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While most people can barely watch horror films like Paranormal Activity without going into a full-blown breakdown, aka putting all the lights on in the house and not being able to sleep for days straight, some people like the thrill of it. They sleep like babies, never flinch and have the guts for the scariest things.

If you’re one of them, the two notoriously bone-chilling corners of Reddit known as the subreddits “Weird” and “Oddly Terrifying” must ring a bell to you. The latter one is home to 2M members who enjoy watching all the oddly terrifying content posted there.

So thanks to them, today, we have a great selection of terrifying photographs that prove a single shot on camera can be worthy of thousands of nightmares. Get ready to roll up in your blanket like a burrito (trust me, it helps!) and enjoy the list at your own risk.

#1

A Wet Owl

A Wet Owl

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Deborah, please. It is six in the morning and I haven't had my coffee yet."

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It's A No For Me

It's A No For Me

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night only to see two gentlemen on the wall appreciating your sleeping beauty.

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Bored Panda reached out to S. Elizabeth, writer and creator of the “Unquiet Things” blog, as well as the author of “The Art of the Occult: A Sourcebook For The Modern Mystic”. She has been interested in scary things that freak others out ever since she was 5 years old. “I saw a Dracula on an episode of Scooby Doo. I’d never even heard of vampires before, let alone seen one, and learning that there were blood-thirsty creatures who hover outside your home, just awaiting an invitation inside so they could poke their fangs through your neck and drink you up like a platelet-flavored Capri Sun scared me so badly that I’ve never been the same since.”

But at some point in her childhood, S. Elizabeth realized her panic and fright regarding the bloodsuckers and monsters from outer space had turned into fascination. “Whereas I would once hide my face behind a pillow when something scary was happening, I now began to feel the itchy urge to peek.” As she grew older, S. Elizabeth said that her fascination with fearsome things turned into a full-blown obsession. “From literature and film, to music and art, from that time forward, I was hungry for all things unearthly and strange, ghastly and ghostly, gruesome and grotesque,” she said.

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#5

Never Thought Those Roos Were So Terrifying

Never Thought Those Roos Were So Terrifying

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great, just another Australian thing to keep me up at night! How do you people live in terror? 😱

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S. Elizabeth argues that there are things people are deeply fearful of now that they were many hundreds of years ago. “No doubt they will strike fear into the hearts of future generations. Death and loss and aging, war and sickness and disease. Fear of the unknown!”

Having said that, she believes that the details change with the times. “Maybe those fears take different shapes, but until we figure out how to stop the aging process and become immortal (like those vampires!), unless we get a handle on our violent human tendencies, unless as a people we learn to become more compassionate and empathetic—none of those things are going to change, and those fears will continue to plague us in some form or another.”

#7

A Patient With Claustrophobia Panicking During A Ct Scan

A Patient With Claustrophobia Panicking During A Ct Scan

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A live picture of my soul leaving my body when I saw that gigantic Australian moth.

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S. Elizabeth also explained: “maybe it seems like we’re more scared now than we ever were, what with our smart phones and a million apps with a million social media accounts bombarding us with all of the horrors of the modern world, 24 hours a day. As a lifelong horror enthusiast (and someone who is afraid of a lot of things, like A LOT), I feel that I’m not too far off.”

#10

.....oh

.....oh

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#11

Something Darksided Going On In That Household I’m Sorry

Something Darksided Going On In That Household I’m Sorry

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You think they ever get the kids mixed up? "Hey Bri...is this your kid or mine?"

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#14

No Filters. Australia Was Red From Wildfires [2019]

No Filters. Australia Was Red From Wildfires [2019]

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#15

What An Uncanny Mannequ- Oh Wait That's A Person

What An Uncanny Mannequ- Oh Wait That's A Person

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#16

The Girl Cursed With The Inability To Feel Physical Pain. She Rarely Eats Or Sleeps Because Of Her Inability To Feel Hunger Or Tiredness

The Girl Cursed With The Inability To Feel Physical Pain. She Rarely Eats Or Sleeps Because Of Her Inability To Feel Hunger Or Tiredness

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's sad. The few with this disorder can legit break bones or burn themselves and not notice. As much as I think I would like to live without pain No thank you

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#18

Koala Brains Look Like Top Quality Chicken Breast

Koala Brains Look Like Top Quality Chicken Breast

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#19

Saturn's North Pole Is A Hexagon

Saturn's North Pole Is A Hexagon

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That hexagon contains many storms and cyclones. The same can be found on jupiter’s poles as well

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#20

Chick Born With The Genetic Defect Polymelia, Causing It To Have 4 Legs

Chick Born With The Genetic Defect Polymelia, Causing It To Have 4 Legs

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#21

Something Tells Me I Should Find Something Else To Eat

Something Tells Me I Should Find Something Else To Eat

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#24

I Left Netflix Running In My Bedroom This Morning And Came Back To See This Frozen On The Screen

I Left Netflix Running In My Bedroom This Morning And Came Back To See This Frozen On The Screen

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#25

Anyone Know Anything About This Weird Flyer?

Anyone Know Anything About This Weird Flyer?

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#26

Sign On A Cemetery Gate

Sign On A Cemetery Gate

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a bad plagiarism of a famous old Scottish gravestone inscription: "Come weary traveller, rest by me. / For as I am now, so you will be. / As you are now, so once was I / So pause a while as you pass by."

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#27

Telescopefish. This Deep-Sea Species Can Swallow Prey Larger Than Itself And Lives In Depths Between 500 And 3000 Meters

Telescopefish. This Deep-Sea Species Can Swallow Prey Larger Than Itself And Lives In Depths Between 500 And 3000 Meters

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#29

Out For A Ride

Out For A Ride

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#30

My Friend Cooked Red Rice But She Put Too Much Water

My Friend Cooked Red Rice But She Put Too Much Water

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#33

Big Eye Grendalier, They Live Deep Down Near The Sea Floor

Big Eye Grendalier, They Live Deep Down Near The Sea Floor

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#34

A Freestanding, Stiff Cable Found At A Playground. Nothing Happen When I Pulled It

A Freestanding, Stiff Cable Found At A Playground. Nothing Happen When I Pulled It

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#35

Just Sit Still And You’ll Be Fine

Just Sit Still And You’ll Be Fine

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex refused to go on any carnival ride because as a teen he helped set them up. Nuff said.

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#36

Portland Man Found His Tires Slashed, And This Note On His Car

Portland Man Found His Tires Slashed, And This Note On His Car

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#37

This Is A Real Advertisement For The Gameboy In The 1990

This Is A Real Advertisement For The Gameboy In The 1990

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#40

The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Weren't Graphics. Most Of Them Are Actors In Costumes

The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Weren't Graphics. Most Of Them Are Actors In Costumes

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Till the 'are' of "The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Weren't Graphics. Most Of Them Are" I was thinking "Lol they're gonna say 'Real Dinosaurs' " Now I'm laughing at my own joke

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#41

Face Swap On Horse And Dog

Face Swap On Horse And Dog

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The second pic is making me laugh like a hyena as well as making me dread for today's nightmares

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#42

Shark Jesus

Shark Jesus

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Parthenogenesis. It's not unheard of in sharks, but it's more common in invertebrates. Heck it even happens in humans but it results in tumors not viable embryos for us.

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#44

Abandoned Church In A Small Czech Village Remains A Shrine Filled With Ghost Sculptures Of The Parishioners Who Passed Away There

Abandoned Church In A Small Czech Village Remains A Shrine Filled With Ghost Sculptures Of The Parishioners Who Passed Away There

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, nice title. It's just statues made to raise money to fix the collapsed roof. They are not people who actually died there.

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#45

Sorry For The Phone Camera But Why Did I Suddenly Woke Up In A Silent Hill Game?

Sorry For The Phone Camera But Why Did I Suddenly Woke Up In A Silent Hill Game?

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#46

My Friend And His Girlfriend Came Across This In Somebody’s House

My Friend And His Girlfriend Came Across This In Somebody’s House

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#47

Bluebottle Maggot Under An Electron Microscope

Bluebottle Maggot Under An Electron Microscope

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#48

A Mother Hiding Her Face As She Puts Her Children On Sale (Chicago USA, 1948)

A Mother Hiding Her Face As She Puts Her Children On Sale (Chicago USA, 1948)

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#49

These Pointy Hat Fellas Enjoying A Ferris Wheel Ride

These Pointy Hat Fellas Enjoying A Ferris Wheel Ride

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#50

I Just Learned About Muffler Hair And I Am Not Okay

I Just Learned About Muffler Hair And I Am Not Okay

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