Most of the time, humans put logic and reasoning above everything else. It’s only natural—that’s how we explain and understand things, solve problems, and make decisions. Unfortunately, we can’t employ logic or reasoning to decipher everything. So when they fail, we resort to other intelligences of ours, like emotional, kinesthetic, and existential. But despite us being armed with so many smarts, some things still remain unexplainable to us, becoming mysteries that keep us restless for answers.
People share many such cases on the ‘Strange’ subreddit, which our Bored Panda team scoured to compile a list of some of the most fascinating instances below. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down!
#1 Wasp Or Hornets Nest Built Around A Mask Looking Like Half A Human Torso😬😬
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83points
#3 Someone Is Stuffing Money In My Door Jam
Okay so today again my mom found $2 and some change. My gf came about 5 mins before and she didn’t see nothing. But yesterday when my gf came a $20 was in the door jam , then again in the afternoon another $10. Before that again, about 3 weeks ago. When my dad came in the afternoon he found about $16 in the door jam again. I’m not sure wtf this means but this is weird. Yes the bills are real. It doesn’t seem like there nothing on the bills. I’m installing a camera soon I already ordered it. We barely moved this side of the complex about 2-3 months ago.
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66points
#5 I Decided To Take A Picture Of The Sheep In The Evening And Saw This
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64points
#6 Strange Shell I Found That Looks Like A Finger
I found this while collecting shells in Daytona beach, it looks so creepily like a finger. I know it’s a species of shell but still so strange it formed this way.
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62points
#7 Found An AirTag In My Carryon After An International Flight. No One I Know Owns One
As the title says. I literally have 0 clue why it was in there. I can maybe imagine if it was in my checked baggage maybe they opened it and misplaced it, I don’t know? But in my CARRY-ON??? I’m so stumped. I disabled it once I found it
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57points
#8 My Knife Always Returns To Me
I got this Leatherman over a decade ago. I've lost it multiple times over the year including in public, but it has always reappeared within two weeks. In one particularly notable case I felt it fall out of my jackets inner pocket while leaving a crowded circus, only to have it show up on an unused chair in my office 20+ miles away.
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56points
#9 Found A Baby Bottle In My Cupboard That's Not Mine
today i opened a cupboard that i maybe open up once every 2 weeks to grab a mug. and i saw a lid-less baby bottle on one of the higher shelves in the cupboard. i instantly got scared because 1) i live alone 2) i don't have any children and have never owned a baby bottle!
i rarely have people over and i moved in a few months ago. things i've considered
i rarely have people over and i moved in a few months ago. things i've considered
- that it was left by previous tenants: i put down shelf liner on all of the cupboard shelves and this was sitting right on top of the shelf liner and it was front and center on the shelf, not hiding somewhere in the back
- that someone who has been in my apartment left it here: the only people who have been here are my boyfriend 1 month ago and my dad helped me move in 2 months ago. neither of them recognized it. i haven't put in a maintenance request in the last 2 months
- that i forgot to lock my doors: highly unlikely but possible. even so, why would someone come in and leave a baby bottle on a hard-to-reach shelf?
- that maybe it came from my parents house and it's an old bottle from when me and my siblings were babies: the manufacturing date on the bottom of the bottle is 24/09/10 (sept 9 2010). that is far too late for my parents to have purchased it for me or one of my siblings.
this is really bothering me and i know it doesn't make sense that someone would break into my apartment and leave a lid-less baby bottle. if anyone can think of any other explanations please please let me know. TIA
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53points
#10 2 Random People At My Door Today
My mom thinks it’s sumth to do w me being here cs it’s never happened while she’s lived here (im a slightly? average 20 yr old female) the first guy is there for a second, looks like he takes a pic, then sees the ring and moves and says something about “she” “parking garage” & “door” on the phone, the second guy stood there 2 and a half minutes and didn’t say anything just stood there. they also look extremely out of place in this neighborhood. she is also a corner apartment so it could be casing for a robbery?? idk but i’m freaked out. OH TO ADD: he was NOT a cop.
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53points
#11 Sink Randomly Full Of Warm, Soapy Water...me And My Husband Were Asleep?
Okay, as the title suggests....my husband (25m) and I (24F) are asleep (it's currently 00:55 as I type this) I wake up to get a drink of water and the washing up bowl is full of warm, soapy water...? Wake up my husband and he is just as confused, the pots are from earlier and all dry, we live alone and I ALWAYS leave my bowl/sink empty due to flies (Spain)...what the...? Ive never experienced this before, I have had weird experiences here but nothing like this
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47points
#13 I’m A Grown Man Aged 34, And Have Been Told I’m Strange For Collecting Dolls. So Hello
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#16 Unearthed Og iPhone And iPod In My Yard
I dug these up a few months ago, working on a garden in my front yard. This was strange because I (and my family) have always been Android users and have never owned any Apple products. Clearly they've been buried for a LONG time. I stuck them in a box with silica gel packets to dry out and I forgot about them, because I had no means of charging them up.
Flash forward to today, and I've obtained a charger that can power these devices. I'm interested in cleaning these devices and trying to charge them to inspect the contents. Do you guys think these devices are a lost cause? If not, how could I clean them? Would there be any risk in trying to clean/charge them?
Flash forward to today, and I've obtained a charger that can power these devices. I'm interested in cleaning these devices and trying to charge them to inspect the contents. Do you guys think these devices are a lost cause? If not, how could I clean them? Would there be any risk in trying to clean/charge them?
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32points
#20 This Weird Text My GF Received From A Short Alert Number
The short number 8128 is used in Belgium to send OTP codes and other alerts (sms confirmation for ticket booking apps and so on).
I assume it's some weird attempt at phishing but when scammers are spoofing this number, they usually impersonate banks or insurance companies and send a clickable link. Not this weird rambling.
So yeah... If anybody knows what to think of that, I wouldn't mind solving the mystery.
(Of course she didn't answer it.)
[EDIT] @ciaraslutler solved it : it's a band "promo" (huh ?) sms. I assume they had a vanity number for the USA that made it clear it was coming from them, but they didn't bother doing it in Belgium, hence the very weird message from a random number.
I assume it's some weird attempt at phishing but when scammers are spoofing this number, they usually impersonate banks or insurance companies and send a clickable link. Not this weird rambling.
So yeah... If anybody knows what to think of that, I wouldn't mind solving the mystery.
(Of course she didn't answer it.)
[EDIT] @ciaraslutler solved it : it's a band "promo" (huh ?) sms. I assume they had a vanity number for the USA that made it clear it was coming from them, but they didn't bother doing it in Belgium, hence the very weird message from a random number.
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30points