Many people seek solace in nature, as it has the healing power to lower stress levels and improve our mental health. However, the same power can also create some of the most terrifying things that fuel nightmares, anxieties, and phobias, like vampire bats, zombie fungi, and flying snakes.
To show just how scary nature can get, our Bored Panda team compiled a list of pictures capturing unsettling encounters people had with Mother Nature. Scroll down to see them for yourself below, and don’t forget to upvote those instances that provoke a fearful respect for nature.
#1 Lightning Striking A Tree In Hardy County, West Virginia On 6/22/22
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#2 These Creepy Looking Clouds Are Called Scud Clouds
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#3 Spiders Gave My Garden A Halloween Makeover
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#4 The Vultures On My Neighbors Roof
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#5 Nebraska Skies Are Beautifully Scary
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#6 Praying Mantis Doing Its Part To Rid Us Of The Invasive Lantern Moth
Image credits: criles_mccriles
#7 This Is Not A Clump Of Hair – It’s One Of The Most Venomous Caterpillars In The Us: Puss Caterpillar
Image credits: BreakRules939
#8 Flower With A Weird “Face”. It’s Watching You
Image credits: BlakeTheMadd
#9 Centipede Take Care Of And Protecting Her Brood
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#10 35 Degrees Before 9 AM And I Was Wandering Why The Birds Weren’t Interested In The Bird Bath
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#11 This Tree Is Terrifying, Especially At Night
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#12 Is It An Alien? No.. It’s A Dutch Lobster Moth Caterpillar
Image credits: Forsaken_Arm5753
#13 Inside A Sea Turtle’s Mouth
#14 The Sandbox Tree Also Known As The “Dynamite Tree” Grows Exploding Fruits
When fully mature, the fruits explode with a loud bang and fling their hard, flattened seeds at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. The shrapnel can seriously injure any person or animal in its path.
Image credits: mollystevens
#15 These Are Vulture Bees. They Make Honey Out Of Rotting Flesh
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#16 This Fish Caught In Australia
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#17 This Dried Plant That Looks Like Tortured Souls
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#18 Hammerhead Bat, Also Known As The Winged Moose
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#19 This Mushroom Growing In My Garden, Looks Like It’ll Chomp You
Image credits: Readous
#20 She Got Herself A Nice Little Snack
Image credits: HollyG485
#21 This Pomegranate
#22 Tree I Found In The Woods
Image credits: Alaric_Darconville
#23 I Met This Moose That Was On A Evening Walk
Image credits: reindeerareawesome
#24 Moose With An Antler Growing Into Its Eye Socket
Image credits: T-Sten
#25 This Pattern On The Tree That Look Like Eyes
#26 This Piece Of A Tree Branch Looks Like A Zombie Hand
Image credits: CharlesDingus_ah_um
#27 I Love Australia
Image credits: RPA031
#28 Just A Regular Summer Day In Norway
Image credits: reindeerareawesome
#29 A Trilobite Fossil. Species Dicranurus Monstrosus, Lower Devonian Age
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#30 Found A Slug Slithering Out Of The Sinks Overflow Drain
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#31 Got A Notification From My Motion Activated Security And Clicked To Look And Jumpscared Myself
#32 A Gecko Tries To Eat A Venomous Spider. The Spider Injects Its Venom As It’s Being Chewed And Both Meet Their End On The Spot
Image credits: ItsactuallyEminem
#33 Friend’s Trail Cam In North Carolina
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#34 Almost Walked Into This In My Backyard. It Wasn’t There 2hrs Ago
Image credits: Dense-Breadfruit1223
#35 The Roots On This Plant
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#36 Pre Historic Parasite Attempting To Escape From Its Host As It Is Drowning In Amber
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#37 Airplane At My Company Ingested A Swarm Of Cicadas Into The Apu
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#38 Getting Stared Down By A Black Bear Eating My Door Dash Customers Garbage
I’m never delivering late at night to the boonies again! Looks like something from a horror movie.
Image credits: CaseyGamer64YT
#39 The Giant Water Bug My Sister Found Near Virginia Beach
Image credits: Cannonel10
#40 Mushrooms Growing Off Of A Stuffed Bear
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