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[–]willyw0nka 290 points291 points ago

I've seen this guy in real life and actually met him. We used to call him beaver tail. He lives in Santa Monica, CA. Also that thing reaks like dead rat shit burrito

[–]ApocalypticMeatloaf 75 points76 points ago

Why did you have to put that thought into my mind?

[–]NotKennyG 103 points104 points ago

Would you rather he put it in your mouth?

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[–]willyw0nka 28 points29 points ago

No, but I'll sleepover in yours :)

[–]heywhyteboy 16 points17 points ago

I just hope she makes you waffles in the morning!

[–]ebai 37 points38 points ago

Sex.

[–]hbobsmitty 26 points27 points ago

I like sex.

[–]lev00r 8 points9 points ago

As a barber I feel the same.

[–]cassandrathebarber 2 points3 points ago

Seriously... I couldn't imagine someone with that thing walking into my shop asking for a "trim" gag

[–]smokeinhiseyes 58 points59 points ago

Can you imagine the terror you'd feel if you woke up one morning with one of these.. things? You'd have to burn your pillow and bedding. You might have to burn the bed. The first priority would be tracking down scissors, a knife, or possibly a gun.

It would be like having dead beaver stapled to your head that somehow shat all over itself before it managed to die and bleed out.

I would be terrified that it would operate like a neck brace, keeping me from turning my head and the thought of it resting on my naked neck and back creeps out more than I can express. I think I'd want to run from it, but where could I go?

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

I'd isolate myself from my family and have them remove all the furniture from my room except for my couch. I need that to sleep under.

[–]Dudemate 18 points19 points ago

The Metamorphosis?

[–]Phillip_Pirrip 19 points20 points ago

Gregor Samsa awoke from strange dreams to find himself transformed into a nastyass beaver tail.

[–]smokeinhiseyes 4 points5 points ago

Maybe we're wrong here. Maybe we could rock this hairdo. We could think of it like an organic super hero cape... Okay, no. Maybe a portable mohair couch cushion?

[–]smokeinhiseyes 4 points5 points ago

Either way, social isolation until it's surgically removed is probably the best course of action.

[–]hooizyoo 22 points23 points ago

My first thought was that that thing must smell fucking putrid. I'm gagging just looking at it.

[–]someguyinahat 14 points15 points ago

Toronto also had a Beaver Tail Man in the west end. I think he's since died, but everyone who ran into him could confirm a similar smell to the one you described. When he was alive...although I'm sure death didn't improve the smell any.

[–]twatscratcher 8 points9 points ago

As a Torontonian I can pseudo confirm this. Heard da legends.

[–]akhafer 12 points13 points ago

But what is it??

[–]viciousbreed 37 points38 points ago

[–]Gravesh 26 points27 points ago

it can be viewed as a hairstyle, or as a hair disease.

ಠ_ಠ

[–]FOADSASCUM 28 points29 points ago

The Polish plait is typically a (sometimes large) head of hair, made of a hard impenetrable mass of keratin fibers permanently cemented together with dried pus, blood, old lice egg-casings and dirt.

[–]gluestick300 11 points12 points ago

I think I'm going to go with hair disease rather than style.

[–]leftfootlaser 18 points19 points ago

"Treatment involves getting a fucking haircut."

Someone should FTFWiki. ;D

[–]danielsevelt007 11 points12 points ago

A dread lock.

[–]thee_chompermonster 12 points13 points ago

Just one.

[–]ziplokk 9 points10 points ago

It's a Common Hobo in its natural habitat.

[–]fucksmith 19 points20 points ago

that thing reaks like dead rat shit burrito

The picture looks like it would be a lot worse than that.

[–]jaseaco 8 points9 points ago

Have you seen him lately? I thought he disappeared a couple years ago. One time we walked by him and he was all beat up. Some people are just assholes.

[–]pork_sausage 5 points6 points ago

I'm naming a song "Dead Rat Shit Burrito" for you willyw0nka.

[–]billtheangrybeaver 5 points6 points ago

Times are tough for the guy that played Uglúk.

[–]Stuckinaloop 2 points3 points ago

He makes it up to San Francisco too.

[–]Mindle 2 points3 points ago

I kind of just figured he lived in California.

[–]neethak 1 point2 points ago

Yeah!!!! He used to hang out by the 711 on 7th street and Wilshire I think!! It's right by my dad's office I'd see him all the time as a kid

[–]Raherin 4 points5 points ago

Oh come on.... one of the few times I'm actually making burritos and this is the random Reddit comment I see at the top? >.<

[–]TheOCdisorder 2 points3 points ago

Hah! I was going to ask if this was in Santa Monica. I used to live near there (back in early 2000's), and I saw this guy (or someone with similar hair) a lot. He would sit on a bench on Wilshire.

We called him "Dread", for his single dreadlock.

[–][deleted] 184 points185 points ago

When he feels threatened he slaps it against the water.

[–]I_RARELY_RAPE_PEOPLE 38 points39 points ago

I wanted to tell you

How hard you just made me laugh.

I love you.

[–]GogglesPisano 53 points54 points ago

FTFY:

I want to tell you

How hard you just made me laugh.

I think I love you.

Now it's a haiku.

[–]I_RARELY_RAPE_PEOPLE 19 points20 points ago

[–]Pulse761 5 points6 points ago

You're the first person on Reddit to ever make me burst out laughing. If I ever see you in real life I'll give you a handshake for this tremendous feat.

[–][deleted] 62 points63 points ago

it looks like clumps of shit

[–]christballs 17 points18 points ago

Have you never heard the term dookie-braids?

[–]DaDosDude 25 points26 points ago

I prefer the term Shit-Locks

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[–]jakeElake 49 points50 points ago

Was like what's so wtf about an old tree, then I realised, that's no tree. Bet he smells nasty.

[–]viciousbreed 25 points26 points ago

This article suggests that Polish plaits do, in fact, smell nasty.

[–]iamverbal 8 points9 points ago

That link was purple for me but I have no recollection of ever reading it before.

Now I am reading it and I am terribly disgusted.

[–]silverbullet1989 4 points5 points ago

thats.... hair 0_o

[–]walkinthecow 5 points6 points ago

Wow - that was some interesting read. They actually refer to it as a 'disease' that can't be technically correct, can it????

[–]monkeyqueen 2 points3 points ago

" It can be viewed as a hairstyle, or as a hair disease." That sentence alone is full of WTF.

[–]GOLTRON 1 point2 points ago

The ole beaver tail.

[–]dick_rickles 1 point2 points ago

Read this in Clevelands voice

[–]sizzletron 80 points81 points ago

It's turned straight into hash.

[–]daejeeduma 24 points25 points ago

he smokes himself now

[–]drunk_otter 119 points120 points ago

He puts the "dread" into dread-lock.

[–]bornagainredditor 198 points199 points ago

Imagine this. Shoving your face in that mess and drawing in a large breath of air through the nose, allowing your senses to take in all the odorous beauty within.

[–]gold-coin[S] 293 points294 points ago

Wha...What's wrong with you?

[–]Dakota47 48 points49 points ago

It's a shorter list of what is right with him.

[–]bornagainredditor 140 points141 points ago

Hard to say, really.

[–]feureau 15 points16 points ago

Doesn't mean impossible to say. So, let's start at the very beginning...

[–]ElectroFlasherFilms 2 points3 points ago

When people ask me that, I usually say that everything is wrong with me.

[–]Jackcooper 14 points15 points ago

This is r/wtf, there's something wrong with all of us

[–]jblaylock51 8 points9 points ago

I just threw up in my mouth

[–]Darwinist 19 points20 points ago

Thats how everyone does it, you're not special.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

Speak for yourself...i threw up through my nose.

[–]invaderzim257 6 points7 points ago

that shit burns

[–]guenther_ 3 points4 points ago

It burns soo good

[–]invaderzim257 3 points4 points ago

burns like a lit match touched against your eye.

[–]ididitforsatan 3 points4 points ago

I had a boyfriend that did that once...shit was so thick and he puked so hard that he gave himself black eyes

[–]Lonelight 2 points3 points ago

He...belongs here.

[–]IGETSHIVERSWHENIP 20 points21 points ago

Great, now i have a boner.

[–]Eh_for_Effort 1 point2 points ago

Or just eating it all.... slowly.....

[–]Strombo 1 point2 points ago

The moment you mentioned drawing in a breath of air, I stopped breathing.

[–]madumimike 39 points40 points ago

Looks like his scalp took a big ass diarrhea all over his back.

[–]Allthebigtrees 5 points6 points ago

This guy lives in Santa Monica! He's homeless but hangs in front of one 7-11 everyday all day. When I was little I used to run up and talk to him.

[–]NotKennyG 18 points19 points ago

By the looks of it, he has 14 missing children embedded in his hair. You got very lucky that you're around to post this story today.

[–]jaseaco 5 points6 points ago

Always on that same bench, facing the 7-11. Never talked to him, wish I had.

[–]copperpony 7 points8 points ago

I am no doctor but I think that at this point it is time to amputate his head.

[–]shahadien 51 points52 points ago

It's a bed-dread. Rhastafari devouts grow them as a tribute and sacrament to Jah (god).

The lighter portions are probably from where he bleached a dreadlock long long ago.

Despite how matted and tangled it is, they are usually kept reasonably clean and perfumed.

EDIT: All of this would be true of this pic if the guy were actually rhasta instead of just filthy. That being the case, this is NOT a bed-dread, but rather (as another poster pointed out) a polish plait.

[–][deleted] 95 points96 points ago

"perfumed", sure.

"clean", hell no.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

You know you can shampoo and wash dreads, right? Not saying with this particular asses giant wad, but still.

[–]ruminating 19 points20 points ago

If that is who I think it is, then he is not Rastafarian, and just homeless.

[–]shahadien 4 points5 points ago

That's genuinely horrifying...

[–]nderp 5 points6 points ago

That is the opposite of clean hair. Rastafaris grow their dreads by simply washing their hair and not combing it, so it combines into locks on its own. What we have here is just dirty matted hair, uncombed and unwashed.

[–]TheRussianCompound 21 points22 points ago

I read this with a thick jamaican accent

[–]The_One_Above_All 2 points3 points ago

I'd hate to see your definition of 'unreasonably clean' That hair must stink!

[–]shahadien 2 points3 points ago

Key word: Usually.

[–]IamtheBiscuit 8 points9 points ago

Be the beaver, grow the tail, the ladies will follow

[–]Needswhippedcream 5 points6 points ago

San Francisco?

[–]ruminating 2 points3 points ago

Was about to post that this guy was from Houston when I realized that a bunch of other cities were claiming him as well. I guess giant filthy beaver tail is more common than I though, but what if it was actually the same guy and he just travels the world with his filthy dreadlock?!

[–]wifekiller 4 points5 points ago

I would love to power wash his hair. Something like this.

[–]JesSiCKuhHH 23 points24 points ago

I haven't been on reddit very long, but nearly all the pics in r/wtf are pictures and links that have been floating around for yeeearssss.. :(

[–]xxkatyladyxx 15 points16 points ago

Welcome to reddit.

[–]shahadien 15 points16 points ago

Of course they are. Didn't you know that nothing is original?

[–]ne99ne 2 points3 points ago

Click enough links, you will eventually run out of internet. No use complaining about it. There just isn't any more.

[–]mygirlfriendtoldmeto 6 points7 points ago

"Grow a beaver tail" they said. "The ladies will love it" they said.

[–]Strikerj94 1 point2 points ago

[–]Peanutviking 5 points6 points ago

Brb washing my hair with gasoline...

[–]mechy84 17 points18 points ago

Repost. Polish Plait

[–]IgottagoTT 13 points14 points ago

From the link: "Uncombed hair becomes irreversibly entangled, forming a matted, malodorous and encrusted or sticky moist mass."

Yep.

[–]ddddamn 17 points18 points ago

I actually liked how the article opened.

"Polish plait (Plica polonica in Latin) is a formation of hair. It can be viewed as a hairstyle, or as a hair disease."

If you're an optimist you can opt to see it as a hairstyle, if you're a pessimist you can go ahead and see it as a hair disease.

[–]indeedwatson 2 points3 points ago

If you're an optimist you can opt to see it as a hairstyle

I think you need a pretty bad view of the world to consider that a "style".

[–]jblaylock51 0 points1 point ago

As I stated on a post above. I just threw up in my mouth.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

Believe or not it is called a Polish Plait and even royalty used to have them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_plait

[–]Billy_Bob_BoJangles 0 points1 point ago

I just want to cut off slices of it and make sandwiches with it...

[–]Gouhadouken 2 points3 points ago

how the fock does he put his shirt on

[–]johnsbury 4 points5 points ago

What makes you think he ever takes it off? Certainly not to shower.

[–]YouMad 1 point2 points ago

I'd offer the guy 1,000 dollars and shave his hair on TV.

[–]bxna 1 point2 points ago

I heard of dread locks but shit locks?! Damn Reggie... 5 points to whoever knows the movie

[–]tmrivas 2 points3 points ago

It reminds me of the bottom of the army foot from the other day.

[–]kellyjane3 2 points3 points ago

Did you take this in front of a 7-11 on Wilshire in Santa Monica? My husband and I lived out there for awhile. We called him dreadlock cardboard.

[–]Garizondyly 1 point2 points ago

Forgot to "repeat". Lather, rinse, repeat.

[–]WTF_Review 8 points9 points ago

Time for a review of this WTF post

What is the WTF?

The WTF aspect in this image is from the mans horrible, disgusting, unhygienic matted hair.

What's the real story?

Willyw0nka says that this is a man who lives in Santa Monica CA. I'm not sure the mans motivation, but I have heard of people doing this in the name of style.

Is it WTF worthy?

Yes. That someone could let their hair reach this point, or even ATTEMPT to make their hair reach this point, gets some WTF for sure.

Final Verdict

WTF rating: 7.5/10

This is pretty damn gross and meets my standards for WTF. I can see how some people might not appreciate this though, because as I said, this is a semi-common trend (Though usually not to this extent).

What do you think the rating should be?

[–]Occamslaser 2 points3 points ago

I'll give it 7 because its such an ancient repost it has lost some of it's wtf value.

[–]MuhMuh 7 points8 points ago

it took me a few guesses here.

First, I thought it was a statue that someone had made, in which someone used a door mat to make look like a weird cow vagina on the back of a person statue.

Then, I thought someone had on a jacket and had laid in a cow pie, injuring the top of their head when they fell.

Finally, I realized it was just a disgusting dreadlock. I was saddened by the conclusion, as it was fucking awful. I wish it had just been a statue.

[–]h8bit 0 points1 point ago

Mental illness is no laughing matter.

[–]CaseyTheGiant 3 points4 points ago

How do you get a Snickers in your hair? It's not that hard people.

[–]CartyAV 5 points6 points ago

had to downvote because of the title

[–]cylinderhead 1 point2 points ago

before anyone with dreads claims theirs don't smell... it's just that no-one's told them yet.

[–]yadunkno 2 points3 points ago

that's fucking disgusting.

[–]Butterspud 1 point2 points ago

I'm all for individuality but goddamn, that's gross.

[–]is_a_cat 0 points1 point ago

Sydney?

[–]nigorc -1 points0 points ago

sick dingle berries

[–]Algebraic 0 points1 point ago

i want to put this guy in a Bacta tank.

[–]trampus1 0 points1 point ago

I'd like to see the crunchy part cracked open.

[–]wellhushmypuppies 0 points1 point ago

ewww.

[–]structuredchaos 0 points1 point ago

As a hair stylist, I am horrified!!!

[–]whymyty 0 points1 point ago

Well he can use it as a bed to sleep on

[–]sicpric 0 points1 point ago

I thought he was wearing a shield on his back at first.

[–]QuiteUnoriginal 1 point2 points ago

Somebody, grab me a chainsaw.

[–]KDrichard 0 points1 point ago

Cute dread bro.

[–]Wildebeast1 1 point2 points ago

It all started with a piece of old gum

[–]7ravis 0 points1 point ago

It took me way too long to realize that was his hair..

[–]tangoshukudai 1 point2 points ago

There is a guy in Williamsville NY with the same hair, he is probably dead now since it was like 6 years ago since I last saw him.

[–]Proxysparrow 1 point2 points ago

all hail the Omni-dread!

[–]killerdeknix 1 point2 points ago

i thought it was normal to wipe my ass with my hair... bummer :(

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

I've had dreadlocks. That kind of matting doesn't happen unless you purposefully want it to.

[–]Spongyrocks 1 point2 points ago

Can you head bang with dreadlocks?

[–]zrobusa 0 points1 point ago

fuckin Wilshire and 5th dude

[–]mr_spoons 1 point2 points ago

Travel mattress.

[–]herpa_derpa 1 point2 points ago

He used to live in Santa Maria, California! We called him Shit Head

[–]randye 1 point2 points ago

There's definitely some mold growing on that scalp.

[–]Leanne_N 0 points1 point ago

Vomit

[–]Lexipotimus 0 points1 point ago

It's been dripping.

[–]Salchicha 1 point2 points ago

Looks like cotton candy.

[–]Spongyrocks 0 points1 point ago

thats exactly what I thought...

[–]murphykills 0 points1 point ago

when your hair starts growing hair, maybe it's time to cut it off.

[–]ejara80 1 point2 points ago

It reminded me of a hobo in my city a few years ago, he was always wandering near an avenue I frequently passed by, so I ran into him several times... there are no words to describe how he smelled...

[–]hivemindharvest 1 point2 points ago

i bet that smells delicious.

[–]bestrolledLz 1 point2 points ago

I can smell it.

[–]BPenguinfire 1 point2 points ago

Its like a hair-cape.

[–]skeetertheman 0 points1 point ago

I bet he smells great!

[–]uberced 1 point2 points ago

Perm-a-bed

[–]Batrok 1 point2 points ago

Somebody get me a pair of scissors, stat!

[–]Batrok 1 point2 points ago

How much do you think that thing weighs?

[–]Bluedemonfox 1 point2 points ago

So what he never washed or cut his hair his whole life? ....

[–]insidious_sedition 1 point2 points ago

sooooooooooo the homeless are evolving to have inbuilt mattresses??

[–]ashthetall 1 point2 points ago

hey i know this dude! he hangs on wilshire and like 5th by 7-11!

or at least he did a decade ago

[–]ZombieLenin 0 points1 point ago

Someone give that man a haircut.

[–]sarahla 0 points1 point ago

Why does he have intestines hanging from his head?

[–]TijuanaTacoMonster 0 points1 point ago

Dude, it's called conditioner

use some

[–]in3b 0 points1 point ago

I see shit like this on wakiki beach on oahu. It's fucked up shit.

[–]madavid789 1 point2 points ago

It looks like a portable mattress

[–]podpersona 0 points1 point ago

That is deeply foul.

[–]ziemkeguy 0 points1 point ago

Why isn't there an /r/eww subreddit?

[–]walkinthecow 1 point2 points ago

It looks like his scalp is terribly inflamed and irritated. Wonder why??? ಠ_ಠ

[–]PChuu22 0 points1 point ago

Somehow, seeing how red/inflamed his scalp is makes the whole mess that much worse.

[–]CoriJane 0 points1 point ago

Fuck this planet and it's people.

[–]ladrelan 0 points1 point ago

You know, I tend to think of myself as a pretty weird guy...then I come across something like this...

[–]Bikes-R-Better 0 points1 point ago

Snoop Lion

[–]thicks2785 0 points1 point ago

I bet it smells like shit looks like shit stick in there

[–]Vamcakes 0 points1 point ago

Dreadlocks gone wronge maybe??

[–]elohizzle 0 points1 point ago

thats how this guy smuggles hash

[–]benzensulfonic 0 points1 point ago

How the FUCK do you let that happen? I mean Jesus Christ even if you like ran through the park sprinklers like once a month it would fix this...

[–]PuffsPlusArmada 0 points1 point ago

Those aren't dreads. Those are just clumps of human neglect.

[–]BuddyCo 0 points1 point ago

The first thing that came to mind... a dark moonless night, an ether soaked rag, and a pair of razor sharp pruning shears.

[–]IanR215 0 points1 point ago

Wait what the fuck is it?

[–]Dr_Banjo_MD 1 point2 points ago

I shall name him "Matlock"

[–]rectus_dominus 1 point2 points ago

I know it looks gross, but it really helps the guy get comfortable when sleeping on pavement.

Being chronically homeless is serious business.

[–]Biszman 0 points1 point ago

He grew himself a bed.

[–]elkarcher87 0 points1 point ago

Just run a comb through it. Maybe some olive oil after? that should do the trick.

[–]stoshM 1 point2 points ago

i think i've seen this individual in santa monica CA

[–]hmquite 0 points1 point ago

Is there shit matted into his dreads?

[–]fatalconfidence 0 points1 point ago

This looks exactly like the inside of a burrito I got from Taco Bell the other day. Delicious.

[–]tiditidi 0 points1 point ago

reminds me of the "bad hair day" episode of courage the cowardly dog

[–]GoddessMercy 0 points1 point ago

It looks like smashed up road kill with dookie in it.

[–]Pelokt 0 points1 point ago

is that rot im seeing where the yellow parts are?

[–]mkulo93 0 points1 point ago

is this the guy that walks up and down State Street between Madison and Jackson in Chicago?

[–]Wayfarer21 0 points1 point ago

I've been told everyone has a price. Not sure what my price would be to lick it

[–]I_wanna_be_black 0 points1 point ago

Monodred

[–]yousprungme 0 points1 point ago

It's so revolting, yet I cannot take my eyes off of it!

[–]JustJizzedInMyPants 0 points1 point ago

Should call him Matt.

[–]theraoulduke 0 points1 point ago

I can smell it.

[–]julia_ali2000 0 points1 point ago

Ewwww

[–]rizla7 0 points1 point ago

90% dirt, 5% bees wax, 5% hair.