There is a saying ‘to be afraid of one’s shadow’ and sometimes we literally can be scared by our own shadow or a chair or a pile of clothes in a dark room at night. Our brains usually can’t wait to start painting a terrifying picture in front of our eyes that will make our blood run cold. We made a compilation of 20 pictures which are exactly THAT, meaning people were frightened almost to death when in reality there was nothing to be afraid of.

1. Thought she attacked and had blood all over her face, then realized she got into the tomatoes

dgroove8

2. Housemate was drying his fishing waders

jabrah15

3. Well I about had a heart attack taking out the trash this morning

crazyt123

4. Wife left the gloves to dry

RoninGR

5. For Halloween I had an inflatable cat on my roof. Last night it was very windy. This is what greeted me when I opened the door this morning

bubonis

6. My boyfriend’s niece tried to tell me goodbye from her window and almost gave me a heart attack

annjay_

7. Just had a heart attack home alone (My wife’s Roman Reigns pillowcase)

Notgoodatinternetguy

8. Almost had a heart attack at work when I went to the bathroom

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9. My dog trying to scare me

erethenn

10. Spiderman PS4 pro scared me when the sun reflected a shadow of a spider

epiccodtion

11. Almost had a heart attack doing laundry

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12. I just nearly had a heart attack in the bathroom

Nvr2Much

13. I bought my wife (who’s a professional photographer) a thermos in the shape of a camera lens. It always gives me a mini heart attack when I see it like this

Tryenamy

14. I put my son in a Halloween onesie without thinking much about it and gave myself a heart attack at 2 a.m.

LadyJane17

15. My garden hose gave me a heart attack

rocketman1706

16. We’ve been hiding this hair dressing practice head around the house to scare each other

havik09

17. Cat gave me a scare this morning. He got into my spice shelf

bessiboom

18. Dog-sitting for my friend. I got there today and it looked as though someone may have broken in while I was gone so I decided to search the house

zeewrecks

Walked into one of the rooms and saw this (his wife is a hairdresser).

19. Almost had a heart attack taking out the garbage

LadyLord13

20. Emergency light in the hallway scared the hell out of me earlier

Tezariah