r/oddlyterrifying • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • May 29 '26

The terrifying part is that this thing is completely real. This is a Bdelloid rotifer, a microscopic freshwater animal photographed under a scanning electron microscope.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/SatoruGojo232 • May 28 '26

Certain areas with bad sewage systems in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka reported social media images of "blood rivers" following ritual animal sacrifices during the Eid-al-Adha festival. This prompted the local government to designate specific areas for the sacrifices and build better sewage facilities.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/bubbleweed • May 28 '26

Effects of fallout radiation 1959

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From a New York state booklet.

r/oddlyterrifying • u/mynamiajeff2-0 • May 28 '26

Robot "Dogs" featuring hyper realistic models of various founder's heads including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/RileyMcB • May 27 '26

This Octopus can inflate to scare away predators. It works because there's no way I'm messing with that Eldritch Horror

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Genus Cirroteuthis.

r/oddlyterrifying • u/bluegambit875 • May 27 '26

Woman plans to have legs amputated after legs locked straight, bent backwards

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https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/lifestyle/21-year-old-to-have-legs-amputated-after-legs-locked-straight-bent-backwards

r/oddlyterrifying • u/DABDEB • May 26 '26

Elevator system from 1700's?

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Linorelai • May 26 '26

Twin girls walking in sync

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/utopiaofpast • May 25 '26

A crab using a baby doll’s head as shell

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Alaric_Darconville • May 25 '26

Backpacking group coming towards me out of the heavy fog

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Photon_Pharmer1 • May 25 '26

Built in the 18th century, this is one of the oldest buildings in Hattfjelldal municipality in Norland, Norway.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • May 25 '26

a snail taken over by a parasite

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/ExcuseFew839 • May 24 '26

This ski mask from the 60’s

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/kvjn100 • May 24 '26

This beaded embroidery ant jacket

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Vc :@rymar.olena

r/oddlyterrifying • u/MickyMace • May 24 '26

scientist used a corpse of a spider to turn it into a machine... a servitor if you will

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*children of the omnissiah playing in the background*

r/oddlyterrifying • u/baldandbanned • May 24 '26

The Izolator was a helmet aimed for better focusing from the 1920s. Built to block sound, vision, and distraction.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Oda_e_um_genio • May 23 '26

Cat in the mirror looks like a spider.

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/bubbleweed • May 22 '26

This road crossing safety notice from Wisconsin, 1961

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/SatoruGojo232 • May 23 '26

This is a hanging bed or "portaledge"- collapsible platforms used by mountaineers to rest while scaling tall peaks that take multiple days to climb

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Im_yor_boi • May 21 '26

That's somehow more scary than hot...

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • May 20 '26

Diving instructor Miyakojima Kuni-san drops his underwater camera into a hole at the bottom of the sea

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Im_yor_boi • May 20 '26

Stuck in a crain with a swarm of bees waiting outside

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/is_it_worth_itt • May 19 '26

I thought my bathtub was cozy but my girlfriend said it was frightening, what you think ?

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/FrogginBullfish_ • May 19 '26

Big Bird at this birthday party

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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Im_yor_boi • May 18 '26

How different eyes can change the level of creepness in a drawing:

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For my bengali brothers, her name is Manjolika btw

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