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68 People Shared The Strangest Things They’ve Ever Found, And There Are So Many Questions
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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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Statues Under A 70 Year Old House
#3
The Trees Where I Used To Live Look Like A Pack Of Prehistoric Animals
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
Sounds Even Scarier, Somehow
#5
Ever Come Across A Piece Of Public Art That Feels Like A Glitch In The Simulation?
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Goat Herders Of Yemen
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.”
#7
Curious Encounters Walking In The Woods
#8
The Text On These Cheap Sandals My Sister Got From Shein
#9
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 days ago
They caught him/her with oven mitts and released him/her outside.
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
Mom Received An “Abuelita” Mug By Mistake For Christmas And We Laughed It Off. 3 Days Later I Found Out I Was Pregnant
#11
I Opened A Pack Of Pickles And Was Greeted By This Pickle
#12
Found An AirTag In My Carryon After An International Flight. No One I Know Owns One
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
A Plane Seemingly Abandoned In The Middle Of Nowhere?
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
Couldn't keep up with the payments, so they ditched it and will say it was stolen.
#14
A Homeless Man Gave A “Diamond” To My Mother
Unpickled Pickle 2 days ago (edited)
The line between "worthless rock" and "priceless gemstone" is very thin.
“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.”
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This Doesn't Feel Real
#17
How The Hell Did That 400lb Rock Get 40 Feet Up In The Tree?!
Glen Ellyn 2 days 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.
#18
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.
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Drawing Of Sisyphus Being Happy On My Local Laundromats Wall
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Grey Hair Turning Back To Brown
Liliana Spiro 2 days ago (edited)
I read about this not long ago, and if I remember correctly, it said that greying, hair can naturally regain its pigment if the greying was caused by temporary factors like severe stress, nutrient deficiencies, or underlying medical conditions
#21
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.
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Secret Compartment Behind Mirror
#23
Someone Been Stuffing Money In My Door Jam
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My Flexible Hands
#25
Why Do People Put Teddy Bears On Their Cars
#26
"Kid Chair" Found At Rack Room Shoes
#27
Every Time I Go To The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, This Dali Painting Haunts Me
#28
I Momentarily Forgot How To Write The Number 5
Marleina Hershberg 2 days ago
Brain fart. I had one earlier in this post; I had to look up what turned out to be zooming in; I'd forgotten the term.
#29
11 Paper Cups In One Reeces
#30
I Found My Mom's Christmas Decorations. #4 Is A Personal Favorite
#31
Went To The Bathroom, Came Back And A “Fortune Teller Fish” Was On My Floor.. (Home Alone)
Laszlo Larthlanc 1 day ago
From the Internet: "The Fortune Teller Miracle Fish is a classic novelty toy made of thin, moisture-sensitive plastic (or specially treated cellophane). When placed in the palm of your hand, it curls, wiggles, or flips over in response to your body heat and sweat." These things had already been around a long time when I was a kid, and that was a while ago.
#32
Got Matchstick Box With No Stricking Side
#33
Perfectly Formed Circle With Zero Leaves On The Middle Of My Property. Almost A Mile Away From Anybody Else
#34
Found This In The Glove Box Of The Car My Girlfriend Just Bought
Brian Droste 2 days ago
Take it to a hospital and explain the situation so they can dispose of it properly.
#35
Did I Win A Prize Or Some Weird Factory Inspection Numbers
That’s all I yam 2 days ago
My guess it's the mold number, possibly for quality control or for mold rotation and cleaning.
#36
What Is This Old Picture?
#37
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
#38
My Hands Turn Red Like A Tomato When Warm, And Blue/Purple When Cold
#39
Who The Hell Came Up With This, And Why?…
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Seen When Walking Past Someone’s Garden
#41
Which Of You Is The Target Demographic For These Bad Boys?
#42
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
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Casket In Cemetery
#44
Bro Selling Himself On Fb Marketplace
#45
Reese’s Without The Peanut Butter
#46
Found A Tiny Tree Branch That Naturally Spells “Love”
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Nah, bro. I can't even stretch my imagination and suspend my disbelief long enough to see "love". I see "Lono" or "Lonb".
#47
I Believe Someone Has Replaced Our Moon With An Orange Slice
#48
Egg I Boiled Came Out Strange Iooking
#49
I Found Baby Clothes In My Car? I Don't Know Any Babies ????
#50
Is There Any Reason To Bury A Bible Like This?
Laszlo Larthlanc 1 day ago
Yes -- there was a reason: You bury it, take a picture, post it online, and then enjoy and record the various comments, which you can then utilize in the thesis you've been required to turn in in order to pass a Psychology 101 class in junior college.
#51
My Candy Hearts Said Odd Things
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Found This Strange On Marketplace
Bill The Splut 2 days ago
It's art if someone says it is. I went to an exhibit of Dadaist art back at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum back in the 80s. It had Man Ray's "The Gift." It was a clothes iron with the bottom covered in sharp tacks. Everyone's gotten a gift that useless at some point. Another time we saw some "Trompe-l’œil". It was designed to look 3D on a 2D painting. We stared for a bit at a brightly painted, old-timey handpull fire alarm. We both began laughing when realized that's what it was---a part of the museum's old infrastructure. I saw a security guard laughing. He probably saw this happening all day!
#53
What Is This At The Lake I Found?
#54
Why Would Anyone Ned This In Their Apartment?
#55
Toddler Shoes Found At The Bottom Of The Stairs. We Don’t Have A Child
Unpickled Pickle 2 days 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.
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This Photo Was Taken At 4.44am While I Was Asleep
#57
75" Tb Delivered To Our Front Doorstep With No Return Label
#58
Found A Phone In A Puzzle
#59
This Weird Text My GF Received From A Short Alert Number
#60
What Does This Sidewalk Crack Look Like To You?
#61
The Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Is Completely Fogged Up Except For One Spot
#62
Someone Left A Pair Of Shoes, One Next To Each Tire, While My Car Was Parked For A Half Hour
#63
This Keeps Popping Up Over A Text Box That Says "Barney Sized Hugs"
#64
Found A Perfect Circle On The Wall While Moving Furniture
#65
This Randomly Appeared On My Couch
michael Chock 2 days ago
It was probably on the leather from the manufacturing process and took a while to bleed through.
#66
Got 3 Double Egg Yolks In A Row. Don’t Know How Rare This Is
#67
Weird License Plate Spotted In California
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days 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.
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Found In My Closed Mailbox
Bec 2 days 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!
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Otto Katz 2 days ago
Nothing on reddit draws me. Reddit banned me for life for saying Naźis are bad.
Michael Largey 1 day ago
We live in a time when people will denounce you for being "anti-fa" (anti-f*****t).
Load More Replies... Otto Katz 2 days ago
Nothing on reddit draws me. Reddit banned me for life for saying Naźis are bad.
Michael Largey 1 day ago
We live in a time when people will denounce you for being "anti-fa" (anti-f*****t).
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