r/thestrangest 9h ago

This photo is from the when the Highland Park Optimist Club wore gas masks at a smog protest lunch in 1954. Reminds me of the early 2020s đŸ˜·

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r/thestrangest 1d ago

Le Loyon - a mysterious figure that stalked the woods in Switzerland wearing a cloak and gas mask for 10 years

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r/thestrangest 3d ago

The Berea Footprints are a collection of various human-like footprints fossilized into the rock strata south of Berea, KY. The rock layer they are found in was formed 250 million years ago when the highest known forms of life were amphibians.

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Hominid footprints found 250 million years ago could be potential evidence for alien presence on our Earth prior to the development of human life.


r/thestrangest 5d ago

The Old Hag - Millions of people have reported waking up completely paralyzed, only to see a terrifying shadowy figure standing beside their bed or sitting on their chest. This haunting figure appears in cultures all over the world. Scientists call it sleep paralysis and claim it's perfectly normal

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During REM sleep, your brain temporarily shuts off your muscles so you don't act out your dreams. Sometimes your mind wakes up before your body does, leaving you temporarily unable to move. At the same time, your dreaming brain can create incredibly vivid hallucinations. Many people report seeing shadow figures, hooded beings, or an old woman standing silently in the room. Others feel crushing pressure on their chest or the unmistakable sensation that someone is watching them.

For centuries, people have described this terrifying experience. Long before modern medicine gave it a name, cultures around the world believed they were being visited by an evil supernatural entity known by many names, but perhaps none more famous than the Old Hag. Have you experienced sleep paralysis or been visited by the old hag, hatman or shadow person at night?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag


r/thestrangest 6d ago

Scandinavia Ghost Rockets - a year before the Roswell incident, thousands of people across Sweden, Norway, and Finland reported mysterious rocket-shaped objects silently streaking through the sky. Many witnesses claimed they watched them crash into lakes, yet military searches found no wreckage.

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r/thestrangest 8d ago

Bryan B. Westbay Facebook Profile - a haunted Facebook profile that instantly accepts friend requests, sends eerie glitch-filled messages, and displays a terrifying red face after its owner had died.

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Bryan B. Westbay was a man who tragically died after enduring severe online bullying. Not long after his death, internet users claimed they discovered that his Facebook profile was still active. Curious people began searching for the account, wondering why it hadn't disappeared.

If someone sent Bryan a friend request, it would be accepted almost instantly, no matter what time of day it was. Moments later, the account would allegedly send strange messages filled with glitched text, corrupted symbols, and unsettling phrases like, "We are friends now."

People claimed the profile picture suddenly changed into a horrifying distorted red face with empty eyes, while others reported receiving corrupted images, static-filled audio files, or experiencing unexplained glitches on their phones. As screenshots spread across forums and social media, more people claimed they had experienced the same thing, causing the legend to grow even bigger.

Before long, horror YouTubers, creepypasta websites, and online forums were sharing the story as one of the internet's creepiest digital ghost tales. Some believed Bryan's account was haunted. Others thought it was cursed. Every retelling added another terrifying detail, making it harder to separate the original story from the myths that followed.

Despite how convincing the story may be, there has never been any credible evidence that Bryan B. Westbay or the haunted Facebook account actually existed. Researchers have found no verified records confirming the events, and the story is widely considered to be a creepypasta, a fictional horror story created to spread online like a modern campfire tale.

The Bryan B. Westbay story became one of the internet's most recognizable creepypastas during the mid-2010s. Like many online horror legends, it spread rapidly through YouTube videos, Facebook posts, and paranormal forums, where each retelling added new details. Before long, thousands of people believed they were reading the story of a real person. Were they?


r/thestrangest 10d ago

Demon Dog Photograph - Joe Martinez and his wife posed for what seemed like an ordinary wedding anniversary photo. Eight years later, while looking through old family pictures, they noticed what appeared to be the face of a large dog hiding behind them, despite having no memory of a dog being there

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Other people who were there reportedly couldn't remember a dog either. Yet the image appeared to show what looked like the head of a large unknown dog, partially hidden behind the couple. Some believed the image captured something paranormal. Some suggested it could have been the spirit of a beloved family pet appearing in the photograph. A few even argued it didn't resemble a dog at all, but something like a demon hiding in plain sight.

Joe had allegedly struggled with addiction for years and supposedly him and his wife believed the photo captured that evil presence that had been latched on to Joe for so long. He is now sober and still carries the photo with him as a reminder of the struggles he had to overcome to get his life back. That's at least the internet's romanticized version of the story.

Skeptics of course say it's pareidolia and just are brain's making recognizable shapes out of random patterns we see, but that's what they always say about every paranormal photo. So who knows.

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Martinez_Dog_Demon


r/thestrangest 12d ago

Serial killer David Parker Ray the Toy Box Killer played a pre-recorded tape to his captives immediately after they awoke. The chilling message was a cold instructional recording used to psychologically break the women by detailing exactly how they would be imprisoned, violently tortured, and used

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"David Parker Ray the Toy-Box Killer was suspected by authorities and accused by accomplices of murdering up to 60 of his victims; however no bodies or definitive evidence have ever been uncovered linking him to any murders. Ray used soundproofing methods on a semi-trailer, which he called his "Toy Box", and equipped it with items used for torture. He would kidnap about four or five women a year, holding each of them captive for two to three months.

Ray was arrested in March 1999 after one of his victims escaped, and he was convicted of kidnapping and torture in 2001. He received a lengthy sentence but was never tried for murder owing to lack of evidence. He died of a heart attack on May 28, 2002, shortly before a planned police interrogation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Parker_Ray


r/thestrangest 13d ago

On April 23, 2018, Kate Middleton wore a dress identical to one in the horror film ‘Rosemary's Baby,’ to present the birth of her second son to the world. In the film, Rosemary is impregnated by a Satanic cult leader & gives birth to anti-Christ. Is this some kind of message by Kate?

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When Kate Middleton stepped out of London’s St. Mary’s Hospital and introduced Prince Louis to the world for the first time, people noticed her red dress with a white lace collar looked remarkably similar to the one worn by Mia Farrow in the final scenes of Rosemary's Baby, a horror film about a woman manipulated into giving birth to the Antichrist. The uncanny resemblance sparked waves of speculation online. Was it just a fashion coincidence? Or was there something more symbolic or unsettling going on?

Kate's dress was designed by a British fashion designer, and fashion experts have pointed out that red dresses with white lace collars have existed for decades, long before Rosemary's Baby was ever filmed. There has never been any credible evidence that the dress was intended to reference the movie or carry any hidden meaning.

Yet, the comparison continues to circulate because the resemblance is so striking. and still leaves many wondering whether they are looking at a simple coincidence or something much more sinister.


r/thestrangest 14d ago

In 2024, during the filming of Law & Order: SVU, a lost child assumed actress Mariska Hargitay was a real-life cop and asked for help finding her mom. The production was halted for about 20 minutes while she assisted the girl. Shortly after mother and daughter were reunited.

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While shooting “SVU” on April 10, Hargitay halted production at Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park for 20 minutes while she helped a lost child who approached her in costume as a member of law enforcement with a badge. The child did not notice the film crew or her scene partner, Ice-T.

While on set shooting a scene at Manhattan's Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park, a little girl who was looking for her mother mistook Hargitay for a real cop because she was sporting her Benson costume and badge. A witness told People that the girl didn't even notice the cameras that were set up.

Hargitay then selflessly stopped production of the episode for 20 minutes to successfully help the child relocate her family.

https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/mariska-hargitay-halts-svu-filming-lost-child-confused/story?id=109367388


r/thestrangest 15d ago

Nostalgic for a place that doesn't exist anymore

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r/thestrangest 16d ago

Norway Ghost Lights of the Hessdalen Valley - witnesses report seeing glowing orbs or elongated light shapes that appear in colors such as white, yellow, orange, red or blue. Many reports say the lights can hover silently for minutes before suddenly accelerating.

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Ghostly lights have been appearing in a valley in Norway for nearly a century. Witnessed by thousands of people. Mysterious, unexplained orbs that appear in the night sky over a remote 12-kilometer stretch of the Hessdalen valley in central Norway. They've been appearing since at least the 1930's and these glowing balls of white, yellow, or red light can hover, dart at high speeds, and vanish without a clear explanation.

Researchers have observed and documented the lights using cameras, radar, and measurement instruments. In several cases, instruments detected objects moving through the valley at speeds of up to 18,600 mph. So are they UFOs, ghosts, plasma beings or something with a more natural explanation?

Long before modern science began studying the lights, local folklore already spoke of strange glowing phenomena in the valley. Some stories describe “earth lights” believed to be spirits or supernatural forces tied to the land. Others believed the lights were guardians of the mountains or omens appearing before important events. In Scandinavian folklore, mysterious lights in nature were sometimes connected to hidden worlds or spirits living within the landscape. Whether coincidence or cultural memory, the modern sightings echo those ancient stories in eerie ways.


r/thestrangest 17d ago

In April 2011, Xavier Dupont de LigonnĂšs allegedly murdered his entire family in their sleep (including the two dogs) with a .22 LR, buried them in plastic bags under the terrace and drove to the south of France before disappearing. We don't know if he is still alive

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r/thestrangest 19d ago

In 1976, Rafael Pérez disappeared during a one-hour solo training flight. He later reappeared hundreds of miles away and transmitted a bizarre message claiming extraterrestrials were "using him as a microphone." Even stranger, the aircraft landed with a full fuel tank despite his much longer journey

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In 1976, Rafael Pérez disappeared during a one-hour solo training flight. He later reappeared hundreds of miles away and transmitted a bizarre message claiming extraterrestrials were "using him as a microphone." Even stranger, the aircraft landed with a full fuel tank despite his much longer journey

It was a routine one hour flight when he vanished from radar and reappeared 3 hours later hundreds of miles away. When aircraft controllers reestablished radio contact with the student pilot, they heard and recorded something no one can explain.

Rafael calmly stated, "He is speaking because he is commanded to. This is his voice, but he is not speaking of his own free will. We are using him... yes... we are using him as a microphone." The voice reportedly claimed the speakers were beings from another world, saying they came from a planet many light-years away. It allegedly continued by saying humanity was not alone in the universe and that other civilizations existed and were quietly observing us.

Then Rafael regained consciousness and landed safely with a full tank of fuel still on board. If the aircraft truly carried only enough fuel for a one-hour training flight, how could it have allegedly traveled for three hours and still landed with nearly a full tank? Leaving many still asking the same question 50 years later. What really happened to Rafael Pacheco Pérez during that flight?


r/thestrangest 20d ago

In 2013 an unknown group assaulted a power substation in California. By all appearances it was pretty sophisticated: scouted firing positions, all casings wiped of prints, they targeted transformers so they'd take time to overheat before triggering any alarms, also knew exactly when the police would

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r/thestrangest 22d ago

Never thought of it this way

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r/thestrangest 23d ago

An alien-looking 6 inch skeleton named Ata, found 12 years ago in a ghost town in the Atacama Desert of Chile. It has been confirmed as being human but no one knows definitively why it looks the way it does

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Smaller than a Barbie doll, with an elongated skull and other anomalies, the mummified skeleton known as “Ata” was found in an abandoned mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert in 2003. And since then, there has been no shortage of theories about the individual, many of them suggesting an otherworldly origin. A study out today answers several of the questions swirling around the remains.

You may have become acquainted with the Atacama “alien” through 2013’s Sirius, which focused on assorted UFO and alien-centric conspiracy theories. Stanford University researcher Garry Nolan and colleagues subsequently did an examination and some DNA analysis on the skeleton and established it was human, though at the time they were unable to explain its size and other multiple physical anomalies.


r/thestrangest 28d ago

The Devil’s Javelin, an AMC Javelin from 1973 rumored to be possessed by Satan himself and is said to run on blood, spinal fluid, and bone marrow instead of gasoline

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The Devil’s Javelin is a 1973 AMC Javelin rumored to be possessed by the Prince of Darkness himself. Instead of gasoline, the car runs on human blood and the fluids in the V8 are not automotive, but rather bone marrow, spinal fluid, and liquified bodily tissue. The car haunts various roads of the US, as divine forces cannot traverse there. The car's Pierre Cardin interior is a series of pleated stripes in silver, orange, and purple that isn't just a design choice. In the dark, the stripes begin to undulate like muscle fibers. The "ambition" local people mention is actually the driver’s soul. Every mile driven erases a core memory or a piece of the driver's personality, replacing it with a cold hunger. The exhaust also emits pure hellfire instead of gas fumes.

The car was supposedly a prototype commissioned by a Satanic cult in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the 1970s "Satanic Panic". They believed that the Javelin’s aggressive, "coke-bottle" styling and high-performance V8 could act as a mobile vessel for a minor prince of Hell. The local AMC production plant complied, and the cult successfully integrated Satan into the vehicle. The Devil’s Javelin has been spotted all over the roads of America, claiming the souls of those who live in sin, and running over anyone in its path, the horn sounding like a laughing man torturing an innocent animal. The AMC Javelin has been associated with satanic worship, witchcraft, divination, and human sacrifice. The Devil’s Javelin has been feared by the world’s religions every day, because once you aren’t looking at a cool car, you’re looking at the underworld operating under the radar.


r/thestrangest Jun 22 '26

Emma Schmidt's demonic possession and exorcism occurred over several decades, culminating in an extensive exorcism that lasted from August 18 to December 23 1928. Her case is considered to be the most abundantly documented cases of possession in the 20th century, including a profile in Time magazine

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r/thestrangest Jun 14 '26

An Australian diver, while posting for a photo underwater, accidentally discovered the body of Christina Watson who was killed by her husband when the couple went for a scuba diving on the great barrier reef, just 11 days after their wedding.

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r/thestrangest Jun 12 '26

Strange lights just hovering and pulsing in the sky over Myrtle Beach

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Myrtle Beach is known for its beaches, nightlife, and millions of tourists every year. Yet, there’s something else this place has quietly become known for UFO sightings. It's not just one or two either. Over the years, there have been countless reports of strange lights and objects moving over the ocean, especially at night.

People describe seeing glowing orbs hovering just above the water, lights moving silently at high speeds, and objects changing direction in ways that don’t look possible. Some even say they’ve watched lights rise from the horizon, almost like they’re coming out of the ocean itself. When you hear multiple people describing the same thing, it makes you wonder.


r/thestrangest Jun 10 '26

In the early 1900s, people were obsessed with surreal postcards of babies growing in cabbage fields, being harvested, and shipped like products. Inspired by old folklore, some believe they were connected to orphan trains, baby farms, and the mysterious rise in orphan populations during the 1800s.

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In the early 1900s, everyone seemed to be sending postcards that showed babies growing in cabbage fields, being pulled from the ground, lined up in rows, even shipped in baskets like products. They were called “cabbage patch postcards,” and they were some of the earliest examples of photo manipulation.

Long before Photoshop, artists were cutting and combining real photographs and placing images of babies into surreal environments like farms, rivers, and even factories. The result looked just real enough to be believable, which made them both fascinating and a little unsettling.

They were based on old folklore. In parts of Europe, parents used to tell children that babies came from cabbage patches or were delivered by storks. It was a way to explain birth without actually explaining it. These postcards took that idea and turned it into something visual. Almost like a literal version of the story.

Many believe there’s a darker side to these images. Some people online have connected the postcards to themes of orphan trains, baby farms, and the mysterious rise in orphan populations during the 1800s. Could these postcards be hinting at something more sinister, a hidden history of mass-produced children or even early attempts at human cloning? All this before the last reset. The history that has been hidden from us.

It is kind of strange that this same idea shows up again in pop culture with Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. The story was reimagined for new generation with babies growing in magical cabbage patches, waiting to be adopted. It sounds familiar, but much more kid friendly.

Repopulation Postcards : CABBAGE PATCH KIDS / 1800s Cloning / Babylon Babies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlOUXiyi230&t=1s

This is the second video The Cabbage Patch Fairy Lost Film is the first movie ever made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwN3gtiFZZ0

This is the third Ancient Cloning Factories - AMAZONS / Foundlings & Incubators, Test-Tube Babies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su2Npe_uMAw


r/thestrangest Jun 08 '26

The Original World Cup trophy was stolen in 1983 and never recovered. The official story is it was melted down for gold, but many believe it was secretly hidden or sold to a private collector. One of the most valuable trophies in sports history vanished forever, and no one knows what happened.

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The original Jules Rimet Trophy was used from 1930 to 1970, until it Brazil was awarded the trophy in perpetuity following their third title in 1970, prompting the commissioning of a replacement. On December 19, 1983, thieves broke into the building where the trophy was being displayed and took the trophy.

When authorities started investigating, they eventually came to a conclusion that the thieves didn’t want the trophy itself so it was melted down and sold. Which is strange because trophy was worth far more as a historical artifact than it was as raw gold and the thieves should have known that. Many believe the trophy was secretly sold to a private collector and is still out there somewhere, hidden from the public. Others think the truth was never fully uncovered. There’s no physical proof it was ever destroyed. What really happened to it?


r/thestrangest Jun 06 '26

Mall World - people describe dreaming about the same kind of place over and over again. A massive, endless shopping mall. Stores that don’t make sense. Escalators that lead nowhere. Hidden hallways behind walls. It feels familiar, like they’ve been there before, even though they know they haven’t.

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r/thestrangest Jun 04 '26

Is the Devil's Tower the world's largest petrified tree?

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This question keeps being asked online, despite that geologists agree the massive rock formation in Wyoming is actually an igneous intrusion. A volcanic feature formed when molten magma was forced into existing rock layers beneath the Earth's surface and slowly cooled over millions of years. What do you think?