Nobody puts up safety signs without reason. Slippery when wet. Sharp turn ahead. High voltage. Keep out. These bits of information are aimed to help you move around places and inform you where you’re going. They let you know what you can do and, more often, what’s off-limits. Whether by warning or guiding you, they are intended to send clear messages that would make any perplexed citizen feel instantly at ease. Usually.
Because sometimes, the warning turns out to be scarier than the danger itself. Of course, it’s better to be safe than sorry, but some signs involve such specific and life-threatening messages that they instill fear, suspicion, and overwhelming worry in anyone who crosses their path. We’re talking about oddly terrifying messages that remind us our vast world is filled with unpredictable hazards from which we’d like to stay as far away as possible.
Below, we at Bored Panda have compiled a list featuring some of the most intimidating and scary signs found around the world. So buckle up, pull your seat closer, and behold these sinister signs that are bound to make you a little unsettled. Scroll down and upvote the best ones! And after you’re done, more of the same madness awaits in our previous features on the same topic here and here.
#1 This Sign In My Neighborhood
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#2 Legit Sign Post
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#3 Applying New Window Sticker
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#4 This Corn Maze Sign
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#5 Well, That’s Not A Good Sign
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#6 This Sign Asking People To Wear A Mask. It’s On The Wall Outside A Classroom. Saw It On The News This Evening
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#7 An Eerie Underwater Cave Death Warning Sign
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#8 Nice Sign… Wait
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#9 Found This Gem At The Zoo In Miami
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#10 Sign On A Cemetery Gate
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#11 An Actual Road Sign My Sister Found In Alaska
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#12 This Restaurant Sign That Is Half Shadows
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#13 This Should Not Be Hanging In My Soon-To-Be-Kindergartener’s Classroom
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#14 I Live In A Very Classy Area
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#15 Genuinely The Scariest Sign I’ve Seen In A While Among A Pretty Spooky Looking Forest
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#16 The Drowning Machine
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#17 This Warning Sign On A Venomous Snake Enclosure
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#18 Recently Took A Trip To Australia. I Found This Sign On A Bathroom Door At Our Hotel
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#19 A Friend Spotted This Sign In Their Neighborhood. So Many Questions
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#20 My Hometown Really Wanted To Put Up A Historical Plaque But Struggled To Find A Noteworthy Event To Celebrate
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#21 This Is How Our Tigers See You
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#22 Best Sign Ever
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#23 This Sign In Finland
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#24 Sign Says… Oh Dammit
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#25 Thanks For The Warning
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#26 This Warning Sign For Ghosts At An Old Castle In Poland
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#27 This Sign At My Job
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#28 New Signs At School For Safety Against Shooters
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#29 Sign In The Front Of The Elementary School Down The Road
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#30 Deep Underground Humming Intensifies
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#31 At An Army Training Area
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#32 You Know When You’re In The Australian Outback When You See A Sign Like This
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#33 Positive
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#34 My Mom Saw This Sign Driving Through Georgia
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#35 This Is Not A Slope Of Honour
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#36 The World’s Most Dangerous Plant
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#37 This Sign Is So Unsettling
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#38 Found This Sign On The Edge Of Our Family Property
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#39 On A Trail In Bald Eagle State Forest, PA
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#40 Sign At Work
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#41 I Must Have Walked Past This Sign 100 Times And Never Noticed It
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#42 At My Local Park
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#43 The Trail At My School With A Warning Sign
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#44 Restroom Sign At A Croatian Restaurant
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#45 Found This Sign While Walking In A Local Cemetery Last Year
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#46 This Creepy Sign I Found In The Woods Depicts A Man Jumping Over Some Scary Looking Hands
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#47 Odd Sign Found In The Johnson Shut-Ins, Missouri
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#48 On A Hiking Trail That Leads To Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro
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#49 Have You Been Having Strange Dreams? A Real Sign Found In Portland
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#50 This Sign At Auckland Zoo
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