16+ Wild Surprises That Left People Seriously Startled

This is a freshly-opened tube of toothpaste. I have no idea why the toothpaste appears to be sprouting like this.

I appreciate the effort here but no matter how many ways you might try to dress up an old toilet, it's still an old toilet.

I have so many questions here, most of them along the lines of, "Hey, what's the deal with the giant stone head in your backyard?"

Apparently this is somewhat of a thing in Russian cemeteries: gigantic tombstones with a life-sized portrait of the deceased.

On one hand, the photographer was probably happy to be some distance from this conflagration. On the other hand, that's straight-up terrifying.

This is clearly a prank road sign. There's no way this ominous passage is full of the grasping hands of the undead...right?

This is a weird thing to stumble across in the woods, but its purpose is delightful: It's designed to amplify the sounds of the forest.

I get that manicurists might need a way to practice their craft, but I wouldn't want this creepy disembodied hand anywhere near me.

I had no idea the bald eagle made such a large nest. This is the same size as studio apartments in a crowded city.

It doesn't matter how many times we've seen the Borat movie, because nothing will adequately prepare you for seeing an actual bear riding in the backseat of an actual taxi.

I'm not an arborist so I can't tell you what's going on with this tree. All I know is that it's weirdly unsettling.

If it's gross and unsettling to see one roach, it must be a million times more gross and unsettling to see a million roaches.

I don't know why a fun fair would have such a weirdly realistic human face as the entrance to...whatever's in there.

This old-school hearse, built in the 1920s by Mercedes-Benz, gives the deceased a stylish, gothic way to get to the cemetery.

For instance, this is just a cat in the middle of shaking its head and that's all it seemed to be to the naked eye.

But once that shutter clicked, the motion blur turned it into an abomination with only an unblinking eye for a facial feature.

As the uploader explained, this is a visitor pass given to them when they visited a comatose friend in the hospital after a car wreck.

As you might have noticed from the date on it, that friend eventually woke up to find themselves in a post-9/11 world suddenly beset by grief and dread.

And it wouldn't be the last time something like that happened either.

Apparently, they happened to be walking outside and glanced at this, which gave them what they described as a "mini heart attack."

After all, that split second before someone realizes what they're looking at is more than enough time to think "Aah, Jason Voorhees is not only real but staring right at me!"

But since this was just hanging out in the uploader's history class without explanation, it's hard to know exactly what the intention behind making this or displaying it was.

And that mystery only makes this image creepier.

When the uploader had to clear away what they described as a "human rat nest" outside of the arena they work at, they discovered these strange pages among some clothing, cosmetics, and baby supplies.

Even without being able to make out what these notes say, it's clear they were made by someone who isn't in a peaceful place mentally.

Instead, the face on this one looks realistic and unsettling enough that it would be tough to work up the nerve to eat it.

For instance, the people in this photo are almost certainly minding their own business and taking innocent walks in the park.

However, the bare trees and the heavy fog in this gloomy winter scene would make it seem like we would about to be surrounded if we were actually there.

After all, when we ask ourselves "what witch?" and see nothing that gives us an answer, it's likely that we'll find ourselves looking over our shoulders until we get home.

And while suddenly coming face-to-face with a sight like this is inherently startling, the fact that it involves so much of the sauce in its most unappealing form doesn't really help.

I'm sure some people might find this method of flower planting to be cute, but I'm not part of that group.

Here's the floor of a newly vacant apartment after the previous tenant of 20 years moved out. If that's water damage, how did it happen?

I don't know if this squirrel has melanism, albinism, or both. It's pretty weird to see a squirrel that's so dark and so light at the same time.

This moth has the prettiest moth wings I've ever seen. You can tell that the purple areas shimmer with iridescence.