25 Everyday Things That Are Oddly Terrifying

We might not always be aware of it, but the world can be a pretty frightening place, and certain images from mundane life accurately capture how scary the world can be. Sometimes it's only scary in the sense that we perceive things as unsettling for no reason other than bad lighting or an unfortunately timed snapshot. Other times, it's scarier in a deeper sense, but sometimes, it's a surface-level scariness that we can't quite explain, but can't dismiss, either.

None of these things were meant to be scary at all. Unfortunately (or fortunately), they're pretty unnerving somehow, and they're honestly hard to even look at. Why do these things exist? Why are they so incredibly upsetting to look at? Who knows. Humanity and nature alike have a lot of explaining to do for creating these things. Oddly terrifying images might be freaky, but they're also pretty addictive, and we can't help but keep looking. They revolve around some things we encounter in everyday life but never really consider, and it's hard to explain why they're so scary. You'll just have to see these 25 things for yourself.