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23 Scary, Yucky, And Just Plain Disturbing Photos That Scarred My Brain

"Fun fact about acute radiation poisoning: It's impossible to administer painkillers correctly. Once your body starts decomposing with you alive inside of it, there's nothing but pain left."

Warning: Some images might be disturbing to viewers.

Most people only celebrate creepy things one day out of the whole year. I, on the other hand, like to recognize the terrifying aspects of life on a daily basis. So here are 23 petrifying photos I found while scrolling through r/oddlyterrifying today:

1. "This woman's neighbor sprays Raid into her home and peeks through the slits in the fence."

A TikTok of the neighbor peeking through the fence

2. "This work environment."

A man in a sewer hole with huge roaches on him

3. "The Chicago Metra UP-N track carries 34,000 passengers on 70 trains across this bridge every day."

A crumbling bridge support beam

4. "This street lamp in Wroclaw, Poland."

A streetlight that looks like a very hairy monster

5. "My friend found an Apple AirTag on her car. Genuinely scary."

A person holdling an AirTag

6. "Just a little Reddit before bed."

Men of Reddit are asked what's more painful than childbirth, and someone says acute radiation poisoning: "Once your body starts decomposing with you still alive inside of it, there's nothing but pain left"

7. "Well, that's surprising."

An X-ray showing a missing part of the person's fibula

8. "Saw this on the ground at a resort I've been staying in."

Bloody handprints on the ground at the resort this person was staying at

9. "Someone hid a big knife on top of the emergency light in our hallway."

A large knife on top of the light hanging on the wall

10. "These filters used on Twilight."

Distorted faces with exaggerated eyes and smiles created by app/filter

11. "My father in his home during Hurricane Ian."

He's standing at a table in front of a shuttered window

12. "A friend of mine just sent me a picture of his dinner: a slice of cheese, salt, pepper, Tabasco, soy sauce. Ignore the toe."

Thin slice of cheese with the toppings on a tray with a portion of a foot with a very long big toe visible

13. "These scenes from the kids show Courage the Cowardly Dog."

Four scary animated and ghoulish faces

14. "My friend is a bus driver in Portland, Oregon, and sent me this."

A service message saying that there's a white male 40 years old who is infested with bugs: "DO NOT BOARD"

15. "What has he done?"

A grave in the ground covered by a metal cage

16. "Another reason to wear a helmet."

A helmet covered in small bugs

17. "Mushrooms growing off of a stuffed bear."

A deteriorating toy bear covered in growths

18. "Crawled through a storm drain with my friend."

An empty storm drain with two people visible at the top

19. "Eye of the tater."

Close-up of a half-peeled raw potato, with one "eye" visible and what looks like a mouth

20. "Today I learned that an ectopic pregnancy can implant in the liver and just...turn into a baby inside your liver."

X-ray of a liver with the outline of a fetus inside

21. "Plica fimbriata doesn't hurt or harm a person, but personally, I think it fits here."

A tongue extending from a mouth with what look like tiny, sharp teeth underneath it

22. "My hand after I went swimming today."

Close-up of waterlogged, wrinkled hand

23. And finally, "Baby Mute."

A baby wearing a wraparound mouth and nose cover/mask, with caption: "A soundproof, breathable device to silence your baby's cries during long flights and movie nights"

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.