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This Facebook Group Is Dedicated To Sharing “Death Stairs”, Here Are 44 Of Their Best Pics
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This Facebook Group Is Dedicated To Sharing “Death Stairs”, Here Are 44 Of Their Best Pics

Asli Akalin
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Going up and down stairs is a regular part of most people’s days. Whether you live in a two-story house, work on the fifth floor of an office building, or live in a city with lots of hills and stairs to climb, you probably don’t think much about them when you encounter a flight of stairs. But I’m sure we all know that feeling where you accidentally misstep while walking down them or think you’ve reached a last step a tad bit prematurely, and suddenly, your heart skips a beat and your life flashes before your eyes. Going up or down a staircase can be the most mundane activity in your day, or it can be the most frightening moment in an otherwise normal and safe day…
If you’re curious about all of the most dangerous and frightening staircases the world has to offer, allow us to introduce you to the Death Stairs Facebook group. This community, (whose witty name we are absolutely obsessed with) is dedicated to sharing photos of the most dangerous staircases members can find. From extremely long stretches of steps snaking their way up mountains to carpeted stairs covered in trippy patterns that will make your eyes hurt, we’ve gathered some of the craziest death stairs down below.
Keep reading to find interviews with both of the group's administrators, Lane Sutterby and Duffy Toler, and be sure to upvote the pics that you think deserve a death stare. Then let us know in the comments if you’ve ever encountered any particularly scary stairs, and if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article featuring questionably designed stairs, look no further than right here!

#1 Scary Stairs

A boy cautiously climbing death stairs made of suspended large rocks held by ropes against a clear sky.
Chris Duzan
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#2 No. So Much No

Person climbing death stairs made of metal rungs attached to a tall tree in a dense forest setting.
Francois Scott
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#3 Death Stairs

View looking down a narrow metal death stairs with a person’s feet visible at the top behind safety railings.
Leszek Wilczuk
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#4 To The Hell

Intricate stone death stairs descending steeply in a large historic stepwell with a small covered resting area.
Laurent Garrigos
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#5 Takes Some Guts To Step Onto Here! I Gather It's Tijuca Peak - Rio De Janeiro And I'm Not Planning To Visit Any Time Soon!

Woman taking selfie on narrow death stairs carved into steep rocky cliff with safety chain and forest below.
Helen Dashwood
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#6 About 9 Years Ago, My Employer Put New Carpet On The Stairs. I Died 3 Times

Carpeted curved stairs with intricate floral pattern posing slip hazard in death stairs Facebook group post.
Laura MJ
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#7 And Yes: I "Tripped" When Coming Down Because I Thought I Had 1 More Step To Go

Close-up of tiled death stairs with black strips highlighting the edge in a narrow indoor stairwell environment
Zêta Schuijt-Koorndijk
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#8 Floating Death Stairs At Machu Picchu, Peru.... I'm Sure That Drop Off On The Left When You Slip Is Just Fiiiiiiiin

Dangerous death stairs made of stone slabs protruding from a cliffside wall with a mountainous landscape in the background.
Jorge Acosta
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#9 Huntington Place Convention Center, Detroit

Stairs covered in striped carpet pattern creating an optical illusion making the steps hard to distinguish.
Kyle Davis
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#10 And That’s How Fred Flinstone Came To Have Two Hip Replacements

Spiral white death stairs with irregular oval-shaped steps and a minimal metal handrail inside a modern interior.
Caitlin Tracy
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#11 The Frozen Stairs Of Death! Stairs Up To The Top Of Snowdon, North Wales, UK!

Icy death stairs covered in thick snow and frost, creating a slippery and dangerous path in harsh winter conditions.
Gill Allen
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#12 Death Stairs

Concrete death stairs with no handrails in an unfinished brick building, supported by wooden sticks and beams.
FarEast Tupolev Tong
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#13 Nope

Steep death stairs with green railings ascending a rocky cliff surrounded by dense greenery in a mountainous area.
Michelle Allum
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#14 Eah, Have A Few Drinks Upstairs At The Restaurant, Then Good Luck Navigating The Geometric Nightmare That Awaits

Stairs with intricate black and white geometric patterns surrounded by palm trees and lanterns, showcasing death stairs design.
Dee Glick
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#15 Slippery When Wet, Aguas Calientes, Peru

Steep and narrow death stairs made of wooden logs ascending a dense forest cliff covered in moss and graffiti.
Claudia van der Smissen
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#16 Scary

Metal death stairs attached to the side of a building with safety hazards and a narrow design.
Robert Pelletier
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#17 Huangshan Mountain, China

Narrow, uneven death stairs carved into a cliffside with a wooden beam protruding, overlooking a steep drop.
Tom Williams
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#18 Death Stairs

View from top of patterned death stairs with blue, brown, and yellow geometric carpet and black railing posts visible
Zachary Fitzgerald
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#19 This Is Jacob’s Ladder In Falmouth, UK On 3rd Nov 2022 During A Terrible Downpour

Narrow steep stone death stairs illuminated at night, flanked by old buildings with warm yellow lighting.
Rachael Gaunt
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#20 Abandoned Staircase, Croatia

Spiral death stairs in a dark abandoned building with graffiti, showcasing eerie and dangerous architectural design.
Carl Brownell
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Asli Akalin
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