Everywhere you go there are so many signs sharing information that you probably don’t notice them all.
After all, they are usually informative at best and harmless at worst.
That’s not the case when it comes to these sinister signs spotted by social media users in North America and Britain and collected into a gallery by Bored Panda.
Among the creepy notices is one on an office door, boasting that the space belongs to someone who is both a veterinarian and a taxidermist.
Another features an image that wouldn’t be out of place in a horror movie: a sinister clown on a carnival ride telling passersby that they have to be as ‘high’ as he is to be allowed to ride the attraction alone.
If this troubling sign doesn’t encourage you to stay away from this machine, then chances are nothing will
Meanwhile, another warning tells people that the machine it’s attached to can’t distinguish between flesh and metal – and it doesn’t care.
And then another message, which should be supportive, shows that the important layout is when sharing information. Instead of saying, “We’re all in this together,” because of the gaps between the letters, it seems like it’s saying, “We’re all in this to get her.”
Here, FEMAIL shares sinister signs that might make you feel uneasy…
This isn’t the kind of thing you want to see when you take a beloved family member to the vet
The importance of posting letters is perfectly illustrated by this message, which should have been supportive, but instead reads as threatening
A classic example of how using words with more than one meaning can be confusing. Maybe the writer should have just said “nest.”
It is terribly easy to misunderstand this sign, and the implications of smoking in this area could be catastrophic
This sign, spotted on a street in Britain, isn’t that threatening on its own, but the shadow certainly looks creepy
In any case, this sign is clear and emphatic, leaving readers in no doubt that things would not end well for them if they passed it
As if clowns weren’t creepy enough, this sign, featuring a somewhat menacing-looking clown tempting little people to drive alone, might give you nightmares
It is difficult to say whether this sign is intended as kind and caring advice, or as a threat
A simple mistake or a killer train literally killing commuters as they reach a town in the north of England?
Whoever wrote this depressing sign seems to want everyone who reads it to be lonely and miserable
This sign on a platform in Britain warns commuters that they must ‘wear a face’ to travel – it would be pretty creepy if they didn’t! We assume it should say ‘face mask’