35 Photos People Took Without Realizing They Were In Danger

In a world where we like to take pictures of everything we do, we sometimes unwittingly put ourselves in dangerous scenarios just to take the perfect photo. Some highly dangerous circumstances make their deadliness apparent in a more obvious manner. Meanwhile, others carry a potentially fatal aspect that can unalive someone through sheer ignorance.  Today we explore a collection of photos depicting people putting themselves at risk because they didn’t recognise the subtle signs of the mortal danger they were in. Scroll below to peruse this terrifying list of people unknowingly photographing themselves in precarious situations. 

#1 Tourists In Chernobyl, Sitting In An Excavator Claw Used After The Disaster. (It Has Deadly Levels Of Radiation)

Image source: TheEvilFlea

#2 We Found A Giant Round Today. Weighs 125 Lbs And Has The Markings 62-Tbt95 And U.s.s.a.f. Any Ideas What We’re Dealing With?

Image source: Ok-Photograph6856 I don't think carrying around unexploded ordnance is considered a very great choice.

#3 Round Metal Ball Found Whilst Digging Has A Hole In One Side, Very Heavy Easily 3kg

Image source: RaedwaldRex, George__Hale If there’s a hole in a cannonball it’s for a fuse to light the explosives inside. You should put that down immediately and potentially contact law enforcement about ordnance disposal

#4 Why Is This Hose Nailed To The Wall?

Image source: Riivek That is a nail through a live gas line, that is super bad.

#5 Casually Letting Your Kid Pick Up One Of The World’s Deadliest Creatures

Image source: The_Mighty_Bird

#6 Wild Carrots? Found On The Beach Of Southern Zealand, Denmark

Image source: c_biv_2201 it's actually water hemlock, which is incredibly poisonous.

#7 The Guy That Mows My Lawn Sends Me Snake Pics When He Finds Them So I Can ID For Him. He Sends Me This Today

Image source: TechiesMidOrFeed It is a cottonmouth. I told him he’s insane and to not pick snakes up if he can’t ID them. Also he’s extremely lucky lol. Lord have mercy the man thought it was a ball python!!!

#8 Just Why?!?

Image source: Ok_Consideration_242 putting a very sharp crystal right where their airbag would pop out during a crash.

#9 How Lucky I Am To Be Still Alive? Red Sea, Egypt

Image source: AArdvarkPaws, JorikThePooh This is a textile cone snail, Conus textile. All cone snails are venomous and this species is one of those known to be dangerous to humans. Deaths are rare, about 30 are known to have occurred among all cone snail species, but likely underreported. So yeah, it was a bad idea to just pick it up, especially underwater where it was very likely alive.

#10 Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? (Traffic Lights Mixed With Red & Green Christmas Lights)

Image source: WholeLog24

#11 24 Hours Underground , We Drank Mine Water

Image source: Underground_1973 Well, silver lining, you might get a disease named after you!

#12 Bought Like 5000$ Worth Of Crystals And Rocks Of An Old Guy. He Told Me To Never Keep This Outside Of This Container. The Rock In Question Is Extremely Heavy For Its Size. What Could This Be

Image source: Awstoniscool, Perioscope That's probably Uranium, you yutz! When the old rock guru dude tells you to keep it in the box, keep it in da box? It's just alpha particles, but you don't want a whole lot of bombardment over time...

#13 What Is This? Dog Brought In From Outside

Image source: alicekat it's rat bait. Get your dog to a vet immediately, take the bait with you. I hope your pup will be okay and didn't ingest too much. Some people are absolute bastards and poison dogs on purpose, so I'm hoping that's not the case.

#14 I Almost Fell Into A Sinkhole Under My Porch. I Caught Myself On The Edge Of The Hole, From My Chest Down Was Just Dangling Beneath Me. Below The Opening The Hole Is About 10’ Wide And 15’ Deep

Image source: Punk_Chachi The hole extends to about the middle of my grill. These are not great pictures but it’s dark. I think that’s the foundation.

#15 That Looks Terrifying

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#16 Gifted A Candle Containing Minerals Which Produce Toxic Gas When Heated

Image source: prjctdiva, Drycleanedgiraffe69

#17 Petting The Animals

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#18 Was Cleaning Webs Off My Porch…

Image source: HauntedSpiralHill And this lady just dropped herself down from my light fixture right next to my flip flopped foot. This is the BIGGEST black widow I’ve ever seen in person.

#19 My Parents Came Back Home To This. Almost Burned Their House Down With This Concave Mirror

Image source: willi_the_racer

#20 What's This Dapper Little Guy My Friend Found In Coastal(Ish) North Carolina?

Image source: deadmmemes Cuddling with a Red Velvet Ant.

#21 Found In The Florida Everglades

Image source: mwhitmont, ChequeRoot That is a puss caterpillar. It is a NOPE; DO NOT TOUCH bug. It’s bristles are venomous; it’s actually one of the most venomous insects in North America.

#22 My Parents’ Breaker Box

Image source: Proper-Designer491 “It’s been fine since I shoved all that stuff in it.” -Parental Unit that’s responsible Redneck ingenuity at its finest. It’s been like this for at least 15 years. sigh Yes, it’s finally failing and being replaced. Yes, sparks fly at random times. Yes, I’m disappointed.

#23 What Happens To Potatoes After A Year In The Cellar

Image source: Daniel_XXL_69 Rotting vegetation in an unventilated space - it uses up all the oxygen in the air. If you see someone passed out in a confined space, never follow them in, call the fire department.

#24 Dude Accidentally Bought Something A Lot More Radioactive Than Expected

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#25 Snow Pinwheels! Natures Warning Sign Of Rising Avalanche Risk

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#26 Came Home To My Mom Boiling Bleach To Clean A Pan Of Some Burnt In Sugar, Creating A Highly Toxic Gas

Image source: willgrowlikeamen

#27 Daughter Found These In A Graveyard

Image source: KapowBlamBoom Destroying angels are among the most toxic known mushrooms; both they and the closely related death caps (A. phalloides) contain amatoxins.

#28 Cutting Holes Through Joist For Hvac?

Image source: Dry_Rip8393 We are putting a new floor and contractor cut holes through joist?(not sure if I am using the right word) to connect hvac? Does this seem correct from structural integrity perspective?

#29 Anybody Know What Kinda Octopus Is This? Found Here In Kiana, Australia

Image source: ferchomax This guy holding a blue-ringed octopus. Blue-ringed octopuses, comprising the genus Hapalochlaena, are four extremely venomous species of octopus that are found in tide pools and coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans, from Japan to Australia.

#30 Aio BF Went To Sleep With Fan Heater On Full Power, On It's Back On The Bed With A Paper Bag On Top

Image source: whereisel It was actually a brown amazon delivery bag, newspaper is just to show how it was left. He'd just passed out right next to it. Am I overreacting or could this have burnt our entire house down and k****d us both if i hadn't gone to check on him? This is not the first time something like this has happened.

#31 Heres Me In The Neighborhood Pothole

Image source: R1CHQK Going into a sinkhole...

#32 Unsupported/Shifted Load

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#33 The Baldest Tire I Have Ever Seen Just Rolled In. Its On Display In The Showroom Now

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#34 Taxi Ride To Airport

Image source: NDVermin Does this count? I felt I was on the wrong side of a claymore mine the whole ride though the van may have been old enough not to have a passenger side airbag... Still...

#35 Need Help Removing Stains From My Fireplace

Image source: ferzbeefan I don't know about cleaning the soot on the front but you might need to get your flue checked out or your chimney cleaned. Doesn't seem like you have adequate flow through your chimney.