23 Weird Things That Are Oddly Terrifying

Carly Tennes Published 05/01/2024 in creepy

Though the word "creepy" may evoke memories of bygone creepypastas, scary movies, and bugs, there are a whole lot more eerie things out there than monsters, ghouls and the weirdos reading questionable on the train without visibly shaking their heads in disapproval may come to mind — just ask the people of r/OddlyTerrifying

From bizarre mascots, pits of burning flames and an answer to the age-old question of what would happen if a Boston Dynamics dog wished to be a real pup — nightmare fuel, that's what — here are 23 insane photos of weirdly creepy things.

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1. “Welcome, low prices and more.”
2. “A staple in any aspiring cancer patient's beauty regiment!”
3. “I have partial facial blindness and sketched how I saw my partner thanks to some bad lighting at Chili’s.”
4. “I was told to post this bad boy over here.”
5. “A month ago I became friends with a crow. Today he brought me the skull of another crow.”
6. “Noticed this one [n]ight on my CCTV.”
7. “Abandoned tori gate found at the end of a submerged tunnel in Japan.”
8. “A restraining device used to immobilize infants during circumcision.”
9.  “What rip current looks like.”
10. “This robot with a hyperrealistic face and expressions.”
11. “Manicures in the shape of sharp cat claws.”
12. “Spotted today in Paris. They didn't move for like 20min.”
13. “This is what happens when you put fur on a robot at Boston Dynamics!”
14. “My MRI pictures are straight up nightmare fuel.”
15. “A rare view of a tornado formation.”
16. “My job is to inspect every single one of these car, night time hits different.”
17. “This clay figure of my ‘mom’ I made in primary school.”
18. “Line of very furry caterpillars.”
19. “When you (hear a bang and) discover an aircraft engine lodged in the wall of your house.”
20. “The Gates of H— In Turkmenistan.”
21. “This humanoid hedgehog found on a carnival in Münster, Germany.”
22. “Peter Patter the Ventriloquist Doll.”
23. “This ice cream man found somewhere in Germany.”

1. “Welcome, low prices and more.”
2. “A staple in any aspiring cancer patient's beauty regiment!”
3. “I have partial facial blindness and sketched how I saw my partner thanks to some bad lighting at Chili’s.”
4. “I was told to post this bad boy over here.”
5. “A month ago I became friends with a crow. Today he brought me the skull of another crow.”
6. “Noticed this one [n]ight on my CCTV.”
7. “Abandoned tori gate found at the end of a submerged tunnel in Japan.”
8. “A restraining device used to immobilize infants during circumcision.”
9.  “What rip current looks like.”
10. “This robot with a hyperrealistic face and expressions.”
11. “Manicures in the shape of sharp cat claws.”
12. “Spotted today in Paris. They didn't move for like 20min.”
13. “This is what happens when you put fur on a robot at Boston Dynamics!”
14. “My MRI pictures are straight up nightmare fuel.”
15. “A rare view of a tornado formation.”
16. “My job is to inspect every single one of these car, night time hits different.”
17. “This clay figure of my ‘mom’ I made in primary school.”
18. “Line of very furry caterpillars.”
19. “When you (hear a bang and) discover an aircraft engine lodged in the wall of your house.”
20. “The Gates of H— In Turkmenistan.”
21. “This humanoid hedgehog found on a carnival in Münster, Germany.”
22. “Peter Patter the Ventriloquist Doll.”
23. “This ice cream man found somewhere in Germany.”