40 Oddly Terrifying Pictures You’ll Keep Looking At Against Your Better Judgment

There’s a specific kind of picture that isn’t gory, isn’t violent, breaks no rules — and still makes you go “nope” out loud in an empty room. A doll in a window that shouldn’t have a doll. A medical illustration from 1870. A perfectly normal basement door with seventeen locks on it. That’s the entire business of r/OddlyTerrifying, and business is good. The best oddly terrifying pictures work because your brain can’t file them anywhere: nothing is technically wrong, so why are the hairs on your arm up? We pulled 40 that hit that exact nerve. Scroll with a light on, and when you’re done there’s a previous batch you can regret too.

1. Taking A Lift Up A Mountain In Gwangju (1984)

2. X-Rays Taken By The Us-Mexico Border Patrol

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4. This 15th Century Mummy Found In A Rain Forest

5. Afgan Hound Jumping

6. This Is A Teddy Bear Made Out Of Human Placenta

7. Sinking Of Amoco Cadiz In Brittany 1978 Looks Like A Giant Whale Surfacing

8. First Aid Manual Of What To Do When Someone Is Choking

9. When You (Hear A Bang And) Discover An Aircraft Engine Lodged In The Wall Of Your House

10. Falcor In His Retirement Home

11. Double Decker Airline Seats

12. Miss Piggy Of ‘The Muppet Show’ Makes A Special Appearance In A Children’s Hospital

13. This Person’s Randy Room

14. X-Ray Of A Chinese Woman Who Underwent Footbinding

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16. Sanding Wood For An Hour Creates This Arm Of Abomination

17. A Medieval-Era Painting Of King Richard II Of England And Isabella On Their Wedding Day. She Was Six – He Was 29

18. My Headphone Suddenly Stopped Working. It Was Full Of Ants

19. People Sat On The Abraj Al Bait Clock Tower In Mecca

20. It’s Late At Night And I Hear A Loud Bang Come From My Garage. After Looking Around I Notice The (Fairly Heavy And Formerly Flush) Crawl Space Cover Is Ajar

21. Old Man Who’s Been Stalking Me At My Job Leaves Note On My Car

22. A Dead Whale On The Brink Of Exploding

23. Inner View Of Ponte City Apartments In Johannesburg, South Africa

24. The Guatemala City Sinkhole

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26. Foxconn “Antijump” Nets Designed To Keep Factory Workers From Ending Their Lives

27. This Mexican Restaurant Compares Its Burritos To Babies For Scale

28. Skeletal Cancer Aftermath

29. This Cosplay Makes Me Uncomfortable

30. My Brand New Matress I Ordered On Amazon Came Infested With Bed Bugs

31. Bathroom Over An Abandoned 15 Story Lift Shaft

32. I’m A Residential Building Inspector And This Is A Recent Inspection I Did On A Burnt Down House

33. Rare Case Of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel

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35. Went Exploring At Our Local Abandoned High School. Found This In The Basement

36. Found A 16 Inch Blade Tucked Under A Tree In My Front Yard. Not Mine And Was Not There Before

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