40 Oddly Terrifying Pictures That Gave People The Creeps

There are a lot of things in the world that are unpleasant and frightening based on their very nature. But there are some strange things out there that are oddly terrifying even though they are fairly mundane. The way ice freezes, the way a plant looks after it dies, pictures taken at the wrong moment: these are things that shouldn't be terrifying, but somehow manage to be. These are pictures that are oddly terrifying, though admittedly, some of them are understandably terrifying.

We're not sure if this is creepy or amusing. In a Welsh Christmas tradition, a horse skull comes to your door and sings rhymes. You have to sing rhymes back regarding why this dead horse cannot be allowed in your home. It goes on until one side gives up, and if you lose, the horse gets to drink all of your beer.

Halloween is nowhere near as scary as it used to be. Most costumes are cute or cool these days, with little intent to inspire actual fear. This family goes about their costumes a little differently, a little more... traditionally.

Mosquitoes are already a bane to humans all over the world. But imagine if they could get this big! Truly, this is nightmare fuel. The picture isn't photoshopped, it's actually the result of a bug flying right in front of the camera lens right as the picture was taken.

Who would have thought that something as mundane as cabbage could look so unsettling and oddly terrifying? Seriously, this image is just a cabbage field. And yet, it looks a lot more like some sort of alien egg nest, doesn't it?