19 Oddly Terrifying Images That Shouldn't Be This Scary

These pictures shouldn't be nearly this scary. Sometimes, it's hard to say exactly why, but something ordinary can be really unsettling. These are really just ordinary things, so they have no excuse to be this creepy. Nature can be a terrifying thing, and so can things we find in our everyday lives. Oddly terrifying images are a whole new kind of cursed image we weren't expecting. And yet, there's something about them that makes us keep scrolling until our eyes hurt and we're anticipating nightmares tonight.

For some reason, the human brain desires to torment itself with creepy things, and since we can't just overlook things this unusually weird, we fall down weird holes online that lead to pictures such as these. These images could change the way you perceive the world, even if only a little. Thanks to the wonderful people over at Reddit's /r/oddlyterrifying, we get to see all sorts of unsettling images. We've chosen the best of the new posts gathered to make you feel uncomfortable. Here they are.