50 Times Mother Nature Proved To Be Scary As Hell (WARNING: This List Might Be Too Scary For You)

Mother Nature continues to amaze us every day, even when we fail to treat her with the love and respect she deserves. There are too many dreamy landscapes and mind-boggling animals that exist right outside our urban surroundings, just waiting to be appreciated. But be careful though — if you get too close, things can go from mesmerizing to straight-up terrifying in mere seconds.

You see, not all wildlife surprises are pleasant. They sometimes crawl into the comfort of our homes to remind us that nature is not to be messed with. In fact, there are plenty of horrified poor souls that have experienced these unsettling terrors firsthand. Before running to the hills, they managed to snap a photo and share their horror stories with everyone online.

We at Bored Panda scoured the internet and found plenty of cases where nature provided our world with alien-like creatures to scare the heck out of everyone who crosses them. Continue scrolling and let us know which ones made you say 'nope' the loudest! And if by some chance you think you can handle even more creepy and spooky examples, check out our earlier compilations of this feature here, here, and here.

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Caught This Storm Above A Bowing Field Of Sunflowers

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50 Times Mother Nature Proved To Be Scary As Hell (WARNING: This List Might Be Too Scary For You)

Caught This Storm Above A Bowing Field Of Sunflowers

Due To The Low Temperature, Lake Michigan Shattered Into Countless Pieces Of Ice

This Is A Wasp Nest That Has Grown Around The Floodlights On A Garage

I Share A New Jaguar Photo With You, Earlier Than I Wanted. Hopefully, You Will Like This Striking Image

A Melanistic & Albino Alligator

Started Work This Morning, Put My Headset On, Felt Something Furry In My Ear, Looked And There Is A Bat In My Headset

Moose In Fog

Stygian Owl Is Known For The Red Reflection Of Their Eyes That Are Often Associated With The Devil

Dead Man Fingers Fungus

Man Finds Huge Spider Hiding Inside Ear Muffs After Feeling Tickle In His Ear

Coconut Crabs Are Attracted To The Smell Of Food

Hickory Horned Devil. Largest Caterpillar In The World. Turns Into A Regal Moth. Can Grow 6 Inches Long And Is Completely Harmless Except Visually Terrifying

This Looks Like A Scene From A Movie. Six Waterspouts Simultaneously In The Gulf Of Mexico

Well There Is A Water Snake Living In My Toilet Somehow

A Huntsman Spider Stealing My Cousin's Bacon

Infested Spider Tent

Found In A Harpy Eagle's Nest

The Giant Devil’s Flower Mantis Looks Like Something That Crawled Out Of Hell

Was Playing Video Games When I Heard Sounds To My Left. Looked Over And Saw This

The Creatonotos Gangis Moth Unfurling Its “Hair-Pencils” To Spread Pheromones

Went Into My Attic Looking For A Water Leak Coming Into My Living Room And It Appears That I'm Also In Quarantine With This Whatever Monstrosity Left This Behind

This Cluster Of Fossilised Creatures Look Like They Came From Another Planet

Sometimes Mother Nature Can Be Creepy (Chesaning, MI)

Does Anyone Know What Kind Of Puppy This Is?

Snapdragon Seed Pods Are Kind Of Creepy

Found This In My Apartment While Living In Japan. They Are Fast

Angler Fish Washed Ashore

This Moray Tried To Swallow A Pufferfish. Said Puffer Took Her With Him

Heron Likes A Bit Of Crocodilian Dinner

This Harmless Snail

Remember To Check Your VR Headset For Spiders

I Freaked Out A Little When I Met This While Cross Country Skiing

Who's That Pokémon?

All The Brown You Can See Is Spiders

Apparently, A Species Of Guarana Plant Looks Like A Large Cluster Of Eyeballs

The Most Metal Eel Ever

It's The Legs For Me

Ceiling Snake

This Is A Wolf Eel, Pure Oceanic Nightmare Fuel

Mouth Of A Emerald Boa

Sigh. This Is My Bathroom Ceiling, That Is A Brush-Tailed Possum Foot

Small Tick Sucking On A Big One

The Wallago Attu Catfish

Australian Problems

These Button Plants (Conophytum Wittebergense) Look Like Creepy Bloodshot Eyes

For All The Naysayers Who Think The Rest Of Us Are Paranoid

An Old Friend

The Foot Of A Kangaroo

I Have Been Losing My Mind Over How My Work Shoes Are Always Spotless In The Morning After Being Out On My Porch Overnight

Just Here To Ruin Your Day

Frost Pattern In The Hollow Of A Rock

Moss Zombie

Hawk Making His Way Through Town Devouring Every Pigeon He Can. The Total Is Up In The Double Digits So Far

An Alligator Snapping Turtle Hibernating Under A Sheet Of Ice

A Huge Banana Spider (Argiope Aurantia) Caught A Townsend's Big-Eared Bat In Its Web Outside A Home In Poteet, Texas

Who's The Fun Guy? (Fungi Xylaria Polymorpha Aka Man's Toes Fungus)

This Cloud Formation Appeared In The Skies Above Portugal In 2016. It Has Been Dubbed The "Hand Of God"

Camera Flash Made The Sheep Look Like Zombies

This Root System Of My Calathea Plant. These Root Nodules Mean It's Very Healthy, But It's Unnerving To Look At

You Never Know You'll Find When You Open A Data Logger Box On The Prairie

Underworld Is Leaking

This Guy Says Hi. He’s Mr. Tapeworm And He Had His Photo Taken With A Microscope. Look At That Toothy Smile

Got A Complaint At Work About "Very Loud Crickets" In The Bathroom

Deep Sea Eel

Damn Nature, You Scary

Crazy Looking Hole Punch Clouds Over Central Florida

Mother Nature Doesn't Care About Mother's Day

Open Wide, Image Of A Port Jackson Shark, One Of Our Loveable Critters Found At Montague Island, NSW

Brown Snake Squeezing Out Of The Shower Grid

Hydrosaurus Philippine Sailfin Lizard

The Way These Caterpillars Are Eating This Leaf

Moth Infected With Cordyceps Fungus

These Creepy Looking Clouds Are Called Scud Clouds

Acanthacorydalis Fruhstorferi Or Giant Chinese Dobson Fly

Prehistoric Parasites. One Of The Most Interesting Crustacea We Find Along The South African Coastline Has To Be The Tongue-Eating Louse

It's A Sea Of So Called "Portuguese Man O' War". Extremely Venomous. If You Ever See One, Stay Away, Don't Touch

This Is How My Morning Started

Is It An Alien? No. It's A Dutch Lobster Moth Caterpillar

Long, Black, Slippery Freshwater Eels