20 Totally Innocent Activities That Feel Super Creepy

Howard Hackle
May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022

Imagine a situation: you’re going to the bathroom in the middle of the night and notice someone standing outside your window. You freeze in panic and your mind begins racing: should I run to my phone and call the police? Scream? Or maybe look for a weapon? Then suddenly you feel relieved when you notice that the “person” outside is just a shadow of a tree. If you’ve ever found yourself in a similar situation, don’t worry – you’re not alone.

People are sharing the times they were terrified by innocent things and it’s absolutely hilarious. Check out all the ordinary things that nearly gave people heart attacks in the gallery below that we have put together. Be sure to follow our website and don't forget to share this on your social media.

#1 Scanning a room and making accidental eye contact with someone more than once. -u/sandybutterworth420

#2 Needing to adjust my underwear whilst outside. -u/Kalurael

#3 Looking in the direction of sudden movement in the locker room. -u/thisbuttonsucks

#4 My four-year-old daughter had an accident while on vacation so I went to Wal-Mart to buy underwear. While at Wal-Mart, my wife informed me that the margarita mix she bought did not include tequila. So I, a grown-a** man on his own, went through the checkout at Wal-Mart with nothing but a package of little girl's underwear and a fifth of Juarez. I’m pretty sure I was also wearing a t-shirt that said “I’m fat. Let’s party” because Florida. -u/thunderbuns2

#5 Walking behind someone for too long but I need to go that way so there's nothing I can do about it -u/Arny520

#6 I work for an animal hospital and any time my hand grazes a dog’s d*ck area while giving a bath I feel like I'm going to jail. -u/partyshart420

#7 Looking at people at the pool. -u/Just_a_tired_banana

#8 My hobbies are mountain biking and dirtbike riding and I haul everything in a white van. I’m a middle-aged white guy. The other day I had lunch under a tree at a playground while sitting in the van. Parents were giving me the stink eye and started herding up their kids. I was wondering what was going on, then I realized I was the creepy guy in a van. -u/the_irish_oak

#9 Using my binoculars to watch birds. Also, using the camera to photograph birds. -u/1mamapajama

#10 Trying to read a woman's shirt. -u/lonewanderer45631

#11 Looking at other people working out so I can take notes on posture and technics for lifting weights. I'm fairly new to it all. -u/Kingsbear

#12 I don't like people walking behind me so I generally let people walk ahead of me in the hall at work. I was asked by another male coworker who saw this if I was looking at women's butts and that is why I let people ahead of me. I told him no and that I just don't like people behind me. He looked at me weird. It's almost better to be thought of as a pervert to some people than to be kind of weird. -u/iamacannibal

#13 As a man, being friendly to children I don’t know who say hi to me in public. It’s always a super friendly kid who is saying hi to everyone that they pass but I always feel like I’m being judged for saying hi back to them or giving a smile and a wave. -u/Existing-Reaction-50

#14 When I'm at the gym and I'm kind of just zoned out between sets, and someone stands so that their a** is directly in my line of sight. -u/ElToberino

#15 Being in the women's part of a clothing store specifically the underwear section. -u/Luxray2014

#16 Waiting for my kids to come out of a public restroom. -u/Siracha_jizz

#17 Getting a random erection in public. -u/DirtJade

#18 Eating a popsicle or lollipop in public. -u/DanAxe1

#19 Putting my finger in someone's butthole. Every single time. I'll never get used to it. (I am an MD.) -u/Dysp-_-

#20 Helping the lost kid as a man. If my daughter or wife is not with me, I am very hesitant to approach an upset or clearly lost child by myself. There is such a huge fear that someone will mistake me for a kidnapper. -u/Ark3nfel

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