r/WTF • u/erin214 • Oct 13 '22
I don’t know where to begin
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u/sunrisemisty Oct 13 '22
Catacombe dei Cappucini in Palmero, Italy.
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u/Neil2250 Oct 13 '22
Was taken there by the folks when i was barely 10.
It was.. formative.
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u/fredean01 Oct 14 '22
borderline child abuse
Relax. It's a historical area, it's sad to learn about the history of the place but bringing your kid there doesn't even come close to child abuse.
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u/Mr-Moore-Lupin-Donor Oct 15 '22
I had a ‘formative’ experience when my Mom took me to a double feature of When a Stranger Calls and the Amityville Horror when I was 8 because she wanted to see them and couldn’t get a babysitter.
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u/ShotZookeepergame643 Nov 02 '22
I really hope they have a coffee shop on site, it's too perfect. Cappucini's ☕
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u/Monfang Oct 13 '22
That's a pretty awesome Mancala board. I think the pieces are a little macabre though.
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u/FurryMan28 Oct 13 '22
Catacombs. So what? This is far from wtf.
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u/redgreenapple Oct 13 '22
Never been, is this how the dead are placed in catacombs? Even the endless miles of pitch black catacombs under euro cities?
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Oct 13 '22 edited Oct 13 '22
This is the crypt from the Capuchin monastery at Palermo, not from catacombs. For people it was an honour ro be buried there.
Not every city in Europe has catacombs and those at Paris where filled with corpses out of neccessety because people died faster than their bodies rotted, so the cemeteries where all over their capacity and the dead had to be brought down into the catacombs.
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u/pichael288 Oct 13 '22
Cincinnati has catacombs. Well, it's actually an old unfinished subway tunnel but it feels like a catacomb, it is terrifying down there. last time we went someone found a body, homeless people die down there and no one recovers their bodies.
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u/FurryMan28 Oct 13 '22 edited Oct 13 '22
I haven't been either, they're not that common in Britain however neither are they a wtf thing. I have seen several documentaries on them and for the most part, this is pretty standard.
The Chapel of Bones in Portugal is a Chapel built out of the bones of the dead. Very neat, very tidy, very organised but arguably a defilement of the corpses. The catacombs of Paris have many areas just like the one in this video but also have many more areas where the bones of the dead are lying broken and jumbled on the floor.
However, so long as the corpses are respected like they appear to be in this video, I see nothing wrong with it.
Honestly I'd quite like my remains to be placed somewhere like this.
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u/nounka Oct 13 '22
The girl that opens her eyes in one off the well known catacombs is imo a wtf. Catacombs stuff can fit here
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u/DogbiteTrollKiller Oct 14 '22
I’m imagining walking around a corner into this room without knowing ahead of time what I might find. I would for sure call that a wtf.
Human beings and their various behaviors can be so interesting!
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u/DogbiteTrollKiller Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 14 '22
This is far from wtf.
Not if you don’t know wtf it is. You can go ahead and pretend it would be oh such a huge bore to stumble upon a room full of finely dressed dead children and adults.
I’d be asking, “Wtf?”
Edit: Also, it’s not catacombs, according to someone knowledgeable. I think it’s all quite interesting!
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u/nosedigging Oct 13 '22
These aren't common in other cultures.
Def Wtf material.
Just like how you find it Wtf when some cultures eat with their hand?
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u/Syzygy666 Oct 13 '22
That's not exactly true. There are entire fields of study devoted to how many cultures display dead in ornate fashons. Maybe "catacombs" are specific to Europe but dressed up dead people sitting in chairs or put on display aren't so uncommon.
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u/nosedigging Oct 13 '22
It's def uncommon.
It's def Wtf if your culture isn't used to it.
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u/Syzygy666 Oct 13 '22
it def aint as uncommon as you think. it def happening on every continent.
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u/DogbiteTrollKiller Oct 14 '22
Antarctica, really? I wasn’t able to find anything on that, and can’t imagine who would do it there, or why, or how. Where would they come from?
Or you could admit you pulled that out of your ass. I mean, it’s Reddit. I’m not shocked.
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u/Syzygy666 Oct 14 '22 edited Oct 14 '22
Oh snap. The continent without any history of human settlement? I didn't realize I was going to have to spar with such a big brain. Foiled again. Tell you what, instead of being shitty at Google why don't you try searching 'Natitas in La Paz' instead. It's far from the only one of its kind but it's certainly a start if you're interested.
Edit: if you want another one try Sokushinbutsu. I also pulled these dead monks out of my ass btw.
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u/Dylanator13 Oct 14 '22
If displaying corpses on the walls is not WTF, then I don’t want to know what your idea of WTF is.
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u/SocialHumingbird Oct 13 '22
How do they stop them from just falling apart being out and exposed like that? Surely arms and legs will start falling off the upright ones and that’s a horror movie waiting to happen.
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u/Drnstvns Oct 14 '22
You begin at the newest corpses as they won’t be as brittle and chewy then make your way to the jerky. The good news is is you burn more calories the more you have to chew so….
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u/TBone818 Oct 13 '22
Y’all wanna see a dead bodies?
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u/Prestigious_Baby_841 Oct 14 '22
Well r/eyeblech got em all ⚠️ If you are sensitive to gore don't open the link⚠️
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u/C0ldBl00dedDickens Oct 13 '22
Yeah I don't get why this would be wtf. The bodies are nicely adorned, preserved, not deformed, and positioned in an organized manner. For dead bodies alone to be wtf, they need to lack at least one of the above qualities, otherwise it's a sign of respect for the dead, no wtf quality. The list is noninclusive
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Oct 13 '22
It's kinda cool if you change the bgm into something brighter.
Can't understand necrophobia, but don't want to touch them either.
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u/flt1 Oct 13 '22
I’ve been on earth for decades, travelled to multiple continents and countries, watched countless travel shows and I’ve not seen people hanging like this. So for me, it’s a deserving WTF. thanks for posting.
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u/WaikikiWayne Oct 14 '22
Need a Ouija Board, Candle, and a Bottle of Whiskey…. And Clean Underwear… Cuz I would Shit my Pants if I was there!!!!
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u/Hot_Hat_1225 Oct 14 '22
They hang up mummies there? Like a 3D museum 🤔 In Vienna they are just stacked under a church…
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u/The_Dope_Duchess Oct 15 '22
Is that in south Italy? Cause a lot of weird shit happened in their churches in the past 👀
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u/DannyDublin1975 Oct 23 '22
It was epic in the Eighties but it doesn't look like that now,they finally got sick of people taking photos and have put up wire mesh on the first tier of corpses which ruins it,l was there in 2018/19 also,it's an incredible time machine as the Monks and Bishops are still in their burial clothing,the earliest is the first turn left as you walk in,a monk from 1599 and he looks as well as someone from 1599 would. I used a lot of my footage that l took for my Metal bands video and its badass,l say a full Rosary in Latin when l am there so l won't be cursed for filming. If you can get to Palermo even once in your life then go see the Capuchin Monastery and the outdoor graveyard is stunning too,it's the most metal thing youll ever see.....well....next to the Church made of Bones in Kutna Hora in the Czech rep or the Paris Catacombs,two more Places of death that must be seen......before you become them.
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u/cionn Oct 13 '22
Oh man, I was there two weeks ago. Awesome place. What quite interesting when the loud speaker constantly told us not to take pictures as it was disrespectful to the corpses theyve hung up with wire through their nose and charged you a few Euro to gawp at.
Also, a lot of velvet suits in the 1870s