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[–]dodecadevin 350 points351 points ago

This is a Zoroastrian Tower of Silence. Though most of the picture is real, the "festering pit of blood" is shopped in and the story is just old-school creepypasta.

[–]Dirty0ldMan 53 points54 points ago

Yeah, if you zoom in the first picture, the shop wasn't even done well.

[–]foobrain 52 points53 points ago

You mean the well wasn't even shopped well?

[–]mal_bb 36 points37 points ago

I think the shopper was un-well when he didn't photoshop the well well.

[–]HMR 24 points25 points ago

[–]allthatsalsa 1 point2 points ago

I'll take "What do we have here?" for 300, Alex.

[–]Estoye 4 points5 points ago

Don't forget about the woodchuck.

[–]uhmerikin 1 point2 points ago

[–]dbell 10 points11 points ago

Can you tell by the pixels?

[–]THIS_POST_IS_FAKE 21 points22 points ago

You can tell by the repeat of the stamp tool

[–]babbish 5 points6 points ago

I'm ignorant when it comes to photoshop so I want to ask; can you really see any indication of the stamp tool or are you joking? If you can see it, can you please point it out because I'd like to be able to identify shopped photos a little easier.

[–]THIS_POST_IS_FAKE 11 points12 points ago

here is a repeat of the pixel artifacts. so yes, "you CAN tell by the pixels". since they were lazy the took the sample and resampled fairly close together. A common mistake of inexperienced photoshoppers.

http://i.imgur.com/5QXgh.jpg

[–]kataskopo 29 points30 points ago

Yes, I can see the red circles, and they look the same. Definitely 'shopped.

[–]AngryJ 8 points9 points ago

slow clap...

[–]kataskopo 6 points7 points ago

To be honest, I can't really tell the difference.

[–]Shmemolovskii 15 points16 points ago

[–]droidkc 14 points15 points ago

He's obviously seen a few 'shops in his time...

[–]Pixel_Counter -1 points0 points ago

So have I friend, so have I.

[–]omgnomgnome 0 points1 point ago

ObFark.

[–]DeaJaye 15 points16 points ago

Coincidence plus- I was explaining to someone just an hour ago about Zoroastrianism, and how it was statistically unlikely that I went to school with one. Also, creepy, but a little over the top. 6/10

[–]awesomeness1234 54 points55 points ago

So three days ago I misspelled a word on my cell phone and it changed it to Zoroastra. I had never heard of it so I looked it up.

Yesterday my wife asked me what a magi was so we looked it up. Goes back to Zoroastrianism apparently.

Today, this is the third post I see.

What the fuck Zoroastra, you infiltrating my life now? ALL HAIL!

[–]-7- 45 points46 points ago

The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

Edit: Seems like we broke the site. This is the definition that appears on it :

"The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon occurs when a person, after having learned some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, encounters that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it."

Wiki says it is a cognitive bias called "Frequency illusion"

[–]D14BL0 46 points47 points ago

This is like the tenth time this week I've seen this link.

[–]eojhet 30 points31 points ago

That is due to the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Have you heard of it?

[–]monoatheist 11 points12 points ago

That's so weird, we were just talking about that before you got here

[–]gobeavs69 9 points10 points ago

Dude... I swear it is at least the second time I've heard about that phenomenon in the last minute....

[–]darkice045 20 points21 points ago

I prefer to call it the GTA effect. You drive around for 15 minutes without seeing a Banshee or Inferno yet as soon as you find one they're everywhere o.O

[–]Eleluka 3 points4 points ago

That's because this GTA implemented a code for your vehicle to appear almost everywhere and certain vehicles only in certain areas to save RAM.

[–]inanecathode 13 points14 points ago

So basically, my brain is upvoting reposts? God damn it.

[–]ElusiveGuy 1 point2 points ago

Did we just break this site too?

[–]GinjaNinger 1 point2 points ago

Is this the same thing as seeing the car you just bought EVERYWHERE?

[–]deanasaurs77 0 points1 point ago

My phone just rang and the radio played the song that we just said yesterday when I was just thinking about buying a white car, now I see her everywhere!!!!!111

[–]squonge 0 points1 point ago

It's synchronicity, goddamnit.

[–]jesushadquickhands 3 points4 points ago

Do You Drive A Mazda... cause that would be cool.

[–]GinjaNinger 3 points4 points ago

So, twenty-two years ago, I wrote a paper on Zoroastrianism in high school. I haven't heard anything about it since. COINCIDENCE?

[–]awesomeness1234 3 points4 points ago

THUS SPOKE ZORATHRUSTRA! Wait, is that the same guy? COINCIDENCE!?!?!?!?!

[–]deanasaurs77 0 points1 point ago

Nietzsche would be proud.

[–]teknickal 2 points3 points ago

Coincidence plus plus--an hour after seeing this picture and comment, I started watching an episode of Supernatural featuring Zoroastrianism (S01E16). Never heard of it before today and now seeing it twice in the same day.

[–]The_Phaedron 5 points6 points ago

I imagine this'll get buried, but I'm fairly sure that there have been steep drops in local populations of carrion birds that have been traditionally relied on for breaking down the bodies.

Source

[–]yeahthatswhatisaid 4 points5 points ago

Freddie Mercury was a Zoroastrian, interestingly.

[–]bobqjones 2 points3 points ago

wonder why he was cremated and not laid out for birds to pick at?

[–]geneticswag 6 points7 points ago

I'm glad you prefaced tower of science with Zoroastrian... I've been reading about them for almost half an hour - it's incredible how narrow my worldview is. These unexpected moments of learning are what I live for.

[–]darthmunkeys 3 points4 points ago

I want to go to this "tower of science". It sounds knowledgeable.

[–]dodecadevin 0 points1 point ago

lol tower of science

[–]chimusicguy 1 point2 points ago

Was Zoar from He-Man inspired by Zoroastrianism?

[–]D3adkl0wn 1 point2 points ago

huh.. I was looking at that as a deep pit and assumed that the blood was waaayyyy down deep..

[–]PaperCamm 1 point2 points ago

But the bodies aren't shopped in. Cool.

[–]sassatron -1 points0 points ago

but a pretty yummy creepypasta :)

[–]Lenity 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for this. OP reminds me of people spreading the Facebook paysite rumors, or any other example that fits here.

[–]Pfmohr2 -1 points0 points ago

Not to mention it JUST frontpaged 2 weeks ago.

[–]dodecadevin 0 points1 point ago

shrug Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Whoever put this together did a good job, and created a lasting meme.

[–]allthatsalsa 0 points1 point ago

Oh, well shit. I was really beginning to think the whole thing was fake. So, did anyone determine how long the fresher bodies have been there?

[–]allthatsalsa 0 points1 point ago

Thank you my friend. The whole time I was reading that, I was thinking, "Yeah... I'm going to need a source on these".

[–]franklymydeer 57 points58 points ago

Well, that's clearly bollocks.

[–]eegit 0 points1 point ago

You beat me to it mate.

[–]jjgarcia87 154 points155 points ago

Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most.

[–]Narkboy 14 points15 points ago

This didn't happen the most many, many times.

[–]hiding_from_my_gf 10 points11 points ago

I am waiting for this not to happen again on the front page next week.

[–]PostPostPostIronic 4 points5 points ago

To this day, this has never ceased not to happen.

[–]FreeThinkerLee 162 points163 points ago

We call this story, bullshit.

[–]The_Colonel1292 22 points23 points ago

sounds like a Skyrim quest.

[–]aposter 6 points7 points ago

Not nearly enough corpses for a Skyrim quest.

[–]IceK1ng 5 points6 points ago

*Draugr

[–]edu723 10 points11 points ago

yep, that's what I call a cool story, bro.

[–]Mumbling-Dolphin 0 points1 point ago

thanks for the seizure

[–]CrazyBastard 0 points1 point ago

no shit, its a creepypasta

[–]RamsesThePigeon 34 points35 points ago

Eh... 5/10. Here's why:

This story has all the right elements to make it decent: A mysterious discovery that defies logic, hints of a supernatural element, real-world "proof," and characters who become affected by the above.

It falls a bit short by leaving way too many gaps for doubt, basically. Every time we hear a horror story, our mind does this little analysis, wherein it asks "Could this be real?" In a story that's meant to be offered as a historical account - such as this one - the opposite is true: We start asking "Could this be false?" Each detail prompting that analysis needs to be treated as an opportunity to provide more proof, and said proof has to be of a completely mundane and detached variety, to give the illusion of objectivity.

Fair warning to anyone who wants to watch this in action: If I get the chance over the weekend, I'll put together my own real-life horror story as an example, and I'll post it on Monday.

[–]mhbaker82 11 points12 points ago

Do it.

[–]norsethunders 3 points4 points ago

For an example of exactly this: http://www.scp-wiki.net/top-rated-pages

[–]grimmett 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, you sold me, I wanna hear it!

[–]Masuchievo 2 points3 points ago

Would be awesome!

[–]elesdee 1 point2 points ago

Friended and waiting with baited breath.

[–]kataskopo 1 point2 points ago

Stop not doing it.

[–]nathanite 0 points1 point ago

Please do.

[–]memeaddictedchick 32 points33 points ago

This picture is not real. However, I don't feel like looking for the original. But it was posted to /r/creepy and someone else found the original.

[–]Quaternions 17 points18 points ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/t48ma/tower_of_silence/

Towards the bottom of the comments is a link to the original, and some back story.

EDIT: I should also say that this link isn't even the first instance of a dakhma, there was one that about 8 months ago, but it had a shit load more comments and found the one I am link to be easier to find the link to the original.

[–]Rikkushin 1 point2 points ago

Well shit, then what about the bodies?

[–]punnyverypunny 5 points6 points ago

Yep I saw it as well a while back, its was all a ruse nothing more.

[–]SuperEgo_Bitch 17 points18 points ago

This is a repost, I remember from the original post that this was a fake. I will try and find it.

[–]CR4ZY0WN3R 4 points5 points ago

no need to find it, I will support you man.

[–]BeARdBARIAN 18 points19 points ago

This again? Sheesh..

[–]Herecomestheblades 12 points13 points ago

Blood for the blood God?

[–]chaklong 11 points12 points ago

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

[–]streetbum87 2 points3 points ago

/r/FearMe is this way.

[–]mellow_dramatic 0 points1 point ago

Sooo. You subscribed?

[–]streetbum87 0 points1 point ago

You haven't?
I like things that creep me out, and that place gets down right creepy. All hail the throne this and that. The titles that go along with the pictures.

[–]mellow_dramatic 0 points1 point ago

It is quite well done.

[–]tytanium 5 points6 points ago

There was a report about this practice on NPR the other day.

Zoroastrian's used to utilize kites and vultures as means of disposing of a body in addition to exposure, but an antibiotic/medication that was given to cattle nearly wiped out the vulture population in India, as the vultures that consumed cattle carcasses died shortly after eating it. The medication is now banned and vultures are a protected species in India.

[–]Darktidemage 16 points17 points ago

You think someone would do that? Just make something up on the internet?

[–]Obnoxious_liberal 6 points7 points ago

It is illegal to lie on the intranets

[–]garrow10 5 points6 points ago

I am obama and I approve this message

[–]mhbaker82 1 point2 points ago

and the intrawebs.

[–]clarque 3 points4 points ago

The potted plant in the background was a nice touch. Really spruces up the place.

[–]scotty3281 7 points8 points ago

True or not the story is interesting to me. It gives off a Stephen King vibe and I was disappointed to learn the story was fake.

Be right back, sending pic Stephen King to see if he likes it and writes a creepy novel about it.

[–]Chellekat 5 points6 points ago

I would read that book.

[–]EmeraldLight 0 points1 point ago

Hells yes. Or watch the movie.

[–]Chellekat 0 points1 point ago

I dunno... Stephen King adaptations don't always go so well.

[–]JOKasten 1 point2 points ago

But sometimes they go really well.

[–]Chellekat 0 points1 point ago

this is true.

[–]Iorah 1 point2 points ago

I think it would be more of a Dean Koontz read. King seens to focus more on native american mythos mixed with christian beliefs.

[–]scotty3281 1 point2 points ago

Either way I would probably read it.

[–]Iorah 0 points1 point ago

True dat

[–]barium111 5 points6 points ago

Yawn... Bullshit story is bullshit. Superstitious and religious nonsense.

[–]Aza-Sothoth 0 points1 point ago

So brave

[–]barium111 0 points1 point ago

So butthurt

[–]jeeptoy 8 points9 points ago

The facts of this story are bullshit, but pic looks real.

[–]moparornocar 15 points16 points ago

Pic is shopped

[–]Enjoiissweet 11 points12 points ago

You're saying the pic is shopped, but really there is still decomposing bodies all over the place. I can't believe people are upset that someone shopped the middle just to make it seem deeper. Big fucking deal, there is still a shit load of rotting corpses around.

[–]moparornocar 1 point2 points ago

They shopped it to make some dumb story seem more real. Honestly, if they put the original picture, and the real story of what that is used for, it would be more wtf. This is just some dumb story passed around by high schoolers who think it's true.

[–]Enjoiissweet 0 points1 point ago

No one thinks its true, people suddenly shouting a gods name they've never been associated with yet? The fact is that this really exists and there is really rotting bodies scattered throughout this whole "complex".

[–]moparornocar 0 points1 point ago

Some people do think it's true. People believe in ghosts and myths, this isn't too far fetched for no one to believe.

[–]tpiddles121 0 points1 point ago

This is just how Zoroastrians dispose of their dead. They believe burial would taint the earth. I forget why they are opposed to cremation, I think it has something to do with polluting the sky. They just leave their bodies at the top of Towers of Silence so vultures can eat them.

[–]Enjoiissweet 0 points1 point ago

Thats what im saying, a way cooler ritual actually takes place, but everyone here is butthurt that there was a shitty story attached.

[–]SimmaDownNa 0 points1 point ago

shopped the middle just to back up the fake part of the story. FTFY

[–]ME24601 0 points1 point ago

It's a type of funeral used by Zoroastrians.

[–]dodecadevin 0 points1 point ago

There are shitloads of rotting corpses in graveyards, but that's not alarming because you expect to find corpses in graveyards. This burial site is no different, even if "burial" in Zoroastrian culture does not include actually being underground.

[–]Enjoiissweet 0 points1 point ago

I never said it was alarming. People were just complaining about the stupidest shit.

[–]combivent 8 points9 points ago

Tower of Silence and Parsi Sky Burial NSFW ( you shouldn't be on Reddit at work anyway)

[–]FreeThinkerLee 0 points1 point ago

nsfw adds on this site.

[–]SEGnosis 7 points8 points ago

nsfw minuses as well

[–]FreeThinkerLee 2 points3 points ago

I had to close the page too fast to see how much was nsfw, I am at work.

[–]combivent 0 points1 point ago

Shame is your middle name.

[–]Iorah 3 points4 points ago

His middle name was "thinker" until he viewed an nsfw link at work

[–]combivent 0 points1 point ago

See? That's what you get!

[–]loveandlove 0 points1 point ago

After pressing exit instead of enter the site, it brought me to a website with the definition of "Imbecile"

I think the internet just insulted me.

[–]estragonsboot 4 points5 points ago

[–]keightalchemist 2 points3 points ago

Awesome. Read this while in a local sanctuary park. Will be calling I reinforcements to go home!

[–]Ballsackzach 0 points1 point ago

Fuck. This is edited, fake and they have no idea what they're talking about. It's been posted to WTF multiple times over the past couple months, every single time because people fall for this shitty story.

[–]FoxBattalion79 0 points1 point ago

this is fake story but good around a campfire I suppose. I saw this posted like a month ago, and the comments had links to other posts and disprovements

[–]Manjensan 2 points3 points ago

THIS. IS. SPARTA!

[–]tjmjnj 2 points3 points ago

there are other photos - https://www.google.com/search?q=tower+of+silence&sugexp=chrome,mod=17&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

also, this image is photoshopped - if you look in the pit you can see some black, in the original photo you can clearly see the bottom of the pit, it is dry, no blood, just some bones and crap that had been pushed in. Story is complete bullshit.

have a look http://alterman47.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/towers-of-silence-india-c-print-1999-si-la-gi-dot-com-wtmk.jpg?w=439&h=315

[–]twb2k8 2 points3 points ago

It's real. Kinda. I went to Mumbai and our taxi driver drove us past what looked like a closed off area with trees beyond it's walls, he told us that the Parsi people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi) live there. When a member of their community dies, they have a pit in which the bodies are placed. Within around ten minutes (according to him), only a skeleton would be left as the nearby vultures and buzzard would have picked the body clean.

Like the post says, it's apparently something to do with returning the body to the earth.

The story here and the way it's presented is fake but there is some truth in it. It's made to sound way more creepy and gory than it is (not that it isn't of course).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakhma

[–]dodecadevin 1 point2 points ago

10 minutes is probably an overstatement, but otherwise this is accurate. Zoroastrians believe that fire and earth are holy elements, and that cremation or burial defiles them. Thus, the dakhmas.

[–]twb2k8 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, my memory of what he actually said is pretty vague. 10 minutes just looked like a nice round number, haha.

[–]eric423 0 points1 point ago

also here still fun story though

[–]redpointm 1 point2 points ago

Good read

[–]Younggun101 0 points1 point ago

That's creep as shit

[–]miss-sawa 0 points1 point ago

Cool story, bro.

I actually held a talk about those towers last year in English class. I used that picture (yes, with all the bodies, after I asked my classmates which one they wanted to see), only the unshopped version where you can see bones in the pit, because that's how they work. Got me an A+ btw.

[–]iSupport 0 points1 point ago

Suprised at this post only because I was listening to this on the way home from work the other day. (It's an NPR story about the Parsis and vanishing vulture population)

[–]Sambospudz 2 points3 points ago

Well it's on the Internet, ergo, It's true

[–]king_hippo77 -1 points0 points ago

this story broke my bullshit detector buy irreversibly burying the needle.

[–]grumblz 1 point2 points ago

So some dude figured pictures of war crimes were too boring so he made up some bullshit lovecraft story too?

[–]EasilyTurnedOn -1 points0 points ago

Do people really believe stuff like this? This tainted blood infected these people and they began shouting nonsense about things they had never heard of before but was somehow related to the situation!

[–]satismo 0 points1 point ago

ha ha ha how cute

[–]mystikarts -1 points0 points ago

I love how there's, what looks like, a potted plant at the other end of the pit.

[–]InvalidWhistle -1 points0 points ago

Big ole load of fake here/.

[–]Nasty_Nomad -1 points0 points ago

Horseshit.

[–]krokee64 0 points1 point ago

Bullshit, but good bullshit.

[–]MuggyTheRobot 0 points1 point ago

That is one pit I would not like to fall into.

[–]Dmonkey98 0 points1 point ago

Wonder how long it will take someone to make this into a movie??

[–]justlikeearth -1 points0 points ago

So much repost......

[–]iodian 0 points1 point ago

cool story bro.

[–]Zombayz 0 points1 point ago

This would be an awesome opening to a zombie film.

[–]zentenai 1 point2 points ago

How many times must this bullshit chain mail article be reposted? I thought reddit was better than that.

[–]SlowTape 0 points1 point ago

Lame creepypasta.

[–]starkdigger 1 point2 points ago

I'm glad someone debunked this story. I was starting to feel like this was becoming a reality.

[–]deivijs 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I too am afraid that I'd wake up one morning to find a pit of blood surrounded by corpses in my back yard.

Honestly, the coming of Cthulhu seems more likely.

[–]panzervike 0 points1 point ago

Where's the guy with a hook for a hand?

[–]Tanaka-san 0 points1 point ago

That picture with its little blurb could be used as viral campaign for resident evil.

[–]punctili0us 0 points1 point ago

Oh my gosh, that's so creepy...

[–]mch2opolo11 0 points1 point ago

Like all good stories, this one has a little bit of truth laced in it. In my world religions class, we spent a little time on this, so that's my source, take it as you will. Zoroastrians only do this kind of thing when a member of their community dies. They will usually carry the body to a sacred ground, most of the time a prominent landmark. The body is left there for nature, i.e. vultures, to pick the bones clean, then they are gathered. It's been a while since that class so I don't remember what they do with the bones.

[–]tburman 1 point2 points ago

I'm part Zoroastrian and have been to this tower of silence for a number of funerals, though I'm not allowed up there (patriarchal religion). There aren't any vultures left in Mumbai and these images and ones like it have been making the rounds for a while.

The orthodox still insist on tradition, while reformists cite pictures like this to urge a more pragmatic approach to final rites. Even the people that carry the bodies up there are a separate, tiny sect whose numbers are dwindling.

There's a bunch of tall apartment buildings right next to this place. I wonder what it smells like.

[–]oxyghene 1 point2 points ago

yeah, right. "several feet of festering blood" - http://socks-studio.com/img/blog/Tower_of_Silence-15.jpg

and just for the hell of it, here's one where the bodies were not there anymore: http://socks-studio.com/img/blog/Tower_of_Silence-13.jpg - i hate this bullshit on the web. look at the picture closely and you'll see its altered. if the pic is fake, how am I supposed to believe anything else in this?

[–]wallmartadvice 0 points1 point ago

That reminds me of a party I went to over the weekend.

[–]jackmydog 0 points1 point ago

Came to the comments to make sure this was a bunch of hooey. Was not disappointed.

[–]dark55star 0 points1 point ago

Have we not already been over this?

[–]themaskedugly 0 points1 point ago

4/10

[–]SureFireWaytoDie 0 points1 point ago

once again the shopped image re-emerges.... sir your karma was not deserved.

[–]ilostmyaccount 0 points1 point ago

I am curious why you believe karma was not deserved. Assuming OP had never seen this in here before then the submission was legit from their perspective. As far as the upvotes go I assume they are from people who like me had not seen it before. Therefore in my opinion karma is deserved for sharing something some people around here have never seen before, regardless if the story is true.

[–]twoodymc 1 point2 points ago

The story would make such a cool movie

[–]snared 0 points1 point ago

This was awesome until I came to the comments, thanks guys :/

[–]pyrosterilizer 0 points1 point ago

Am I the only one who, upon seeing the circular pit, and prior to reading the story, thought THIS. IS. SPARTA!?

[–]Wildebeast1 0 points1 point ago

is it just me or does this get photo/story get a shit-ton of Karma every-fucking-time it's posted?

Seriously, ive only been here for a few months and ive seen this almost a dozen times...

[–]smek2 0 points1 point ago

I couldn't find a single trust-worthy source for this story. Only a couple of blogs that posted the very same "facts" as in the image. Is there an article about this?

[–]daemin -1 points0 points ago

The stench was so unbearable many of the officials began to get nauseous when they first approached the dakhma.

My god... the pit was so foul it caused the investigators to make other people nauseated?

[–]Rapistsmurf 0 points1 point ago

I listen to NPR too.

[–]lucastars 0 points1 point ago

Sounds so cool I WANT TO GO.

[–]blastshieldaddiction 0 points1 point ago

old.

[–]Baby_Punter 0 points1 point ago

I prefer true things that creep me out. This does not qualify.

[–]TERRiBEAR 0 points1 point ago

OP is either a copy pasta or is really gullible.

Google your suspicions before believing.

Being skeptical is a good thing.

Edit: To ease some minds here, I'll post information about the "pit filled with blood".

Once the bones have been bleached by the sun and wind, which can take as long as a year, they are collected in an ossuary pit at the center of the tower, where—assisted by lime—they gradually disintegrate and the remaining material—with run-off rainwater—runs through multiple coal and sand filters before being eventually washed out to sea.

[–]eleanor7667 1 point2 points ago

There was a story on NPR yesterday about how the actual ethnic group that practices open air 'burial' has been having trouble with body disposal because a certain chemical that local farmers feed to there cattle has been killing off all the buzzards/birds of prey. The real story is actually pretty WTF anyways though. Here it is: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/160401322/vanishing-vultures-a-grave-matter-for-indias-parsis

[–]I_hate_humans 0 points1 point ago

Oh no! Not a picture of dead bodies with text underneath!

[–]stenseng 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, this totally happened.

[–]Bad-Answer 1 point2 points ago

fact

[–]Obversaria 0 points1 point ago

If evil entities do exist, the one mentioned in this is not one I would want to cross.

[–]archontruth 1 point2 points ago

And if you believe any of that, I'm a Nigerian prince who just needs $1,000 from you so that I can access my multi-million dollar inheritance, which I will be happy to share with you if you help me out.

[–]poonthenoob 0 points1 point ago

A legend is born...

[–]FatMansPants 0 points1 point ago

Would make a cool Bollywood movie.

[–]guruthewarrior 0 points1 point ago

I've seen this before. You have failed the internet.

[–]amibeingatool -1 points0 points ago

NOT SAFE FOR WORK, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!

[–]Giggyjig 0 points1 point ago

Creepypasta. This ain't true

[–]Isfahan 0 points1 point ago

One time our neighborhood in Iran reeked of something awful and we found out our Zoroastrian neighbors were boiling large quantities of sheep blood and making jam with it to eat with bread.

Then one day one of them died after getting bit by a scorpion, so they moved out.

There's plenty of these ancient towers all over Iran but I'm curious if the Zoroastrians there still do this practice or not. They'd get a lot of shit for it if they did...

[–]RelaxedBurrito 1 point2 points ago

FAKE REPOST SHOOP'D.

[–]pccrooks 0 points1 point ago

I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway... so I reposted this!

[–]quitefunny 0 points1 point ago

obligatory suggestion of posting this on /r/nosleep

[–]screwed124816 -1 points0 points ago

Really Reddit? People read the article, hit the upvote button, and didn't even check the comments with the slightest suspicion of bullshit?