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68 Times People Encountered Something So Strange They Had To Share It With The World (New Pics)
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The internet is a vast space where you encounter a wide assortment of content every time you scroll. Within the first five minutes, you will see something that makes you burst out laughing, something that enrages you, and something that weirds you out.
Today, you’re likely about to experience the latter. The following images are from the Strange subreddit, which is all about the random oddities of daily life. It’s been running for the last 17 years and has amassed 161,000 followers who share a fascination with the bizarre, the peculiar, and the eccentric.
Scroll through to see if any of these posts stand out to you. Feel free to upvote those that do.
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#1
Found An AirTag In My Carryon After An International Flight. No One I Know Owns One
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#2
This "Petrified" Banana That I've Now Had For 6 Years
Not sure how this happens, but about 6 years ago I found a banana in my room while packing to move. It has no smell, is hard as a rock, and hasn't changed at all since I found it.
#3
The Night I Got Up For My 3am Pee , Half Asleep, I Lifted The Toilet Lid (They’re Kept Down To Keep My Cats Out) And I Found A Squirrel Of Some Sort Swimming In My Toilet Bowl!
Rebecca O’Donnell 2 hours ago
They caught him/her with oven mitts and released him/her outside.
Many of these images are straight-up strange without context. For many people, that can be quite jarring and unsettling, yet this type of content nonetheless draws fascination. Why is that?
According to Jonathan Mason, Edge Digital’s managing editor, it has to do with how we humans are wired to link fear and curiosity together.
#4
Statues Under A 70 Year Old House
#5
This Doesn't Feel Real
#6
Sounds Even Scarier, Somehow
The brain is designed to prioritize and flag potential threats and uncertainty,” Mason told Bored Panda. “So it's an extremely effective hook that makes audiences want to check for content, scan the comments for explanations, and just generally engage with the content at a higher level than they would with something that makes sense on the face of it.”
#8
How The Hell Did That 400lb Rock Get 40 Feet Up In The Tree?!
Glen Ellyn 3 hours ago
The tree did it. It grew up around the rock. Oh, wait. I guess a sapling couldn't hold it long enough to grow up around it. I think it was that Charlie guy who works for the power company.
#9
I Saw The Creepiest Thing On The Road Today. Left Me Speechless
I was driving in Miami and I saw this older model car with a car seat in the back. The car seat had a baby doll strapped in. There was also another doll that was on top of what looks like s statue of a wolf.
From the fear of the unknown, there is also curiosity. Everyone loves a good mystery trope, which makes pieces of content with a peculiar theme resonate with people.
“'Strange' content mixes novelty and ambiguity and grabs people's attention, so now people design content that way on purpose,” Simplee Digital co-founder and CEO Rafael Rositsan explained.
#10
The Trees Where I Used To Live Look Like A Pack Of Prehistoric Animals
#11
Goat Herders Of Yemen
#12
Secret Compartment Behind Mirror
Rositsan further noted that strange content is similar to rage-baiting in that they elicit a strong reaction from the audience. Creators are also aware of the people’s “permanent appetite for anything weird and unsettling.
Content that elicits strong emotions is an automatic scroll-stopper, which, according to Rositsan, is also why it works so well in drawing attention. That helps the algorithm do its work.
#13
"Kid Chair" Found At Rack Room Shoes
#14
The Text On These Cheap Sandals My Sister Got From Shein
#15
A Plane Seemingly Abandoned In The Middle Of Nowhere?
Glen Ellyn 3 hours ago
Couldn't keep up with the payments, so they ditched it and will say it was stolen.
“Weird visuals tend to win attention because they break the pattern of everything else you’re scrolling past,” Rositsan explained. “Once someone rewatches, comments, or sends the post to a friend, the system reads that as valuable engagement and pushes it further, which is why niche formats like analog horror can suddenly become mainstream.”
#16
A Homeless Man Gave A “Diamond” To My Mother
Unpickled Pickle 1 hour ago (edited)
The line between "worthless rock" and "priceless gemstone" is very thin.
#17
Ever Come Across A Piece Of Public Art That Feels Like A Glitch In The Simulation?
#18
Grey Hair Turning Back To Brown
#19
Curious Encounters Walking In The Woods
#21
My Hands Turn Red Like A Tomato When Warm, And Blue/Purple When Cold
#22
Bro Selling Himself On Fb Marketplace
#23
11 Paper Cups In One Reeces
#24
Why Do People Put Teddy Bears On Their Cars
#25
Friend Ate Gold In His Sleep
My friend had awoken last light at 12:30am to realise he had roughly 0.3grams of gold in his mouth, we are keen gold miners in newzealand and his collection of gold is roughly 14grams (Lucky he didnt eat this)
Weird thing is he had cleaned up 0.6grams of gold the previous day to give to his friend that had been helping him, this was placed in a plastic container within another container (That he keeps all his gold in) and was left at the end of his bed on the floor. Somehow throughout the night he got up while sleeping, opened the main container and opened this small vile containing 0.6g and ate half of it, put the lid back on and closed the main container and then woke up at 12:30am (Works on a diary farm) To find that his mouth full of gold. long story short he then weighed the jar that was in his container to find half of it missing
#26
Mom Received An “Abuelita” Mug By Mistake For Christmas And We Laughed It Off. 3 Days Later I Found Out I Was Pregnant
#29
Someone Been Stuffing Money In My Door Jam
#30
Random International Shipping Crate Arrived At My Parent’s House, No Return Address Or Who It’s Addressed To. Only Thing Inside Is A Window Pane
#31
Casket In Cemetery
#32
Every Time I Go To The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, This Dali Painting Haunts Me
#33
Is There Any Reason To Bury A Bible Like This?
Otto Katz 2 hours ago
Looked at the reddit thread this is from, so much bullśhit! omg. "Catholics believe this gets rid of bad spirits" "Catholics believe this is how to dispose of holy things'. This is all bullshǐt! someone is messing with someone, this isn't any ritual or anything holy, or scripted by the church. (was Roman Catholic for 63 years.
#34
Perfectly Formed Circle With Zero Leaves On The Middle Of My Property. Almost A Mile Away From Anybody Else
#35
Found This In The Glove Box Of The Car My Girlfriend Just Bought
#36
Reese’s Without The Peanut Butter
#38
Found This Strange On Marketplace
#39
What Is This At The Lake I Found?
#41
Why Would Anyone Ned This In Their Apartment?
#42
Toddler Shoes Found At The Bottom Of The Stairs. We Don’t Have A Child
Unpickled Pickle 1 hour ago
For my own sake, im going to assume that's from the previous owner, it was under the stairs, and its been jiggled out by an earthquake.
#43
I Momentarily Forgot How To Write The Number 5
#44
I Found Baby Clothes In My Car? I Don't Know Any Babies ????
#45
Egg I Boiled Came Out Strange Iooking
#46
Got Matchstick Box With No Stricking Side
#47
Drawing Of Sisyphus Being Happy On My Local Laundromats Wall
#48
I Found My Mom's Christmas Decorations. #4 Is A Personal Favorite
#49
This Photo Was Taken At 4.44am While I Was Asleep
#50
Found A Tiny Tree Branch That Naturally Spells “Love”
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 hour ago
Nah, bro. I can't even stretch my imagination and suspend my disbelief long enough to see "love". I see "Lono" or "Lonb".
#51
75" Tb Delivered To Our Front Doorstep With No Return Label
#52
Found A Phone In A Puzzle
#53
This Weird Text My GF Received From A Short Alert Number
#54
What Does This Sidewalk Crack Look Like To You?
#57
The Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Is Completely Fogged Up Except For One Spot
#58
My Candy Hearts Said Odd Things
#59
Seen When Walking Past Someone’s Garden
#60
Someone Left A Pair Of Shoes, One Next To Each Tire, While My Car Was Parked For A Half Hour
#61
Which Of You Is The Target Demographic For These Bad Boys?
#62
What Is This Old Picture?
#63
Found In My Closed Mailbox
Bec 4 hours ago
Squirrels? We had a neighborhood cat that we fed and allowed her to have her kittens on our sunporch. She brought her kittens some live prey that we had to deal with, and one day I saw she had dragged something on to the porch and I was freaking out, what had she brought in now? Pizza crust from the neighbors trash!
#65
Got 3 Double Egg Yolks In A Row. Don’t Know How Rare This Is
YakFactory 21 minutes ago
I recall many years ago buying a dozen eggs, and they were all doubles. Presumably the "rejects" were mistakenly packaged for sale.
#66
Weird License Plate Spotted In California
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 hour ago
That is a picture of a license plate pasted into the license plate holder XD This is most likely the car's owner trying to circumvent traffic cams - which is illegal.
#68
This Randomly Appeared On My Couch
michael Chock 28 minutes ago
It was probably on the leather from the manufacturing process and took a while to bleed through.
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