There are a lot of unconventional hazards in this world. You wouldn't think that walking into a mine field or falling into a hidden pit could be a legitimate danger, but luckily we have creepy signs that mean business. Sometimes they're overly vague, and some put the danger into cartoonish detail, but that all amounts to the fact that these signs should definitely not be ignored.
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Signs are an important part of everyday life. They communicate useful and relevant information like "crosswalk" or "food is hot" and they're such a necessary part of life that you can forget why they're there. Sometimes a danger is extraordinary, like an open mine shaft, bomb range or plague outbreak, and those terrifying signs make their message clear. There are some signs that speak the language of fear.
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People are dumb. You don't even need to see any classic facepalm moments of dumbness to know that. The interesting thing is that people are so reliably dumb that it's changed the reality of our world. Laws, warnings, products, industries and many other things exist because of human stupidity.
There are many hazards in this world, and appropriately there are many ominous signs that speak the language of fear. You never know it there could be some hidden mine shaft or risk of monkey attack. Whether they're warning of some totally extreme danger or their scary in their own right, it's usually best to pay attention to spooky signs.
Some spooky signs and threats seem more cartoonish than others, but what these signs do is make you ask some deep questions about what had to happen for that sign to get there. There's surprise abandoned mine shafts, nearly invisible wasps nests, aggressive-ass geese, and unexploded munitions around every corner. The world has its fair share of uniquely spooky signs.
We see warning signs every day, and some hazards become more "everyday" than others. These spooky signs go above and beyond when addressing strange, overly specific, or even vague danger. Spooky signs say a lot with their creepiness.
Stupidity is one of the only attributes we can trust people to have consistently. Because of this, we have to get extra explicit when it comes to labels and laws. Stuff like, "please don't put salt in eyes" and junk like that. In a similar vein, here are some jobs that only exist because people are dumb. And for some extra scary warnings, here are spooky signs that are doing their job too well.
Scary signs serve the valuable purpose of warning people of possible danger. They're not supposed to be nice or fun. That said, some spooky signs are way scarier and outright threatening than they need to be. Again, we're glad that people are telling us that snakes might come up the toilet, but sometimes a spooky sign is just too dang scary.
All of these signs have the potential to instill some good old fashioned fear. Some of these spooky signs are probably incredibly helpful and we're lucky to have them. Some terrifying signs just sound like a threat. For a break from the scary, here are some funny signs.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
The warning signs here are doing a great job. Like if you find yourself about to swim and then notice a little ol' ENORMOUS SIGN in all caps that says "THIS RIVER IS CONTAMINATED WITH FECAL BACTERIA" you may find yourself a little dissuaded from jumping in. So good job, terrifying signs of the world. Some of these signs don't even know they're scary, sinister or weird, but that doesn't make them not have a threatening aura.
