Sometimes our world might seem all sunshine and rainbows. And while occasionally that’s true, other times, the world can be creepy. We’re talking about scary stuff - from weirdly placed items that make a person feel unsettled to borderline paranormal stuff that cannot be explained using logic.
Today we have picked out 33 unsettling things people have encountered in their daily lives.
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Started Work This Morning, Put My Headset On, Felt Something Furry In My Ear, Looked And There Is A Bat In My Headset
This does not belong on this article. This is a sweet and beautiful picture.
Abandoned Mask Taken Over By Wasps As Part Of Their Nest
Recycling can be performed by everyone! Or everything? You get my point?!
Reddit’s r/WTF is meant for people to share any oddities they encounter in their lives. The posts there range from various fails, odd-looking objects, things that don’t belong in their places, or creepy stuff. And that’s what we have picked out today.
In these photos, you can see various creepy stuff that people found when they were looking through photos, exploring new places, buying a new place, and so forth.
Some of these things might look so out of place and creepy that the brain cannot properly comprehend them. And usually, when this happens, it jumps to the conclusion that the thing must have paranormal origins.
Did you know that there is a field of study focused exactly on paranormal claims and psychic phenomena? It’s called parapsychology.
Psychic phenomena include such things as telepathy and telekinesis. Paranormal claims are related to near-death experiences or synchronicity.
Guy Found A Glass Eye Embedded In The Rock At A Beach
Has anyone read Pure, Fuse and Burn (trilogy) by Julianna Baggott? This looks like the eyes that come up in the dirt before the wretches fused in the ground pop up and start cannibalizing. If you haven't read it and like books like The Hunger Games except this is an adult dystopian trilogy and it's really really good
That's concrete - they hadn't invented glass eyes by the time rocks were formed.
Found This Clown Mannequin Half A Mile Deep Into A Drainage Pipe Tied Like This To A Grate
Great setup. A lot of effort went into that considering they might never know the response
Urban explorers like to leave "first" evidence. Photos and videos I've seen and the stories that go with them...No doubt others know who left it there.
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Belief in psychic phenomena has existed for as long as people have. But it became a study subject only in the 19th century.
The Society of Psychical Research was established in 1882 in London. Later on, similar societies appeared in the US and other European countries.
In the 20th century, parapsychology research was conducted at such high-status universities as Duke University.
Most mainstream scientists reject parapsychology by calling it pseudoscience. The field is criticized for its practitioners claiming their studies are plausible despite having no evidence. The research for evidence has been happening for over a century, and they still haven’t found anything plausible. So, parapsychology research very rarely appears in mainstream scientific journals.
What we can say is that some of these things from this list could for sure be good contenders to become subjects of parapsychology. Even if the field of the study might be kind of a scam.
My Buddy Sent Me A Message Stating... "I Think I Found A Coffin While I Was Kayaking"
Large Earthworms Can Be Found In Equador
They don't have taste buds, but they have sensing cells in their mouths and on their skin which allows them to both taste and smell their environment.
Load More Replies...Yeah, there's some forced perspective going on here--they are about 1 meter long, but not as thick as it appears in this picture. Maybe an inch (2 or 3 cm) diameter. He's holding it close to the camera to make it look at thick as his arm in the background.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to Filipino/Canadian paranormal researcher Lomar Mendz. He has been studying the paranormal field for over 20 years. You can check out his YouTube channel, where he posts his adventures of paranormal experiences along with his partner Chelsey. He agreed to share his insight into paranormal experiences.
Talking about paranormal experiences and psychology, he brought up his own experience and said “When dealing with the paranormal we have to think rationally about what could have caused certain things. Being in the moment we can overthink or jump to conclusions fast, however, it's good to rethink the scenario after it's done.”
He added, “So, as we take on all these different locations and sites that many locals & visitors claim to be haunted with all these types of occurrences, we always keep in mind that the fear comes from those stories.” And that “In my opinion, about 60-70% of the time, things can be rationalized; however, the other little bit is unexplainable.”
Looking Through My Deceased Grandma's Photos When I Found This
It looks like it might be a nice beast, Ludo. Any relation?
Load More Replies...This just brought up a memory. When I was in elementary school (I'm 40 now) we made people with pantyhose. We stuffed the panthose then assembled with a little sewing to make a person. This looks like a pantyhose person
They didn't have much tech back in the day - they had to amuse themselves somehow :D
Found In A House Listed On The Market
You'll never get rid of that. Cadaver purging is notoriously damaging. I hope they weren't suffering.
Well, technically you can, but you'll have to settle for entirely new flooring. Decomp is a nightmare. I've seen entire floors ripped up and walls knocked down to make sure no decomp remnant remains. The fact that this is just.. there, is actually quite horrific that there was never any cleanup.
Load More Replies...When my dad was found after 3 days of being deceased on his floor, it all had to be changed. This photo almost made me cry 😢
Having experienced a whiff of fresh decomp, it’s one that you never forget. I know because my grandpa had to fetch out a poor possum that got caught in our roof one time and it was not a pleasant experience :(
Load More Replies...Sprinkle a little baking soda and it should be fine...not.
Load More Replies...I had similar, but it was on the wood ceiling of a house I was renting. Didn't notice it until I had signed the papers, moved in, and went to bed for the night. This was also the house that I found super 8 of a pörn shoot that had been filmed in the house. No, I did not go up to the attic, and as soon as I could, I moved.
Lomar said that the main thing that causes the unsettling feeling is fear. And that fear is caused by information gotten beforehand. “I'm certain that the stories and history play a massive role in the uneasy feelings many do get at paranormal sites. What's funny is that, for a completely different reason, things can be heavily influenced by horror movies we have seen or other scary things we see from published movies.”
The paranormal investigator also shared a personal story from his paranormal investigations, where he had a predetermined unsettling feeling. “In New Brunswick, we have friends who own the Dorchester jail where, in the 1930s, there was a double hanging of two young men.
And of course, other inmates as well throughout the years, and when we did our first investigation there, just reading the history and what people have encountered there was very uneasy to hear, not to mention the look and energy of the jail itself was something out of a horror movie. Once we stepped into the jail for the first time, it was even more unsettling.”
I’m A Contractor. Bought An Abandoned/Foreclosed Home To Renovate. This Was In The Basement Bathroom
That looks like one of those toilets that I keep dreaming of. You know, you really have to pee and all the toilets look like this.
Good thing too. When I have to pee, I can always find a toilet but people keep barging into the stall. Whatever stops peeing the bed I guess 😆
Load More Replies...That would scare the living s**t out of me...hopefully it's a working toilet
I Just Helped A Friend Move Into Their Apartment. The Next Day They Found 37 Clowns Under Their Porch
better idea: BURN IT TO THE GROUND
Load More Replies..."How delightful, it's all the previous tenants. They never left and neither will you. It's almost noon and I'm ready to start drinking, how about you?"
It's their graveyard. Now you gotta worry about ghost clowns.
Load More Replies...Okay my Great Aunt Bessie had rattlesnakes under her porch but clowns are just uncalled for.
Bc if it wasn’t there at first RUN AND BURN 🔥
Load More Replies...Under the porch is a very good place for clowns to remain.
Lomar said that in his opinion, the thought of the afterlife or death is a universal thing which causes unsettling feelings. “This whole idea of death can scare people, and many people really do live in denial of the afterlife. Yes, it can be very unsettling and the most unsettling thing for the human race.”
Then he added “We have had so many run-ins with people who say all these things about the afterlife, and the paranormal, those in denial, those who believe there is a space we go to after we die, and those who think we stay on this earth, just in energy forms. It has caused huge debates & discussions.”
Talking about supporting people who believe that they are experiencing paranormal activity, Lomar said “The way Chelsey and I support those who believe they are experiencing unsettling paranormal activity is to remind them that there is a time and place to be scared.
A very small percentage of the time, you will have negative and dark energy messing with your everyday life. It's time to let them know to tune out of that space they are in before they continue. Fear itself can escalate many things. Most of the time, it's just active energy that's there.”
Hundreds Of Human Teeth Found By A Waste Container In My City
You need to return that to The Tooth Fairy Corporation. She must be running her operation like Amazon now
Who does the Tooth Fairy sell the teeth to? She must be getting big bucks for them to be leaving so much for them. And what do her customers do with them?
Load More Replies...Creepy dentist has been keeping all the teeth he pulled throughout his career?
Load More Replies...Are they from: A. a supernatural being like the tooth fairy, B. a completely human collector of teeth, or C. your local dentist that has a weird fetish? Now that I think about it, the answer can also be D. Both B and C.
It's obvious just looking at the picture that someone was doing experiments with bluetooth.
I Found A Homemade Electric Chair While Exploring An Abandoned Building In Croatia
I dont think thats from the war. just looking like tweaker/kid nonsense. None of that is conductive and there is no evidence of anyone being hooked up to it. torture chairs are scarily similar in post soviet countries.
Load More Replies...It looks like most of that is TV antenna cabling, the large coil of black stuff appears to be twin-coaxial cable (common for satellite dishes), and I can see some flat twin-lead 300 ohm radio antenna wiring in there too.
yeah just looks like things kids play with in abandoned buildings.
Load More Replies...No worries, it was just for a small torturing, not real electrocuting.
Lomar also voiced that “Many of the times, respectfully, some of the people who reach out to us don't know what they are looking at. They try to make faces out of nothing and have no actual proof of anything happening in their homes, so it's easily discarded. Keep in mind I said some! Many have had amazing things happen.”
In the end, the paranormal researcher expressed that “Everyone is different when it comes to the paranormal, but we provide people with what we experience as well as what has worked for us! It's just a game of detective, to be honest.”
I Found Another Mask From Our Haunted House
Possibly. But their head now has Gonoherpasyphilis (Gonorrhea, herpes and syphilis all at once, and also a 10-year-old Game Grumps reference).
Load More Replies...The freaky thing is that this was actually made by someone that is most likely demented in the head!
Here Is The Bigfin Squid
Oh my God I have seen this on this show call STRANGE EVIDENCE if you like weird creepy stuff watch it its amazing also REALLY CREEPY but cool to watch I recommend it
Lol, I watch this when Im going to sleep. Fun show! Have you watched What on Earth?
Load More Replies...Bored Panda also reached out to paranormal investigator Alexandré LeMay. You should check out their website! They also shared some insights into paranormal experiences.
For the topic of psychology determining unsettling feelings related to paranormal experiences, Alexandré said “Each person brings their own unique lens into an investigation that shapes their experience. Through our own experiments to understand the paranormal, we better understand which is a gut feeling and which is an internal bias. If you enter a space with the expectation of a negative experience, the likelihood of that manifesting is very high.”
As an example, they shared a story about the Philip experiment: “a 1972 parapsychology experiment conducted to determine whether subjects can communicate with fictionalized ghosts through expectations of human will. During this experiment they gave this “entity" a name, a backstory and a cause of death that was entirely manufactured. They followed it up with a séance that confirmed these suspicions.”
Then they added “According to these assessments, it would seem that you can program or create an entity to have certain characteristics in certain situations. I personally believe this could be happening with some hauntings but not all of them. At the end of the day, we should remember to stand firm in our power to create our energetic reality.”
I Found This When I Went For A Walk Today
Looks like he was preaching stuff the establishment didn't like...
Load More Replies...Went Hiking In The Forest And Found An Unexploded Anti-Tank Grenade Just Lying Around
From the Reddit page where this was posted: "Police was called, they said that another grenade has been found yesterday about 5 miles from where I found this one. I live in Czech Republic, no military conflict nor training took place around where I found this since WW2 It was confirmed to be an RPG-75 projectile, a domestic product of Czech Republic. The main theory now is that someone got hands on them illegally and is now getting rid of them by throwing them away in different locations."
My grandpa found an unexploded shell in his corn field. He and some workers were digging a ditch. Some of them were working a bit further and didn't understand why the others were suddenly leaving with such haste. Once they heard the reason, they also hurried to leave the area with great enthusiasm.
*KABOOM* someone calls 911 " yes officers there is only one piece of evidence and their feet is all that is left..."
Several years ago, we found a small hand grenade in the back of a closet, while moving in...landlord flipped out. We had our neighborhood cleared and a bomb squad
When asked about what could be causing a feeling of unsettlement in people, Alexandré replied “Every individual's experience with the paranormal can shape how they interact with it. Those feelings can be fine-tuned so you know when something is truly unsettling or if it’s just simply your mind projecting fear into a situation that’s unknown.”
Alexandré also shared that they consider the concept of the unknown to be universally unsettling for people. “We see this in everyday life but I think that’s what attracts me personally to it. The unknown has always made me curious to where I've thrown caution to the wind on multiple occasions. I have a dire need to understand on a deeper level what it is that makes us so afraid of these paranormal occurrences.”
So, My Boyfriend's Family Keeps This In The Garage
Is that what those were? I thought one was macaroni and cheese and the other was a human heart!
Load More Replies...Just Moved Into My New House, Found This In The Backyard
Exactly, lots of old graves are on private land and not documented.
Load More Replies...One of my friends bought a house that previously belonged to the owner of the local funeral home. He'd had sample tombstones out back for potential customers (?) to look at. My friend moves in and find one that says "DAD" half buried in the back yard. :D
Lastly, Alexandré shared what they would advise people who think that they experience paranormal experiences. “I like to remind people experiencing unsettling paranormal activity that even if we don’t know exactly what is happening, this is our realm and we hold more power than we give ourselves credit for. A simple chanting of comforting words can clear out negative energy in seconds. Intent and action even in the smallest sense can alter energetic fields, including those in paranormal spaces.”
Found This In The Woods... Think I'll Turn Back Now
Why in the world??? I think I might stop walking in the woods forever!
Found Inside The Wall Of My New House
That's some man's idea of a long joke.... I can just imagine him chuckling to himself as he walled them in :D
I would totally do stuff like that if I was building a house. Just to someday freak out the new owners. :)
Somebody probably spent years trying to remember where they left their teeth.
Found This Creepy Mannequin In Barcelona
Found Seven Of These Concrete "Sculptures" In The Garden Of The House We Just Bought
Why is it Like " sculptures " with you know what I do not want to know...
Put them in a box. Rebury them before you resell it later. Keep the tradition going!
Found This Outside The Dumpster At My Work... What Is This Thing?!
ha! thats one of them hide-and-seek kid dolls, but with the top half off. I forget the name, you put it in the corner and it looks like a lil kid is counting, really creepy, but some people think they are cute....
It’s actually a plant holder. Friends of my parents inexplicably gave them one for Christmas about 15 years ago. We used it for target practice.
Is it supposed to be a copycat "Fresno Crawler?" https://allthatsinteresting.com/fresno-nightcrawler
Looks like the pants from that Dr. Seuss book "What was I scared of?" (edit: spelling)
Creepy-Est Thing I Found In The Antique Store Ever!
i spat out my drink in the library, thanks a lot
Load More Replies...I one of those in perfect condition, my grandparents had it for years
This is either a statuette or one of a pair of salt and pepper shakers from the Black Americana era of ceramics. And incredible, obviously, racist time period, this is a young, smiling boy eating a piece of watermelon with most the paint worn away.
Load More Replies...So, I Was Doing Gardening And Found This Buried On My Garden
How would someone who found one proceed to get rid of it? Just out of curiosity.
Load More Replies...Creepy Find In The Moutains Of West Virginia
I found a super creepy baby rattle from the 70s in the woods. I threw it away. The next fall I saw it dangling from a tree. Really creeped me out. Keeps showing up
Well burn it and if it shows up again move to another country
Load More Replies...This could be the head of a clown mannequin - colours gone through the weather
Creepy Photographic Slide Found In Our Garden
Creepy Tennessee Cabin Doll
Found This Creepy Bear In The Middle Of The Woods
🎵🎶 Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic🎶🎵
Load More Replies...I Found This.. Thing.. In My Bag Of Doritos
I got a bag once that just had a huge chunk of powdered cheese in it. I took a bite, and regretted it immediately.
I had something similar to me happen with a bag of popcorn chips. I accidently ate it and it took weeks to get the taste out of my mouth. Not even hot chocolate helped!
Contact the law firm of Dewey, Screwem, & Howe, I smell a lawsuit.
We Found A 20 Year Old Doll In Our Attic
More you found evidence of rats/mice. They chewed through plastic components to get at wire insulation. good luck.
I think I know what kind of doll that is. Look up Mattel Saucy Suzie. I had her when I was little. I never thought she was creepy then, but now...
I was thinking Baby Alive? The one from the 70s that eats, drinks, and poos. I had one as a kid. It might explain all the machinery in the doll's head.
Load More Replies...Kill it with fire, just to make sure it doesn't come back in the middle of the night.
I Found This Creepy Doll
I like it, it just needs eyes and hair. After a bath and new clothes.
Customer Brought This Creepy Keyboard In To My Work To Recycle Today
Keyboards are known to emit radiation. Stops it from stealing your thoughts and transcribing them. (Sarcasm)
The person who did that! They probably have a tin foil hat as well.
Load More Replies...I wonder if he found his mind on that forray?
Load More Replies...Half of these posters need to understand that a 2-dimensional image is a lot harder to comprehend than the 3-dimensional object. Some descriptions, multiple angles, and size reference points would go a long way.
I wonder if he found his mind on that forray?
Load More Replies...Half of these posters need to understand that a 2-dimensional image is a lot harder to comprehend than the 3-dimensional object. Some descriptions, multiple angles, and size reference points would go a long way.
