Why Are Things Creepy?

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SOURCES & more creepy stuff below:
John Bergeron’s SINGING ANDROIDS [videos]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLy-AwdCOmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zFl_WD6vV8#t=7m40s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9v7azMsno
website: http://www.androidworld.com/prod68.htm
SHAYE ST. John [videos]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzobV_qoIcQ
http://www.youtube.com/user/ShayeSaintJohn
“Die in a week” image from MarbleHornets: http://www.youtube.com/user/MarbleHornets
Nightmare-fuel image collections:
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Nightmare_Fuel_(Gallery)
http://imgur.com/a/zpxZj?gallery
http://imgur.com/a/fcz3G
dot jpg?? http://i.imgur.com/82taS.jpg
scared of heights? don’t watch this: http://bit.ly/h29PLp
More info about “The Hands Resist Him” painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hands_Resist_Him
Creepypasta (unnerving stories): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepypasta
aphobia: people who don’t feel fear: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-babble/201210/why-are-clowns-scary
sad, terrifying study on learning fear (Little Albert Experiment): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Albert_experiment
scariest things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear#Common_fears
fear processing in brain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_processing_in_the_brain
Stephen King on types of scary stuff: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/84666-the-3-types-of-terror-the-gross-out-the-sight-of
Claude Levi Strauss on masks and why CLOWNS ARE SCARY: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/2011/10/31/cant-sleepclown-will-eat-me-why-are-we-afraid-of-clowns/
Uncanny Valley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/health/uncanny-valley-robots
image metrics video: http://www.awntv.com/videos/image-metrics-emily-project
paper on “creepiness”: http://academia.edu/2465121/Creepiness
famous Cognitive Dissonace study on behavior [with video]: http://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html
High Place Phenomenon study: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/weird-urge-jump-bridge-explained-424037
HPP paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22119089
terrible and terrific etymology (it’s called “amelioration”): http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/38606/what-gave-terrific-a-positive-connotation
Laurie Lipton does GREAT creepy drawings: http://www.laurielipton.com/drawings/
creepy people LITERALLY give you chills: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=creepy-people-leave-you-cold-12-05-07
creepy things kids say: http://www.uncommon-parenting.com/2013/05/the-answers-to-creepy-things-kids-say/
these are scary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_signal_intrusion
creepy subreddits (some may be nsfw):
http://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/
http://www.reddit.com/r/creepygifs
http://www.reddit.com/r/unnerving
http://www.reddit.com/r/FearMe/
http://www.reddit.com/r/scaredshitless
http://www.reddit.com/r/shortscarystories/
what I listened to while researching this episode (playlist): http://bit.ly/13pvoMb
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music by
http://www.YouTube.com/JakeChudnow
trip hop and ‘spooky’ music from http://www.audionetwork.com
@SHADOW.0125
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
bro i can't even blink now i can't sleep easily
@Noth1ng-animations
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
This was 11 years ago?
@dynamicgaming-i3y
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
are we not gonna question at the beggining who that was in the background
@FatherOfPlants
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
I Never Noticed That This Is On 0.75X Speed
@su.demm.
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
is it a good idea to watch this video at 2 am ?
@PiritenotPyrite
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
At 2:40 i realised that i shouldn't be watching this at 11 at night
@dustinkile
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Well I can say that it's been over a week. I don't think I'm dead.
@strwbberiz
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
"They are full of awe, awesome :)"
"They are full of awe, awful :)"
@ohiovr237
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
"Speaking in front of a group" facts
@E.A.N_PixelGamerz
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
The fact that this video was made 11 years ago
@earllinn1560
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
wyfies
@PoppyTartéBaugettes
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
It’s 11:23 pm why are you scaring me Mr Michael mayers
@guerreiropro21
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
vsauce being vsauce
@RiskOfJeffy2
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
He doesn't jumpscare us, but it's still scary when he randomly flashes a super creepy image at us.
@KaiserReich-g5q
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
2:38 the guy in the foreground is the scariest thing there
@birbamour6
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
I feel like jumpscares are a quick, easy way to give you a scare, but ambiguity sticks with you a lot more. I was about 13 when I watched Insidious, and at the time, it was my first horror movie, so I was definitely affected by the jumpscares and the monsters in the movie. I was scared for a few days, but I wouldn't say it was a very memorable film.
I watched The Shining by Kubrick a year ago, and the only direct threat in the movie was Jack Torrence chasing his wife and son with an axe, but it was the subtlety of the hotel and the weirdness of the things inside it that makes the film such an impactful one for me. Granted, I watched The Shining just last year and Insidious ten years ago, so The Shining is more fresh in my memory, but with jumpscare movies, it's scary while watching and maybe a little after, but I find that they're quickly forgotten, but with uncanny horror/terror, it stays with you longer.
@rip_ducks
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
why tf am I keep seeing his vids from 11 years like get this out my fyp
@lastchanc3stars
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
The first thing I remember creeping me out was an adult swim clip that was Tara the Android singing over a video of someone reanimating a raw chicken wing. Watching the raw chicken wing twitch and writhe as Tara's monotone voice sung about the joys of life screwed me up.
@WKLTurnage
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
one time i had a lucid dream where i was in the backrooms and the only way to wake up is to excape it i never woke up since then
@Murdererfox
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
0:20 that ain’t no insect. ☠️ that’s an amazing arachnid that I trust with all my heart not to hurt me unless it’s for defense. 😊
@itsyafunnycat
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
dude, i'm not scared of most things, BUT FRICKING CURSED IMAGES I CAN'T BRO-
@White_Bandana
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
IF YOU SMACK TWO HEAVY 🔥 METAL BALLS TOGETHER, A SPARK GETS CREATED 🔥 NOT BECAUSE I'M SO STRONG, even though I AM 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@earlaweese
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is just all types of fucked up and more like an adult book of fear put in the Children’s section.
@Nearthy
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
wHo WaS bEhInD vSaUcE iN tHe BeGiNnInG oF tHe ViDeO?1!/
@MichiganMember87
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
2:27 Never show me that again
@HowToCube99
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
A wise man once said that you aren’t afraid of being alone in the dark. You’re afraid of *not being alone * 😳
@Arianahamze
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
the dog is a cutie tho
@michmal_komentarze
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Am i the only person that sees additional person in intro?
This person moves in the door, before Michael shows up.
@DävïŞrŇÄpp
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
at 2:39, who else looked behind their back
@GreatWhiteWeasel
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Duuuumbbbbbbb
@mustasheolll2020
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
He gon bite u 🐶
@Isken_Rockland
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
The jumpscare at 8:25 made me scream and jump to another dimension. I am not 11years late btw
@MIGHTCHANGENAME
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
perfect to watch on october
@TheRealEliVR
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
This was the last video before sleep
It’s coming
@toby8096
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
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@CraceLiu-v4u
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Guys if I don’t respond in 1 week I’m dead… Pls remember me
@anjalirawat8788
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Am i the only one looking for some ghostly image behind him
@ryanfamily3043
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
I don't know why no one is talking about how if you watch it carefully at the beginning you can see another Vsauce at the end of the hall
@CyMaCoX
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
Fears comes from Unknown.
@SpaceKadet1454
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
0:00 Okay yall cant not tell me that Michael walked in like RL Stine in the Goosebump DVDs.
@HAKURRAMAD
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
watching old Vsauce vids
8:42
brain: You will not sleep today😈
@Oxygenn42
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
I ended the vid at smile dog bro that scares the shit out of me😭
@AutumnDragon80
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
I probably shouldn’t be watching this at night…
@KadenFinity
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
W ONGGG
@RyanIsraelsen
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
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@Circxles
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
i genuinely don’t trust sitting by a ledge especially not by anyone, if its by anyone i feel 8x worse
@callme_p-bro
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
this was on my watch later list for about 2 years i think im old enough to watch it now
@Toobasictolive
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
11YEARS AGO WHY IS THIS ON MY FEED
@Mangoforevs
October 23, 2024 at 1:01 am
People in 2024 who clicked on this because the thumbnail: