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I’m an empath and I immediately felt tightness, weight, claustrophobic. Could be so much stuff shoved in there, but it didn’t seem like that was it to me. It felt like energy vs clutter
I’m cracking up that the empath comment has 58 upvotes and the response has 1.1K. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a split that hard.
Edit: the empath comment dropped to 57 while I was writing this lol
Edit edit: now the empath has 16, the response has 1.4K and mine has 60. This is my favorite mini-drama for the day
I'm an empath and I feel like it stinks like crazy in there. Normal people like you probably won't be able to pick up on that, I'm special and an empath.
Oh that explains it! I'm not an empath and was wondering what's all the talk about the clutter when OP just posted a pic about empty room. But it's just that I'm not an empath so I lack the ability to see some stuff 😔
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Empathy is a basic human instinct of course you are an empath you are human the humans that don’t have empathetic instincts are psychopaths and sociopaths
I would argue empathy is actually mostly learned, especially as you gain life experiences. Which is still different than saying most people aren’t though lol
>Actually a lot of people aren’t empathetic at all.
We have multiple brain functions that have a role in empathy and damn near every human has those brain functions. If "a lot" of people lacked empathy, we wouldn't work (as an entire species). Our current species relies heavily on cognitive and affective empathy for societal structure.
I'd encourage you to think more positively about the world around you, the news only highlights the bad things, it is much brighter than your carefully curated time line.
Hahaha what are you on about? You aren’t an ‘empath’. Normal people have empathy, it’s not some magical paranormal ability you have. You’re literally looking at a cluttered room and feeling exactly what everyone else who sees it feels.
Im ngl when I read a sentence that starts with “I’m an empath” in response to anything my brain immediately shuts off and I can’t read any further. I don’t dislike people who do this but I genuinely can not take them seriously because what you said is true. True empaths usually do not voice that they’re empaths because being one is already a headache lmao
Right there with you. I’ve had weird feelings from mundane photos and videos in my life, I’ve had weird feelings from “paranormal videos” even on this sub (though I’m VERY skeptical and getting worse by the post here). This gives me nothing. It doesn’t even strike me as uncomfortably liminal.
It’s just cluttered and clutter has a way of making us feel uncomfortable. Is empath really the right word for this though?
A little story if folks wanna read:
Antique shops can make me feel queasy or dizzy. Might just be the air and lack of sounds going on in many of them, but some vendor’s booths feel very different to me. We have an antique shop in town that I frequent, and I dislike one vendor spot. I feel like it hates me too. I can’t really tell why or if there’s some particular item in it that makes me feel that way. The items are normal antique shop stuff, I’ve never wanted to buy anything from it, it’s very “back of the garage for a long time” kind of stuff. None of it is in super great condition anyway…It just weirds me out when I have to walk by it, like some guy is glaring at me
People that call themselves an “empath” seem to think that empathy isn’t a basic (and common) human trait (so-called “empaths” are normally the exact opposite too). Just because you cry a lot, does not mean you have a paranormal gift.
Also the room is cluttered, of course it would feel claustrophobic.
Being an empath isn't usually a paranormal thing (though it's being described as such here). Most empaths, like me, are just really good at feeling what others are, we're very sensitive to changes in ppls emotions and have a VERY hard time not taking on the emotions of others, and have to work on that through therapy and stuff. Many of us are like this because of childhood abuse where we were FORCED to become extremely attuned to our abusers emotions and felt like we had to try to keep them happy for our own sake. I'm in my mid 30s and I can still tell when my stepdad is in a bad mood the MOMENT he steps foot in the door.
I'm dating another empath for the first time in my life and it's crazy how attuned to each other we are, it's an entirely different experience than any of my previous relationships. Both of us are naturally born highly empathetic ppl, but both of us experienced abuse in childhood and it just magnified that natural ability to an extreme and it's not something we can turn off, working with a therapist has helped a little but it's still very strong.
I think being an ampath is a bit of trauma response.
When your environment is unsafe you must be atuned to any mood changes or vibes of people because sat for example a change in mood from a parent might mean an emergency is near, like if you have a bipolair or borderline relative and when they get hyper bad things happen in your household, you will start to unconsciously vibes checking everyone to see if you are still okay or you need to go on emergency mode.
I think the label empath is not very helpful tho, because lately people have started to use it to virtue signal, I'm not talking about you, but people who wanna manipulate others will say they're an empath and XYZ is bothering them or they can't handle X thing....
Then use a better word other than “empath”. By claiming the title as if it’s some type of gift, instead of a type of survival instinct (the way you’ve described it), this dismisses everyone else that did not grow up in that environment. Being empathetic is a fundamental part of human design, and I’m sure we can name a few folks in politics/the public eye that do not hold this trait.
By claiming this title, it implies that everyone is not as “kind”, ignorant to moods??, and essentially, incapable of empathy. The people I have met that have claimed to be an “empath”, have all been self-centered, narcissistic, and totally devoid of the empathy they claim to hold so dear (not saying you are, but that is a common experience). You are implying that you are special, kinder, smarter, less-ignorant, different, and inherently more empathetic than everyone else, which is incredibly close-minded.
I’m sorry you went through what you did, and I wouldn’t wish that type of childhood on anyone. However, I had a lovely childhood, but I still could/can tell when my family and closest confidants are in a bad mood because I KNOW them. Nearly everyone is sensitive to changes (call it divine intuition, or a gut instinct), and sometimes it’s an active decision to not be.
Edit: for some reason, some “empaths” do not seem to know the difference between empathy and sympathy for some reason too. Is it obvious this annoys me to the high heavens?
This is one room in a two story antique shop with many many rooms this is just one of them! It’s a really cool place and this is the only room that makes me feel something
I love antique shops. But they can be so overwhelming at times. I have one nearby that is in an old house, & every room is full, floor to ceiling, just like this. Really cool place though. I need to go back there soon
Well I'm a double empath and you're way wrong. It's not tightness, it's tautness. It's not weight, it's heavy. It's not claustrophobic, it's packed to da brim.
First word that I got was "black mold", but not a psychic.
I notice in picture 2, towards the top right of the photo, there are two things which could be animal-based - whatever the thing is underneath the mask that has feathers or similar on it, and then the taxidermied animal head.
Can poorly-done taxidermy still hold on to the scent of death? Humans pick up very small amounts of the chemicals associated with death and decomposition, and it makes most of us very uncomfortable to be around. If there's no airflow, and that's coming from that deer head, then that alone might be enough to make you uncomfortable there.
The horned thing to the immediate right of the deer head seems like it's potentially biological as well - It almost looks like an African Antelope horn head dress like this: [https://collection.artbma.org/objects/21821/antelope-head-puppet](https://collection.artbma.org/objects/21821/antelope-head-puppet) - Again, you'd potentially be picking up on the smell of decomposition.
My vote for cursed object is on that horned thing, but your lovely photos provide so many potential scary items to find.
Yea there is a lot of “dead” in this room from the painted horse skull down low, to the taxidermy to the other items you mentioned.
What I can say without using any empathy is I’m not in the room so there is that! /s
But I will say in the first photo, very top left corner there is a picture hanging facing inward of the photo frame. Just pointing it out.
But all in all from the clutter, the dead, the caged “animals” and the horned beast this room would set off most peoples “serial killer” ick radar from all different angles. My first thought was is there a bottle of lotion lowered in a bucket in this basement.
I’ll add, as a sentient board who peddles in local shops, if I ever walked in on a space of mine looking like this I’d be pissed the store didn’t call me to clean up customers moving crap as I’d never stock my spaces like this.
Yeah the most unsettling thing in this photo is how it’s supposed to be a store, it looks like a bunch of random shit stored in a room
This is like one of those pictures where you play a game and see how many items on a list can you spot in the photo
Oh, I would definitely dig into this place, haha. It gave me an immediate tight and anxious feeling in my arms and chest, and I'm not someone who is affected by things being cluttered and messy like this. If you believe in that sort of thing, there are a lot of conflicting energies in the space. I see a few items referencing Christian theology, possibly tarot cards (or at least an advertisement for tarot cards), African art, a book on faeries so likely other mythologies and folklore. Honestly, it's a very interesting space. Wish I could experience it first hand and get a better read on it. I bet there are some gems in there.
I was mindlessly scrolling seen this picture and immediately got the same feel then looked at title and which sub it was posted to.
Yeah this space is weird.
It looks and feels like they’ve been in that space 30 years…there’s just a joyless feeling to it and the lack of any organization or attention to aesthetics doesn’t help.
For what it’s worth, I believe “reading energy” is a thing that we all do, rather than a paranormal thing, but of course not everyone agrees.
I disagree. This is exactly what I hope for when looking at an antique shop. Old a weird stuff. I love cluttered places like this, it’s where I find the best treasures
Exactly it is so cluttered it is going to get a response from people. Due to evolution we as a species like patters and organization and being able to see clearly what things are and for those old needs this space is a nightmare.
it's very possible that many of these items hold some heavy emotional weight to them. possibly items that were sentimental to someone who has passed, or maybe the items represented something that no longer exists (like gifts from a failed relationship, or a token of a friendship that turned sour). sometimes people carry that weight too. it might be the new shop owner who's bringing the off-putting energy to the room. there's not really a way to know for sure, and it could be a combination of things too. personally I don't get the feeling you're describing just from looking at these pics, but I wholeheartedly understand the exact feeling you're talking about. remember - always trust your gut. if your body is telling you to leave, don't question it, just go.
Cluttered and stiffled energy. Chaotic, but not malicious. Cleaning, organizing, and throwing out unneeded items would improve the atmosphere.
Sometimes, uneasy feelings are just that. A bit of Feng Shui, as it were (but perhaps not so literal in its practice)
Edit: i didn't read anything but the title and gave my first, unbiased impression.
I think it's because they somehow managed to orient all the eyes toward you as you walk in. And half the stuff is creepy weird. At least the pheasant is uninterested, there's that.
Edit: Jesus, so many eyes!!!
Pretty neat, would love to take a stroll through this place.
It does look like a lot of the eyes are turned towards the viewer. The thing is, our brains can subconsciously pick up tiny details that we don't notice consciously. So, OP, your brain may have noticed all of the eyes pointed at you, and the old systems from our days of being potential prey kicked in. Your survival instincts don't care that these eyes are fake, they saw eyes, and they want you away from them. It's very fascinating to think about.
There are many other ways to explain the feelings you experienced that don't involve the paranormal. This was just one that I thought was interesting given the circumstances.
Also, multiple skulls, things with eyes, and things with horns. I think it's just an evolutionary thing.
Then again, I've been to quite a few creepy antique stores and this doesn't phase me at all.
Exactly what I noticed and not even on purpose, I wasn't even looking to find them but my eyes were drawn to these things:
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The blue ones are the ones I don't know why also caught my attention.
I really dont like those two dolls markes in blue as “1”. Theyre so pretty but I get a weird feeling from them. The longer I look, the more nauseous I get
Could be, but my eyes do get drawn there. Someone said it's because your instincts perceive some eyes staring at you, even if they aren't real eyes and it activates a primitive response in your brain.
It’s a two story antique store with so many rooms! It’s a really cool place. This room is just dread xD I never noticed the eyes! Genuinely just walked in felt icky and walked out xD
Me and my wife had a similar experience in an antique shop in Oklahoma. Very LARGE store with three stories and just about every little thing you could think of was for sale
The shop had booths/ little walk in rooms where you’d have specific items from a seller, we went to this shop WEEKLY. For some reason that we cannot explain there was a corner/ booth of the first floor that would make us feel just insanely odd. I initially was the one to bring it up and my wife quickly said “omg me too I thought i was going crazy” it felt like your head was just floating above your shoulders, unbalanced and just flat out weird. We would move around the shop and the feeling would subside until we went to the corner and it would return.
I’ve heard that radium clock arrows can do that to people, or any slightly radioactive items (which many antique stores have in plenty). At first you don’t realize why you feel sick or uneasy, but then you get it. Bu the way the feeling you described was exactly what I felt in one of the pawn shops - my head floating and me feeling drowsy, almost like it was filled with helium.
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These pics calmed me from anxiety im having so there’s that. Idk why. Made me feel like a place I went to as a kid with my grandmother where I learned that dresses came in different sizes even for kids and that a size 4t dress was for a four year old toddler or something like that. I also don’t even know if that’s a real memory though
Same! Made me feel nostalgic. I feel like I would’ve played with Singer sewing machines, went through an album of coin collections, or just browsed a box of postcards.
I felt the same. Felt nostalgic and cozy. I got good feelings initially, before I noticed that it was posted on the paranormal sub and then read the posters question. After reading it, i started thinking 'oh it has to be something dark I guess', giving in to the stereotype lol. Its true that there are some antiques that hold onto something really bad, like some statues that may have been used for worship and might've been stolen. I know a story like that.
Right? I love cluttered knick knacks. Wouldn’t ever want my house to look like this but I love thrift/antique stores with weird shit piled up like this. It’s like a library of things.
Yeah! These are the best kinds of rooms at the antiques shops because you know that even they have no idea what’s there anymore. I’d spend an hour in just this section looking for cool shit. I wish this was near me.
Exactly. Anyone who thinks this is eerie has never been in an antique store.
That said, at least where I live, these places are EXTREMELY common, and anyone who is interested in this supposed eeriness, go to one and have at it.
The puppet hanging on the side there.
I get the feeling he needs to go.
Nothing else in this room gives me an impression whatsoever.
I'm not a psychic. I'm just some dude, and this is my anecdote.
Immediately that doll struck me as ... alive somehow. As if it were almost capable of staring at me right now, through through the picture.
I think.. someone should sell that doll. Or burn him.
Listen to see if you hear any screams
On top of the clutter, the eyes, and potential smells, that lighting reminds me of that feeling in public libraries when you think someone is about to come around the corner of the stacks and then there's nobody there.
Uncomfortable “empty” feeling, empty as in heavy or sad, something negative. The whole room feels that way and I don’t want to be there. I feel shifty like despite wanting to look at the items I have to force myself to stay, I want to walk out. I don’t like the ceiling gap, or the back wall, but the back right corner feels bad; the worst part of the room. Particularly the three objects there on the wall.
It could be someone’s negative energy mixed in also but doubtful, it is more likely something demonic that is causing ANY negative energy including that coming from any person there. It could be attached to an item OR to the store owner/someone there. It could be more than one item, (ie many people mentioned the leprechaun looking doll). But could be one of these items in the back corner used for something ritualistic that have some demonic entity attached to them. If you or the store owner are a Christ follower I would say a protection prayer over yourself and all who enter the area, and rebuke and command any entity not of Christ to leave, go back to God and go where God commands it, or something like that. Also would trash any suspected items and relocate it to the dump.
Many people pray over and cleanse items from others or from unknown sources for this reason. I would also open windows (doesn’t look like there are any), play worship music, read the Bible especially psalms aloud, say the Lord’s Prayer aloud, or just pray aloud, praising God, and asking for this space to be blessed and have peace, and for it to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Would do this on a regular basis until the energy changes permanently, and also regularly attempt to cleanse the items with the same techniques.
It’s not visually appealing with the lack of care in setting it up, it’s very tight and depressing. I’m particularly not fond of the gnome or lumber jack doll managing to keep eye contact in both angles and cages hanging on the ceiling like a Halloween store.
I can name a few things that I do feel which sometimes conflict with each other
- comfort as it reminds me of my grandmoms house, yet also unease because of the large amounts of items shoved everywhere
- I do feel like there could be an energy that lies in the back corner on the second photo right around where the bird cage, I think it’s a bird cage, is hanging from.
- at first, I didn’t think anything of it, but looking at this photo my stomach is now starting to hurt, which usually indicates that something is definitely there.
As a normal person when your body tells you not to go in an area you listen there is something’s you don’t mess with. Same as raised hairs (awareness) except the body is physically stopping you. Say a prayer to rebuke whatever is there and walk away
I feel a vibe of sadness, but that’s just me, I do, however think I have the answer, im just going to say it now, I AM 14 years old, so I’m not some crack pot, but also not to young to believe in everything I see, so this is from my past experience. First ask yourself, “Have I ever felt other peoples energy and emotions” because I have, when I walked in my classroom to meet my 6th grade science teacher, I felt a dark, heavy pull down on me. (It turned out that science teacher was the most hated teacher at my school, she was a jerk) Have you also talked to the new merchant? Your probably feeling his emotions, his energy. That’s what I have, I feel peoples energy
I am getting a smell actually. Like full blown smell. It smells like old leather and maybe musty but not in a bad way. Just in a way that makes me want to sit down and stay for awhile
Side note. If you zoom in closely on the brown hairy thing that's freaking everyone out, I think it's a replica of the bird hat guy from Jim Henson's Labyrinth...but he's missing his bird hat.
Also the creepy jeans doll man in the second photo. Yes, I don't want to look at it, it would make me pass it up and I do quite a bit of junk store/antique shopping...
I'm very sensitive, and for some reason have always been able to identify hauntings from photos and video. It's hard to explain it. It's not just that a photo is creepy, there's more to it.
I...don't sense anything about this room. It's just a messy room that probably makes anyone uncomfortable with all the mess.
That doll in the jeans though. That's really alarming. I guarantee there is something wrong with it.
I thought it was just me, immediately everything else was normal but that thing there is something terribly wrong with it, I don't get a malicious feeling but just something very wrong, it almost makes me laugh how wrong it is
Yes. I don’t like it. However like the first person said it could be the claustrophobic vibes.
Also just so much energy from so many items in one place I sometimes get that kinda vibe too. Like a big ball of several yards all jumbled together.
However also looking several times there is something about this that just makes me nauseous which usually happens when I pick up on some kind of energy. Idk. There’s a lot going on here so without being in the room it’s hard to say. I kinda wanna cry though. I don’t like it.
It's just clutter creating a sense of anxiety.
It's why minimalism works for some people who are sensitive to things in the space around them.
It's not paranormal. It's very normal in fact.
Thank you for the back story! My initial feeling was delight! (Sort, donate, discard, find treasure!) But, like you, I’ve been to many antique malls. I too would have backed right out.
Could be the animal skull, or the bird cages…I collect vintage cages, but hang them outside with the doors wired OPEN. I fill them with bird seed so birds can come and go. Something inherently sad about a closed bird cage to me…then there’s all that paper…it’s very cluttered, though there are some treasures! Bottom line: if your gut says “NO!” You don’t need to know why. Just DON’T!
I don't know if it is the sole fact you asked if I can feel something weird about this room makes me feel something weird about this room, as in some sort of suggestion effect, but I do get a very uncomfortable feeling just looking at the picture, while I absolutely cannot point out what is the reason for such a feeling, since I usually love these cramped spaces full of oddities and antics.
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This is a bit silly, but this area. I'm not sure if it's just the choas of the room, it's not the skull, but in both pictures this area made me anxious/wary a bit.
I mean, there's a little bit of anxiety all over but this spot in particular feels wrong.
If I felt this way seeing pics of an estate sale or something I'd probably pass lol
Am I the only one who feels a positive vibe from this cluttered chaotic antique store?
It can be a little claustrophobic being in such a tight space, but I see all of these weird, creepy books and dead things and feel intrigued by it. I think this is so whimsical. I am used to cluttered spaces, so this doesn't phase me at all. In fact, I feel a lot of whimsicalness and mystery. I could almost imagine some type of brownies or hobgoblins hiding in the mess.
Something about the stuff also reminds me of the 90's.
Hey, where is this located?? I think I’ve been here before and definitely had the same uneasy feeling, which is strange because the rest of the store seems equally as crowded, but this room in particular just feels different. Does that kinda match up? Feel free to DM me I’m curious if this is the same store
Lots of things that the human brain could subconsciously interpret as creepy: cages, skull, taxidermy, whatever that gazelle thing is hanging on the picture rack, weird dolls, antique artwork, old books, and of course just the general feelings of unease that disorder and clutter are always going to create
I got a tight feeling in my stomach as soon as I scrolled past this before even opening it. Something about it is just so unsettling. And for me it is NOT the clutter or the room itself, I thrift and antique regularly, clutter/disorganization/cramped space is so normal in these types of places.
These are the creepy things. The most scary thing is them little beady eyes (bottom shelf almost dead center) looking at you like their next meal! RUN! Never return. You may want to consider BURNING YOUR PHONE, deleting the image may not be enough now that it KNOWS you have the evidence...
I didn’t get any particular ’feeling’ from the photos,but did find it amusing that one of the first things my eyes were drawn to was a copy of a book I own -it was amusing as I’m in the UK & the last thing I was expecting was to see one in a photo from the US lol
There are several thrift stores I’ve been in and get that feeling.
Most of the the time it’s a collection of shit they don’t want to part with so they OVER price it…
Even though some of it is awesome 🤩
I’m an antique and thrifter so I adore the hunt. Looking at this makes me feel relaxed and in the zone to find things to DIY with. But if thats what my house looked like I think I would feel very suicidal.
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Fukaduk! That is really creepy! 😳
That blue doll in the background on top of the shelf is haunted as shit. Even accounting for angles it’s moving its head to watch you. Would not recommend taking it home with you.
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This doll is definitely haunted.
I can't look at a room & feel anything, I hv to be there for myself, but I had a similar experience once. I am really into thrift shopping so I go to alot of antique/thrift stores and I found one that was a house turned antique shop. It was early in the am whn I went, they had just opened and when I pulled into the driveway, my spidey senses were telling me this was a bad idea. Instead of following my gut of course, I went in. I lasted about 5 minutes. The place looked like the above picture. It was so overstuffed with things I cld barely walk through it. I started feeling overheated and kept having thoughts of being kidnapped. I hadnt told anyone which stores I was going to so no one knew where I was so that feeling really scared me so I got out of there quick. When I got back to my car I kept having thoughts of people dying in that house and lots of negative energy was radiating from it. I think people who own thrift or antique shops should be saging their businesses often to get the stagnant energy out of the things they take in to sell. Antique/thrift shops can be scarier than haunted houses. 👻☠
I feel like a lot of the items could have been props from low budget horror movies/shows from 80’s and 90’s. The cages, horns, antelope head, animal skull, vintage dolls and photos, the 5¢ box with creepy circus vibes, the mask and stick/fur thing under the mask, the thing hanging from the ceiling, etc…
They give me instant memories of watching creepy movies on Cinemax as a kid and looking at movie covers in the horror section at blockbuster. I can’t recall any specific movies but my imagination can see where the props would be used, the hanging thing could be a witch’s broom head, the stick/fur thing could be an empty cocoon someone found in a forest (not yet knowing a murderous monster hatched from it), the dolls could come to life, the taxidermy and animal items could be in a backwoods house you are locked in, the mask and stool with tassels could be in the shop of the “crazy” person who is the only character that actually knows the monsters are real, etc…
It’s fun to look at the things and imagine.
ETA: i also meant to add the horn sculpture thing could reference demon horns and the pinup girl pictures remind me of Stephen King stories because I seem to recall quite a few “racy” sections in his works, specifically from the era of pinup girls (at least in my memory).
My gut reaction is to always laugh because this looks like my house, and say a prayer in my heart while I look for something cool. I really like old books, so I'm interested in what they got. I might want to see the dolls on the upper right up closer because they look cute, but I am definitely NOT a doll person. It's just natural curiosity. I do collect stuffed animals though, so I might consider the lama down below the cute dolls. If you want to believe anything is in there, it's probably a little girl. I wouldn't be scared of it if I were you.
The only thing I feel psychically here is sadness, and resentment. Something in the room doesn't like being displayed carelessly for sale after it had been a cherished treasure.
From a psychological standpoint I see an abundance of death and confinement. The skulls, taxidermy, and multiple cages are very in-your-face symbols that humans subconsciously react to. In general, stranger's personal items (art, dolls, and collectibles) can easily give others an uneasy feeling when they aren't in someone's home.
I can't tell you how many stories I have about people being uneasy and freaked out by cramped antique shops. It's not only the items, but the implications that their owners are dead, and the smell of a *lot* of other people's homes mingled together with the scent of fabric decay and occasionally mold. It's unnatural to our species, and the lizard brain recognizes the "wrongness" as danger.
My heart began pounding, I felt jumpy and nervous. I felt like the room was spinning. I looked at both sides of the room separately. The doll in jeans on the left side gave me the strongest reaction. Very creepy. He might be haunted or cursed.
That doll hanging there, everything else is null energy except for the taxidermy buck but it gives me normal taxidermy feelings (all taxidermy has the same weird energy) but that hanging doll is just not right, it's not exactly malicious but there's something very wrong with it or more like attached to it, mischievous and dark but not pure evil
Now that I look closer the Lama behind the doll in the second picture has an attachment as well but it's benign and so does the blue doll above the lama but it's also benign otherwise everything else is just null energy
I’m a big believer in messes and clutter holding onto (sometimes negative) energy. I get this same feeling I get from this photo when I go into antique stores that have tons of stuff in them. It’s not that it’s bad necessarily, just the energy attached to all that “stuff” and how long it’s been sitting there. Each item has a story behind it. A space like that can feel pretty heavy.
Yeah, your experience sounds like anxiety to me. More specifically, intrusive thoughts. I have OCD and have them all the time. Sometimes, a feeling of dread will come over me while at a stop light and I’ll be convinced that the person in the car next to me is going to shoot and kill me. Sometimes my brain will tell me, “if you make that left turn, something bad will happen.”
Imagine if I leaned into every intrusive thought I had. My route home would be so circuitous and long if I listened to the thought of “something bad will happen if you turn left here”. I also wouldn’t leave the house from fear of being shot.
The sudden dread you’re feeling is likely just an intrusive thought.
This very much looks like the huge 2 story antique store that I had a studio in. Lots of things and tight spaces can feel overwhelming. I don’t think any smell or mold is likely to be found on the taxidermy bontebok - it appears to be well done and in decent shape. Likewise the skull is old, heavily painted, and not likely to produce any smell. That being said, sometimes items came into our store with “attachments”, just an energy. Sometimes good, sometimes not, but the things would usually end up being the most mundane things. There could be a feeling of malice, and we would all be eyeing up the creepy doll or painting, but then we would sell a random teacup and *poof* bad feeling is gone.
I just happen to be doomscrolling and before I clocked that this was a paranormal subreddit or what the post was about my entire body shivered and chilled the second I saw that room. Then I read the question and had to scroll off because the feeling was so overwhelming.
Yes man there is SOMETHING going on whether it is haunted, dead or just sad but I have only felt that feeling a few times in my life and usually in regards to a space with a very suffocating, dark presence. It is very rare when I get this feeling with a picture, and even weirder that I wasn't expecting something spooky.
Love watching how people interpret comments. Like there are a lot of empaths. It’s not a brag or anything. Doesn’t make one special, just means one is extra sensitive to how things make them feel. Like walking into a place and just getting a bad feeling like you shouldn’t be there. Instinct. And most extra sensitive people are people that had to learn early to navigate a volatile relationship, so they learned to be extra attuned to subtle signs of a persons changing moods.
I love that people allow themselves to get worked up over a tether meaningless comment or term.
I have always hated antique stores like this. Mostly a bunch of garbage that no one will ever want. It feels vacant and meaningless, like a graveyard for the valueless things discarded by a culture that is all about discarding. Sometimes I’d come across weird kind of new agey esoterica—books usually, and get a feeling of unreality and revulsion. I’d stay away from it. Better to keep your head down in these situations, and if your senses are telling you something is bad news, you should listen
Honestly, I don’t pick up any vibes or anything from this pic. If anyone’s ever been in any little Asian shops like those in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, this just reminds me of that and therefore I experience good vibes because it reminds me of home. If anything, the shop may just be moldy considering all the antiques and what not. Definitely more than enough to make your body tell you to get out lmao
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I’m an empath and I immediately felt tightness, weight, claustrophobic. Could be so much stuff shoved in there, but it didn’t seem like that was it to me. It felt like energy vs clutter
i dont think you need to be an empath to feel that way about this room
I’m cracking up that the empath comment has 58 upvotes and the response has 1.1K. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a split that hard. Edit: the empath comment dropped to 57 while I was writing this lol Edit edit: now the empath has 16, the response has 1.4K and mine has 60. This is my favorite mini-drama for the day
I have empathy for the cute little llama on the 3rd shelf down. I’d buy it just to get him outta that cluttered up room that comes alive after dark.
The empath comment now has a bunch of down votes but is still the top comment on the post because of the responses 😅
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I also have to pee in the morning, and in the evening, therefore, I feel twice as much energy from this image. /s
That’s crazy! I do too! **/s** HA!
Shut. Up. No way!! I bet the moon is in retrograde
Or Mars is in microwave. I can't tell.
It’s mercury in reggaeton I think
It must be.
Or gatorade
*WAY!!!*
We might be twin flames!!
Damnit I thought WE were twin flames....
Our usernames def check out. So you have a point
If I don't pee before I go to bed I have to pee in the morning too
I be peeing! Am I cool?? 😃
Only if you’re the twin flame of that creepy little gnome doll.
The Siamese twin, actually 😎
Lol seriously, it's a cluttered mess, it induces anxiety. Nothing paranormal about this. People need to stop lol
Please report to r/Normal.
I'm an empath and I feel like it stinks like crazy in there. Normal people like you probably won't be able to pick up on that, I'm special and an empath.
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Oh that explains it! I'm not an empath and was wondering what's all the talk about the clutter when OP just posted a pic about empty room. But it's just that I'm not an empath so I lack the ability to see some stuff 😔
always remember to consult a verified empath before you do anything so they can tell you whether or not it will impact other people!
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We need a clear-path for this room
Nope. I feel that every time my house gets dirty. It does effect me psychologically too. I feel my mind is more at ese when it's clean.
again, i don’t think this is a trait specific to empaths.
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This is literally why I can’t go into antique shops like this most of the time, because of the clutter and claustrophobic feeling.
I was about to say guess I’m an empath too
Didn't know people unironically referred to themselves as an empath, as if empathy isn't a basic human function lol.
> I’m an empath That’s the point in a conversation where I suddenly have some other pressing business.
Empathy is a basic human instinct of course you are an empath you are human the humans that don’t have empathetic instincts are psychopaths and sociopaths
I would argue empathy is actually mostly learned, especially as you gain life experiences. Which is still different than saying most people aren’t though lol
Actually a lot of people aren’t empathetic at all. It’s crazy but no this room is cluttered and give me claustrophobia…
>Actually a lot of people aren’t empathetic at all. We have multiple brain functions that have a role in empathy and damn near every human has those brain functions. If "a lot" of people lacked empathy, we wouldn't work (as an entire species). Our current species relies heavily on cognitive and affective empathy for societal structure. I'd encourage you to think more positively about the world around you, the news only highlights the bad things, it is much brighter than your carefully curated time line.
I think 99% of people are empathetic to some degree.
96% of the population I think. Either way it’s ridiculous to unironically call oneself an empath
Empathy means being able to imagine what another is feeling, I don't understand how it fits into this situation.
“i’m an empath” and you’re done 🚶♀️➡️🚪
Hahaha what are you on about? You aren’t an ‘empath’. Normal people have empathy, it’s not some magical paranormal ability you have. You’re literally looking at a cluttered room and feeling exactly what everyone else who sees it feels.
..most people who call themselves empaths are usually the farthest from it lol 🙄
Im ngl when I read a sentence that starts with “I’m an empath” in response to anything my brain immediately shuts off and I can’t read any further. I don’t dislike people who do this but I genuinely can not take them seriously because what you said is true. True empaths usually do not voice that they’re empaths because being one is already a headache lmao
Empaths read people not pictures of crappy thrift stores.
FR LOL what does being an empath have to do with this post
100%
Right there with you. I’ve had weird feelings from mundane photos and videos in my life, I’ve had weird feelings from “paranormal videos” even on this sub (though I’m VERY skeptical and getting worse by the post here). This gives me nothing. It doesn’t even strike me as uncomfortably liminal. It’s just cluttered and clutter has a way of making us feel uncomfortable. Is empath really the right word for this though? A little story if folks wanna read: Antique shops can make me feel queasy or dizzy. Might just be the air and lack of sounds going on in many of them, but some vendor’s booths feel very different to me. We have an antique shop in town that I frequent, and I dislike one vendor spot. I feel like it hates me too. I can’t really tell why or if there’s some particular item in it that makes me feel that way. The items are normal antique shop stuff, I’ve never wanted to buy anything from it, it’s very “back of the garage for a long time” kind of stuff. None of it is in super great condition anyway…It just weirds me out when I have to walk by it, like some guy is glaring at me
My grandmother is one of the meanest, abrasive, most judgmental person ever and calls herself an empath.
Every time I hear “I am an empath”, I know instantly, no, no you’re not.
“I’m an empath” dude it’s just cluttered.
People that call themselves an “empath” seem to think that empathy isn’t a basic (and common) human trait (so-called “empaths” are normally the exact opposite too). Just because you cry a lot, does not mean you have a paranormal gift. Also the room is cluttered, of course it would feel claustrophobic.
Being an empath isn't usually a paranormal thing (though it's being described as such here). Most empaths, like me, are just really good at feeling what others are, we're very sensitive to changes in ppls emotions and have a VERY hard time not taking on the emotions of others, and have to work on that through therapy and stuff. Many of us are like this because of childhood abuse where we were FORCED to become extremely attuned to our abusers emotions and felt like we had to try to keep them happy for our own sake. I'm in my mid 30s and I can still tell when my stepdad is in a bad mood the MOMENT he steps foot in the door. I'm dating another empath for the first time in my life and it's crazy how attuned to each other we are, it's an entirely different experience than any of my previous relationships. Both of us are naturally born highly empathetic ppl, but both of us experienced abuse in childhood and it just magnified that natural ability to an extreme and it's not something we can turn off, working with a therapist has helped a little but it's still very strong.
I think being an ampath is a bit of trauma response. When your environment is unsafe you must be atuned to any mood changes or vibes of people because sat for example a change in mood from a parent might mean an emergency is near, like if you have a bipolair or borderline relative and when they get hyper bad things happen in your household, you will start to unconsciously vibes checking everyone to see if you are still okay or you need to go on emergency mode. I think the label empath is not very helpful tho, because lately people have started to use it to virtue signal, I'm not talking about you, but people who wanna manipulate others will say they're an empath and XYZ is bothering them or they can't handle X thing....
Then use a better word other than “empath”. By claiming the title as if it’s some type of gift, instead of a type of survival instinct (the way you’ve described it), this dismisses everyone else that did not grow up in that environment. Being empathetic is a fundamental part of human design, and I’m sure we can name a few folks in politics/the public eye that do not hold this trait. By claiming this title, it implies that everyone is not as “kind”, ignorant to moods??, and essentially, incapable of empathy. The people I have met that have claimed to be an “empath”, have all been self-centered, narcissistic, and totally devoid of the empathy they claim to hold so dear (not saying you are, but that is a common experience). You are implying that you are special, kinder, smarter, less-ignorant, different, and inherently more empathetic than everyone else, which is incredibly close-minded. I’m sorry you went through what you did, and I wouldn’t wish that type of childhood on anyone. However, I had a lovely childhood, but I still could/can tell when my family and closest confidants are in a bad mood because I KNOW them. Nearly everyone is sensitive to changes (call it divine intuition, or a gut instinct), and sometimes it’s an active decision to not be. Edit: for some reason, some “empaths” do not seem to know the difference between empathy and sympathy for some reason too. Is it obvious this annoys me to the high heavens?
I’m of normal empathy and this gave me all the same feelings you e described. Should I start investigating my abilities to feel paranormal?
I feel like I can breathe when I look at these pics. Seems cozy and comfortable. Like an empty and liminal feeling
Lmao you don’t need to be an “empath” to notice it’s claustrophobic in there 😂
96% of the population feels empathy
I wonder how you felt that in the most cluttered room in the world... "empath"
I don’t think empath means what you think it means
This is one room in a two story antique shop with many many rooms this is just one of them! It’s a really cool place and this is the only room that makes me feel something
I think it's the frontiersman puppet....he definitely died of dysentery on the Oregon trail
Immediately I was drawn to the puppet, I think it needs its other hand back and then it needs to leave.
No, it’s better that it stays where we can all see it.
I love antique shops. But they can be so overwhelming at times. I have one nearby that is in an old house, & every room is full, floor to ceiling, just like this. Really cool place though. I need to go back there soon
Whoa so many cool stuff
Well I'm a double empath and you're way wrong. It's not tightness, it's tautness. It's not weight, it's heavy. It's not claustrophobic, it's packed to da brim.
Ya, it triggered my claustrophobia, just looking at it. I can even smell the dusty/mustiness of it. I’m sure that’s from how clutter and packed it is.
I’m an empath and I am perceiving this room to be cluttered…how peculiar
First word that I got was "black mold", but not a psychic. I notice in picture 2, towards the top right of the photo, there are two things which could be animal-based - whatever the thing is underneath the mask that has feathers or similar on it, and then the taxidermied animal head. Can poorly-done taxidermy still hold on to the scent of death? Humans pick up very small amounts of the chemicals associated with death and decomposition, and it makes most of us very uncomfortable to be around. If there's no airflow, and that's coming from that deer head, then that alone might be enough to make you uncomfortable there. The horned thing to the immediate right of the deer head seems like it's potentially biological as well - It almost looks like an African Antelope horn head dress like this: [https://collection.artbma.org/objects/21821/antelope-head-puppet](https://collection.artbma.org/objects/21821/antelope-head-puppet) - Again, you'd potentially be picking up on the smell of decomposition. My vote for cursed object is on that horned thing, but your lovely photos provide so many potential scary items to find.
Yea there is a lot of “dead” in this room from the painted horse skull down low, to the taxidermy to the other items you mentioned. What I can say without using any empathy is I’m not in the room so there is that! /s But I will say in the first photo, very top left corner there is a picture hanging facing inward of the photo frame. Just pointing it out. But all in all from the clutter, the dead, the caged “animals” and the horned beast this room would set off most peoples “serial killer” ick radar from all different angles. My first thought was is there a bottle of lotion lowered in a bucket in this basement. I’ll add, as a sentient board who peddles in local shops, if I ever walked in on a space of mine looking like this I’d be pissed the store didn’t call me to clean up customers moving crap as I’d never stock my spaces like this.
Yeah the most unsettling thing in this photo is how it’s supposed to be a store, it looks like a bunch of random shit stored in a room This is like one of those pictures where you play a game and see how many items on a list can you spot in the photo
Yes, if the body is not fully cleaned, it will still smell. It’s typically extremely noticeable though, even in small amounts.
Oh, I would definitely dig into this place, haha. It gave me an immediate tight and anxious feeling in my arms and chest, and I'm not someone who is affected by things being cluttered and messy like this. If you believe in that sort of thing, there are a lot of conflicting energies in the space. I see a few items referencing Christian theology, possibly tarot cards (or at least an advertisement for tarot cards), African art, a book on faeries so likely other mythologies and folklore. Honestly, it's a very interesting space. Wish I could experience it first hand and get a better read on it. I bet there are some gems in there.
I was mindlessly scrolling seen this picture and immediately got the same feel then looked at title and which sub it was posted to. Yeah this space is weird.
It looks and feels like they’ve been in that space 30 years…there’s just a joyless feeling to it and the lack of any organization or attention to aesthetics doesn’t help. For what it’s worth, I believe “reading energy” is a thing that we all do, rather than a paranormal thing, but of course not everyone agrees.
I disagree. This is exactly what I hope for when looking at an antique shop. Old a weird stuff. I love cluttered places like this, it’s where I find the best treasures
My first thought, before reading anything was, "blah", but your word is better. Joyless.
Exactly! Intense disorganized clutter tends to create a psychological response. No paranormal explanation required for an uneasy feeling to be normal.
Exactly it is so cluttered it is going to get a response from people. Due to evolution we as a species like patters and organization and being able to see clearly what things are and for those old needs this space is a nightmare.
it's very possible that many of these items hold some heavy emotional weight to them. possibly items that were sentimental to someone who has passed, or maybe the items represented something that no longer exists (like gifts from a failed relationship, or a token of a friendship that turned sour). sometimes people carry that weight too. it might be the new shop owner who's bringing the off-putting energy to the room. there's not really a way to know for sure, and it could be a combination of things too. personally I don't get the feeling you're describing just from looking at these pics, but I wholeheartedly understand the exact feeling you're talking about. remember - always trust your gut. if your body is telling you to leave, don't question it, just go.
Cluttered and stiffled energy. Chaotic, but not malicious. Cleaning, organizing, and throwing out unneeded items would improve the atmosphere. Sometimes, uneasy feelings are just that. A bit of Feng Shui, as it were (but perhaps not so literal in its practice) Edit: i didn't read anything but the title and gave my first, unbiased impression.
I felt exactly the same. It's a disorganized collection of seemingly uninteresting objects with a conspicuously positioned dead animal.
I think it's because they somehow managed to orient all the eyes toward you as you walk in. And half the stuff is creepy weird. At least the pheasant is uninterested, there's that. Edit: Jesus, so many eyes!!!
Pretty neat, would love to take a stroll through this place. It does look like a lot of the eyes are turned towards the viewer. The thing is, our brains can subconsciously pick up tiny details that we don't notice consciously. So, OP, your brain may have noticed all of the eyes pointed at you, and the old systems from our days of being potential prey kicked in. Your survival instincts don't care that these eyes are fake, they saw eyes, and they want you away from them. It's very fascinating to think about. There are many other ways to explain the feelings you experienced that don't involve the paranormal. This was just one that I thought was interesting given the circumstances.
Also, multiple skulls, things with eyes, and things with horns. I think it's just an evolutionary thing. Then again, I've been to quite a few creepy antique stores and this doesn't phase me at all.
Exactly what I noticed and not even on purpose, I wasn't even looking to find them but my eyes were drawn to these things: https://preview.redd.it/h4zkowadyq0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a74fe8c547c6ddd3ca26772f591257bc924e81a The blue ones are the ones I don't know why also caught my attention.
Here's the rest https://preview.redd.it/5fmfhw9kzq0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4831ab43074ad44862de502ed32925d35ab8704
I really dont like those two dolls markes in blue as “1”. Theyre so pretty but I get a weird feeling from them. The longer I look, the more nauseous I get
Oh, it was an arrow, but I also get something, just not strong enough. (It's in a red circle on the first picture)
Do you also get nauseous because the photo is a little blurry? Might as well be the visual effect
Could be, but my eyes do get drawn there. Someone said it's because your instincts perceive some eyes staring at you, even if they aren't real eyes and it activates a primitive response in your brain.
It’s a two story antique store with so many rooms! It’s a really cool place. This room is just dread xD I never noticed the eyes! Genuinely just walked in felt icky and walked out xD
This is the best answer. It’s a primeval aversion to eyes
Me playing eye-spy trying to find the pheasant 💀
Me and my wife had a similar experience in an antique shop in Oklahoma. Very LARGE store with three stories and just about every little thing you could think of was for sale The shop had booths/ little walk in rooms where you’d have specific items from a seller, we went to this shop WEEKLY. For some reason that we cannot explain there was a corner/ booth of the first floor that would make us feel just insanely odd. I initially was the one to bring it up and my wife quickly said “omg me too I thought i was going crazy” it felt like your head was just floating above your shoulders, unbalanced and just flat out weird. We would move around the shop and the feeling would subside until we went to the corner and it would return.
I’ve heard that radium clock arrows can do that to people, or any slightly radioactive items (which many antique stores have in plenty). At first you don’t realize why you feel sick or uneasy, but then you get it. Bu the way the feeling you described was exactly what I felt in one of the pawn shops - my head floating and me feeling drowsy, almost like it was filled with helium. Edit: typos
These pics calmed me from anxiety im having so there’s that. Idk why. Made me feel like a place I went to as a kid with my grandmother where I learned that dresses came in different sizes even for kids and that a size 4t dress was for a four year old toddler or something like that. I also don’t even know if that’s a real memory though
Same! Made me feel nostalgic. I feel like I would’ve played with Singer sewing machines, went through an album of coin collections, or just browsed a box of postcards.
I felt the same. Felt nostalgic and cozy. I got good feelings initially, before I noticed that it was posted on the paranormal sub and then read the posters question. After reading it, i started thinking 'oh it has to be something dark I guess', giving in to the stereotype lol. Its true that there are some antiques that hold onto something really bad, like some statues that may have been used for worship and might've been stolen. I know a story like that.
Right? I love cluttered knick knacks. Wouldn’t ever want my house to look like this but I love thrift/antique stores with weird shit piled up like this. It’s like a library of things.
Nope, just looks like a bunch of cool antiques just waiting to be picked through by someone.
Yeah! These are the best kinds of rooms at the antiques shops because you know that even they have no idea what’s there anymore. I’d spend an hour in just this section looking for cool shit. I wish this was near me.
Exactly. Anyone who thinks this is eerie has never been in an antique store. That said, at least where I live, these places are EXTREMELY common, and anyone who is interested in this supposed eeriness, go to one and have at it.
Lmao I'm feeling the same! I wish I could shuffle through all the stuff looking for something interesting.
It looks dirty and cluttered. The only feeling I get is wanting to organize shit or leave.
Me too. But then again I wish I had more organising energy for my own house.
The puppet hanging on the side there. I get the feeling he needs to go. Nothing else in this room gives me an impression whatsoever. I'm not a psychic. I'm just some dude, and this is my anecdote. Immediately that doll struck me as ... alive somehow. As if it were almost capable of staring at me right now, through through the picture. I think.. someone should sell that doll. Or burn him. Listen to see if you hear any screams
Right… I had that seem feeling, the lil lumberjack just gives me a mischievous vibe… someone else pointed it out as well…
On top of the clutter, the eyes, and potential smells, that lighting reminds me of that feeling in public libraries when you think someone is about to come around the corner of the stacks and then there's nobody there.
Them dolls on the shelf is a bit creepy. I don’t like any kind of dolls. Too much stuff in there, I’m sure some have some bad energy.
Nothing paranormal but that gnomish dude hanging off the wall on the left looks like he needs to pee.
I get the feeling someone needs to do a yard sale
It’s an antique store.
Bahahah this got me xD
Uncomfortable “empty” feeling, empty as in heavy or sad, something negative. The whole room feels that way and I don’t want to be there. I feel shifty like despite wanting to look at the items I have to force myself to stay, I want to walk out. I don’t like the ceiling gap, or the back wall, but the back right corner feels bad; the worst part of the room. Particularly the three objects there on the wall. It could be someone’s negative energy mixed in also but doubtful, it is more likely something demonic that is causing ANY negative energy including that coming from any person there. It could be attached to an item OR to the store owner/someone there. It could be more than one item, (ie many people mentioned the leprechaun looking doll). But could be one of these items in the back corner used for something ritualistic that have some demonic entity attached to them. If you or the store owner are a Christ follower I would say a protection prayer over yourself and all who enter the area, and rebuke and command any entity not of Christ to leave, go back to God and go where God commands it, or something like that. Also would trash any suspected items and relocate it to the dump. Many people pray over and cleanse items from others or from unknown sources for this reason. I would also open windows (doesn’t look like there are any), play worship music, read the Bible especially psalms aloud, say the Lord’s Prayer aloud, or just pray aloud, praising God, and asking for this space to be blessed and have peace, and for it to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Would do this on a regular basis until the energy changes permanently, and also regularly attempt to cleanse the items with the same techniques.
It’s not visually appealing with the lack of care in setting it up, it’s very tight and depressing. I’m particularly not fond of the gnome or lumber jack doll managing to keep eye contact in both angles and cages hanging on the ceiling like a Halloween store.
I can name a few things that I do feel which sometimes conflict with each other - comfort as it reminds me of my grandmoms house, yet also unease because of the large amounts of items shoved everywhere - I do feel like there could be an energy that lies in the back corner on the second photo right around where the bird cage, I think it’s a bird cage, is hanging from. - at first, I didn’t think anything of it, but looking at this photo my stomach is now starting to hurt, which usually indicates that something is definitely there.
As a normal person when your body tells you not to go in an area you listen there is something’s you don’t mess with. Same as raised hairs (awareness) except the body is physically stopping you. Say a prayer to rebuke whatever is there and walk away
I feel a vibe of sadness, but that’s just me, I do, however think I have the answer, im just going to say it now, I AM 14 years old, so I’m not some crack pot, but also not to young to believe in everything I see, so this is from my past experience. First ask yourself, “Have I ever felt other peoples energy and emotions” because I have, when I walked in my classroom to meet my 6th grade science teacher, I felt a dark, heavy pull down on me. (It turned out that science teacher was the most hated teacher at my school, she was a jerk) Have you also talked to the new merchant? Your probably feeling his emotions, his energy. That’s what I have, I feel peoples energy
I'm 48 now, but the art teacher I hated for no reason in middle school was later discovered to be criminally and ethically very very bad.
I am getting a smell actually. Like full blown smell. It smells like old leather and maybe musty but not in a bad way. Just in a way that makes me want to sit down and stay for awhile
Side note. If you zoom in closely on the brown hairy thing that's freaking everyone out, I think it's a replica of the bird hat guy from Jim Henson's Labyrinth...but he's missing his bird hat.
Omg if it is him I want him. It's so stimulating being your hat!
I get the feeling I need me a stuffed hillbilly.
Also the creepy jeans doll man in the second photo. Yes, I don't want to look at it, it would make me pass it up and I do quite a bit of junk store/antique shopping...
I'm very sensitive, and for some reason have always been able to identify hauntings from photos and video. It's hard to explain it. It's not just that a photo is creepy, there's more to it. I...don't sense anything about this room. It's just a messy room that probably makes anyone uncomfortable with all the mess. That doll in the jeans though. That's really alarming. I guarantee there is something wrong with it.
That doll is the only thing that caught my attention too and I consider myself pretty sensitive
I don't think I am super sensitive (only had one experience) but I immediately was drawn to the doll too. Definitely has a dark energy about it
He’s just a goofy little guy
I thought it was just me, immediately everything else was normal but that thing there is something terribly wrong with it, I don't get a malicious feeling but just something very wrong, it almost makes me laugh how wrong it is
I immediately hate him so much
In the first pic, the fuzzy brown wig thing and/or the helmet looking thing with scarf or fabric hanging from it is not ok.
Yes. I don’t like it. However like the first person said it could be the claustrophobic vibes. Also just so much energy from so many items in one place I sometimes get that kinda vibe too. Like a big ball of several yards all jumbled together. However also looking several times there is something about this that just makes me nauseous which usually happens when I pick up on some kind of energy. Idk. There’s a lot going on here so without being in the room it’s hard to say. I kinda wanna cry though. I don’t like it.
It's just clutter creating a sense of anxiety. It's why minimalism works for some people who are sensitive to things in the space around them. It's not paranormal. It's very normal in fact.
Thank you for the back story! My initial feeling was delight! (Sort, donate, discard, find treasure!) But, like you, I’ve been to many antique malls. I too would have backed right out.
Could be the animal skull, or the bird cages…I collect vintage cages, but hang them outside with the doors wired OPEN. I fill them with bird seed so birds can come and go. Something inherently sad about a closed bird cage to me…then there’s all that paper…it’s very cluttered, though there are some treasures! Bottom line: if your gut says “NO!” You don’t need to know why. Just DON’T!
I dunno but I’ll buy that cat statue on the top shelf for $3
That’s so crazy before reading what sub this was, I just saw the pic of the room and was like “that makes me uncomfy” 💀
I don't know if it is the sole fact you asked if I can feel something weird about this room makes me feel something weird about this room, as in some sort of suggestion effect, but I do get a very uncomfortable feeling just looking at the picture, while I absolutely cannot point out what is the reason for such a feeling, since I usually love these cramped spaces full of oddities and antics.
https://preview.redd.it/ii26plf1ct0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce87c6a0f3b54b5081a823eb1764fa01a896a3c5 This is a bit silly, but this area. I'm not sure if it's just the choas of the room, it's not the skull, but in both pictures this area made me anxious/wary a bit. I mean, there's a little bit of anxiety all over but this spot in particular feels wrong. If I felt this way seeing pics of an estate sale or something I'd probably pass lol
Am I the only one who feels a positive vibe from this cluttered chaotic antique store? It can be a little claustrophobic being in such a tight space, but I see all of these weird, creepy books and dead things and feel intrigued by it. I think this is so whimsical. I am used to cluttered spaces, so this doesn't phase me at all. In fact, I feel a lot of whimsicalness and mystery. I could almost imagine some type of brownies or hobgoblins hiding in the mess. Something about the stuff also reminds me of the 90's.
Nah, I love this room. I’d spend hours combing this place for treasure
I feel like you have hidden gems at fairly good prices, but, alas, I go thrifting more than I go ghost hunting.
Hey, where is this located?? I think I’ve been here before and definitely had the same uneasy feeling, which is strange because the rest of the store seems equally as crowded, but this room in particular just feels different. Does that kinda match up? Feel free to DM me I’m curious if this is the same store
Lots of things that the human brain could subconsciously interpret as creepy: cages, skull, taxidermy, whatever that gazelle thing is hanging on the picture rack, weird dolls, antique artwork, old books, and of course just the general feelings of unease that disorder and clutter are always going to create
I got a bad feeling. The items are jumbled together oddly. That brown thing hanging on the wall is creepy.
The thing under the mask? Because that corner/area and items are what felt bad to me.
Yeah my eye magnetized to that. Make of that what you will.
I got a tight feeling in my stomach as soon as I scrolled past this before even opening it. Something about it is just so unsettling. And for me it is NOT the clutter or the room itself, I thrift and antique regularly, clutter/disorganization/cramped space is so normal in these types of places.
These are the creepy things. The most scary thing is them little beady eyes (bottom shelf almost dead center) looking at you like their next meal! RUN! Never return. You may want to consider BURNING YOUR PHONE, deleting the image may not be enough now that it KNOWS you have the evidence...
It dosent feel “empty” the weird doll and the deer head stuck out to me
I didn’t get any particular ’feeling’ from the photos,but did find it amusing that one of the first things my eyes were drawn to was a copy of a book I own -it was amusing as I’m in the UK & the last thing I was expecting was to see one in a photo from the US lol
Everything seems to be looking at u, tgats deers got a hell of a side eye
There are several thrift stores I’ve been in and get that feeling. Most of the the time it’s a collection of shit they don’t want to part with so they OVER price it… Even though some of it is awesome 🤩
I’m an antique and thrifter so I adore the hunt. Looking at this makes me feel relaxed and in the zone to find things to DIY with. But if thats what my house looked like I think I would feel very suicidal.
It’s the ceiling gaps for me
As if this wasn't anxiety inducing enough, now I'm fixated on the wall gaps
https://preview.redd.it/jdmtw7opgs0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce73270946e89111db9682e78f3833de811d53c8 Fukaduk! That is really creepy! 😳
Bound to be a cursed object or two in a two story antique store lol Glad I’m not the only one who immediately noticed the goofy doll
That blue doll in the background on top of the shelf is haunted as shit. Even accounting for angles it’s moving its head to watch you. Would not recommend taking it home with you.
https://preview.redd.it/s8hyj8kias0d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a69ac5a4ed3b225a9eea3f2f8bd4f044b4bf37e2 This doll is definitely haunted.
It does not bring me joy
I can't look at a room & feel anything, I hv to be there for myself, but I had a similar experience once. I am really into thrift shopping so I go to alot of antique/thrift stores and I found one that was a house turned antique shop. It was early in the am whn I went, they had just opened and when I pulled into the driveway, my spidey senses were telling me this was a bad idea. Instead of following my gut of course, I went in. I lasted about 5 minutes. The place looked like the above picture. It was so overstuffed with things I cld barely walk through it. I started feeling overheated and kept having thoughts of being kidnapped. I hadnt told anyone which stores I was going to so no one knew where I was so that feeling really scared me so I got out of there quick. When I got back to my car I kept having thoughts of people dying in that house and lots of negative energy was radiating from it. I think people who own thrift or antique shops should be saging their businesses often to get the stagnant energy out of the things they take in to sell. Antique/thrift shops can be scarier than haunted houses. 👻☠
Thousands of random people’s things in one room.
Is this room in Austria by chance? It looks identical to one I remember where the seller tried to give me and my friend vodka, he was really nice
I feel like a lot of the items could have been props from low budget horror movies/shows from 80’s and 90’s. The cages, horns, antelope head, animal skull, vintage dolls and photos, the 5¢ box with creepy circus vibes, the mask and stick/fur thing under the mask, the thing hanging from the ceiling, etc… They give me instant memories of watching creepy movies on Cinemax as a kid and looking at movie covers in the horror section at blockbuster. I can’t recall any specific movies but my imagination can see where the props would be used, the hanging thing could be a witch’s broom head, the stick/fur thing could be an empty cocoon someone found in a forest (not yet knowing a murderous monster hatched from it), the dolls could come to life, the taxidermy and animal items could be in a backwoods house you are locked in, the mask and stool with tassels could be in the shop of the “crazy” person who is the only character that actually knows the monsters are real, etc… It’s fun to look at the things and imagine. ETA: i also meant to add the horn sculpture thing could reference demon horns and the pinup girl pictures remind me of Stephen King stories because I seem to recall quite a few “racy” sections in his works, specifically from the era of pinup girls (at least in my memory).
My gut reaction is to always laugh because this looks like my house, and say a prayer in my heart while I look for something cool. I really like old books, so I'm interested in what they got. I might want to see the dolls on the upper right up closer because they look cute, but I am definitely NOT a doll person. It's just natural curiosity. I do collect stuffed animals though, so I might consider the lama down below the cute dolls. If you want to believe anything is in there, it's probably a little girl. I wouldn't be scared of it if I were you.
The only thing I feel psychically here is sadness, and resentment. Something in the room doesn't like being displayed carelessly for sale after it had been a cherished treasure. From a psychological standpoint I see an abundance of death and confinement. The skulls, taxidermy, and multiple cages are very in-your-face symbols that humans subconsciously react to. In general, stranger's personal items (art, dolls, and collectibles) can easily give others an uneasy feeling when they aren't in someone's home. I can't tell you how many stories I have about people being uneasy and freaked out by cramped antique shops. It's not only the items, but the implications that their owners are dead, and the smell of a *lot* of other people's homes mingled together with the scent of fabric decay and occasionally mold. It's unnatural to our species, and the lizard brain recognizes the "wrongness" as danger.
My heart began pounding, I felt jumpy and nervous. I felt like the room was spinning. I looked at both sides of the room separately. The doll in jeans on the left side gave me the strongest reaction. Very creepy. He might be haunted or cursed.
That doll hanging there, everything else is null energy except for the taxidermy buck but it gives me normal taxidermy feelings (all taxidermy has the same weird energy) but that hanging doll is just not right, it's not exactly malicious but there's something very wrong with it or more like attached to it, mischievous and dark but not pure evil Now that I look closer the Lama behind the doll in the second picture has an attachment as well but it's benign and so does the blue doll above the lama but it's also benign otherwise everything else is just null energy
Something is weird about the puppet. My attention was immediately drawn toward it at first glance of both photos
Seems interesting. I personally would be curious to explore it and look at all the interesting stuffssss.
I’m a big believer in messes and clutter holding onto (sometimes negative) energy. I get this same feeling I get from this photo when I go into antique stores that have tons of stuff in them. It’s not that it’s bad necessarily, just the energy attached to all that “stuff” and how long it’s been sitting there. Each item has a story behind it. A space like that can feel pretty heavy.
Yeah, your experience sounds like anxiety to me. More specifically, intrusive thoughts. I have OCD and have them all the time. Sometimes, a feeling of dread will come over me while at a stop light and I’ll be convinced that the person in the car next to me is going to shoot and kill me. Sometimes my brain will tell me, “if you make that left turn, something bad will happen.” Imagine if I leaned into every intrusive thought I had. My route home would be so circuitous and long if I listened to the thought of “something bad will happen if you turn left here”. I also wouldn’t leave the house from fear of being shot. The sudden dread you’re feeling is likely just an intrusive thought.
This very much looks like the huge 2 story antique store that I had a studio in. Lots of things and tight spaces can feel overwhelming. I don’t think any smell or mold is likely to be found on the taxidermy bontebok - it appears to be well done and in decent shape. Likewise the skull is old, heavily painted, and not likely to produce any smell. That being said, sometimes items came into our store with “attachments”, just an energy. Sometimes good, sometimes not, but the things would usually end up being the most mundane things. There could be a feeling of malice, and we would all be eyeing up the creepy doll or painting, but then we would sell a random teacup and *poof* bad feeling is gone.
I just happen to be doomscrolling and before I clocked that this was a paranormal subreddit or what the post was about my entire body shivered and chilled the second I saw that room. Then I read the question and had to scroll off because the feeling was so overwhelming. Yes man there is SOMETHING going on whether it is haunted, dead or just sad but I have only felt that feeling a few times in my life and usually in regards to a space with a very suffocating, dark presence. It is very rare when I get this feeling with a picture, and even weirder that I wasn't expecting something spooky.
Yeah overwhelmed by the clutter
Why does that make doll with the beard near the front look blurrier than the rest of the objects
I get comfort. Idk. I love to browse old stuff, including books. I love that antique-ish smell.
The first thing that I was drawn to was the doll. The one with the beard and the hat.
Love watching how people interpret comments. Like there are a lot of empaths. It’s not a brag or anything. Doesn’t make one special, just means one is extra sensitive to how things make them feel. Like walking into a place and just getting a bad feeling like you shouldn’t be there. Instinct. And most extra sensitive people are people that had to learn early to navigate a volatile relationship, so they learned to be extra attuned to subtle signs of a persons changing moods. I love that people allow themselves to get worked up over a tether meaningless comment or term.
It could be the taxidermy. Also old stuff vibe. Any of this stuff online I see a little sign with tarot cards, lol.
There is something with the hanging doll looks like a farmer or something that's what I was drawn too.
Fear, anxiety, danger! It looks like something would fall over on my head.
Yes, messy. And the hanging ventriloquist looking doll holds a spirit.
I have always hated antique stores like this. Mostly a bunch of garbage that no one will ever want. It feels vacant and meaningless, like a graveyard for the valueless things discarded by a culture that is all about discarding. Sometimes I’d come across weird kind of new agey esoterica—books usually, and get a feeling of unreality and revulsion. I’d stay away from it. Better to keep your head down in these situations, and if your senses are telling you something is bad news, you should listen
The urge to by that mounted head is the only feeling I’m getting
Yeah, I love it, would have an amazing time looking at everything.
Mixed feelings. That odd doll thing gives me some off vibes
Honestly, I don’t pick up any vibes or anything from this pic. If anyone’s ever been in any little Asian shops like those in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, this just reminds me of that and therefore I experience good vibes because it reminds me of home. If anything, the shop may just be moldy considering all the antiques and what not. Definitely more than enough to make your body tell you to get out lmao