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Strange roadside buildings where you shouldn’t ever go.

Lookin for a midnight treat

Found this weird flyer in the parking lot on my way out of my doctor’s appointment today. Y’all know anything about this? Should I call the number?

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While taking a nap today I dreamt there was a hazard sign called "never found" which was used to indicate a location where people disappeared never to be seen again

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it looked like this

lethesbeastie

The imagery and vibes of this were so visceral I had to do art about it

(Grayscale version under cut)

hometoursandotherstuff

What?

thechekhov

if you think about it, every time we tranquilize animals to transport them safely to another place, we are the sleep paralysis demon

beardedmrbean

idunnospookystuff

Cursed

deadmomjokes

It recently came up in conversation with my toddler that some birds can talk, and this has caused her great concern.

See, we were talking about how movies are pretend and how in real life, animals don’t talk. I mentioned that there are some birds who talk a little bit, but not like the animals in movies, and she just looked at me like “???”

So I informed her that some kinds of parrots can copy sounds that people make, and can learn how to say words. I thought this would give her a giggle, as fun new facts often do, but she was just deeply perplexed and a little worried about this.

“Birds can talk?” “Do they ask questions?” “What do they say?” Why do they talk?” “Do chickens talk?” “What about Blue Jays?” “Why do some birds talk?” “How do they talk?” “Birds TALK???”

We showed her a video of a parrot doing the “Hello, pretty bird, give a kiss” thing, and she was dead silent the whole time, hugging her comfort pillow with her knees to her chest. We asked if she wanted us to turn it off, and she shook her head. But we also asked if she wanted to see another one, and she shook her head even harder.

I don’t know why it has distressed her so greatly to learn that some birds can mimic human speech; but then again, I don’t know why it doesn’t distress the rest of us more to know that some birds can mimic human speech.

I keep thinking about that post that’s like “The first person to hear a parrot talk was probably Not Okay.” Because that’s exactly what happened. She had never been introduced to the concept, and her entire worldview got SHOOK.

philosophicalparadox

Part of why Ravens are considered Spooky Bad Things We Associate With The Faeries is because they can and do mimic human speech - but much, much better than a parrot. With a parrot, you can tell something is off about the sound. You can tell it doesn’t belong to a human. Ravens don’t sound like that, no, cause they’re overacheivers. (And passerines). They sound EXACTLY like the voice of whoever they are mimicking.

But more importantly they love the sound of human laughter. No one knows why. But it is totally, 100% possible, and it happens to this day, to walk along the paths in the Black Forest and suddenly hear a strange kind of giggling sound, or maybe even a very clear, definitely human sounding “hello?” “Hiiiii!” Or “let’s go!”.

However, it takes a lot of practice for them to copy sounds as perfectly as they do, so you’re equally likely to hear something that definitely sounds human-like, but the words make no sense and the sound is unlike any language you know.

Ravens at the Tower of London do this all the time. Theyre pretty sociable with humans though, so they do it quite openly. I have seen videos of people, mostly Americans, look absolutely spooked out of their skins when a big ol’ raven (mind ye, these are birds that are 2 feet tall with a 5 foot wingspan) comes waltzing up on the deck and starts talking to them.

And ravens, especially the ones there that have been bred and raised by humans for centuries, don’t just imitate - they have one of the same language processing genes we do, and they understand the way a toddler might that things, places, and individuals have names, and can string together basic sentences much like an african grey.

I know because I used to work with one, Darlene, who knew, quite well, what she wanted and how to ask for it. If you were preparing her breakfast, she would hop on up and investigate. She used to be an illegal pet, and had been taught “manners”. That is to say, if she went for something and you told her, sternly, “mind your manners missy!” She would stop, look at you, perhaps for up to a minute, and then point with her beak to what she wanted. If that did not work, she would ask, in plain English, “grape?” Or “Darl have grape?” And lord help you if you gave her anything less than what she asked for. She would throw it at you, and try to bite you, sometimes while saying “No!” In the same tone as I imagine she was reprimanded in her home.

So yeah. Parrots arent the only ones.

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WHAT

roseofithaca

Was anyone gonna tell me that ravens can talk or was I meant to read about it on a tumblr post?!

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hussyknee

This one’s even freakier. The way he went from a nasal male voice to perfectly imitating the woman is actually kind of scary.

ruby-white-rabbit

@owlkat

bugsnbites

@todaysbird

theotherhappyplace

on twitter the subject of the dreaded MILKWALKER came up, which lead to a lot of people drawing him. I am very upset that his designer is unknown. not comforting.

I tried to do my drawing in the style of @sssslimyswampghostttt

ousia-poetica

Your tears again and again recalled that bad memory. Ivan Aivazovsky ( 1817-1900 )

idunnospookystuff

The artist 100% haunts all of his paintings.

jacindaelena

abandoned places by jeroentaal

afloweroutofstone

Tis the season

officiallordvetinari

A new challenger appears

cryptid-sighting

Fukuyama having the car from Fury Road as his avatar makes that tweet so much funnier

jeaniefranklins

#sorry 2 disrespect those brave soldiers who gave their lives defending us in the skeleton war

annabellioncourt

It's boggling to me because historically in the west, the use of skulls and bones was a mourning sign, a reminder of death "memento mori", or even religious. The playful mockery of this is [something something something optimistic nihilism], and feels similar to the development of dia de los muertos, mocking death while respecting the dead. It's a way to understand and celebrate rather than merely cope. Like this isn't *new*.

idunnospookystuff

Also, everybody processes death and grief differently. What would be unthinkable for one person could be helpful and necessary for another. Maybe don't assume everyone processes feelings the exact same way you do.

neil-gaiman

While reading some Coraline trivia I learned the film was originally supposed to be live action. Do you think it would have been scarier in live action compared to the stop motion one?

Very much so, yes.

idunnospookystuff

Ohhhh... I love the animated but I wish I had both flavors. I'm imagining something like Pan's Labyrinth and it's scary as hell and I wish it was to be.

pocketss

so hard to find a decent exorcist these days :/

spencer-effing-middleton

Btw this comic is irrelevant to the books but absolutely radiates “Jack’s-4am-at-the-gas-station” energy

redlipstickresurrected

Black Ghost aka Juodasis Vaiduoklis is a bronze sculpture sculpted by Svajunas Jurkus and Sergejus Plotnikovas located at the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania.