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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.
Image credit: mountainmorticia
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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#1
Corn Maze
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Libstak 2 years ago
And if it's raining and the lights are all reflecting off the wet road and every wet surface, yeah it's he'll.
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MellonCollie 2 years ago
Yep, that's correct. And I thought everyone saw it like this. Imagine adding some rain .... it becomes a kaleidoscope :-/ Glasses changed everything, I can even drive on rainy nights again, and that's no luxury living in a rainy country!
Clare C 2 years ago
I used to hate it and would be terrified, I got antiglare lenses and the change was immense.
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von Funnyname 2 years ago
Is that what does that?! Jesus I had no idea my astigmatism was the reason for all of the glare, thanks!
𝖊𝖆 2 years ago
This is why I hate driving at night! Is this not normal? I can’t stand bright lights and I swear headlights on cars are getting brighter. Always seems like everyone has their main beams on
Bobby 2 years ago
Walgreens (and other places) sell driving glasses for $20, with amber lenses that block glare. They fit over your eyewear. I've found them very helpful.
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Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago
You might want to start with an optometrist, who will be able to write a prescription for the necessary prisms and strength(s) you’ll need to give to the optician, who will then grind the lenses so that you can see without all of that visual overstimulation!
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Liz Siemens 2 years ago
Lol... I thought this was normal. I didn't realize it was a sign of a problem lol
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 2 years ago
I must have a slight astigmatism or something cos this is what it's like for me except the rays are thicker and the lights are more blinding.
Big Blue Cat 2 years ago
Yes. The pic is almost right but in reality it's exactly what you said: thicker beams and brighter lights. And I usually see only 2 beams from each light.
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Randolph Croft 2 years ago
Only one eye - I sometimes wear an eyepatch because of it. Arrgh, matey!
The Claustrophobic Turtle 2 years ago
My problem is those who use high beams and don't care about others in their path...
Bobby 2 years ago
Oh yes. See this often on rural roads. Just about have to have brights on because deer are funded by Geico, but coming around a hill and into high beams is like a 70s party with screaming instead of music.
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Shelley Dawson 2 years ago
Ohmygod! I thought this was the oils on my contact lenses doing this. I have severe astigmatism., Though it's never been that bad.
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
You probably have these anyway but you can get contact lenses thst help correct astigmatism.
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Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Two years ago I got glasses made with a technology called DNEye (at least that is what it is called here in Germany) and believe it or not, it really reduces this effect. Significantly, in my opinion! Now the cars coming towards me look like they have a light beam going up and down (like the pole on the horses of an old fashioned carousel) but no longer that much stray light. And for the first time in my live I can see something like leafs up on a tree, not just a totally undefined green mass. Yes, my eyesight is... well, there is potential for improvement. These glasses are expensive, not gonna lie, but I will get those again as it really makes a difference for me.
Terry Butler 2 years ago
This is why I wouldn't drive at night until I had my cataracts repaired.
Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago
Terry, how long was your recovery from cataract surgery? And (if you don’t mind) how old were you when you had it/them?
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Bobby 2 years ago
Try driving glasses that fit over your own. Amber lenses tend to cut glare. Cost: ~$20.
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Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago (edited)
Aren’t halos glaucoma? If you haven’t had your eyes checked recently, you might want to make an appointment with your optometrist. EDIT: Glaucoma can make you go blind!
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Kimberly Lorton 2 years ago
Sunglasses help a lot with this they do, when it's raining really hard. Not just for sunny days!
The danish woman 2 years ago
Glasses with yellow glas can change that, so everything looks clear
Matthew Wilkins 2 years ago
I have astigmatism in both eye and i don't have this affect at all
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
It doesn't do this for everyone. Be very glad it doesn't though, some people are told they definitely should not drive at night.
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John Montgomery 2 years ago
It's exaggerated, but pretty much true for me. I mostly see the rays coming off of street lights. I too thought everyone saw this way. It also makes me wonder about prism glasses that used to be sold on Fourth of July to enhance the fire works. If some people don't see the rays, what was it enhancing.
Candia Lee 2 years ago
My astigmatism made horizontals duplicate. My cataracts made stars and moons.
Parthania Dawson 2 years ago
Yes, you can wipe your glasses as many times as you like. It never goes away.
Joanie 2 years ago (edited)
Spot on. I have some yellow lens night driving glasses and they do help a bit.
Courtney Lunsford 2 years ago
Live in the city. Can someone please explain to me why drivers around here need to have their brights on constantly. I have glasses so when a huge truck is behind me with their brights it legitimately makes it difficult to drive because the light reflects off the back of my glasses straight into my eyes. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't have their brights on. But people in the city can't see at all, not with all the street lights. Even when it's just cloudy out they NEED their brights because they can't see.
Rannveig Ess 2 years ago
Great question. Yes, yes. I also would like to know why SUVs and Sport trucks have to have blastingly bright LED lights exactly at the height of a car's side window and rear mirror or they drive towards you with their 5 layers of yellow/LED/Kyptonite lights blazing. You selfish wankers. That aside, suggestion for you: Buy some *good* blue blocking glasses. Red or orange lenses. Not just the computer cute ones for screens (there's no proof these help with blue light. But they sell, so...) . Also - you know there's a little tilt on your rear view mirror? Some don't - not implying you're not paying attention. Under the mirror flip the little tab in the center back and it tilts your mirror so you see the reflected version, but not full-on lights. Dark/daytime setting. I've also stuck my hand out the window and cover up my side mirror as we're sitting at a light, so the ass in back of me gets the hint that his 3 headlights are blasting in my face. Sometimes they take the hint.
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Bobby 2 years ago
You see moon shapes? @Candia Lee said that's effect of cataracts.
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Denise Melek 2 years ago
I always thought that's normal and I am just a bad driver at night until I started seeing this pictures online.
François Carré 2 years ago
I can (still) see well at night but it happens to me a lot to be driving behind someone who goes at normal speed, but slows the hell down each time a car is coming in front of us. It's annoying but I don't get mad, I understand what's happening to them - this on the picture.
Helen Thompson 1 month ago
I got diagnosed a few years ago, and when I was a kid, I thought this was how everybody saw stuff at night.
Alan Fraser 9 months ago
So That, is what is going on! I was blaming those %&*$@** new headlights!
Peanut Soup 1 year ago
Wait a minute, that’s what I see while driving? The headlights aren’t as green in my vision but I thought everyone’s eyes did that.
Carol Medd 2 years ago
Never knew that other people saw it any differently until a few months ago.
Bunny Lady 2 years ago
Wow! I didn't know it was a thing. I try to explain to my partner what it's like driving at night for me or when there is a bright sun and beams of light are coming from it onto the car bonnet. But he can't see them so I thought it was just me!
AzKhaleesi 2 years ago
I am sure that this drives them nuts but dang it's pretty.... also upvoted because "666 points" unsettled me.
Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago
Wait... doesn't it look like this for everyone? Whaaat? Off to get my eyes checked, bye.
Hilary Gilbertson 2 years ago
Add developing cataracts to that (they make a fuzzy halo around light source), and you'll know why I don't drive at night
chad johnson 2 years ago
Why does no one tell you this is not normal, I never knew this. (49yrs)
#herefortheparty 2 years ago
Add that to not being able to distinguish depth perception of oncoming headlights at night.
Lucky2BAlive 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this. It’s better than my explanation for why I can’t drive at night.
Ruth Scheidler 2 years ago
But if you wear a pair of yellow glasses, they cut down the glare a lot. I have astigmatism too.
Billy Allen 2 years ago
Have it but not like that, but I do have double vision with glasses and triple without now.
Louise Stange-Wahl 2 years ago
I have AMD and try not to drive at night...but if I have to, it does not look this bad. Scary!
Camilo Is best 2 years ago
Oh, i guess i have that then cause this happens with the lights at my church
Rannveig Ess 2 years ago
Yes and if it's raining, it gets beyond the usual terrifying. I've actually pulled over and cried, I was so scared to keep driving when I had to go somewhere and got stuck driving home at night, in rain or just a lot of traffic. People think you're being dramatic when you explain you can't go somewhere because you can't drive well at night.
TahJia Williams 2 years ago
🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️ its better with my contacts instead of glasses but it still sucks
ShadowStalker36 2 years ago
I remember when i found out that seeiing like that wasn't a normal thing, also it cleared up my confusion about why it didnt look like that in movies
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Add in some halos and that's what I see! You learn to ignore most of it though
Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago
Halos can also signify glaucoma, which is definitely bad juju!
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Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago
🎼🎶 Some enchanted evening, you may meet a stranger, you may meet a stranger, across a crowded room…🎶
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Betsy Novack 2 years ago
I had an eye infection which was eating my cornea cause by a special Ed student who saw me as a singing human snot rag. Went to the Opthamologist every day. Put drop in eyes every two hours round the clock. I'm down to only seeing about 4-6 moons out of my left eye and the flying monkeys from the wizard of Oz have slowed down. It's amazing how I can see people in every tree or a VW van that has been blue and white since day one turn pink till I get closer.
Melissa Morse Tolentino-Potter 2 years ago
Thats what night driving looks like to me. Does that mean that I have an astigmatism
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
A good optometrist should be telling people. Either people aren't going (and people really should because they can spot serious health conditions as well as catch vision changes that make driving unsafe) or they aren't telling their clients about it and that's not right.
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Isa Trip 2 years ago
100% and number 1 reason I have to avoid small streets while driving at night bc the incoming traffic will blind me for several seconds and that can cause an accident
Bobby 2 years ago
Amber driving glasses! They fit over your own and I've found them really useful.
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Katherine Heasley 2 years ago
Why do I suddenly hear disco music playing in my head? (Blondie's "Heart of Glass," in case you're curious.)
Bobby 2 years ago
Well, pandemics tend to re-sort people and families and finances. Those options not available to all of us.
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#4
War Changes You
No you didn't 2 years ago
He was in another post recently, along with a bit of his story. Most of the four years he spent in a concentration camp.
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.”
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.
#5
I’m So Disturbed Yet Also Intrigued
#6
This Extremely Disturbing Face Swap
DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago
Nope I definitely didn't need to see this. Unsee juice, here I come
#7
Mahatma Gandhi's Statue After Some Prankster Added Red Lights To The Eyes Of It (San Francisco, 2019)
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.”
#8
This Statue With A Beehive For A Head
#9
This Abandoned Hospital Had A Visitor Last Night
#10
Amazing Halloween Costume
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.
#11
Biblically Accurate Angel
#12
This Is What Running Birds Look Like
#13
The Black Crack, A 65-Foot-Deep Fissure Along A Trail In Canyonlands National Park In Utah
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.
#14
Sears Tower During A Blackout
#15
Woke Up Scared Stiff Last Night When I Noticed A Victorian Ghost Floating At The End Of My Bed. Took Me A Few Minutes To Realise It Was My Clothes On The Door
Debbie Barnes 2 years ago
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...
#16
280 Million Year Old Fossil Found In Western Australia, Photo By Tom Kapitany
#17
A British Tourist Filmed A 'Monitor Lizard' Coming Out From His/Her Toilet Bowl In Thailand
DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago
I feared snakes biting my ass; this is a very big fear upgrade. Thank you.
#18
A Whale Skeleton Found In The Hot Dunes Of Egypt
#19
Mother! I Request Your Soul!
#20
Was Playing Video Games When I Heard A Sounds To My Left. Looked Over And Saw This
SamanthaStillNotBoredPanda. 2 years ago
He just wants to talk to you about rising energy prices
#21
Fingers Without Nails
#22
Imagine Seeing One In The Middle Of The Road While Driving
#23
Pregnant With Triplets
#24
At Vezio's Castle In Italy There Are Lots Of These "Phantom" Like Statues
#25
Eye Injury Causes Man's Iris To Collapse
BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 2 years ago
...I didn't know the iris could collapse and now I'm completely freaked out
#26
Found This In My Apartment While Living In Japan. They Are Fast!
#27
The Tornado Showing Up Because Of The Lightning Strikes
DUN DUN (she/her) 2 years ago (edited)
And my father shouting about my driving faults in the adjacent seat
#28
A Webcam Appeared In The Bottom Of My Computer Screen After It Blue Screened
#29
A Creepy Standing Goat.
SamanthaStillNotBoredPanda. 2 years ago
That’s not creepy that’s cute ! I give it kisses , ere come ere I giz you kisses 💃
#30
The Remains Of This Caribou In Greenland
#31
Oh No
#32
My Daughter's Bat Morph Suit
#33
They Are Evolving
#34
This Jack O Lantern With Mold Growing From Inside
#35
Never Letting A Cat Touch Me Again
#36
A Doll Chillin In A Graveyard
#37
Just Wait When Night Falls...
#38
Found This In My Girlfriends Loft. She Only Moved In 3 Months Ago And Says She Has Never Been Up There. Guess What My Name Is...
#39
Found This In The Basement Of My New House
#40
Spacex Has Robot Dogs Patrolling Their Rocket Factory Now
#41
There Is A Mutation In Frogs Where Their Eyes Grow On The Inside Of Their Mouth.
Gelato Cat 2 years ago
That is a lie, the eyes don't grow from the inside of their mouth because of a MuTaTiOn, they can roll their eyeballs back in to the top of their mouth to clean then with their tongue if they get dirty and so it can help them swallow.
#42
This Corridor, Man… This Is Gonna Haunt Me On Dreams
#43
Man Goes In Narrow Underwater Cave
#44
All Of A Sudden You Hear Sirens
Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
I'm guessing the floodplain of a dam? There are signs like this along the Susquehana south of Columbia PA
#45
The Ants Are Up To Something
#46
Pov: Polar Bear Is Trying To Eat You
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
The bastards look so cute and harmless, too. I have this horrible suicidal urge to start scratching his nose while saying stupid s**t like "aww, who's a Mister Cuddlebug? Yooou aRRGH!"
#47
One Of The Last Known Pictures Taken By The Hikers Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959)
Brian Bennett 2 years ago
I saw all the pictures (was told) from the cameras at the Dyatlov pass - I never saw this!
#48
This Happens To My Hands At Cold Temperatures
#49
Well That's Not A Good Sign
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Glittery Panda 2 years ago
Welp imma go wash my eyes out with bleach now. Thanks, bored panda!!
QueenSweetPotato 2 years ago
Just don't go blind (I almost did when my sister accidently sprayed cleaning product in my eyes lol)
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 2 years ago
Some very scary stuff, as stated. Not going to sleep. Nope nope nope.
Jo Choto 2 years ago
I looked at all the pictures and don't have a sense that they were creepy at all!
Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Same, there was nothing that I would consider "oddly terrifying" - I think it is a very, very subjektive feeling.
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Laila Hernandez 2 years ago
not me actually trying to do this to prove i am not scared. I AM BTW
Chintan Shah 2 years ago
I clicked for the innocent lemon picture and couldn't make it through the entire list.. these are genuinely terrifying, not "oddly".. definitely not for the faint of heart!
Liam Morrisette 5 months ago
Man these suck they are all either Normal or just old images from years ago
WritingSatyr 2 years ago
How to gauge one's intelligence: Do they look at this post at 12am and genuinely wonder why they don't want to turn out the bedside lamp? They're probably a sleep-deprived idiot. I'm a sleep-deprived idiot.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Counted at least 6 posts I've seen recently in other BP posts. I'm sure there's newer creepy stuff but other than that the creepy ones are some of my fav posts! These, comedy, history/facts and art are my favs to look through.
Glittery Panda 2 years ago
Welp imma go wash my eyes out with bleach now. Thanks, bored panda!!
QueenSweetPotato 2 years ago
Just don't go blind (I almost did when my sister accidently sprayed cleaning product in my eyes lol)
Load More Replies... Dorothy Parker 2 years ago
Some very scary stuff, as stated. Not going to sleep. Nope nope nope.
Jo Choto 2 years ago
I looked at all the pictures and don't have a sense that they were creepy at all!
Yoga Kitty 2 years ago
Same, there was nothing that I would consider "oddly terrifying" - I think it is a very, very subjektive feeling.
Load More Replies... Laila Hernandez 2 years ago
not me actually trying to do this to prove i am not scared. I AM BTW
Chintan Shah 2 years ago
I clicked for the innocent lemon picture and couldn't make it through the entire list.. these are genuinely terrifying, not "oddly".. definitely not for the faint of heart!
Liam Morrisette 5 months ago
Man these suck they are all either Normal or just old images from years ago
WritingSatyr 2 years ago
How to gauge one's intelligence: Do they look at this post at 12am and genuinely wonder why they don't want to turn out the bedside lamp? They're probably a sleep-deprived idiot. I'm a sleep-deprived idiot.
Who Panda 420 2 years ago
Counted at least 6 posts I've seen recently in other BP posts. I'm sure there's newer creepy stuff but other than that the creepy ones are some of my fav posts! These, comedy, history/facts and art are my favs to look through.
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