Getting scared or unsettled can be pretty fun; that’s why we love the horror genre so much. Yet, it can also be pretty divisive. When it comes to horror movies, Americans’ opinions are almost split down the middle: 49% either love it or like it, and 45% hate it or dislike it.
If you fall into the former category, this list is just right for you. We’ve collected some of the creepiest photos on the internet that we could find for fans of the scary, the odd, and the bizarre. Mysterious figures, eerie hallways, and just general creepiness await you as you scroll down.
#1 I Was Washing My Prosthetic Eye And It Fell Into The Drain. Now It’s Stuck And I Can’t Get It Out
#2 This Ghostly Backdrop Of The Cemetery I Live Next To
#3 Applying New Window Sticker
It’s not always clear what makes a thing creepy. We might see an old-timey telephone that doesn’t work in the woods and come up with all sorts of terrifying explanations. Or worse – we might not have an explanation at all, which would drive our fears even more.
If you ever come across such a phone in the woods, it’s most likely a wind phone. There’s nothing inherently creepy about it: it’s essentially a grieving tool. Japanese man Itaru Sasakicreatedthe first ever wind phone in 2010. He set up an obsolete rotary phone in his garden to talk with his cousin who passed away from cancer.
#4 In A Local Forest Someone Carves Creatures. This Is The Grim Reaper
#5 A Friend Went For A Walk The Other Night And Saw This Woman Just Standing On A Roof
#6 I Went To Go Turn Off The Porch Light Last Night At Around 12 AM And Saw This On The Deck. I Live On The Back Of A State Forest
When an earthquake and a tsunami hit the coast of Japan in 2011, Sasaki put his phone booth on a windy hill for other people to use as well. Many people lost their loved ones to the natural disaster. The town that was hit the worst, Otsuchi, is one of the two cities with the highest rate of missing persons.
Sasaki’s phone allowed people to process their grief as they talked through it with the loved ones they lost to the tsunami. Today, there are many wind phones all over the world: some of them fancy photo booths like Sasaki’s, and others just a simple rotary phone installed on a tree trunk. Either way, their function is more wholesome than creepy.
#7 Accidentally Took A Very Creepy Pic Of My Dog
#8 Top Floor Of My Workplace, Elevator Opens To This
#9 This Rendition Of The Tooth Fairy At My Local Dentist’s Office
What would you think upon finding a book from the 1800s with dozens of locks of hair between the pages? Something related to true crime would probably be the first thing that comes to mind. But the explanation might be much simpler and down to earth.
#10 Reflection Of Light That Shows Up On My Wall
#11 The Entrance Of An Abandoned Plague Cemetery
#12 Guy Found A Glass Eye Embedded In A Rock At The Beach
In the 19th century, people would save a lock of hair from their deceased loved ones as a funeral tradition. What’s a bitmore creepyis that they would keep them in their jewelry: under glass in brooches or rings. Sometimes, women would even wear bracelets and necklaces made out of woven hair directly against their skin.
#13 My Toddler At 6 AM On The Baby Monitor
#14 Abandoned Daycare
#15 Dug This Up In A Church Graveyard During Renovation
One pic on this list might give you more than just regular heebie-jeebies: the heave-worthy clusters of earthworms. It sure doesn’t look appetizing, but there is a legitimate reason why they do that.
According toa studyby the researchers at the University of Liege in Gembloux, Belgium, it’s how the worms make group decisions. They use touch to communicate and decide to travel in the same direction.
#16 I Took My Daughter’s Screens Away For A Week And She Ended Up Drawing This
#17 Anybody Check On Her
#18 A Disease Which Has No Cure
Walking through a green-lit street at night can seem creepy. But there is a reason why cities may opt for green streetlights instead of regular off-white: it helps migrating birds. A 2005 federal studyfoundthat artificial light disorients birds that migrate during nighttime.
White and red (wavelength) light disrupts their magnetic orientation the most. Green light does less so because of its shorter wavelength. And blue is the most neutral since it has the shortest wavelength.
#19 Zero Filter, Just An Extremely Unflatteringly Creepy Photo My Friend Snapped Of Me
#20 My Dad Went To Our Cabin For The Weekend And Was Greeted With This
#21 My Nextdoor Neighbour
We also often get scared by seeing figures that aren’t actually there. Whether it’s due to certain lighting or just things positioned in a certain way, our brain often tells us that we’re seeing either a face or a human body. Our tendency to see faces everywhere is called pareidolia. And, as researcher Mark HamiltonexplainedtoWepreviously, it’s part of our self-preservation mechanism.
#22 My Son’s Extremely Creepy Halloween Costume
#23 Sleep Well
#24 Max The Rat Has Lived In My Aunt & Uncle’s Basement For Over 40 Years
When you wake up from a nap and think that that hanger is actually a person, it might be your survival instinct kicking in. “Our research points to the fact that it might be because of the need to quickly parse and identify animal faces,” Hamilton explained pareidolia to We. “Possibly for things like avoiding predators and catching prey.”
#25 My Kiddo Playing In A Tunnel At The City Museum In St. Louis
#26 Spiders Gave My Garden A Halloween Makeover
#27 This 1800’s Book Contained Dozens Of Locks Of Hair Between Its Pages. Found At An Antiques Store
Interestingly, we might not be the only species that scares ourselves silly. “Other research that we reference in our paper shows even rhesus monkeys experience pareidolia,” Hamilton added. “Pareidolia happens very quickly in the brain, a sign that it’s a deep-rooted evolutionary artifact.” Whether the monkeys get scared by the faces they perceive remains to be studied.
#28 Cluster Of Worms
#29 A Door I Work Beside At Night
#30 Oddly Terrifying Art Project From A Student
What did you think of this collection of creepy pics, Pandas? Have you ever come across something as unsettling and scary yourself? Don’t hesitate and share it with us in the comments! And if you’re looking for more eerie content, check out some haunting pictureshere,here, and righthere!
#31 I’m Glad The Butchers Here Are Creative, But I’m Gonna Have Nightmares For Weeks
#32 This Dog Statue From A Farm In Brazil
#33 This Piece Of Bubble Wrap That Looks Like The Pope
#34 Spooky Message In Bottle Cap
#35 My Daily Commute Passes Through This Canal Tunnel
I could go the long way round, but it adds an extra 20 mins to the journey. This is on the way into work. Should see it when I’m finished work, can’t see anything.
#36 Trying To Watch Smile 2 And My Dog Keeps Smiling At Me
#37 This Sculpture
#38 Went Into My Attic For The First Time, Wasn’t Expecting To Find This
#39 Creepy Woman Walking Around My Deck With A Briefcase In The Middle Of The Night
#40 Text I Got From A Random Number
I did a reverse image search and found that this photo was used as a reconstruction of John Doe in Utah. Remains found in 1994, he stayed as a John Doe until DNA testing in 2024 revealed his identity of James Howard Conklin.
Not sure why a Connecticut number texted a John Doe from Utah to someone from Ohio. Blocked out the number just in case its some stupid kid or whatever.
#41 This Head I Found In The Canal
#42 Locker In The Middle Of The Woods
#43 This House I Pass By
#44 Got Stuck In This Hole In An Elevator Shaft At Work Today, Thanks To My Tools And Climbing Gear
#45 This Guy Blocking My Path Home
#46 My Office For The Next Three Months, In The Bad Part Of Town
#47 A Couple Of My Friends Checked Out The Basement Of My Campus’ New Library. There Were Just A Bunch Of Supply Closets Except For One Room
#48 Two Sets Of Teeth Imbedded In The Concrete In Front Of A Dentist’s Office. Real Or Fake, Who Knows
#49 This Scarecrow
#50 Crochet Baby
#51 Burgers That Look Like They Have Warts
#52 Taylor Mountain, The Entrance Ted Bundy Would Use To Dump 4 Of His Victim’s Bodies. The Road, Forest, And Landscape Remain Practically Untouched Besides The Blockade
#53 My Mom’s Harmless Old Black Lab, Waiting To Be Let Inside
#54 I Found A Detached Teletubby Face In The Ground
#55 My Dorm Hallway Lights Went Out
#56 Found While Packing For A Move. Husband Made This As A Child, He Says It’s His Mom And Her Kids
#57 This Thing I Found My Little Girl Waving At
#58 Store During A Power Outage
#59 This Walkway Between Two Buildings
#60 Poorly Lit McDonald’s Play Place
#61 Country Roads After Dark
#62 Welcome, Low Prices And More
#63 First Thing I See Waking Up On My Friend’s Couch
#64 Old Santa Doll That’s Lost Almost All Of Its Hair And Beard
#65 What Is Happening To This Egg?
#66 Galveston Residents Have Been Seeing These Mysterious Messages All Over The City In The Last Few Days
#67 Which Seat Are You Picking?
#68 Found This In The Middle Of The Woods
I was walking the other day in the woods and saw this red phone. It was attached to a tree and I checked to see if the phone works, apparently it does not and it says the words “SOWWYA” at the bottom. Thought this was kinda creepy. Any idea why this phone is here? Or have you encountered any experiences like this?
#69 I Was Going To The Bathroom And This Was Staring At Me From The End Of The Corridor
#70 Wife Came Home And Found This Wooden Thing On A Stake Along Our Pull Through Driveway
#71 Walking To My Hotel Room At 1:30 AM
#72 What Does This Mean? Came Home And Found What I Think Is A Cat Skull On My Porch. Is It Witchcraft Or Voodoo Stuff?
I haven’t seen any crows in the area since being here. I’ve just moved and only been here for one month. I have no kids, I don’t live in Ohio etc. It was legit creepy and unsettling as a prank / threat. But I disposed of it and I’m not keeping it. Bones are not my thing. I will be getting a ring camera soon for peace of mind.
#73 I Used To Work At A Goodwill Like 2 Years Ago And This Was The Creepiest Thing That Ever Came Through The Donation Center
#74 This Is A Path To The Toilet In My Family’s Vacation Home
#75 An Apartment Above My Floor Opened Up After Being Closed For Years
#76 The Airbnb I’m Staying In Says It’s A Laundry Room, So I’ll Be Wearing Dirty Clothes All Week
#77 Running Track At My Local Gym
#78 Random Parcel Arrived For A Different House On My Street But The QR Code Came Up With My Name And Address; This Was Inside
#79 The Streetlights In My Town Are Green
#80 Photos I Took Of My Great Grandma’s Property
