30 “Cursed Images” That Give Off An Uneasy Vibe, As Shared By This Instagram Page
InterviewThe online world is full of so much content, some of it ought to be weird. Or cursed, if you will. Yes, you guessed it right, it’s time for some more of the internet's finest disturbing images, this time provided by the Instagram account titled ‘Cursed Images 2009’.
Sharing pictures of bizarre things and happenings since 2016, the account has already amassed a fan base of nearly 82k members. Their collection of posts cover everything from toilet design that can only be called weird to people pretending to be animals, and so much more. Scroll down to find some of their posts and our interview with the founder of the Instagram account, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions.
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Is it missing a "y" and really means any potato? I really like the idea of any potato...
Load More Replies...Obvious Plant is a spoof site. He creates all sorts of parody toys, signs, etc
But, it's Florida, there's nothing but potholes!
Load More Replies...But if that was a wolf they couldn't be friends :(
Load More Replies..."And the moose asked, 'Why did you give me fleas, now we're both gonna itch like crazy?' And the dog replied, 'You knew I was a dog when you agreed to let me cross on your back.'" MORAL: Never trust a wet dog. They smell terrible, and their eyes are shifty.
I was trying to figure out how to comment from that story. You nailed it, so, thanks for taking the pressure off me. Take a well deserved upvote.
Load More Replies...I think you meant "allons y, Alonzo" because the Moose's name is Alonzo.
Load More Replies...Rocky sure has gotten bigger. And a lot less squirrel-like.
Bullwinkle kindly helps Mr. Peabody cross the lake. Rocky, of course, can fly across by himself.
The founder of the Instagram account told Bored Panda that their interest in these somewhat bizarre images started back in school. “I had Tumblr when I was in middle school or high school and Tumblr had a lot of ‘cursed images’ or ‘liminal space’ photos. I became super into them.”
They added that they wanted to bring what they saw on Tumblr to Instagram. “At first, I was mostly posting for just my friends and myself but I started gaining a following over the years over this shared aesthetic.”
I miss the days when a camera flash could easily reveal who was possessed by demons. I am convinced that the digital camera was invented to cover up this revelation.
Shhh. Stop telling the normals.
Load More Replies...This is fake, but it's art, done by an artist who modified photos. His name is Rowan Corkill.
Thank you. Looked him up, his kind of art is truly disturbing. Especially the self-portraits where he holds dead animals in his mouth.
Load More Replies...does anyone else have the sudden urge to count all the pairs of eyes staring back at them? 👁️
“I find these images on Twitter or other mutuals on Instagram,” the creator of the account revealed. “My friends also love sending me cursed images they think I’ll like.”
They said that one of the things they love most about such pictures is how out of context they are most of the time. The curator of the cursed images admitted they like not knowing why or how the photos were taken. “I like the mystery!”
'S panties are so big they alter spacetime.
Load More Replies...My aunt made these to hang on the clothesline at their campsite. It was amazing.
Nanas and Grandmas be like " There's a fingerprint on that window. I won't be a minute".
I remember this from the last time it was posted. She is not cleaning the windows, as you can see they open inwards on the floor below. She is actually cleaning the roller blind.
Absolutely no way in the world. The blinds can stay dirty.
The perspective makes Eddy look like he's going to have a big headache soon.
the mental whiplash that just gave me-
Load More Replies...OH GOD I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS LOL. Six Flags is on the left side of the picture, Texas Rangers ball park is/was next exit 🤦♂️
In my area, with people hauling floats to/from the MANY parades, nobody would even question seeing this. So, to answer your question, maybe it's just a float.
Load More Replies...The mastermind behind ‘Cursed Images 2009’ told Bored Panda that in addition to the images they share, the thing they love most about managing the account is interacting with the followers.
“I honestly didn’t expect to get any followers, really, because I made this account for myself and to make my friends laugh. I’m really grateful I’ve built a following and a community,” they added.
True self expression is when you can be both punk and practical.
I hate crocs but I love spikes and chains more so while this makes me cringe I love the metal.
The quality of school lunches had gone downhill steadily for a number of years. Gruel-weary Jessica skips merrily to school in the knowledge she would eat like a queen today.
She had to fend off hundreds of kids trying to steal her prey, the others could barely catch a mosquito and had to order the school lunch.. if they could pay.
Load More Replies...When asked what kind of cursed images the founder themselves enjoy the most, they said that it’s basically anything car-related. “There’s so many I find that I think fit my aesthetic,” they pointed out.
That's not true. The screams can't be heard through the soundproofing.
Load More Replies...This is part of an art installation in Detroit called The Heidelberg Project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Project
If it was Hollywood the car would have exploded :P
Load More Replies...I feel like everyone is overlooking the street signs and how they are the names of two US school shootings...
I noticed that too. I didn't even see the truck crashed through the roof at first.
Load More Replies...(Record Screech) "Now, You're probably wondering how I got in this situation."
Load More Replies...allow me to recall the entire court scene from Legally Blonde “you couldn’t have been washing your hair because you’re perm is still intact. if i’m not wrong, you should have waited 24 hours for the perm to set.” (it’s not going to be perfect cus it’s been 2 years since i washed it but close enough lol)
Load More Replies...Oh! Good thing you pointed that out, I was just about to ask where he‘d put his legs… now I feel bad, but happy for him, that he‘s found a suitable vehicle for himself!
Load More Replies...Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?
"You say a big car is compensating for a small what? Alright, alright. I'll have to think about that for a bit..."
Dude! I know how I describe guys in jacked up pick-ups, gonna be the opposite for you! ;)
So, you're say that nightly the wife is saying "we're gonna need a bigger boa...er truck"?
Load More Replies...(Un)fortunately, cursed images go beyond the limits of bizarre pictures on Instagram accounts. Some professionals devote their time and effort to creating something so hauntingly appealing that it can only be called cursed, whether it’s pictures, videos, or full-length movies.
Aperture covered the pictures of one of them—photographer Patricia Voulgaris—who was fascinated with what makes an image cursed. It also suggested that such works often have some sort of a push-pull effect that can be both disturbing and soothing at the same time.
You took the word-taking-out-of-my-mouth right out of my mouth.
Load More Replies...They all dressed the same for Halloween. That dog is actually a golden retriever...
The most disturbing thing about this picture is the upside down noses on the “not dogs”. It makes the noses skeleton-like instead of dog like.
🎶 Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil, if she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will🎶
Find a happy place! Find a happy plaaace!!!!
Load More Replies...But if cursed images are so disturbing, why do this and similar online accounts have so many fans, you might wonder? It’s likely related to the way we are affected by disgust. Even though it is typically evoked by something far from pleasant, researchers suggest that “disgusting stimuli both capture and retain your attention more effectively than emotionally neutral stimuli do”, as reported by Scientific American.
Nah. The new low-budget remake of 'Zardoz' is off to a good start!
Load More Replies...How do I know this is in Russia without being even able to read the sign in background?
"Jesus couldn't come for the second coming so Heaven just sent me, James."
Sorry to say it but even the thunder get down to tell him put his clothes on...
The T-500 test trial proved to the machines that certain upgrades were needed
Ugh, they emptied out the shell of its body and painted it red.. what a scam!
Pretty sure it's an image printed onto the shoes, but it's definitely disturbing!
Load More Replies...I’m running a brain bleach bath, anyone else care to join?
Load More Replies...I dont know what bothers me more, the fact that the shoes are clear or that the person isn't wearing shoes
I wonder what the artist was thinking when they airbrushed these shoes.
Might be time for some new shoes, Larry. Leather's gettin' a little thin on yours...
Psychologist Nina Strohminger pointed out to Scientific American that liking things despite considering them disgusting can be related to a human tendency known as “benign masochism”. It means that people might seek seemingly negative stimuli to enjoy “constrained risks”, for example, riding a roller coaster or eating spicy foods.
I would love to see how this was prepared. Always looking for new recipes.
Genuinely curious, photoshop, or how did they make it? Be awesome for Halloween :)
If you squint a little, your brain can turn the jaw line of the doll's head into a big smile, and the mouth into the shadow of a nose. Then your brain will regret it.
The prototype is finished... soon he will begin work on his Richard Simmons bot
Is it just me or does that doll head look like the child size version of a Jason mask? That thing is creeping me the f**k out!
No, not just you. Check out the comment from Nano to figure out what it's supposed to be.
Load More Replies...Yeah... I wonder what makes parents think ”Oh! This should be the first tv show my kid watches!”
Load More Replies...They're creepy. They've always been creepy. Whenever one would get a TV transmission, its antenna would stick straight out, then it would lie on the ground and wiggle ecstatically. Tell me how that isn't creepy.
This looks like that one day when tinky-winky decided to make a withdrawal from someone else's bank account.
Watching scary movies also falls into the category of things people are fearful of but enjoy nevertheless. CBS carried out a survey that revealed that nearly one-in-two Americans enjoy watching something that is very likely to send shivers down their spine.
A 60 yr old grandma the size of a small child with two humans in a polar bear suit. So Russia then.
I’d hate to be there when that horse finally farts. You can kiss goodbye to that building, for a start.
You can kiss goodbye to the horse as well as it's gonna be airborne, up and away for quite a bit.
Load More Replies...I can think of one thing even weirder than this... That somewhere in the world, there’s AT LEAST one person who would get turned on by this.
Remids me of a series of short animated videos "If animals were round". Highly entertaining
If you enjoy viewing somewhat disturbing or scary content online, Bored Panda has you covered; check out more lists of cursed images here, here, here, and here next.
Aw c**p….I hafta say it….here goes…..I wonder if this thing can peel out. I’ll let myself out.
Forget the ATVS - THIS is what 'The Banana Splits' should have driven! "La la la, La la-la la, La la la, La la-la Laaaa!"
Make the music banana oo na na (insert Camilla Cabello Havana)
Load More Replies...Fish looks like it wants you to stir them up. “Death is my only freedom from this prison”
I believe so, or at least something similar
Load More Replies...My brain couldn't process what this is for a second. It's a fridge, isn't it?
Fridge freezer I believe , but yep lol what a weird idea.
Load More Replies...Yeah if it’s your favorite place and you love eachother I don’t see a problem with it
Load More Replies...I think I'd take this as a weight control thing where every time they go to the fridge they see this, figure they'd better not if they want to keep looking like this and close the door back up. Or something like that??
Most likely, it's a common motivational ploy. Though I've never seen it on this scale before
Load More Replies...I'm thinking it's incentive for someone to keep that fridge door closed.
Unfortunatly I had to witness such solutions in some poor Asian and African areas. And they were the most hygienic ones…sadly. So please: don‘t mock this creative effort to provide more hygiene. It‘s the most they can afford. You should feel lucky not having to live there.
The one where you can see the butt imprint of the last user on the top of the heap of doody that didn't go down? Yeah. This looks way better.
Load More Replies...We didn’t have no luxury plastic secure, or seating at my grandmas house when I was a kid. We were lucky if the board was less than five years old. Or if it was more than 10 years old, and had no more splinters left.
Me: I just hate the stereotype about Irish people and potatoes! Also me: There's probably enough there to get me through to the weekend.
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irish man? Not a single one.
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I don't even watch Spongebob but this was my first thought. Too much bored panda?
Load More Replies...I was about to comment "I want your soul", but yours is beter.
Load More Replies...Yes sir, I've done brick masonry before. Well, it was Legos actually.
Yes I do but I think it may be a reflection off the window? It could be someone next to the person taking the picture. I'm pretty sure whoever was there ran to the window to check out the massive birb.
Load More Replies...No thank you, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is my copilot. ;-P
Load More Replies...Walk right up there and call him kitty, I'll give you $5
Load More Replies...Horses can walk up stairs okay but have a really hard time going back down stairs
Incidentally, that's how the fire pole was invented, the horses that pulled the fire wagons would follow the firemen up the stairs of the firehouse, so to stop them, they installed spiral staircases to go up (the horses wouldn't use them) and firepoles to get down quickly
Load More Replies...This little boar caused collateral damage the insurance didn't pay as it wasn't covered by acts of God.
Load More Replies...That’s just morbid. Other people dying of hunger and here a poor chicken gave its life and is being mocked post mortem. Absolutly tasteless!
There's a really sweet story behind this photo https://metalinsider.net/in-memoriam/grindcore-fan-that-happened-to-be-a-goat-passes-away
Not too long ago, I had to call customer service for something and got a representative that was from a country other than the US. It's pretty common for call centers to be located in other countries because it's cheaper for the companies using them. Anyway, as I'm trying to explain to the rep what I need, I'm hearing a rooster crowing in the background! So I ask him what that was and he tells me that it's a rooster. Evidently he works from home and his rooster was in the house with him. And I get concerned when my dog makes noise while I'm on the phone!
At installation by Doris Salcedo if I remember correctly from a previous post of this image.
Time to let the lovebirds out of the cage before you get to the island
In French, one of the familiar names for the toilets is "le petit coin", which translates as "the little corner". But it's the first time I see the litteral version of it.
They could have thrown some bleach in there before taking the photo… or at least flushed.
Okay, so designed for one job, reassigned for another, failing at both.
Load More Replies...I am wondering, as we've seen several pictures with toiletseats covered with fabric - do these people make it themselves or is it something that is actually sold?
oh no, nononono, i googled... it is actually being sold... not this variant, but toilet covers nonetheless....
Load More Replies...No problem here, just drop it in the washing machine once a week.
Only for a woman's household because guys small wieners cannot control their pee stream
taxidermied i think.... could be wrong tho. ironic photo either way
Load More Replies...Something tells me his deer friend is taxidermied, or lost a bet on what they were going to watch that night.
"We had a deal. First we watch the Deer Hunter, THEN we watch Open Season."
The deer doesn't seem bothered that there are disembodied antlers lying around...
It's not the canoe. It's the car behind, parked in two spots!
Load More Replies...I want to complain about the abysmal park job of the guy in the white car in the spot behind
Same here! I don‘t mind the boat, but that parking job is a no-go!
Load More Replies...Someone's parked there. So what? Something in the background?
Don't overthink things. Apartment complex with designated parking spots. It is not uncommon that some apartments get two spots, or you rent an extra spot. The Mercedes person is not necessarily wrong. Depending on rules, you may park anything in your spot which is remotely a means of transportation.
What Americans think the 24 hour clock, sorry, military time looks like. /j
The time is 08.17 am. I had a watch like this. You read the minutes normally, the minute hands are just like a "normal"clock.
Load More Replies...This is a cosplay of Nina's chimera form from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist, isn't it? I guess it looks cursed out of context. In fact, it looks cursed even in context.
They call these quadsuaits. They are very rare to see in conventions and if you lose balance...
Yeah, the better looking quadsuits are harder to fall over in, though, depends on how you make it. I really wanna try quadsuiting since I'm practising quadrobics, but they're expensive and SUPER hard to make. 😅
Load More Replies...Could it be that there is a steel pillar inside? Or is that the back of the stones on the other side? Could also have just happened recently, that someone crashed into the pole and they didn't have time yet to have it repaired, but can't have stones falling out but want people to see it's not stable... or something...
My first thought was that the owner seems to waste a lot of melons for just a small cut out... 😅
Load More Replies...It's just done to show the inside of the watermelon is good. Pretty standard.
I hope they sell them in time then. I seen where border police will cut into some to make sure they're not stuffed with drugs as well.
Load More Replies...69 is a sex position and 420 is internet slang for weed, you're welcome :)
Load More Replies...I probably shouldn’t be able to understand this considering my age but…
Remember: This was taken by a dad, who thought this was funny enough to snap and post, and he is responsible for shaping a young mind. ***shudder*** ;-P
Pre-e-etty sure the kids knew what they were doing, even if they don't know the full significance of it.
Load More Replies...69 & 420. 69 being... well, I hope you already know. 420 being something do with the legalisation of weed in the US.
Load More Replies...It's so that when he gets hot, he can roll the window down... Which he has done.
This is one of the earliest jokes I remember... I'm 53 now, heard it when I was like, 5. I dunno why it's always stuck with me
Load More Replies...This should get more up upvotes. Door to door door salesman.
Load More Replies...Corporate shills are looking weird in this Century. Also very, very hyper.
Yup. Another tasteless and worthless waste of money. The only excuse to me would be if the inhabitant chose it themselves.
Load More Replies...Oh, man, Babar was creepy and colonially racist before this pic...now it's even worse😳
Load More Replies...I looked him up and he has new short where he shows his butt and talks about dollar tree toothbrushes 😳
ah yes, finally the tv men are here ( watch skippity toilet on youtube its actually a pretty good story)
A taxidermied deer butt is called an "Assquatch". An Assquatch is a mounted deer's butt that's shaped to look like a face, much like Sasquatch. Taxidermists are known for using their creativity to turn deer butts into bizarre Sasquatch heads.
I didn't need to know this, and it will now be my random useless fact for parties.
Load More Replies...I think they started out as taxidermied deer butts, got "decorated" and hung upside down. Tastewise it ranges somewhere in the region of a fart spray air refreshener.
Load More Replies...I bought one of his bricks, got home and it was an iPad! Went to return it and he was gone
It might be 1 of the Uvalde School massacre coffins that a gentleman made for free for the children murdered. They all had the kids' favorite things on them.
Load More Replies...In our family, we use the cheapest caskets, save the money for more permanent ways to celebrate our loved one.
When the Uvalde school massacre happened, a gentleman donated all his time to provide free custom-made coffins for each child murdered. I'm suspecting this may be one, or a similar type situation, as no parent expects to lose their child in such a way.
Load More Replies...With coffins like this I always kinda "hope" their resident chose it deliberately beforehand (cancer?), because there's not much else to justify this choice either tastewise or budgetwise.
This might be 1 of the Uvalde school massacre coffins that a guy custom made and donated to each family. So heartbreaking.
Load More Replies...I'll take you to the daycare, you'll be safe there
Load More Replies...Downvote for #28. Shame on you for making a joke from the solutions people I third world countries are forced to come up with.
I agree! Have my upvote! Don’t understand why you got a downvote for your understanding comment.
Load More Replies...I'll take you to the daycare, you'll be safe there
Load More Replies...Downvote for #28. Shame on you for making a joke from the solutions people I third world countries are forced to come up with.
I agree! Have my upvote! Don’t understand why you got a downvote for your understanding comment.
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