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A terrifying picture captivates you like a horror movie you never signed up for, but still watch till the end with palms on your face hiding from the screen. You look once, you look twice and then think, “This is enough for me today,” only to realize you’d like to see some more. Thus, we’re going to give you some more scary scenes of unsettling images.

We've listed 50 terrifying images from the scary corner of Reddit known as ‘Oddly Terrifying.’ This community of 2M members has people sharing the weirdest, creepiest, and most unsettling pics of random moments and computer-generated images. These creepy pics promise to fire up your brain with some tingly sensations. So, scroll down through Bored Panda’s new batch of spooky pictures, upvote the ones that you find the creepiest, and frighten your friends by surprisingly sharing these disturbing images.

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The Fun Behind Unsettling Images

First things first, a terrifying picture isn't meant to be a horror scene. Unsettling images capture moments, and places from people in their daily lives that shift our reality’s perspective by evoking a disturbing, scary, or fearful emotion. The fun in oddly terrifying pictures lies in their paradox—although terrifying, it’s also impossible to look away and miss the fun of finding scary things hidden in pictures. 

Many people love them, and if you’re one of them, you must read the expert’s insights. To find out what fascinates us about the unsettling photos and videos, Bored Panda spoke with Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.

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    Unsettling Images Fascinate Us. Why?

    “It’s hard for us to look away from unsettling photos and videos because they challenge our usual ways of perceiving and cataloging the world, disrupting our sense of ordered reality and even suggesting that reality might be something other than we thought it was,” Lisa told us.

    She explained that “these photos and videos tend to revolve around grotesque juxtapositions of things that should not be together; they are objects that defy science and rationality and disturb our sense of scientific category. More often than not, they focus on disgusting bodies that are monstrous fusions of things that should be kept apart.”

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    The professor added that while these monstrous bodies are usually individual ones, they often suggest a larger universe that is seriously out of kilter as well.

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    A Terrifying Picture Offers A Different Perspective 

    The professor states that it’s no surprise that humans are fascinated by oddly terrifying images and that there are whole online groups dedicated to sharing them. “Photos and videos are supposed to give us clear and accurate representations of reality; they assure us that we document and thus know the material world around us in methodical and consistent ways.”

    But unsettling images can do the exact opposite, Lisa suggests. “They can undermine our faith in reality: either the camera does not lie, and it has captured some monstrous rip in our own reality, or it does lie, and we have to recognize that we cannot even trust our own technologies to accurately document the world around us! Either way, it’s disturbing.”

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    Why Do People Keep Looking at Creepy Pics?

    So you may wonder why we keep looking at these photos —and disturbing art in general? Lisa has an illuminating explanation. “Grotesque imagery is part of every culture and goes back to the dawn of civilization. Today, we actively seek out terrifying experiences by looking at grotesque photos, watching horror movies, and even going on roller coasters,” she said and added that “as humans, we seek out these terrifying artistic and cultural experiences for at least two different reasons.”

    “First, as designed experiences, terrifying art and culture give us a way to engage with things that are disturbing, uncanny, and even utterly monstrous from a safe distance. Our psychological and mental categories for understanding the world are temporarily turned upside down, but we’re not directly, physically threatened by the grotesqueries we are looking at or experiencing, and we know eventually everything will return to normal,” Lisa explained.

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    The Impact of Photos With Disturbing Backstories

    Lisa argues that it leads us to a second important point. “It’s the pleasure that comes from looking at disturbing images: they give us an opportunity to exercise our minds and to play with reality ourselves. Suddenly, we become storytellers asking ourselves and each other: Where do these grotesque images come from? Who is behind them? How would I react if I encountered this object or situation in real life?”

    The professor suggests that at their most provocative, horrifying images can even inspire real-world change: “And how do these images make me see my own reality differently? What do I need to do in my own world to make sure this never happens? Terrifying and grotesque events are part of the human experience, and encountering them first in safe artistic and cultural spaces provides us with excellent ways to prepare for them,” she concluded.

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    Debbie Barnes
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    Oh my god.. This is why I don't have anything hanging from my doors or have dolls, whose eyes seem to always glow in the dark...

    Rage of Aquarius
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. I used to keep my wetsuit on my closet door with my round Irish cap on the same hook. It looked like a giant dark figure loomed over me at night. It was horrifying.

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    Bender Bending Rodríguez
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is what you get for hanging clothes on the door. Next time use a chairs and make a pile of clothes on it like us normal persons.

    Sarah
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to throw some of my jumpers onto the back of my desk chair, the silhouette it created still scared the hell out of me at night time!

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    Romenriel
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a kid, I once saw a pale claw on a chair in my room at night. It turned out to be my white nylons. The material looks very other-worldly in moonlight. Since then, I always make sure to put my clothes away in a non-creepy way.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once had a stand off with a tall man sitting in the chair at the end of my bed. I had very bad vision, especially at night, so when I saw a man sitting at the end of my bed, I froze and just watched him for what felt like two hours. Finally worked up my courage to find it was a bathrobe with a hood that had landed in a very human like position.

    Two thousand seven
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would literally die, my soul would leave my body, my heart would sink, and I wouldn't be able to breathe!! If I saw this at night 😭🤚😟 SMH

    Stew
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my god! No way! its not your clothes fool, it is a Victorian era ghost. GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE!

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol this happened to me once when I was about five years old… my mom hung my robe on the door and I completely freaked out! I still happens to me often…

    Peter Kelly
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, stop hanging anything on doors! The hinges are built to support a door, no more, no less. Hooking 40lbs of clothes on the back is a recipe for disaster, let alone looking hideous!

    Jane Alexander
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The two headed cat shoudn't have been all that scary and my new cowboy boots even less so, but I was just a little kid back then.

    Channon Doughty
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang that's freaky! Done it to myself a thousand times, but never so realistically as this! Mine would usually fall apart if I put on my glasses or a light. Eeeeek

    Mark Karol-Chik
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why a chair is used for clothes. Who the hell puts clothes on a door?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am organized for that reason. Had a heart attack while waking up in the middle of the night (I wake up at 4:00am for my fajr prayers and my sleep cycle is just like that way)eventhough I don't believe in ghosts hehe

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a coat hanger in the corner of my room with two robes hanging on it and a few hats sitting on top. At night, it does look like a person but I don't feel frightened. So I'm really not seeing it. 🤷

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    of course if you were too stupid to recognise your own clothes this could be a series on discovery channel

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