50 Intriguing But Creepy Things That Show The Darker Side Of Our Universe

Ever wondered how Michael Jackson was supposed to look like?

Sophia

• Published in Interesting
• June 6, 2022

We live in a world that's full of mundane things, but when we just look a little closer, we are always bound to stumble upon something interesting—no matter if it's a good kind of interesting or more on the creepy side of things. One way or another, though, it's always great to know that there is always a little more of our great world out there, even if it means seeing something that seems like it's not meant to be seen by humans.

People are always intrigued by the macabre and all other terrifying things, even if it means at the expense of our fear and anxiousness. But that's the thing about fear—when it's paired with entertainment, it can become quite addicting.

Take the American Horror Story series, for instance, it's a gory and bloody mess with a lot of murderous scenes as well as borderline demonic ones, but people still seemed to love it. The same goes for the zombie movies that have also infiltrated the film industry; people are obsessed with the unusual and horrifying things.

Deep down, we always want a little excitement and a world where zombies, sirens, and aliens exist is something that we unconsciously yearn for; without thinking of the consequences. But even without all that, this universe always has some terrifying elements that could make up for the lack of these horrid creatures we often see in fictional worlds.

If you are one of the many people who enjoy horror, then the Internet just has the right place for you: the Interesting but creepy community on Reddit. Take a look at some of the best posts in the group below!

1. "St. Lambert’s Church In Münster. Three Iron Cages, 7 Feet Tall And A Yard Wide And Deep, Hang Empty From The Church Spire. Once Home To The Mutilated Bodies Of Three Revolutionaries"

2. That's Suspicious, That's Weird

3. Gills Of A Shark

4. A Photo From Venus

5. "In 1871, This 10 Year Old Girl’s Grave Was Built With Easy Access Stairs So That Her Mother Could Comfort Her During Storms"

6. This Is Actually A Flat Hallway

7. Buckbeak?

8. Discovered Mummified Monk In A 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Statue

9. A Window Lit Up In An Abandoned Hospital

10. "Hiroshima, Japan, 1945: This Shadow That Almost Seems Drawn On The White Of Five Steps, Tells The Last Moments Of A Person. All That Remains Is The Shadow Caused By The Flash Of The Atomic Bomb That August 6th"

11. A Pregnant Fruit Bat's Skeleton

12. A Creepy Close-Up Of An Ant

13. "One Of My Grandpa’s Cows (He’s A Rancher) Gave Birth To This Two-Headed Fella Back In The 1980’s. The Calf Lived For Less Than Ten Minutes, But Have No Fear. Grandpa Took It To A Taxidermist"

14. A Hong Kong Cemetery

15. Seeds Growing In A Tomato

16. "A Terrifying Web I Saw Above A Light Fixture A Work Today"

17. The Cpr Doll Faces Are A Copy Of A 19th Century Drowned Woman’s Face

18. "A Disney Gas Mask - Designed To Make Gas Mask 'Less Creepy' For Children During WWII"

19. A Rare Thunderstorm Phenomenon: Red Space Lightning Called Sprites That Look Like Jellyfish

20. "The Statue Of Flayed St. Bartholomew Wearing His Skin As A Robe. Milan Cathedral"

21. Satanic- Looking Goats Just Casually Chilling

22. " Someone I Know Has A Glassed Over Well In Their Kitchen From The Mid-1700s"

23. "Lava That Looks Like Melted Bodies"

24. "This Is An Intact Human Nervous System That Was Dissected By 2 Medical Students In 1925. It Took Them Over 1500 Hours. There Are Only 4 Of These In The World"

25. Just Racoon Hands Reaching For Cat Food

26. Biblically Accurate Angel

27. A Scientist Holding The World's Blackest Substance: Vantablack

28. A Leatherback Sea Turtle's Mouth

29. Oldest Diving Suit Found, From The 18th Century

30. The Poison Garden (Alnwick Garden) That Contains About A Hundred Plants That Can Actually Kill A Person

31. Maybe He Was Just Curious!

32. A Lethal Dose Of Fentanyl = 2mg

33. A Church In Louisiana

34. Classic Prankster That Really Made An Effort To Fool People—And It Lasted For A Decade!

35. "My Brother Went To Egypt And Saw Some Mummified Crocodiles"

36. A Spanish Dancer Sea Slug In Australia

37. Bull's Eye

38. "Thunderstorm From 30,000 Feet In The Air"

39. At Least We Know Where The Grim Reaper Lives Now

40. "Sometimes People Stop In The Middle Of A Conversation To Stare At My Eye. Wonder Why"

41. "When Sperm Whales Need A Nap, They Take A Deep Breath, Dive Down About 45 Feet And Arrange Themselves Into Perfectly-Level, Vertical Patterns. They Sleep Sound And Still For Up To Two Hours At A Time Between Breaths, In Pods Of 5 Or 6 Whales, Presumably For Protection"

42. Skin Shoes Worth $10,000 Made Of Silicon

43. The Butrón Castle In Northern Spain

44. Hmm, This Makes Us Think

45. Creepy But Clever

46. Titanium Implants From A Crematory

47. How Michael Jackson Was Supposed To Look Like

48. "This Amoeba I Saw Through The Microscope"

49. Geladas Showing Off Their Fangs

50. "Before Days Of Modern Medicine, Many Feared Being Buried Alive. As A Result, Safety Coffins Were Invented In Case The Living Were Mispronounced Passed Away. A String Attached To A Bell Allowed The Victim To Alert Those Above"

The world and the universe as a whole definitely have a lot of other things to offer, and while a lot of them may indeed seem creepy, they still put magic into this place that we live in. It reminds us that it's always important for us to look a little deeper because sometimes, it's not always good that what we see is what we get.

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Sophia