Even though we are way past Halloween and should be focused on all that Christmas cheer, it’s hard to avoid having some chills going down our spines every now and then. And no, not because of the cold winter nights crawling on us, we mean real creepy stuff.
The internet is famous for its random and disturbing content, so we cannot help but spread the most interesting bits we find! So let’s plunge into the subreddit r/oddlyterrifying, a place that, as you might have guessed, is dedicated to sharing strangely terrifying images. It has 2.5M members, which isn’t that surprising considering the pictures there are weirdly enticing to look at.
Scroll down through the newest stack of tingly scenes and don’t forget to check out our previous posts here, here and here.
#1 Hate Waking Up To This
#2 The More I Learn About Mushrooms The Less Comfortable I Am With The Idea Of Mushrooms
#3 A Screaming Dead Sun
Glancing at these images, we experience a paradox. It’s terrifying to look at them, however, it’s also hard to look away. To find out what fascinates people about the unsettling photos, We spoke with Francis McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College and Coltan Scrivner, behavioral scientist and expert on the science of horror and morbid curiosity.
#4 A Schizophrenic Patient’s Last Drawing Before Suicide
#5 Instead Of Carving The Jack-O-Lantern Myself This Year
I poked a bunch of small holes in a pumpkin and stuffed the holes with peanut butter. I then let the squirrels go at it for two days. The result is something truly disturbingly.
#6 Just A Little Reddit Before Bed
Prof. McAndrew told that there are different types of creepiness, but they allhave one thing in common: ambiguity. “In its most extreme form, it is about the uncertaintyof threat or danger. We can get creeped out by a spooky place because it is uncertain if the place contains hidden things like predators, ghosts, or badly intentioned people who meanto do us harm.Similarly, we can be creeped outby a personwho is behaving strangely and not obeying the usual rules for interactingwith a stranger. Our uncertainty about whetherthe person is dangerous or just awkward leaves us wallowing in discomfort and feeling ‘creeped out.’
Sometimes, we can get creeped out by things that we know are not dangerous, but they still make us uncomfortable because we donot know how to categorize them or react to them. For example, dolls or robots that aretoo lifelike trigger responses that we would maketo an actual human being, but the fact that we know they arenothuman creates an uncomfortable tension that we need to resolve. We do not like uncertainty.”
#7 These Bathroom Tiles
#8 If We Drew Modern Animals The Way We Draw Dinosaurs, Based On Bones Alone
#9 Seems Like A Stone Giant Is Waking Up
C. Scrivner explains creepiness as the feeling that something might be dangerous. “When we are sure we are facing something dangerous, we feel afraid. When we are facing something that is more ambiguous, we feel creeped out.”
People are attracted to learning about danger, particularly when they can safely learn about danger (in this case, looking at these oddly terrifying images). C. Scrivener explained that things that are unsettling are creepy, which means we aren’t sure if they’re dangerous or not. “This uncertain danger is particularly attractive for our minds. We want to learn more about the unsettling thing so that we can know if it’s dangerous or not.”
#10 Signature Evolution In Alzheimer’s Disease
#11 A Sweet Potato Dug Up From A Garden
#12 A Bat Nursery
C. Scrivener continued: “Creepiness differs a bit from individual to individual, just like fears. However, just like there are some things that are more likely to be feared (e.g. heights, snakes), there are probably some things that are more likely to be creepy. Things that have both elements of danger and safety might be more likely to be creepy, like a life-like doll or an abandoned house. Dolls are cute and safe, but maybe not if they’re alive. Houses are places of refuge, but maybe not if they’re abandoned.”
#13 Appears I Had A Visitor While Working Alone In A Large Abandoned Basement…
#14 Why Even Need This Is What Scares Me
#15 The View From My Grandmothers Sun Room…
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#16 Lake Mead 1983 vs. 2021
According to prof. McAndrew, things that are novel or strange automatically attract our attention. “For good evolutionary reasons, we need tofigure out new things weencounter in case they are a threat tous or possiblya good thing that we can take advantageof. That is why we can’t lookaway until we have figured them out.”
“Some people are more comfortablewith uncertainty and ambiguity than others, and the people who are least comfortable with it are the people who will be most easily creeped out.”
#17 Mother Centipede Cradling Her Children
#18 A 4-Year-Old Boy Named Bobby Dunbar Disappeared While On A Trip With His Family
8 months later, they found him and reunited him with his family, and they lived out the rest of their lives together. Nearly 100 years later, DNA evidence proved that the boy they rescued was not Bobby Dunbar.
#19 This Banana Blossom
What changes in us when we are creeped out? According to C. Scrivener, feeling creeped out has similar effects to anxiety. “Our mind prepares the senses for information gathering and we are more on alert than usual. This helps us efficiently learn about the potential danger. In the case of images, there is no actual danger. There are likely no long-term negative effects of viewing unsettling images.”
Prof. McAndrew added that they raise our arousal levels and focus our attention. “They create an uncomfortable emotion that will keep us motivated to keep processing information about the images until we resolve them, much the same way hunger or thirst (unpleasantfeelings) motivate us to engagein behaviors (eating and drinking) that will eradicate the feeling.”
#20 An AI’s Interpretation Of The Word “Religion”
#21 Meanwhile, In Australia
#22 Civilians Taking Care Of Zoo Animals In Their Own Homes During Wwii
#23 Lighthouse By The Coast Of Iceland
#24 This Is Point Nemo, The Spot Farthest Away From Any Land In The World. You Are Closer To Astronauts Aboard The Iss Than Humanity
#25 Woman’s Neighbor Sprays Raid, Peeks Through The Slits In The Fence…
#26 Walking Home 4 Miles In Abandoned Railroad Tracks
No other way to get home unless I want to walk through gang run drug areas. that’s the scary part, this is safer.
#27 Antheraea Polyphemus… Basically A Tarantula With Wings
#28 A Disease That Has No Cure
#29 Imagine Going To Explore Your Ski Resort On Holiday And Running Into This
#30 My Spine. I Went In For Surgery At 5’10”, Came Out 6’2″, I’m Supposed To Be 6’7″
#31 Bugs Escaping From A Flood
#32 A Three-Legged Dog Licking Its Back
#33 Every Single Frog Is Looking Eerily In The Same Direction
#34 Known Locations Of Bodies On Mt. Everest
#35 So, Did You Like The Zoo?
#36 Stevn King In The 70’s vs. Steven King In His 70’s
#37 Remindes Me Of Attack On Titan
#38 This Amazon Warehouse In Tijuana, Mexico
#39 This Is The Last Source Of Light For 600 Miles
#40 This Past Thursday Marked The 13th Anniversary Of John Jones Death In Nutty Putty Cave
Jones found himself in a situation no man could help him and after being stuck upside down for 26 hours he died of cardiac arrest while his wife and daughter stood hundreds of feet above.
#41 Inside A Hong Kong Coffin Home
#42 And They Were Never Seen Again
#43 Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa. The Tallest Residential Building On The African Continent
#44 My Wife Found This Trail-Cam Pointed At The Back Door Of The Restaurant She Manages
#45 This Warning Sign
#46 We Hired A Chimney Specialist Today And They Found This. They Said “Well, This Is A First”
#47 My Father In Their Home Right Now During Ian
#48 My Friend Went Into A Fugue State And Wandered Into The Countryside At 3am
Phoned me at around 5am explaining that he had no idea where he was, soaking wet to the bone and covered in cuts, bruises and this bite(?)
#49 This Statue Of The Devil Defeating The Archangel Michael On Top Of A Tomb That Is Caged Off
#50 Chinese Ghost City. Huge Skyscraper Areas That No One Lives In
#51 Joe Metheny, The Killer Who Made His Victims Into Burgers – And Sold Them To Unsuspecting Customers
#52 A Large Snapping Turtle Surfaces Next To A Fishing Boat While They Were Checking Their Traps
#53 These Scenes From The Kids Show Courage The Cowardly Dog
#54 This Honesly Makes Me Feel Sad If Anything
#55 2000 Years Old Green Serpentine Stone Mask Found At The Base Of Pyramid Of The Sun, Teotihuacán, Mexico
#56 Imagine The Consequences Of Not Noticing These
#57 Skull Looking Rock In The Middle Of The Forest
#58 Extracted Tooth With Intact Nerve Root
#59 Do An Oil Change, They Said, Ignore The Mess, They Said
#60 This Abandoned Traffic Jam In Sweden. What Gives?
#61 Thats Are Pics From My Job On A 2000ft Tall Radio Tower, Working For Maintenance, The Views Are Incredible
#62 And You Think Having A Popcorn Kernel Stuck Is Bad
#63 Found These Two Items On The Sidewalk Outside My House
#64 Nurses Standing With Mentally Ill Patients Wrapped In Wet Linens. Thought To Be Calming For Them
#65 I’m Literally Speechless With This… (What Kind Of Creature Is This?)
#66 My Tooth Has Really Long Roots
#67 People Born With Anonychia Do Not Have Fingernails And Cannot Grow Them
#68 This Terrifies The Shit Out Of Me, One Big Wave And Bang, Gone
#69 One Of Three Fake Heads Used As Decoys During A 1962 Escape Of 3 Prisoners From Alcatraz. They Were Made With Soap, Toilet Paper, Toothpaste, And Concrete Dust
#70 A Ww2 Bunker
#71 World Cup Mascot, La’eeb, On A TV Show In Brazil
#72 My Shot Of A Close Up Of A Longhorn Beetle From A Different Angle
#73 My 6yr Old Self At The Foot Of The World Trade Center(1992)
#74 Anyone Else Remember That Episode Of The Magic School Bus Where They Got Turned Into Salmon
#75 The Last Image Of Andrew Mcauley, An Avid Sea Kayaker Who Remains Missing At Sea
In January of 2007, Andrew attempted to cross the Tasman Sea in a one man kayak. The following month, his partially capsized kayak was found 56km short of his destination at Milford Sound
#76 Loads Of Fingernail Marks On The Chair At My Dentist
#77 I Was Walking In The Forest And Noticed That Some Plastic Was Sticking Out From Under A Rock. I Find It A Bit Eerie Since I Still Was On My Dad’s Property
#78 The Last Known Photo Of English Singer And Joy Division Front Man Ian Curtis Before His Suicide
(1980). This photo was taken for a passport that Ian would use for his band’s first North American tour. He died the night before they were due to leave.
#79 Body Sized Shallow Hole/Grave Behind My New House
#80 Certainly Made Me Uncomfortable
#81 India’s Sacred Blue Cow, The Nilgai, Also Introduced To Texas Where It Is Now Feral
#82 I Don’t Know Why This Scares Me- Die Of Thirst Or Get Arrested By Border Control
#83 You Don’t Have To Tell Me
#84 Parasite-Like Fungi Growth In My Room
#85 Jeff Bezos + Elon Musk + Mark Zuckerberg + Bill Gates = Jefflon Zuckergates
#86 So I’ve Always Wondered This, Why Does It Look Like There’s A Person Standing Next To The Elephants Foot In Chernobyl In This Picture?
#87 This Person’s View Ruined By The Flooding Caused By Hurricane Ian
#88 My School Has A Doll Of A Student Who Died A While Ago Displayed In The Office (Sorry For Bad Pic I Was In A Hurry)
#89 Man Wants Sex Maid In Exchange For Free Rent
#90 Nothing Scary Here
#91 After Rushed And Violent Bout Of Diarrhoea You Are Presented With The Option To Wipe Or Not To Wipe
#92 Found This Behind A Piece Of Furniture In Our Bathroom
#93 Looks Like A Mannequin
#94 This Is How Curses Start, Right?
#95 In 1783 Bengal, A Boy Was Born With Two Heads And The Second Head Was Upside Down With The Neck Pointed Straight Up
The second head had a fully functional brain and whispered random stuffs to the other brain. When the Boy slept, the seconda head would often be observed alert and awake, eyes darting about. When the main head was fed, the second head would produce saliva. Terrified parents tried to get rid of the baby by throwing him into a fire but he survived to d*e at the age of four from a cobra bite.
#96 Well I Went To Feed My Child To Sleep And Forgot I Put This On The Door Earlier It’s A Pennywise Sticker And Looked Over In The Pitch Dark And Jumped
#97 Before And After Pic Of Brazilian Amateur Bodybuilder Romario Dos Santos Who Regularly Injected His Arms With Synthol, An Oil Injection Used To Expand The Tissue In Muscles. Over A Short Period Of Time, Dos Santos’ Appearance Changed Drastically
#98 The Little Bugs In “Pacific Rim” Aren’t Cgi But These Well-Crafted Animatronics
#99 Kidney Stone I Just Passed
#100 The Skull Of Mary Magdalene In St Maximin Basilica In France
#101 Imagine This, But With Absolute Silence. No Chatter. Just Idle People
#102 Could You Imagine Getting Shanked By This?!
#103 This Is How The Original Yoda Puppet Used In The Empire Strikes Back Looks Now
#104 There’s A Building In My City That Has No Windows
#105 Company Creates Custom Motorcycle Helmets That Look Just Like Your Actual Face
#106 Willem Dafoe, Spider Man On The Game Boy Advance
#107 Soap Bubbles I Found While Googling Soap Bubbles
#108 World Cup Mascot
#109 A Friend And I Found This Over A Mile Deep Into The Labyrinth Of City Storm Sewer
#110 Buildings Leveled. Homes Underwater. Fort Myers Beach ‘Is Gone’ After Hurricane Ian Damage
#111 Human-Sized Bear Mascot For Christmas
#112 In The Basement Of My Air B&b
#113 I’m Single, Never Have Shared My Comb With Any Girl, Never Taken It Out Anywhere. Today I Found A Long Hair Stuck In The Comb
#114 Person Infected With Worm Parasites From Eating Raw Pork 🤢
#115 One Of The Clearest Images Of Human Baby Inside Womb Using Mri.. Thankgod We Don’t Remember What It Was Like In Womb Cause It Looks Uncomfortable And Claustrophobic
