Nate
We live in a world where if something wild is happening, someone’s already taking a picture of it. And sometimes, they don’t even realize what they’re capturing until later, like, “Oh cool, I accidentally took a picture of a lawsuit in progress.” This post is a tribute to those accidental danger pictures, the “ha ha… wait” moments that turn into funny unsafe pictures the internet can’t stop staring at.
From near-miss moments caught on camera to pictures of dangerous situations people didn’t realize were dangerous, these snapshots prove one thing: Ignorance is bliss until the fire department gets involved.
Scroll on for some dangerous pictures that probably shouldn’t exist, but we’re so glad they do.
1. “We Found A Giant Round Today. Weighs 125 Lbs And Has The Markings 62-Tbt95 And U.s.s.a.f. Any Ideas What We’re Dealing With?”
“I don’t think carrying around unexploded ordnance is considered a very great choice.”
2. “The Guy That Mows My Lawn Sends Me Snake Pics When He Finds Them So I Can ID For Him. He Sends Me This Today”
“It is a cottonmouth.
I told him he’s insane and to not pick snakes up if he can’t ID them. Also he’s extremely lucky lol. Lord have mercy the man thought it was a ball python!!!”
3. “Round Metal Ball Found Whilst Digging Has A Hole In One Side, Very Heavy Easily 3kg”
“If there’s a hole in a cannonball it’s for a fuse to light the explosives inside. You should put that down immediately and potentially contact law enforcement about ordnance disposal”
4. “Bought Like 5000$ Worth Of Crystals And Rocks Of An Old Guy. He Told Me To Never Keep This Outside Of This Container. The Rock In Question Is Extremely Heavy For Its Size. What Could This Be”
“That’s probably Uranium, you yutz! When the old rock guru dude tells you to keep it in the box, keep it in da box? It’s just alpha particles, but you don’t want a whole lot of bombardment over time…”
5. “Wild Carrots? Found On The Beach Of Southern Zealand, Denmark”
“it’s actually water hemlock, which is incredibly poisonous.”
6. “Why Is This Hose Nailed To The Wall?”
“That is a nail through a live gas line, that is super bad.”
7. “Casually Letting Your Kid Pick Up One Of The World’s Deadliest Creatures”
8. “Tourists In Chernobyl, Sitting In An Excavator Claw Used After The Disaster. (It Has Deadly Levels Of Radiation)”
9. “Just Why?!?”
“putting a very sharp crystal right where their airbag would pop out during a crash.”
10. “Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? (Traffic Lights Mixed With Red & Green Christmas Lights)”
11. “How Lucky I Am To Be Still Alive? Red Sea, Egypt”
“This is a textile cone snail, Conus textile. All cone snails are venomous and this species is one of those known to be dangerous to humans. Deaths are rare, about 30 are known to have occurred among all cone snail species, but likely underreported. So yeah, it was a bad idea to just pick it up, especially underwater where it was very likely alive.”
12. “What Is This? Dog Brought In From Outside”
“it’s rat bait. Get your dog to a vet immediately, take the bait with you. I hope your pup will be okay and didn’t ingest too much. Some people are absolute bastards and poison dogs on purpose, so I’m hoping that’s not the case.”
13. “24 Hours Underground , We Drank Mine Water”
“Well, silver lining, you might get a disease named after you!”
14. “Found In The Florida Everglades”
“That is a puss caterpillar.
It is a NOPE; DO NOT TOUCH bug.
It’s bristles are venomous; it’s actually one of the most venomous insects in North America.”
15. “Heres Me In The Neighborhood Pothole”
“Going into a sinkhole…”
16. “Petting The Animals”
17. “Snow Pinwheels! Natures Warning Sign Of Rising Avalanche Risk”
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19. “Was Cleaning Webs Off My Porch…”
“And this lady just dropped herself down from my light fixture right next to my flip flopped foot. This is the BIGGEST black widow I’ve ever seen in person.”
20. “My Parents’ Breaker Box”
“‘It’s been fine since I shoved all that stuff in it.’ -Parental Unit that’s responsible Redneck ingenuity at its finest. It’s been like this for at least 15 years. sigh Yes, it’s finally failing and being replaced. Yes, sparks fly at random times. Yes, I’m disappointed.”
21. “What Happens To Potatoes After A Year In The Cellar”
“Rotting vegetation in an unventilated space – it uses up all the oxygen in the air. If you see someone passed out in a confined space, never follow them in, call the fire department.”
22. “Daughter Found These In A Graveyard”
“Destroying angels are among the most toxic known mushrooms; both they and the closely related death caps (A. phalloides) contain amatoxins.”
23. “Came Home To My Mom Boiling Bleach To Clean A Pan Of Some Burnt In Sugar, Creating A Highly Toxic Gas”
24. “Unsupported/Shifted Load”
25. “The Baldest Tire I Have Ever Seen Just Rolled In. Its On Display In The Showroom Now”
26. “I Almost Fell Into A Sinkhole Under My Porch. I Caught Myself On The Edge Of The Hole, From My Chest Down Was Just Dangling Beneath Me. Below The Opening The Hole Is About 10’ Wide And 15’ Deep”
“The hole extends to about the middle of my grill. These are not great pictures but it’s dark. I think that’s the foundation.”
27. “Need Help Removing Stains From My Fireplace”
“I don’t know about cleaning the soot on the front but you might need to get your flue checked out or your chimney cleaned. Doesn’t seem like you have adequate flow through your chimney.”
28. “Anybody Know What Kinda Octopus Is This? Found Here In Kiana, Australia”
“This guy holding a blue-ringed octopus. Blue-ringed octopuses, comprising the genus Hapalochlaena, are four extremely venomous species of octopus that are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia.”
29. “The World’s Most Dangerous Plant”
30. “Taxi Ride To Airport”
“Does this count? I felt I was on the wrong side of a claymore mine the whole ride though the van may have been old enough not to have a passenger side airbag… Still…”
31. “Cutting Holes Through Joist For Hvac?”
“We are putting a new floor and contractor cut holes through joist?(not sure if I am using the right word) to connect hvac?
Does this seem correct from structural integrity perspective?”
32. “My Husband Was Working In The Crawlspace Of Our 1901 Home And Almost Crawled Into This Uncovered Well”
33. “Gifted A Candle Containing Minerals Which Produce Toxic Gas When Heated”
34. “Safe To Say I Switched Lanes Immediately After This Photo”
35. “My Parents Came Back Home To This. Almost Burned Their House Down With This Concave Mirror”
36. “What’s This Dapper Little Guy My Friend Found In Coastal(Ish) North Carolina?”
“Cuddling with a Red Velvet Ant.”
37. “Dialysis Venous Chamber Missing A Filter That Prevents Blood Clots From Entering Patient’s Blood Stream Causing Stroke Or Heart Attack”
38. “Yesterday In Indi”
39. “Dude Accidentally Bought Something A Lot More Radioactive Than Expected”
40. “Aio BF Went To Sleep With Fan Heater On Full Power, On It’s Back On The Bed With A Paper Bag On Top”
“It was actually a brown amazon delivery bag, newspaper is just to show how it was left. He’d just passed out right next to it. Am I overreacting or could this have burnt our entire house down and k****d us both if i hadn’t gone to check on him? This is not the first time something like this has happened.”
41. “My Dad Found All These Red Mushrooms, As Far As I’m Aware This Bunch Is Poisonous. He Said That If You Boil Them Twice And Dry Them Off They’re Hallucinogenic?”
42. “Poor Man’s Car Lift To Find The Power Steering Leak”
43. “Anyone Who Works With Earth Knows The Dangers Associated With Improper Shoring And Excavation Types. Make Sure Your Loved Ones Are Safe From This Trend”
44. “Found This Little Guy In A Fender Well Today”
“The car technician who found this cute lil’ guy in a wheel well, only to find out that it’s an American dagger moth (which can cause some painful skin rashes when handled).”
45. “$400 For A Night Airbnb Refuses To Turn Heat Above 58 Degrees”
“Yes, this is actually dangerous! I’m surprised more people aren’t pointing this out. You’re 100% supposed to vent your range! Gas combustion byproducts (carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, etc.) can be deadly or harmful to health. This is NOT healthy. If it’s generating carbon monoxide, that’s potentially deadly! At a minimum, with perfect combustion, you’re flooding the house with carbon dioxide. At modest levels, CO2 creates a “stuffy room” feeling, worsens concentration, performance, and sleep. Really high concentrations of CO2 can even be hazardous to health or deadly. If you’re properly venting your range, you’re sending most all gas combustion byproducts out, but you’re bringing in cold makeup air. Hence, a gas range/oven does NOT work for heating. Someone may say they cook all the time without venting. That’s not good, but what’s over an order of magnitude worse is running all the burners overnight. I didn’t used to vent properly while cooking, but after seeing air quality sensor readings from my own home, even when just boiling water, I’ve been a convert.”