I Just Learned About These 18 Freaky Things From The Early Days Of The Internet, And I Refuse To Suffer Alone

"I think it's what helped shape my dark humour today, even though I'm terrified of tall slender things now."

Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community about the weird, creepy, or random things they were shown during the early days of the internet that have stayed with them.

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As earlkay points out, we couldn't include ~everything~ you suggested. So here are some of the best responses that aren't, like, full-on crimes.

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1.

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"Salad Fingers was pretty fucked up… What even was that?"

— klh62

2.

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"Probably Five Nights at Freddy's. I remember watching that so much with all my friends".

– bendzialdowski

"The worst part was definitely William Afton's death – it was extremely gory. I can't believe it was my older brother who showed me it!"

— lillyrussell

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"Hands down Two Girls, One Cup 🤮🤮🤮."

— imatrier

"I was shown it in 7th grade right after lunch. I haven't been the same since."

— amandaallen2

"2000s internet truly was a lawless time. I remember at school if you moved from your computer in IT, people would put stuff like this on so you'd see it when you came back. Our school blocked most websites, but everyone knew how to access them anyway."

— neekachu55

4.

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"I think at least two million views of 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' are attributable to me. I remember being shown that and then I became obsessed."

– hanifahrahman

"I can't remember the name, but I remember being shown what looks like a child's show (like animated from play dough or in that style) that just got more and more bizarre and creepy. The only scene I remember was a red clock melting and screaming."

— senpainoticedu

5.

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"It has to be The Cat with Hands for me".

— thatwassarcasm

6.

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"Just sexy Dobby 😳." — fritoandme

7.

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"Has to be either Blue Waffle (do.not.google) or rotten.com".

— leewebdale

"I remember my first encounter with this. Two older guys came up to us at school while we were on break from classes and told us to google 'Blue Waffle'. We did it and we weren't shocked because it's literally just a vagina. Yeah, it has a disease but still... The two guys were freaked out more by our non-plussed reaction than anything else".

— senpainoticedu

8.

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"I remember a particularly weird evening binge-watching videos starring Shaye Saint John. She was a model disfigured by in a train accident who had fixed herself using mannequin parts... So you can imagine."

– sam_cleal

"Hey, are you still doing that hand thing?"

— johnny_feng

9.

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"Remember Rate My Poo though?"

— woofshoeb11

10.

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"My friend showed me a Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life video and it was enough to stay with me for a long time. I remember another friend who watched it with us got really creeped out and angry at being shown it."

– elliebamuel

"I haven't been the same since".

— kpow79

11.

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"This haunted my teenage nights way more than it should have done."

– hanifahrahman

12.

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"Giovanna Plowman eating her own tampon."

— senpainoticedu

"Nothing is grosser than that."

– adaenechi

Video is here is you must see it.

13.

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"I watched the Momo videos when I had just started in middle school. That thing scared me, I'm still a little spooked today, NGL."

— moon08

14.

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"Bonsai Kittens – the thing about raising kittens in a jar. I don't remember how I came across it, but I remember running to my mom and sobbing that someone was torturing animals. She then took me through it logically, asking questions like 'how would they feed them? How would they use the bathroom? It can't be real, just think about it.' That made me feel better. It was really scary when I first found it."

— ladypalutena

15.

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"Not to me, but I played my nephew (14 yo at the time) an audio clip of Alessandro Moreschi, the last castrato singer. Listen if you want to be creeped out, it will haunt you!"

— crafty_gm

16.

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"Lemonparty. It was disturbing 😳."

— lauraregan

17.

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"Four words – 'Daddy Kill The Spider'. I find myself singing it every time i see one 🥴."

— kelisqueenin

18.

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"The whole Creepypasta phase. I was shown it early middle school, and it freaked me the fuck out. After that, I became obsessed with it, reading all the Wattpad stories, watching the YouTube videos etc. I think it's what helped shape my dark humour today, even though I'm terrified of tall slender things now."

— rhody1219

Did we miss anything out? Let us know in the comments below!