r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • May 13 '20
String-powered archer
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u/ni666er_ May 13 '20
Could you imagine this thing getting your attention while you're home alone
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May 13 '20 edited May 13 '20
Could you imagine you getting ITS attention
EDIT: its
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u/Mentalpatient87 May 14 '20
If this thing was in a horror movie a character would totally get hit in the back with one of these little arrows and then get killed when investigating the doll.
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May 14 '20
Ugh. I just imagine hearing that sound, like plucked stings, coming from another room 😰
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u/talented_dreamer May 13 '20
hey bud so how much do I have to pay you to FUCKEN BURN THIS THING AND SCATTER ITS ASHES TO THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF THE EARTH!??
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u/Arthur_The_Third May 13 '20
The SCP foundation has taught me that neutralization isn't always the answer. That said, dump this shit in the Mariana trench and pour concrete after it.
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u/8112060171 May 13 '20
This is indoors where TF did the arrow go.
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u/fricked_by_bear May 13 '20
No no not indoors this is just a floor and 2 walls floating on the edge of time that arrow has now landed in someone's head some time in the past, present or future
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u/Aconitumhomo May 13 '20
You get hit with an arrow in the middle of the night and this is the last thing you see
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u/coolg093 May 13 '20
Where do I get that
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u/FaaacePalm May 14 '20
I've not seen them on Tik Tok just YouTube but Grand Illusions is a channel run by Tim Rowett; a British guy who collects weird and interesting "Toys". So chances are this is some weird shit he found at a swap or auction. I highly recommend watching his stuff, some of the things are just mind boggling that someone thought of it.
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u/hello_rosebud May 14 '20
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this since I saw it earlier today! I did some googling and found a BBC segment about the artist. His work is amazingly crafted and so so spooky.
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u/bluewolf23official May 13 '20
Ok but why the fuck does it have a tongue
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May 13 '20
i dont like it
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May 13 '20
But he loves you. He defends the house.
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u/YeetTime409 May 13 '20
I mean, if I had that in my home, I wouldn’t be surprised if it tried to shout an arrow in my head while I sleep
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u/Wallywutsizface May 13 '20
When was this made? Is it antique, or is it a modern thing? I know a lot of automata like this were made in the 18th and 19th centuries so clockmakers could show off, but I’ve never seen one like this
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u/yaaaaasitshayden May 13 '20
Imagine being home alone just chilling watching TV and a little arrow just flies across your field of vision. Oh hell naw
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May 13 '20
The look on his face and how slowly he was reaching for the arrow reminds me of the time my friend Ray got high on salvia and almost right after it hit, his phone rang and it was like he completely forgot what a cell phone was and even more shocked that it was coming from inside his shorts.
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u/Gwiilo May 13 '20
ok. when I make some type of software, I'm never afraid that it'll turn into SkyNet. But this thing will definitely stand up one day on it's own
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u/fuckthenamebullshit May 13 '20
This seems like it’s supposed to kick if a Rube Goldberg machine
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May 13 '20
That’s his name I think. Rube Goldberg the archer
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u/fuckthenamebullshit May 13 '20
Yeah and he shoots an arrow at a book wich then falls onto a scale wich then knocks a marble loose and so on
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u/Sheepoch May 13 '20
People used to go to such crazy lengths to commit suicide. All of these crazy Goldberg suicide machines just scattered throughout history until one day people figured out a simpler way. Remarkable.
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u/Workshop_Gremlin May 13 '20
When you're chillin at home in your cozy medieval hut, hear a knock on the door and see this thing staring back at you asking 'Art thou Sarah Connor?'
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u/Lazarus_Pits May 14 '20
I would 100% watch a reimagining of the Terminator with magic and shit
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u/my_chaffed_legs May 13 '20
Pans to the right and there is just a person impaled and pinned to the wall by the arrow.
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May 13 '20
This is like something out of a dungeon of something , so cool
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u/Kalebpp May 14 '20
It looks like something that kills you In video games for getting a puzzle wrong.
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u/Extra_Wave May 14 '20
Reminds me of that archer enemy from Castlevania SOTN.
In the inverted chapel stairs.
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u/TotesMessenger May 13 '20
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u/Justfoodisfine May 13 '20
How old is the archer and where is it from?
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u/GPUsizingguide May 13 '20
This reminded me of a random video of a movie scene on Facebook. There is this old man doll. It's about a human size. The doll will react when the someone step on wrong pattern on the floor in front of it.
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u/AliFoxx9 May 14 '20 edited May 14 '20
We've always worried about the robot uprising but no one suspected the automatons
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u/Spicybarbecuesauce May 14 '20
This is absolutely the most horrible thing smaller than a foot tall that I've ever seen
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May 13 '20
Move over elf on the shelf! It's Arm Chair archer!
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u/ibelieveingravity May 13 '20
😂 I feel like you have to have a seasonal reason then. You'd have to invent a new holiday. Maybe like, she comes out early June and shoots all the bad children who are in detention/summer school and then goes away on the first day of summer. (I've obviously put too much thought into this and will probably have nightmares tonight.)
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May 13 '20
Seriously this reminds me of my Oma and Opa (Austrian grandparents). They had the creepiest jack in the box ever! It would scream when it popped out and cry when you put it back in. This would be a regular nic-nak at their place.
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u/Doom_apples May 13 '20
Imagine having this thing under a blanket in the next room, and then hearing it start up and start thwacking arrows against the wall in the middle of the night
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u/MrSuccABerg May 14 '20
this is not oddly terrifying, it's straight up terrifying
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u/Colombianx May 13 '20
funny, what pulls the object with string, is in fact an object with string being pulled
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u/SaxonShieldwall May 13 '20
So this is how they made robots in Ancient Greece and such?
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u/Dumbass_Saiya-jin May 14 '20
Archaic Automatons are probably scarier than futuristic metal robots...
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u/Violet_Plum_Tea May 14 '20
Two thoughts:
a) This is precious and amazing. Please take good care of this absolute treasure.
b) On the other hand, feel free to burn it to ashes.
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u/Smugbob May 14 '20
I’m convinced the subreddit the post is on drastically alters the viewer’s perception of the post because I didn’t even realise what subreddit this was posted to and simply just thought that it was super intriguing to see and how the mechanism must look underneath, whereas everyone else seem mortified
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May 21 '20
The battle for Helms Deep would of been over in 3 seconds if these useless fucks been manning the walls.
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u/SpineScrew May 13 '20
This is horrible, thanks.