Spooky signs are there to be helpful and warn us of hazards in our environment, but some of them, like these terrifying signs go above and beyond when it comes to being scary. They're doing way too good a job of making us want to stay away.
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At their most basic level, signs exist to give the general public necessary information and warn people of hidden dangers. These foreboding signs went above and beyond when it came to being scary as hell, whether being spooky was their intention or not. Signs just have a habit of being scarier than intended.
We're back at it again with a fresh collection of especially spooky two sentence horror stories. There was no time wasted in making sure these two sentence horror stories got as spooky as possible. Gotta appreciate when people are able to escalate the horror in the matter of a couple of sentences.
Most of these signs and warnings were intended to scare people off, and they're doing a good job of that. That said, they may be doing too good a job. Like, a reminder of all the deadly wolves in the area is a unique and effective way to make people go away. Seriously, these signs are too good at being spooky.
We're happy that people take it upon themselves to warn other people of the world's potential dangers. It's just sometimes the signs themselves get the better of us and give us extra chills. Some aren't even intentionally scary. Let's face it, there are some ominous signs out there that are just too good at being spooky.
Someone on AskReddit asked for truckers to share their spookiest experiences from being out on the road. Things have a tendency to get real creepy on those long and winding dark highways throughout the night. Never know what kind of devilish, WTF sh*t you might drive across.
Happiness really can be found in the darkest of places. In this case, we have some devilish haunted museum tour employees deciding to take matters into their own hands when it came to dealing with a pack of unruly, snobby children. Sounds like the one kid was all talk after all. Getting rid of the tour guide to strip away their sense of safety was a brilliant touch.
Overall, it's good that we have signs like these, because it means someone is looking out for you. That said, such a casual reminder of your own mortality can seem a little off-putting, especially when spooky signs do too good a job. Some could even argue that some scary signs are scarier than they have to be.
The world of scamming attempts isn't all just idiot scammers getting trolled, though we love to see it. Sometimes there's some really believable phishing attempts out there that you wouldn't have thought of. Scammers can dig up personal information in order to help give themselves false credibility, like this guy who almost fell for another believable scam.
Twitter user @RantingOwl, ignored a series of very ominous red flags while she was touring an open house with her partner. The basement with the suspicious door that had like 10 locks on it sounds like bad news. The fact that the woman showing them the place didn't even have a decent explanation handy makes the whole picture take on an even spookier vibe.
Your typical sign might have some directive information, and maybe a small diagram or two. These spooky signs went above and beyond, be it their detailed depiction of how bad a threat is, the sad peculiarity of said threat, or just the spookiness of their vague ominousness. There are a lot of signs out there that are scarier than they had to be.
