When something is truly horrifying, it’s hard for people to stare at. Images like a scary clown, and horror movies force us to look away in terror. But there’s a different type of horror that we aren’t used to, creepy posts that are genuinely interesting. The backwards feeling of being scared but not being able to look away is something that can’t be explained, but is insanely fun. Here are 20 terrifyingly interesting photos.
1. It looks like the crow version of the grim reaper.
2. This is an intact human nervous system, dissected by 2 medical students.
3. The statue of Lucifer in Marylebone, Westminster.
4. In the 1800s, they would prop deceased family members up so they could be remembered.
5. Snake island, the forbidden island on the coast of Brasil.
6. Not a few people having fun on the beach, that’s a cannibalistic tribe.
7. Call your building manager and don’t breathe.
8. This mask was molded from someone who had passed on.
9. An old church in Louisiana.
10. Grover Krantz donated his body for study, his only condition was to be united with his dog when he passed.
11. Have you ever seen red space lightning called sprites?
12. Something’s lurking down in those caves.
13. This photo from Venus is mildly unsettling.
14. The doll we use to practice CPR is actually modeled off of a drowned victims face.
15. Imagine looking back in your yearbook to find out you were in school with Ted Bundy.
16. A lyre made from a human skull, antelope horns, animal skin, and human hair.
17. Now you have to listen to the album.
18. A Disney mask, designed to make gas masks less creepy for children during WWII.
19. It’s an unfortunate way to go.
20. Someone had a well glassed over in their kitchen.