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!
#41 I Burnt My Fingertips On The Stove And Now They Smell Like Hot Dogs

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#45 Upside Down Projection Of My Neighbor’s House On My Wall (Photo Is Brighter Than How It Actually Appeared Due To My Phones Camera )

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#47 Creepy Photos Of A House From 2004 (Context In Bio)

Good evening. I am French. Today, I cleared out my uncle's house, who passed away last July. He lived in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, near a town called Valence. He was an ASPTS in the forensic science department (specialized PTS agent) and carried out basic investigations (taking photos, collecting samples, taking fingerprints, etc.). While clearing out his house, I found this series of three rather intriguing photos in a shoebox on a shelf.
I asked my parents what they were, but they said they didn't know and didn't talk much about his work with my uncle. They date from December 2004, or at least were printed at that time. The atmosphere they convey is very unusual; the photos literally have mushrooms growing on them, which is why I named the account that.
I would like to find the location of this house, as it is probably a crime scene, given my uncle's work, but it is not very clear. That is why I prefer to remain anonymous, as it may be illegal. I am just giving the approximate location of where my uncle lived. It could also be a photo related to a crime scene, but as evidence. In addition, the photos have been pinned as if to be displayed, as they have holes in the upper part. Thank you for taking the time to read this message, and I hope to be able to provide more information about these photos and will respond to any messages if there are any.
Have a good evening, everyone.
I asked my parents what they were, but they said they didn't know and didn't talk much about his work with my uncle. They date from December 2004, or at least were printed at that time. The atmosphere they convey is very unusual; the photos literally have mushrooms growing on them, which is why I named the account that.
I would like to find the location of this house, as it is probably a crime scene, given my uncle's work, but it is not very clear. That is why I prefer to remain anonymous, as it may be illegal. I am just giving the approximate location of where my uncle lived. It could also be a photo related to a crime scene, but as evidence. In addition, the photos have been pinned as if to be displayed, as they have holes in the upper part. Thank you for taking the time to read this message, and I hope to be able to provide more information about these photos and will respond to any messages if there are any.
Have a good evening, everyone.
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#48 A Regular Customer Gave Me This Porcelain Doll As A Souvenir From A Recent Trip For Some Reason

i'm a cashier. as the title says, one of our regulars brought me back this doll from a trip he went on recently. i don't know how he got the idea that i like dolls (because i don't -- or at least, not dolls like this) but apparently her name is elsa and she's mine now i guess. he carted her around for two weeks while traveling. i genuinely don't know what to say lol i'm at a loss over this ngl. i've actually received a lot of gifts from customers but this one is definitely the weirdest
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#49 Strange Spots That I Found On A Freshly Opened Cover Of A Pringles Can. What Are They?

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#50 What Is My Cat Seeing/Doing

He started to look in our living room out of nowhere, there's no sound coming from somewhere and there's nobody home.
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#52 Q-Tip In My Drawer I’ve Never Seen Before

I will start my saying I am a very detail oriented person. I am very particular about my things and the placement of things in my room. I am very organized. I recently cleaned out my entire nightstand and took every single thing out of it, threw away trash, and put everything back. I have went into my nightstand a few times this week and gotten my things I needed out of it. Today, I went into my night stand and immediately got caught off guard. I saw a q-tip with what seems like red paint on the ends of it. I don’t recognize this at all, I know if I used it in the past and saw it, it would jog my memory or something. But I literally have ZERO recollection of ever using something like this. I don’t have red paint, nail polish, or anything like that. I asked my friend, boyfriend, parents, anyone that could have put it there and they all say they haven’t. It honestly really freaked me out, not because of the item but because something unfamiliar breached something I look at almost every single day. That’s why it caught me off guard so much, I honestly got scared. I know there are explanations but it was placed in such a spot that I know I would not have missed it the last times I opened it. It wasn’t like it fell in there casually, it almost seemed like it was placed perfectly there. I doubt it’s anything supernatural but it really has just disturbed me. Everyone is telling me not to worry about it but when something unfamiliar like that shows up in my room, that I’m already very particular about, scares me. Any plausible explanation I’ve already considered, and nothing makes sense to me. I know I sound crazy but trust me when I say I would know if I’ve seen that before. Thoughts?
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#55 My Chipped Mug Repaired Itself (I Live Alone)

Last year I bought these clay hand made mugs with my girlfriend in San Diego. I’m originally from there, but was only visiting, as I now live in the U.K. Mine is the brown one and hers is the blue one.
About 4 months ago I noticed that my mug had a decent sized chip in the handle, roughly about 10mm wide. It was quite noticeable, as you could see the exposed non-glazed clay, which was a lighter color and rough to the touch. I thought this was strange as I’ve never once knowing dropped it or dinked it. I’ve always hand washed it with care. But annoying as it was, things happen…things can get damaged.
A couple weeks goes by, and one morning I come downstairs to make a cup of tea. I go to grip the handle of my mug and notice it doesn’t feel rough anymore. I go to turn it around and notice the chip is completely gone. As if it had never even been broken in the first place. Nobody could have repaired it as I still currently live on my own. Plus, there are no hairline cracks in the handle to suggest that maybe the chipped piece had been glued back on (I never had the chipped piece to begin with when I first noticed the damage).
Lastly, the mug couldn’t have been swapped with a double, as these mugs came from 5,000 away and were all 1 of 1 unique to each other. Do clay mugs self heal? Am I missing something? Or do I need to get the hell out of my house?
About 4 months ago I noticed that my mug had a decent sized chip in the handle, roughly about 10mm wide. It was quite noticeable, as you could see the exposed non-glazed clay, which was a lighter color and rough to the touch. I thought this was strange as I’ve never once knowing dropped it or dinked it. I’ve always hand washed it with care. But annoying as it was, things happen…things can get damaged.
A couple weeks goes by, and one morning I come downstairs to make a cup of tea. I go to grip the handle of my mug and notice it doesn’t feel rough anymore. I go to turn it around and notice the chip is completely gone. As if it had never even been broken in the first place. Nobody could have repaired it as I still currently live on my own. Plus, there are no hairline cracks in the handle to suggest that maybe the chipped piece had been glued back on (I never had the chipped piece to begin with when I first noticed the damage).
Lastly, the mug couldn’t have been swapped with a double, as these mugs came from 5,000 away and were all 1 of 1 unique to each other. Do clay mugs self heal? Am I missing something? Or do I need to get the hell out of my house?
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#57 Found This In The Adult Bev Of My Grocery Store? (Repost)

“it’s been weeks & i can’t for the life of me figure out wtf this is. it’s clearly a can full of liquid, but it’s not marked at all, especially not for individual sale, and it’s seemingly expired? for context i found this on october 3rd, & no jokes on the expiry, it tells itself.😂 no cans around matched the description in the slightest - no white cans with sleeves - nor did any of the cases. it’s been literally eating at my mind that i can’t figure this out.
i also thought it was unsafe in a way, bc anyone - including a minor - could just take it & walk out of the store with essentially no repercussions bc there’s no way to prove purchase even if they tried.” no barcode, no buy, as someone else said. and i couldn’t just take it bc this aisle is strategically in the eyeline of the employee manning the self check out.
i also thought it was unsafe in a way, bc anyone - including a minor - could just take it & walk out of the store with essentially no repercussions bc there’s no way to prove purchase even if they tried.” no barcode, no buy, as someone else said. and i couldn’t just take it bc this aisle is strategically in the eyeline of the employee manning the self check out.
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#58 Found In My Yard

i’ve been living at this house for a couple years now and all of these things have been found recently. all items have been found within 1-2 ft of the house so i feel like i would’ve noticed them had they been here the whole time. they were all just sitting on top of the dirt, not buried or anything. the money in the mailbox happened several times over a couple of weeks but has finally stopped. how would you feel about this? 😅
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