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