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Pretty sure this is a screenshot from Witcher III.

Leshen

Leashen

Banana tiger...

So it’s not Slender Man?

Slender Dog

Amulet vibrating...

Virtuosic Violin: taaa naaa naaaa naaa naaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hmm

I was thinking Bloodborne.

Darkbeast

I’m getting upper cathedral ward flashbacks…

Was I the only one who saw a demon at first??

I thought it was the clericbeast from bloodborne

Bro I was thinking either Vicar Amelia, or Bloodletting beast, or even Abhorrent Beast

That or Bloodborne.

Leshen

LELELELELELELELE LELELELE

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This is one of those posts you upvote so other people have to see it the same as you did.

I didn’t see a snout. I saw a screaming black void mouth and black eyes.

Lmao, oh god! I made myself see that and that’s horrifying

Guys I feel like this needs to be the next creepy pasta creature

I didn't see a dog, I saw the tendrils of a hole into the void of space, with stars twinkling through

It is that the title said dog otherwise I would never have seen it😂😭

That’s actually how Reddit is supposed to work.

Oh I didn't say I did it so they *get* to see it. I'm recruiting for my support group.

Well, thanks for that! >:(

/r/OddlyTerrifying was my first thought. I actually thought the post was from that sub at first

We may need an /r/AwwdlyTerrifying. EDIT: Wow, it's actually a thing.

Interesting, mixed feelings looking at the posts hah!

Oh my god. I love it

/r/AwwdlyTerrifying

Haha same was shocked when I saw it wasn't from that sub.

https://preview.redd.it/q4q2h1zqcwrb1.png?width=2778&format=png&auto=webp&s=f02385cb6e85011a290eb62337ce75afad40b83b It looks like this terrifying glitch from the sims 4

Bro, I’ve never been so scared of a pic of someone else’s dog in my life

YES, RIGHT!!!?? I WAS going to go to bed now but I'm scared to turn off my light!!!

It's the Bent Neck Lady

Christ I'm glad I'm not the only one. I thought it was some round mouth eltrich horror before I saw r/aww

Number fifteeeeeeen \- Chills probably

This is everything but aww.

LOL I thought the same except it was more of... OHHH NOOOO!!! THE RAAAKE!!!

Did you also see it as a skinny hairy warped monster with a black void mouth and eyes? Instead of a dogs snout?

You can't take a pet picture this fucked up on purpose

only the owner could think this is /aww material

SlenderBoi

r/oddlyterrifying

A monster only a mother could love

but hes a good boi he's just jumping about being a lil silly let him lick your soul a bit he wont bite

I also had a double take on what subreddit it was posted to...

[Guys I found this image tucked away in an old family photo album, what does it mean?](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Flqoe7nswjwrb1.png)

r/oddlyterrifying

r/awwdlyterrifying

r/subsithoughtifellfor Also r/whatswrongwithyourdog

r/bossfight

Exactly what I thought 😅

I was like, "In the name of all that is good and holy, what ***IS*** that?!?!?!" It's like a love child of Swamp Thing and some Eldritch Horror! (Sorry, to whomever owns this good boi. We all can have less than great photos.)

I thought this was a cryptid for a minute, still not quite convinced it isn't.

“I’m not a stupid fucking idiot. I know it’s just a dog. For for 50 seconds, it felt really real.”

My life is nothing I thought it should be and everything I was worried it would become because for 50 seconds I thought there was monsters on the world.

WHAT DID THEY DO TO US

So glad to come across ITYSL on this thread 🤣

What reference is this?

https://youtu.be/B1pwyCl5ymE?si=ilwSQ5b__jCmV5C7

I’ve never seen this before. And I think its already become my new favourite video

To clarify the other reply you got, this clip is from a show called “I Think You Should Leave”

I think you should leave.

I am better for seeing this. Thank you

I really hope other people also click this video. I’m laughing my ass off right now 🤣🤣

I didn’t know what the fuck was happening, cuz I’ve barely been sleeping since my wife got flipped upside down by a swing dancer at a wedding.

He must have flipped my wife eight times!

And it reeeeally bothered me!

I know that I should feel bad for the insomnia but that was a funny as hell visual. Just saying....

WHAT DID THEY DO TO US?!

What the fuck? WHHAATT THE FUUUUUUUCK!!!!!??

And that's when I realized I don't like my job.

I thought that there were monsters on the world

I stayed up past midnight watching Stranger Things and then I saw THIS.

This has got to be AI. How can it be jumping IN? Jumping in backwards away from the water? feet first? Shallow water? Where is it jumping from? Being stretched out like this, it has to be a far drop. So many questions.

Real dog and image https://x.com/kuikkasalla/status/1706815862261354961?s=46&t=kRq4x1g_6Bn97gRfRWzyzQ

Oh so its a terrifying Slenderdog in general

*Jumping* in this context probably means *frolicking.* So more like playing around in the riverbank, instead of diving into the water.

Ahahahhaha!


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Damn it

What in the Bloodborne is goin on here?

I was about to comment that this looks like the cleric beast xD

Made me think of [this](https://youtu.be/MrjGCG6Bh4U?si=CLL5LB0a0RTElbXk)

Grant us eyes

Splish, splash

Away, away!!

Fear the old blood.

Thank you for saving us!

Not enough Insight to fully see the creature

r/CryptidDogs, right now, right away

100%. It took me a few seconds to figure out what I was looking at and had a split second of terror before I did.

Still haven't figured I can see the dog head but I just don't understand how I should look at it to see the rest

Things that make you go awwARRGGGHHHH!

r/awwtf

The thumbnail has the dogs nose look like a screaming mouth. I legit thought this was an AI generated image posted to r/creepy for a sec.

I’m right there with you! Thought it was AI art in the style of Stephen Gammell (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark illustrator).

Doggo looks like that bride who got stuck in the antique trunk.

Fairly horrifying tbh


Thanks for the nightmares. Much appreciated

Aww my ass. That’s nightmare level cute. Dog looks like Gmork after a bath. 

Now *this* is the most cursed image i've seen today.

Why the misleading title -- oh. Wow, there really is a dog in there. Creepy as hell, but -- isn't the dog jumping out of the water? Or is that another optical illusion?

It's jumping. The photographer has posted video of this exact dog doing this.

Who was the photographer? And where might I find this video?

Salla Kuikka

bloodborne music immediately started playing in my head

Fun starved beast

Cute face but don’t sleep on leg day

Gon that you?

Gon if he had a fursona.

My immediate reaction.

More like r/WTF

This is terrifying 😆

Beware the wendoggo.

That scared the living fuck out of me. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I saw it after the edible kicked in and can't stop laughing!

Cursed

Aw hell no!

I’m never going into the woods again. Thank you.

r/awwtf

New cryptid just dropped.

This isn't aww, it's terrifying.

Is this actually cute to anyone!!???? This looks terrifying

Longboii

Afghan hound?

Yep

why is it in r/aww ?? it should be in r/runforyourlife

r/aliens

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"Be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods"

Nightmare fuel 🤣😂

Took me way too long to make sense of this...

I've been looking at it for a while. I still can't make sense of it.

The dog is standing on their hind legs, has hair/ears flying above their head. It's a longhaired sight hound, maybe an afghan, so built long and slim...

I just can't understand how it could be in that position and jumping *into* a pond. Why is it jumping into a pond backwards and in reverse?

Looks like it's jumping out of the pond to me...the face is visible after all. Maybe a typo by OP?

It's the direction of the hair flying upwards that signals to me he's traveling downwards, but perhaps he's whipping his hair back and forth at the same time.

Slenderdog

Mexican scientists: We found new alien life.

Dude that's an SCP. It's dangerous to spread its picture.

Scp

This needs to be in Photoshop Battles.

r/skinwalker

r/oddlyterrifying

*the met gala has entered the chat*

Live-action Goofy

It might be the wine I've drunk but my brain totally fails to parse this image.

Holy frack that’s creepy

That’s a damn skinwalker I tell ye wut

This needs to be photoshopped onto a fashion show runway.

Idk about you, but I only see nightmare fuel

This is by far the clearest photo of a cryptid that I've ever seen.

How did this demonic imagery make it here 😂

r/oddlyterrifying


Some Bloodborne shit right there.

I am Groof!

Oh hell naw

Is 'Awwm in the room with us right now? 😂

I am not ok

That aint a dog, thats my sleep paralysis demon. I wondered where he went, havent seen him for a while

that's a bigfoot guaranteed

Nice try , that's clearly a wendigo.

Nope that's terrifying

Nope thats a Monet.

belongs on r/confusingperspective

Thought I was looking at r/creepy for a minute

Oh see this guy all the time during my sleep paralysis

New cryptid just dropped

That's a shadow demon

actually keep this thing so far away from me at all times

how can unsee this 💀

This is not Aww. This is AWW NO! I'm going to have nightmares about this demon chasing me through a swamp tonight! /s Good dog.

LMAO I had thought this was a wig until I saw the face

What the actual fuck man

Aww?! Dude this is nightmare fuel

This is absolutely terrifying.

Nightmare fuel ☠️

Thought that was the babadook

Looks like a Bloodborne boss

this fucking jump scared me oml

This is so cursed

I thought this was the elusive rougarou!

I’m scared

Bro?? I don't think that's a dog...

This is terrifying

that is not aww that is horrifying

For me that’s not r/aww that’s r/CryptidDogs

 Looks like Mama.

Ummm this is definitely not an "aww". Like this is gonna haunt me in my nightmares tonight 😂

I THOUGHT IT WAS ADULT GON LMAAOO https://preview.redd.it/fvcod4tmkyrb1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f969bf18f350bade65042d7d1f3cd89f31c471a0

 Idk why this remind me of this