17 Times People Were Scared To Their Core By Unintentionally Creepy Things

Being scared by unintentionally creepy things can be a deeply unsettling experience. Like when you see the shadow of your coat rack on your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Sure, you’ll fall back asleep, but only after you reassure yourself that you’re not about to die.

People are sharing similar examples of unintentionally creepy things that scared the heck out of them and after they realized they weren’t about to die it was kind of hilarious.


1. “Every morning at 11 a.m. or so, a ‘window man’ shows up and scares the heck out of me. (It’s actually my neighbor’s chimney).”

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2. “So, this thing scared the hell out of me getting into a customer’s car today.”

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3. “Slept over my moms house last night and this scared me more then I would like to admit”

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4. “Thomas The Tank Engine kidnapped? Good, that f*cker scared the sh*t out of me the other night.”

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5. “I left my boots at the back door. When I was walking back outside, I nearly had a heart attack.”

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6. “Apparently there is a GINORMOUS spider inside my lamp waiting to wish me a Merry Christmas …creepy.”

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7. “Moving furniture around the store and glanced over to have this scare the crap out of me. I thought it was a customer.”

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8. “My dog is trying to scare the sh*t out of me.”

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9. “Delivering pizzas at 2 a.m., and this just scared the shit out of me.”

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10. “Sunset reflection looks like demonic uprising”

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11. “Scared the crap out of me this morning.”

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12. “My wife tossed a comforter on a chair to dry. I nearly had a heart attack.”

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13. “Let me tell you guys … this fluff ball almost gave me a heart attack “

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14. “Came home late and found this sitting on the edge of my bed. I now know what it’s like to be too scared to move.”

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15. “Walked into my room and saw that my pillows and blanket had tangled up like this. I almost had a heart attack.”

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16. “Hung my hip waders up in the basement. Scared the shit out of my wife when she went to go down there.”

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17. This creepy-looking balloon that scared the sh*t out of its owner when they woke up:

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