While there’s still a good chunk of the year left before we get to spook each other during Halloween or until another internet sensation like Skinamarink provokes a two-week-long bout of insomnia, the internet is not short of supply when it comes to oddly terrifying material.
If you’re one of those daredevils who takes great pleasure in horror films and reading creepypastas (alone in your apartment!), then you’ll be right at home in the Oddly Terrifying community. From mysterious fingerprints on one’s ceiling to creepy, abandoned churches in the middle of nowhere, this is pure nightmare fodder that will surely give you the heebie-jeebies. And in case someone asks, you’ll find us under a well-lit blanket coloring our mandalas, trying to return to our happy place. Hopefully, there’s no creepy forests on the way back.
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#1 A Month Ago I Became Friends With A Crow. Today He Brought Me The Skull Of Another Crow
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Under the glass case inside a trapper’s store called the Banff Indian Trader Shop, an unsuspecting-looking wooden cabin located at the edge of Banff, Alberta, lies a mysterious creature. A half-fish, half-terrifying “man-beast of the seven seas,” presumably caught in the waters of Fiji in the 18th century.
In broad daylight, this mummified monstrosity looks exactly what it sounds like: a dried-up monkey stitched up on top of a giant fish à la merman. Something you’d imagine a 16th-century sailor spinning tall tales about to scare the bejeezus out of other sailors. And sure, it looks kind of comical under normal circumstances.
But leave me alone with it in the wee hours, and I’m pretty sure you’d find me rocking back and forth with my arms around my knees. Even though it was probably me and no one else who decided to go seek out this monstrosity, despite the possibility of a sleepless night – something that r/oddlyterrifying is excellent at, often making others like myself question why we come back here time and time again in the first place.
#2 I Don’t Know About You, But This Feels Weird
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Created in 2013, a few years after creepypasta’s Slenderman took internet by the storm, r/oddlyterrifying today boasts 2.6 million community members, ranking among the top subreddits for horror-related content. Honestly, it’s not difficult to see the appeal, since there’s only a few (safe) places on the net where people can act both as digital curators and consumers of a cornucopia of spine-tingling, possibly cursed imagery.
Of course, considering that 71% of Americans under the age of 35 enjoy scary movies, it’s not entirely surprising why some horror enthusiasts might look for an extra thrill either on r/creepypasta or its frightening cousin, r/oddlyterrifying.
#3 Perhaps The Most-Terrifying Space Photograph To Date. Astronaut Bruce Mccandless II Floats Completely Untethered, Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle, With Nothing But His Manned Maneuvering Unit Keeping Him Alive. The First Person In History To Do So. Credit: Nasa
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#4 An Octopus With 32 Tentacles Found Off The Coasts Of South Korea
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#5 This Ad From 1996 Was Prophetic
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#6 Chicago Metra Up-N Track, Carries 34,000 Passengers On 70 Trains Across This Bridge Every Day
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#7 A Friend’s Printer Broke, Here’s The Result Of Him Printing Off A Picture Of Nicolas Cage
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#8 Hi There
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#9 The Human Eye
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#10 Signature Evolution In Alzheimer’s Disease
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#11 The “Snow” In The Wizard Of Oz Movie Was 100% Pure Asbestos
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#12 Graffiti Artists Tagging A Bridge In Mexico
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#13 My Friend Is A Bus Driver In Portland, Or And Sent Me This
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#14 What Rat They See That They Had To Make These?
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#15 Civilians Taking Care Of Zoo Animals In Their Own Homes During WWII
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#16 This Foot Two Days After A Rattlesnake Bite
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#17 Climber’s Shelter At The Middle Of A Cliff
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#18 A Crocodile In Australia Was Caught That Kept Eating Cattle
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#19 Michael Jackson’s Bedroom When He Died Had Target Ads Of Babies He Didn’t Know
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#20 When A Kangaroo Feels Threatened, It’ll Submerge Itself Chest Deep In Body Of Water To Lure In The Threat, Then It Will Ferociously Drown It By Holding Its Head Underwater And Biting It Until They’re No Longer Putting Up A Fight
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#21 Just Imagine What They’d Do To You
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#22 Thought I Heard A Noise Coming From Outside My Window A Few Nights Ago But Brushed It Off. Noticed This This Morning
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#23 The Italian Fascist Party’s Headquarters (1934)
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#24 This Post Box
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#25 Microscopic Image Of A Tape Worms Head
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#26 While Filming The Exorcist, Linda Blair Was Rigged To A Mechanical Bed That Shook Her So Violently She Fractured Her Spine. The Shot Was Used In The Final Film, And Her Screams Of Pain Were Real
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#27 Weird “Are You Dreaming” Sign Found In Psychologist Waiting Room
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#28 Manute Bol, Tallest Ever Nba Player (7’7″), Swimming
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#29 And Those Are Just The Ones The Tape Caught
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#30 A Woman’s Glove From 1850’s In London, Used For Self-Defence
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#31 Apoica Wasp Nest
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#32 A Rickety Old Foot Bridge Leading Into The Misty Distance
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#33 TV Turned Itself On At 3am To ‘Update’. This Was The Loading Screen
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#34 A Drained Swamp. Really Pretty But Kinda Creepy
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#35 Fortune Cookie
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#36 Archaeologists Discovered The Claws Of A Moa, A Bird That Went Extinct 700 – 800 Years Ago
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#37 Basalmic Vinegar Is Not An Appropriate Substitute For Poached Eggs If You’re Out Of White Vinegar
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#38 This Dark Obelisk In The Desert
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#39 Nope It’s Not A Skull It’s A Fly Infected By Cordyceps Fungus
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#40 Kidney Stone Surface As Seen In An Electron Microscope
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#41 Staying At My Grandmother’s House For A Bit, Opened Up The Toilet And Was Greeted By This
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#42 The Skull Of Mary Magdalene In St Maximin Basilica In France
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#43 Bodies Are Probably Infected. That’s My Guess
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#44 My Walk Home
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#45 Robe And Axe Of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Who Was The Official Executioner For The Papal States From 1796 To 1864. During His Tenure He Executed 514 People
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#46 Someone Anonymously Sent This To My Neighbor
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#47 Baby Mute
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#48 My (28f) Spine
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#49 Found My Old Teeth When Visiting My Parents (I’m 33)
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#50 This Is Demodex Folliculorum. Right Now There Are 6 Of These On Each One Of You Eyebrows Hair Follicles
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