Lies Behind This Door?
#78
Another One From North Carolina State Parks
#79
This Sign A Local Wendy’s Still Displays
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
This looks like the output of my old HP inkjet when it was getting low on ink.
#80
This Sign At My Local Grocery Store Haunts Me
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VonBlade 2 years ago
An awful lot of these test your internal "wet paint? I'll just see if it still is" intrusive thoughts.
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
All of those "do not pass this point" make me want to go juuuuuust past that point. A step or two, no further. Just to rub the sign's nose in it.
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mhoulden 2 years ago
I saw this one on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/idunn_it/827776053/) 827776053_...004b9b.jpg 
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
I do love the implied threat that if you haven't, your car gets pushed in!
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VonBlade 2 years ago
An awful lot of these test your internal "wet paint? I'll just see if it still is" intrusive thoughts.
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
All of those "do not pass this point" make me want to go juuuuuust past that point. A step or two, no further. Just to rub the sign's nose in it.
Load More Replies... mhoulden 2 years ago
I saw this one on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/idunn_it/827776053/) 827776053_...004b9b.jpg
CanadianDimes 2 years ago
I do love the implied threat that if you haven't, your car gets pushed in!
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