29 Spooky Facts About the Natural World That Quite Frankly Freak Us Out

When the natural world is somehow more freaky than the supernatural
29 Spooky Facts About the Natural World That Quite Frankly Freak Us Out
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These aren’t supernatural, but they are super natural! See what we did there? We’re just excited that we didn’t need to pack our bags and take the long trip to the supernatural or paranormal realms to gather these terrifying little tidbits. 

We took one look in our backyard, and these horrifying little oddities basically jumped into our basket. 

Here’s to our job being easy for once!

A Beach of Spiderwebs

In 2018, almost 1,000 feet of a beach in CRACKED.COM Greece was covered in spiderwebs. Tetragnatha spiders weave these webs every year during their mating season, but they usually don't make them this big. So why did the spiders get so busy in 2018? The population of mosquitos, which they eat, exploded that year.

Tumor Teeth

A 7-year-old boy in India recently had CRACKED.COM - - em 526 TEETH REMOVED. The record breaking amount of various sized teeth were found inside a tumor in the boy's jaw.

Infestations

A HOUSE IN ILLINOIS WAS SO INFESTED BY GERMAN COCKROACHES THAT IT HAD TO BE BURNED DOWN. Firefighters set a controlled burn and started with a ring of fire SO the cockroaches couldn't spread to the nearby houses. CRACKED.COM

Leaking Brain Fluid

After being dismissed by doctors saying she was suffering from allergies, a woman with a chronic runny nose was found to actually be LEAKING BRAIN FLUID, CRACKED COM The woman was suffering from a hole in her skull that she had gotten from a car accident three years prior.

Bees in the Walls

Buzzing in a bedroom was coming from inside the wall. A couple in Spain heard a strange buzzing noise that kept them up at night. So they decided to hire an expert, who found 80,000 bees hidden behind the bedroom wall. CRACKED.COM

Charlie No Face

For years, there were tales of a faceless ghost haunting Pennsylvania's Route 315, but it turned out to be a real person. Charlie No Face, whose real name is Raymond Robinson, wasjust a boy when his face was melted after he accidentally touched a power line. The ghost stories started because of his late-night walks on Route 315. Не didn't want to scare people in the daylight. CRACKED.COM

Masked Strangers

A pair of masked strangers stalked a group of film students who were making a movie. Instead of starring in the next found-footage horror film, the students did the sensible thing and went to the authorities. The pair turned themselves in afterwards, claiming it was just a prank. CRACKED.COM

Rabid Bats

In 2017, bloodthirsty rabid bats swarmed the Brazilian city of Salvador at night. Since bat saliva acts as a topical painkiller, their victims only realized they'd been bitten when they woke up and saw their bedsheets were blood-stained. One man died of rabies, and another 40 had to be treated. CRACKED.COM

Falling Out of Bed

GRAGKED.COM Every year 600 people die in America By falling out of bed. ,1562978 00.html

Death by Golf Clubs

GOLF CLUBS OF DEATH! A GOLFER, PISSED AT A MISSED SHOT, FLUNG HIS CLUB AT A BENCH IN FRUSTRATION. THE SHAFT BROKE AND SPRUNG BACK AND THE JAGGED END PIERCED HIS HEART AND INSTANTLY KILLED HIM. AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN KILLED DUE TO IMPALEMENT ON THE JAGGED END OF A BROKEN GOLF CLUB. GOLF CLUBS ARE DEADLY! CRACKED.COM

Campylobactor

CRACKED.COM Even healthy puppies can transfer Campylobactor to humans. This causes diarrhea. http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/diseases/campylobacteriosis.htm

Deadly Bathtubs

BATHTUBS Kill 341 people annually. CRACKED.COM

The Hacked Baby Monitor

A Canadian couple got the shock of their lives when their baby monitor began to play a creepy tune and a voice came through telling them that they were being watched. vision f Night 2.8 1R mm 0.3Megapixel Their internet service provider confirmed that someone, country of origin unknown, hacked into their router. CRACKED COM

Lampreys

It's raining fish monsters! In 2015, Alaska's Department of Fish and Game received some reports from residents who had live lampreys falling They are out of the sky believed to have and into their been dropped backyards. by seagulls. CRACKED.COM

Dust Mites

This a-hole keeps crapping on your bed. Millions of dust mites live in your mattress, and each of them takes 50 dumps a day, potentially triggering your asthma. CRACKED.COM

Psychopathic A.I.

CRACKED.COM MIT has created a psychopathic AI. The AI, which is named Norman (after the killer in Psycho), was shown gruesome images from the darkest corners of Reddit. It then gave gory interpretations to every single Rorschach test. Man gets pulled into Man shot dead in front dough machine. of his screaming wife.

Tongue Bacteria

CRACKED.COM This is your tongue. Or rather, it's bacteria on your tongue, seen under an electron microscope. Hmmm, tasty.

Copepods

This critter is your friend (and you swallow it every day). Copepods are microscopic shrimp found in municipal water sources. They attack and eat mosquito larvae, so they actually help make your drinking water cleaner. CRACKED.COM

Toxoplasmosis

Chances are you already have toxoplasmosis. About one third of the world's human population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, which they got from cats. Most people show no symptoms, but the infection has been linked to mental health issues. CRACKED.COM

Naegleria Fowleri

This nightmare bug will eat your brain like a zombie. Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba that finds its way to your brain and destroys its tissues. It likes warm, fresh water, so be careful around water heaters and poorly maintained pools. CRACKED.COM

The Prime Minister Eaten By His Constituents

A prime minister was eaten by his constituents. In 1672, Prime Minister Johan de Witt of Holland was wounded by an assassin and forced to resign. Then a mob attacked, stripped him, and hung him from a scaffold, cut off his genitals, then sliced him open. And finally, of course, people began eating him. CRACKED.COM

Plague Victims in London

A lot of busy picnic spots in London are built over burial sites for plague victims. Beneath the city are hundreds of unmapped plague pits, housing tens of thousands of bodies, and some are known to be under very popular parks. CRACKED.COM

Burials in New Orleans

THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS BURY THEIR DEAD ABOVE GROUND, IN PLACES THEY CALL CITIES OF THE DEAD. THE REASON: WATER LEVELS ARE so HIGH IN THE CITY, COFFINS HAD A TENDENCY TO FLOAT. GRACKED.COM

Baby Teeth

Photoshop? Deformity? Movie Monster Magic? Nope. This is how YOUR SKULL looked after your baby teeth had grown in ...and while your adult teeth were developing. WE WERE ALL BABY MONSTERS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous_teeth http://www.isas.illinois.edu/atam/research/mummy/imaging.html http://www.moddb.com/groups/science/images/child-skull-before-losing-teeth CRACKED.COM

Lincoln Park

If you've been to Chicago's Lincoln Park, you've walked over thousands of forgotten graves. South Lincoln Park was the City Cemetary until officials decided to move all the bodies in 1869. But the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the grave markers and as many as 10,000 corpses may have been left behind. If you explore the park, you can find the last remaining tomb. GRACKED.COM

Death on Mount Everest

MOUNT EVEREST IS LITTERED WITH DEAD BODIES. Once à desolate place, Mount Everest is climbed every year by hundreds of people wishing to look down on the world. Many don't survive. 11 died during the 2019 climbing season alone. At least 200 corpses are still up there, tucked into crevasses or buried in the snow. CRACKED.COM

Facial Features

CRACKED.COM YOUR FACE COULD GET YOU EXECUTED. There are facial features we instinctively relate to untrustworthiness, whether fairly or not- and, according to research conducted by psychologists at the University of Toronto, those features make you more likely to get the death sentence. If your face is too wide, maybe hire a plastic surgeon as well as a lawyer?

Mummies in Mexico

You don't need to be the victim of a curse or have been born in ancient Egypt to become a mummy. The soil in some parts of Guanajuato, Mexico has the properties to turn you into a natural mummy if you're buried there. But you'd be in good company! They have on display the largest collection of naturally mummified corpses in the world. CRACKED.COM

Powdered Wigs

CRACKED.COM POWDERED WIGS EXISTED BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD GROSSNESS. In the 1500s, head lice and syphilis were everywhere. Wearing a wig helped keep the bitey crawlies at bay (as you shaved your own hair) and cover up the bald patches caused by the STDs. Occasionally you 'd have to boil your wig to kill all the lice nesting in it, too.

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