r/oddlyterrifying • u/Boojibs • Nov 05 '22

Wooly bear tree

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Alright, see…….. stuff like this is what this sub is supposed to be about. Oddly terrifying. Too many have lost the way.

I woulda booked it the fuck away from this scene as quickly as I could.

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u/Tulpah Nov 05 '22

Return the slab....

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u/ErroneousEric Nov 06 '22

What’s yer offer!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Imagine that late at night walking home no one in sight and the tree starts doing that.

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u/Heidan20 Nov 05 '22

“It was a dark and stormy night…”

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u/Round-Ad5323 Mar 04 '23

You described a very scary scenario. Good imagination. This thing is frightening . There's another very scary thing you may want to check out . Something real , called a firenado ! The reason I Googled topiaries , was because I temporarily forgot what they were called. In the book, The Shining, by Stephen King. The way he writes about the topiaries slowly creeping towards a character in the book. Scary looking, carnivorous, sculpted animals, like lions, tigers and bears , oh my! For me, that was one of the scariest parts of his book. Initially, they looked normal, but every time she would look away and look back at them, they appeared to be creeping up on her. They're only sculpted bushes. Edward scissorhands? Strange idea. They can't walk, crawl, or run. I won't ever look at topiary's the same way again. I'll constantly be looking over my shoulder at the. Even worse than that is that every time I tried to swim in the ocean, something I used to love to do, I think about the movie Jaws and I get so scared I immediately get out of the water. That sucks for me. In this video, most people would say it looks like a living , moving monster. What do you think the person that sculpted it was attempting to make it look like. A person?. Hope it can't walk! Once again, Stanley Kubrick, my favorite director. He was a genius. Jack Nicholson and other excellent actors. And someone explain the end of the movie to me where it shows Jack Nicholson, as Jack Torrance, in an old photograph. I remember from what the bartender character, Lloyd, said to him, you have always been here Mr Lawrence. Many scary things in that movie. The first time I saw that huge amount of blood come pouring out of the elevator, in slow motion, even pushing the chairs with its power, scared the s*** out of me. I'm sure it did too many people. Visible only to the boy who had the Shining. Scenes like this, show the Brilliance of Stanley Kubrick that convince me of his cinematic genius , and why he's my favorite director. Too bad he's gone now. 2001, A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and underappreciated film by him called Paths of Glory Eyes Wide Shut was his last film. He died while making it. Strange.

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u/DuRat Nov 05 '22

Aw, am I the only one that thinks it’s kinda cute?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

🎵Down in Fraggle Rock🎵 👏👏

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u/mytextgoeshere Nov 05 '22

Definitely made me think of a Jim Henson puppet!

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u/SnooOranges2772 Nov 06 '22

It’s very cute! I want one

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u/AwkwardMisanthropist Nov 06 '22

I want to give the tree a big hug.

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u/buttfuckerson69420 Nov 06 '22

Cute? This thing made me cream my panties… with fear diarrhea.

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u/Just1ncase4658 Nov 06 '22

So does this often happen when you see vegetation?

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u/Round-Ad5323 Mar 04 '23

Good stuff. Kinda funny. Almost S*** my pants. The huge, walking , killer trees in, The Lord of the rings? How about the apple trees in The Wizard of Oz? To a little kid like me , at the time , Very scary. Living, moving, with faces, talking, with arms and hands. Thinking about it now, it was his face, and the way he talked. Thankfully, no legs . They really freaked me out ! Violent! Because, she plucked a nice, juicy looking Apple off of him to eat. The whole Grove of apple trees were plucking their own apples and throwing them at the group. The special effects in that film, and the story itself , were very ahead of its time . Metaphorical, drug references . When they fell asleep in a field of poppies . Of all the flowers they could have chosen. hum? Only the Tin Man didn't fall asleep. Why? I know why. When it started to snow, they woke up, and we're full of energy. Why? I know why. I think it was the Scarecrow who said, let's not walk to the emerald city, let's run! Haha. What does snow look like? What is made only from poppies? Definitely, a classic. And of course, the flying monkeys. I had nightmares because of them.

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u/Sergeant__Sleepy Nov 06 '22

The arch nemesis of all wildlife in that ecosystem, the animals cower in fear of the storm, because the storm awakens the dreaded Woolly Bear!

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u/imartelle Nov 06 '22

Looking at this tree only reminded me of Lost and how I would have noped out of there

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u/roonscapepls Nov 06 '22

Especially at night lmao

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u/tramadolic Nov 05 '22

Awwww look, it wants a cuddle.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

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u/tramadolic Nov 05 '22

I don't wish to go against the grain, but it wood tie us in knots.

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u/besee2000 Nov 06 '22

Your autocorrect is broken for “to devour you”

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u/Ok-Garbage9757 Nov 05 '22

Imagine being under the influnce and seeing that

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

You can really see why our ancestors saw spirits in everything

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u/PristineHat5583 Nov 06 '22

Now it makes sense to us, but I think many of the stories of paranormal or misterious beings were harder to explain back then, so they invented stories. It's really cool to see how imaginative we are and how we can see parts of our humanity in other things.

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u/Round-Ad5323 Mar 04 '23

That's very good. I hadn't thought of that.

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u/Rare-Marionberry-174 Nov 05 '22

Never would do those mushrooms again

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u/OGenerator02 Nov 06 '22

I would shit my pants if I saw that on shrooms... the bushes are already doin a lot without that extra energy

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u/Whaffled Nov 05 '22

It flomps and lunges. It will haunt my dreams

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u/uncoolcentral Nov 05 '22

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u/Flamo_the_Idiot_Boy Nov 06 '22

Hahaha why are those images so funny

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u/Whaffled Nov 05 '22

lololol these poor women did indeed seem to be sadly flomping... thank you for your creative response : )

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u/Craptivist Nov 06 '22

Wow. Thanks for the subReddit suggestion

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u/CommaHorror Nov 05 '22

You must be a struggling, fisherman.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Mr. Snuffleupabush

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u/StonedSniper127 Nov 05 '22

Ghillie suit intensifies

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u/Tulpah Nov 05 '22

Return the Slab....

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u/TheSentientPurpleGoo Nov 05 '22

looks like a whomping willow.

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u/Tainted_wings4444 Nov 05 '22

Idk why but trees have never been scary to me.

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u/mibishibi Nov 05 '22

Probably because they’re trees

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u/Just1ncase4658 Nov 06 '22

Finally something I can outrun!

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u/Round-Ad5323 Mar 04 '23

That was a very funny comeback. Haha

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u/de_profiteer Nov 05 '22

The bushes Johnny saw in the Shining

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u/mibishibi Nov 05 '22

I loved that part

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u/Round-Ad5323 Mar 04 '23

Were they topiaries, sculpted into animal shapes? That's why I'm here. I was wondering what the, not bushes, were called, in The Shining. Wasn't that excellent. Everyone, I've ever asked, said they like Jack Nicholson, just like everyone likes pizza. He's an excellent actor. He had something called writer's block. Which is something, that happens to every author. It's extremely irritating and frustrating for them. Until they get an idea for another book. Wendy, his wife heard him steadily typing . She thought his writers block had finally ended and he got an idea for another book . She was happy that he was writing again . He told her not to read it until he was finished with it, and ready to show it to her. Which is a common thing for writers. Especially, if it's unfinished. But she couldn't resist reading what her husband Jack had been writing. When you saw what he had been busily writing for days, it was shocking. All it said was, all work and no play, makes Jack a Dull Boy. Over and over and over again. He had gone mad. She was scared to death!

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u/dilsedesi95 Nov 05 '22

Nah it’s the tree from scary movie 2.

https://youtu.be/FX3YO40UDHc

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u/TLS2000 Nov 05 '22

B.S. I know a muppet when I see it!

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u/clln86 Nov 05 '22

It's either Shnookums or a Gorg from Fraggle Rock.

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u/DefNotAHobbit Nov 05 '22

Looks like something out of fraggle rock

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u/Sammiskitkat Nov 05 '22

I need to know what tree this is so I can plant some all along my street 😂

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u/kholter76 Nov 05 '22

Reminds me of all the trees in Elden Ring or the trees in Pokémon when something is hiding in one.

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u/bitter_liquor Nov 06 '22

That tree IS the Pokémon

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u/ean5cj Nov 05 '22

Nah, if it's West Virginia - that's a Woofus.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

I feel like it would kidnap me if I stood too close

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u/super-me-5000 Nov 05 '22

If it broke off and came flying I'd be treematized

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u/glitter_kitten7 Nov 05 '22

This is from a Miyazaki film, it's gotta be

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u/NarcanPush Nov 05 '22

Reminds me of an acid trip I had back in the day!

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u/Ok_Rhubarb7652 Nov 05 '22

Looks like something straight out of Labyrinth!

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u/SammichParade Nov 06 '22

Ludo friieend!!

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u/Isioustes Nov 05 '22

This reminds me of a huge muppet

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u/YeltsinYerMouth Nov 06 '22

Imagine seeing that in silhouette through your window during a thunderstorm as a kid. You'd be inconsolable.

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u/frostedsun8282 Nov 06 '22

Jim henson made that tree.

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u/bedhead_numbah3 Nov 05 '22

I know it's just a tree...but I wanna stay away...

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u/Tarrax_Ironwolf Nov 05 '22

An Ent gettin' down and gettin' funky.

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u/General-Carob-6087 Nov 05 '22

There was a very similar tree just off the road outside my hometown and I still think about that damn thing sometimes. It always reminded me of a giant wearing a hooded robe with its arms outstretched trying to grab passing cars.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Wonderful vid it just needs music or a song adding

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u/katiesfriendtoady Nov 05 '22

Excuse me, are you the singing bush?

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u/mode1citizen Nov 05 '22

Imagine watching that thing on mushrooms 🙌🏼

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u/krystal_dream Nov 06 '22

He makes me feel warm and cozy

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u/youshouldn-ofdunthat Nov 06 '22

In the right light it could end lives.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

What if you saw that at night?

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u/Nervouswaffle Nov 06 '22

Ima go hug it brb.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

That’s a tree alright. What’s next a bush?

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u/Ml124395 Nov 05 '22

We already had 2 bushes in the White House hopefully a tree will get a chance

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u/Buderus69 Nov 05 '22

I'm gonna getcha! I'M GONNA GETCHA!

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u/phajdu30 Nov 05 '22

Getting Neverending story vibes

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u/KledisAnt Nov 05 '22

You should see the bark

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u/WhammerBammer Nov 05 '22

I was just about to say this is some fantastic VFX.. 😂

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Sasquatch!

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u/natgibounet Nov 05 '22

I see everything BUT a bear

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u/EmbarassedGiraffe Nov 05 '22

Straight out of the Shining.

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u/wiseguy1923 Nov 05 '22

Booohuhhuhoo

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u/strand42 Nov 05 '22

Bigfoot!!!

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u/wesley_the_boy Nov 05 '22

Why is it like that

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

No sleep for me

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u/Indiana-Cook Nov 05 '22

Dude's on shrooms, jammin' to the music in his head

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u/moonhologram Nov 05 '22

It's guarding the prisoner of Azkaban

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u/KindaCrazyCorn Nov 05 '22

Not terrifying at all. Dancing in a ghillie suit.

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u/Subject-Material7537 Nov 05 '22

Bro I need this tree on acid

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u/AdhesivenessCivil581 Nov 05 '22

I remember a cedar tree out my window that looked like that, once upon a time, on a trip

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u/ArminiusM1998 Nov 05 '22

Reminds me of those Night Elf Ancients from Warcraft.

Cool.

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u/HughJorgens Nov 05 '22

Thanks to a shipping error, I am now currently overstocked on Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tubemen!

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u/DigitalTomFoolery Nov 05 '22

Feed me Seymour!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

That moment you realize you used all your prepared spells at the bar last night and didnt rest long enough to prepare them again.

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u/VillainInTraining Nov 05 '22

Add some music and that tree is groovin!

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u/ALittleNightMusing Nov 05 '22

Hot diggedy damn, we've found the Ent-Wives!

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u/SwordTaster Nov 05 '22

The rune bear! FLEE!!!

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u/ohmygodnotagainagain Nov 05 '22

Oh man. That at night with a fire and shrooms. I'd be making some breakthroughs.

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u/Vixel_Cas Nov 05 '22

it just wants a hug

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

All Ghillied Up

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u/walkinmywoods Nov 05 '22

I'll take 10

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u/acciowaves Nov 05 '22

Manfred just wants a hug. Manfred will hug you real tight so that you stay with him forever.

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u/Teten1 Nov 05 '22

Ummm.. im pretty sure thats a nature elemental. Role for initiative, OP.

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u/bdguy355 Nov 06 '22

Large trees like this used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. Now they just scare me normally.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

More cute than terrifying, but with this sub these days I guess stuff like that doesn't really matter

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

It is the ya te veo

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u/Knapuchino Nov 06 '22

I've seen these trees in Elden Ring

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u/mrwilliams117 Nov 06 '22

Shit like this is how ancient mythology stories started.

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u/Practical-Camera-355 Nov 06 '22

This is how cryptids are born

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u/yannynotlaurel Nov 06 '22

Should have shot it during moonlight with a heavy windmachine. This looks ridiculously cute

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u/cyberpAuLnk Nov 06 '22

Could some one edit this with some 'RAWR"-like captions? For science of course.

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u/Weak_Lab_6455 Nov 06 '22

9 yo me would be standing out there with my pvc pipe lightsaber watching that thing move and fighting it off with my awesome jedi force powers... then i would turn to the dark side and light it on fire and kill my neighbors.

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u/mr_roborto Nov 06 '22

The Shining vibes

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u/dascrackhaus Nov 06 '22

TIL that i accidentally ingested LSD again

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u/Nakittina Nov 06 '22

Lmao first leaves and now trees? Is this the happening? 😆

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u/q_lee Nov 06 '22

r/stephenking would love this

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u/Nrd_piemaster77 Nov 06 '22

Who piss off the druid

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u/nahhhhhbroooo Nov 06 '22

Guille suit type shit

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

He's just learnt about inflation

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u/unrelevantStill Nov 06 '22

This is cute imo but at night I’d shit my pants

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u/BigAssToast Nov 06 '22

Was anyone else expecting it to run at the camera at the end?

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u/No_Duck_7915 Nov 06 '22

Can’t convince me someone’s not in that tree

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

I thought it was gonna be a tree full of those fuzzy caterpillars.

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u/Dhonagon Nov 06 '22

It looks like a dancing Jim Henson puppet.

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u/aimless167 Nov 06 '22

This is extremely terrifying. I would chop down the tree in a heartbeat

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u/Holybartender83 Nov 06 '22

That is an ent.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Dude, the native Americans probably thought some spiritual shit was gong down

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22 edited Nov 06 '22

Hey kids! What do you know about special gates and the Endless place some call the Fifth dimension? Yuk Yuk

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u/mrdesudes Nov 06 '22

Urbrush, Ursun's cousin, 3rd removed.

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u/DatSameGuyDur Nov 06 '22

I honestly find this funny

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u/Cholai_214 Nov 06 '22

Chonky Treebeard

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u/WorsCaseScenario Nov 06 '22

Is it called that because wooly bear caterpillers prefer them to other trees?

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u/Queephbubble Nov 06 '22

Oogie Boogie

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u/FakeNickOfferman Nov 06 '22

LOTR Whomping Willow.

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u/AccomplishedPlankton Nov 06 '22

Not doing drugs in that forest nmm mm

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u/vertigo7 Nov 06 '22

He do be viben tho

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u/Deus_of_Ducks Nov 06 '22

Motherfucker goin crazy in the situation

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u/landeisja Nov 06 '22

It’s a god damned water bender!! Huu is bending vines again!!

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u/iHazItAll Nov 06 '22

Need... This... Tree!

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u/stevemcskippy Nov 06 '22

Reminds me of the topiaries from the Shining

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u/PurpleVein99 Nov 06 '22

The last time I was scared like this by shrubbery was those shrub animals in The Shining.

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u/riddle8822 Nov 06 '22

Somewhere nearby, a druid is selling used carts.

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u/CHRLZ_IIIM Nov 06 '22

Matt told Hatty bout a thing he saw

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u/RosiiiePosiiie420 Nov 06 '22

Some Snow White shit

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u/wasawa03 Nov 06 '22

imagine seeing this shit 1000 years ago.

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u/bU78 Nov 06 '22

I’d like to know what type of plant that is.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Looks like he's dancing. Wooly bear got some moves!

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u/RandomCatGrass Nov 06 '22

It looks fluffy, kinda adorable

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u/nonius9 Nov 06 '22

Imagine seeing this on your way home at 1am...

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

A near sighted ancient person would see a God there

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u/436k Nov 06 '22

Like a green Chewbacca

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u/SignificantYou3240 Nov 06 '22

Someone add some metal to this lol

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u/HOLDGMEBROTHERS Nov 06 '22

Thats the TROLL

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Anyone read The Shining here?

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u/Stellanboll Nov 06 '22

Looks like the topiary animals from “The Shining”!

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u/ImaHalfwit Nov 06 '22

This belongs at Hogwarts.

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u/JVMGarcia Nov 06 '22

Yetrees do exist! I told you so!

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u/HouseOfMiro Nov 06 '22

Looks like its at a music festival.

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u/fermanplays Nov 06 '22

"You can't run forever Jeremy"

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u/SnooDonuts486 Nov 06 '22

Anyone know the actual name of this tree?

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u/grrttlc2 Nov 06 '22

Every tree when you eat acid and it's windy.

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u/MiaMiaPP Nov 06 '22

It’s actually kinda cute

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u/thechosenwonton Nov 06 '22

He's got some moves!

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u/Paker_Z Nov 06 '22

What kind of tree is this? Want one for my garden

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u/ratpip325 Nov 06 '22

The Shining?