While most of the stories told in this article will be of the ‘can’t believe how dumb people are’ variety, this one is actually one of the few that will involve a face-palm simply because of how unbelievable something is. Just take a look at the story.

Now, we have to admit that this is a pretty rad thing for someone to be capable of, but we also have to admit that we wouldn’t want a mechanic working on our vehicle after having a wisdom tooth pulled. What if he was on anesthesia?

This story is a little odd, because there’s actually a mechanic at fault here too. Sure, the woman in the story should know the basics: cars need oil to keep all the parts lubricated and running smoothly. But the guy who regularly did this for her also should have told her that.

So in the end, we feel that they are both to blame. After all, if you do something for another person all the time, you should probably still tell them how to do it on their own in case you aren’t available for them in the future. Just like here.

We’re absolutely certain that one of the most annoying things for a mechanic is when they explain a problem, especially a simple one, and the person they are explaining it to still complain about the problem. Or even worse, they refuse to accept the solution.

We don’t know why people don’t just take mechanics at their word. After all, they are skilled individuals who have to know a great many things about cars. Why would you assume that you know more about it than they do? It’s just ignorant.

Cars have names. Forester. Highlander. City Golf. However, most people know that these names are just names and don’t actually mean anything in regards to what the vehicle can do. Mechanics will tell you that there are still people who don’t understand this.

Needless to say, you do not need a car to be called ‘Highway’ or ‘Interstate’ to take it onto those roads. Honestly, we find it hard to believe that some people could really be that… er, uninformed. Did they never drive on either of those roads?

We’re not going to pretend like there are no mechanics out there willing to rip you off. However, plenty of them charge fair prices that are just still expensive. That’s because fixing cars is expensive, if you didn’t know. Don’t be surprised by the bills.

This is especially true if you do something stupid and wreck your car far beyond the norm. What would you expect in such a situation anyway? The worse the damage is, the worse the bill is. It takes more effort to fix bigger problems, after all.

If you know next to nothing about cars, you may never pop your hood. And if you never pop your hood, then the only receptacle on the outside of your vehicle is the one on the back, where the fuel goes. And if you think that’s the only place to put important fluids…

Well, you end up like this old lady, who pours a bunch of different things into the fuel tank, thinking that’s where everything goes. Frankly, we are flabbergasted that her car didn’t explode, but we’re glad the poor lady is alright.

Sometimes, the simplest answer is actually the right one, but you don’t think it is because surely there wouldn’t be a problem if the answer was easy. Well, turns out that because people overlook simple solutions, most problems are actually in that category.

If your doors won’t open, you should check the child safety locks first. After all, it would be embarrassing to take your car to the mechanic, only for the problem to be something that simple, right? Yeah, it definitely would be.

If someone doesn’t even understand where their car came from, you can bet they don’t know very much about it. This woman owned a Porsche, and felt that, to express her displeasure, the mechanic should call up Germany. Not a particular organization in Germany, just Germany.

There are so many things wrong with that, we’re not even sure where to start. It’s funny, because she actually had a valid thing to be upset about, a definite flaw in the car’s design, but this was still just a totally ridiculous statement.

If there’s a ‘whooshing’ sound when you step on the gas of your powerful car, that’s probably supposed to happen. In fact, that’s what driving a powerful car usually feels like, right? Well, some people just don’t know this, and they assume the worst.

We imagine that mechanics get dumb questions like this a lot. How they stay sane when they have to regularly deal with stuff like this, we may never know. It’s honestly quite impressive that they manage it as well as they do. We certainly couldn’t.

While all cars ultimately perform the same types of functions, they are not actually the same. There are many differences between them, and this means they can sound and feel different when you are driving them. Some people just don’t get this.

Mechanics have to explain so many things that seem to be truly and utterly simple. We applaud them for not insulting people when stupid things like this come up. That probably takes an extreme force of will when you think about it.

Most problems in the automotive industry are a result of people not knowing things, or not knowing that they are responsible for things. This woman is a bit of both, making her twice as frustrating for mechanics around the world.

And of course, her complaint about how the car should have never even been made is pretty ridiculous. It seems pretty crazy to make such a statement for such a remarkably small problem that doesn’t even really matter that much, right?

You know the air pressure nozzles on your tires, which you use to put air in the tires? Yeah, those spin with the wheels. They don’t stay fixed in one place, because how on earth would that work? But believe it or not, there are people out there that don’t understand that.

Maybe the car owner just wasn’t thinking too carefully, or maybe she’s never put air in her tires before and thus has never noticed that the nozzles move around. Either way, definitely a story worth face-palming over, and we’re sure many mechanics would agree.

In case you are unaware, you are not supposed to be able to start your car if it is in drive. Usually, the vehicle should be in park in order for it to start. So if your car won’t start, you should at least check what gear your vehicle is in.

Because if you don’t, you may just end up looking like a complete fool when a professional comes along, and nobody really wants that, right? It’s always more embarrassing when you have to call someone, and they may even charge you for it.

There are a lot of dangerous devices within a workshop or professional garage. And if you aren’t careful, those dangerous devices can cause some serious damage to the cars they are supposed to be fixing. For instance, you may flatten a car door.

This just goes to show that not all stories that make mechanics facepalm are about uninformed civilians. Sometimes, it’s other mechanics who do something stupid, and that’s honestly a lot worse. After all, they are supposed to know better.

Most things in life have a process. And if you don’t follow the process properly, you can’t actually achieve what you are trying to achieve. When it comes to taking the wheels off a car, you have to lift it into the air before you can get the tire off.

That’s because vehicles weigh a lot, you know? If they are weighing down on the wheels, it doesn’t matter if you get the lug nuts off. You still won’t be able to get the tire itself off of the vehicle. It’s just common sense. Rare for some.

Speaking of mechanics, they may come closer to serious catastrophes than you may think. Sometimes, they do extremely stupid things that could cause serious problems, like using flames near leaking gas tanks. We shouldn’t have to explain why that’s a bad idea.

We would hope that professionals would be a little more careful. Of course, we know that most mechanics aren’t like the guy in this story, and that only a few are actually that bad, but even so, it’s still pretty concerning if you think about it.

Speaking of mechanics and accidents, this one is due less to stupidity and more to a lack of communication. When you are doing a dangerous job, it makes sense that you should communicate to everyone what you have and haven’t done, right?

That way, you can avoid any serious problems that would lead to major, much unwanted fiery accidents. This is especially the case since a lot of things used in car maintenance are in fact flammable, so it pays to be safe.

We get that car repairs can be very expensive. And we get that some people may not want to pay for repairs if they feel that they can survive without them. But if a mechanic tells you that your vehicle is at serious risk of a crash?

Yeah, you definitely shouldn’t just shrug your shoulders and hop back in your car to avoid a repair bill. Your life is worth a lot more than whatever those repairs would have cost. It’s just much better to not risk it. Risking it doesn’t help anyone.

With how many features in cars these days are automatic, a certain degree of competence in operating one’s vehicle has been lost by the general masses. For instance, lots of people don’t understand how their lights work, especially when part of them are automatic.

But for some reason, they choose to argue with the mechanics instead of just accepting that they probably know what they are talking about. News flash: most professionals do actually know what they are talking about. They at least know more than the average person.

Keep in mind that the person in this story is not a fully-fledged professional yet, but even so, it’s a little embarrassing to be in training only to have this kind of story be told about you. Needless to say, not many people would put tires on backwards.

We’re actually curious how anyone could put tires on backwards since they have a very distinct shape that makes it obvious how they fit. Plus, you see cars everyday, and should know how wheels are supposed to look on a vehicle. Well, you should at any rate.

Does your car pull to the right when you turn your steering wheel in that direction? Did you know that your car is supposed to do that? Yeah, technically the person in this story did know how steering wheels work, but she failed to see that it was the steering wheel doing its job.

And we have to say, that’s pretty crazy. Like, did she not realize that the car stopped turning when she stopped leaning in that direction? Frankly, we just don’t know how this kind of thing happens. It just seems really crazy to us.

Lots of cars have automatic headlights these days. However, that does not mean that they are solely automatic and can’t be turned on and off manually. In case you didn’t know, yes, they can. Even if your headlights are automatic, you can still turn them off manually.

Once again, we urge people to actually read their vehicle owner’s manuals. If they do, they can save a lot of pain and suffering for mechanics who are just trying to do their jobs, and we’re certain that they would be very grateful.

Lots of people believe that the government is tracking them. For some reason, they also believe that tinfoil and aluminum are the ultimate ways to protect themselves from government tracking. Why? Frankly, we have no idea. We suppose they’re just desperate.

Either way, we implore you to not put aluminum foil over important parts of your vehicle. It’s very dangerous and could very easily lead to some seriously dangerous accidents, including but not limited to catastrophic fires or explosions.

While you may be of the mind that all gas is the same, this is absolutely not true. Diesel is very different from the gas you put in regular vehicles, and needless to say, you are not supposed to put diesel in those regular cars. It will be bad.

Aside from your car working very poorly or not working at all, doing this could lead to serious damage to your vehicle that would cost a great deal to repair. Always make sure you are putting the right kind of fuel in your car, for its sake and yours.

Lots of people come to mechanics asking about things like headlight fluid or flux capacitors. Usually, this is because someone is playing a prank on them. However, you would think that the person being pranked would just do an internet search or something.

Then they could easily learn whether or not they are being fooled or not. But instead, they just go straight to the mechanic and make a fool out of themselves. Seriously, it’s not that hard to find out whether or not things are actually real.

This story is along the lines of people not even doing a precursory check of their cars to try and find problems. If you hear something dragging as you drive, why wouldn’t you check under your car to see if you can locate the issue?

After all, it wouldn’t be that hard to locate this problem. In fact, we’re more curious as to how someone couldn’t notice. It seems like it would be a very obvious and easy issue to spot, doesn’t it? Well, what do we know? It wasn’t out car.

Your airbags are supposed to deploy when you get in an accident. Not before, and not after. If they deploy at any other time, they are definitely not doing their job, and airbags definitely have to do their job. This is pretty bad on Chrysler’s part.

Why they would miss such an important design flaw, we aren’t sure. But at least they managed to put out a recall. If they failed to fix their huge mistake, that would be even more unbelievable, wouldn’t it? Still, what a thing to mess up.

We’ve had another story about oil in this list, but here’s another one for your amusement. This woman figured she never had to change the oil, and that, once she had purchased her car with oil in it, there would be no need to replace it.

Needless to say, this is not how any of that works. Your car’s oil does have a lifespan and it does have to be replaced. If you don’t, you run the risk of your vehicle suffering all sorts of terrible things that you really don’t want for it.

Depending on how you park, your steering wheel may not be entirely straight. That’s because the wheels may not be straight. It’s normal and doesn’t mean anything bad. We’re actually not sure how someone would be unaware of this, all things considered.

And yet, there are people out there that don’t understand this or have somehow not noticed in all of their years of driving. If anything could get skilled mechanics to face palm, it would probably be something like this. It’s just ridiculous.

To wrap everything up, here’s another mechanic who just has a handful of silly and stupid stories from people coming to his shop. Needless to say, there are some people out there that just don’t know how things work. But unfortunately, they convince themselves that they do.

Those types of people are by far the most annoying, no doubt about that. The worst part is, no matter how you explain things to them, you will almost certainly never convince them that they are wrong. and when it comes to technical things like cars, that’s a problem.

Any driver, let alone a mechanic, will know that cats are notorious for climbing into the hoods of their cars from below. Cats are attracted to the warmth of the engines. Little do they know though that this is a dangerous place for them. Moreover, many cats get run over trying to climb inside.

One mechanic found a kitten just in the nick of time. Apparently, this adorable little furball had been stuck on the engine for a pretty long journey. It’s remarkable that they didn’t end up getting hurt.

It’s normal for mechanics to oversee cars getting a little wash at recon from time to time. But you can’t always guarantee that the customer is going to fully understand what is going on with their vehicle.

It seems like the following woman had no idea that she had a parking brake in her own car. In fact, it’s questionable whether or not she even knew what it was, based on her ridiculous reaction.

This seems to be a customer sharing a story about a nightmare mechanic they had done business with. It’s common sense that a car should be perfectly even, meaning that all sides are standing at the same height. Otherwise, you’ve got yourself a wonky car, and that’s no fun at all.

This person seemed to be as clued up with automotive jargon as the so-called experts they purchased the car from in the first place.

Rule number one of being a customer, make sure that what you are complaining about actually makes sense. This person failed to adhere to that number one rule. To be fair, they were freezing their socks off while getting the car up and running.

Anyone who has got close to a steering wheel though knows that it takes a bit of time for the heater to work when temperatures are very cold. This person thought that it was weird.

Truth be told, an engine has done pretty well if it stopped working after it helped car travel for over 19,000 miles. That’s a lot of distance. But there is a chance that the engine would have kept going if the driver got an oil change every once in a while.

This just goes to show that one should always keep their service records, just in case they end up in a situation like this one.

Some mechanics have much more informal relationships with their customers than others. Take this guy for example, who went to a customer’s house who after they contacted him via his Craigslist post.

As you can see, the mechanic lost his rag with the customer as he didn’t do a good job of taking care of his car. However, they seemed to hit it off and were happy to go out for some drinks afterward.

We always like to think that mechanic has all of the solutions to our vehicular problems. Sometimes though, all it takes is an average joe with some common sense to get to the root of what the problem actually is.

As you can see from the following customer’s complaints, they had no idea what the problems actually were, so much so that they weren’t even technically problems, just little inconveniences brought upon by themself.

Don’t you just hate those customers who think they know what they are complaining about, but it’s too late before they realize that they were the cause of those problems to begin with? What went down between this crazy customer and the mechanic is pretty ridiculous, if we do say so ourselves.

It’s times like these when it’s not just the mechanic who should be getting a review for their service. The customers should as well. Well, some of them, at least

Why on Earth would you disagree with a mechanic about the issues going on with your car? This person assumed that all of the features of every car they ever drove worked exactly the same way.

Word of advice, if your mechanic makes a statement about something going on with your car, or how something doesn’t work that way, it’s probably best to at least have an open mind about it.

You can rest assured that if there is some kind of oil spillage in the hood of a car, it’s likely because the person who drives it made some kind of mistake along the way.

Surely enough, this driver thought that the oil was supposed to go in the dipstick. The mechanic assumed this as much but needed confirmation from the customer. Drivers, if you are ever in doubt, just get a mechanic to do it. Don’t be a hero.

Far be it from us to condemn people for their weight. Everyone is entitled to live however they wish. That said, it’s just a fact that certain weights can be problematic. For instance, being heavy enough may affect the entire balance of one’s vehicle.

That may not be a very flattering thing to think about, but ignoring it doesn’t make it any less true. Even heavy vehicles like cars can be affected by great weights being placed on just one side of them. But at least mechanics can do something about it.

When customers who know very little about cars try to explain a problem, they usually fail to do it very well. They liken the problems to weird sounds and other strange things, like bowling balls clunking around. However, sometimes their analysis is closer to home than one might think.

The lesson here is this: even if you know very little or nothing about cars, at least take a precursory glance around the vehicle to try and determine the problem before running off to a mechanic. If you hear a weird noise in the trunk, why wouldn’t you check it?

Now we’ll begin with stories of people being very uninformed. Did you know that the heater in your car works only if your engine is hot? That’s because the running engine is what heats up the air being pulled in from the outside. If you don’t know this, you come across like the stranger being made fun of here.

When it’s cold outside, it takes longer for the engine to warm up, meaning it takes longer for the air being pulled into the car to be warmed. Keep this in mind and you won’t make a fool out of yourself like some people do.

Speaking of heaters and how they work, this story is very similar but still different enough. It involves a dad who tries to impart some knowledge and wisdom to his son, but it doesn’t work so well. Heck, the poor kid apparently can’t figure out basic science.

There may be some other things that dad needs to teach to this kid, if he can’t identify why there would be a difference in temperature between the inside and the outside. Maybe some basic science courses, honestly. That would do him a favor.

There’s not even much to really say about this one. It’s just an amalgamation of stories that all show how little your average person knows about the vehicle that they are driving. When you think about it, that’s really kind of sad.

Considering how much we rely on cars in our day-to-day lives, you would think that people would be more knowledgeable. Above all else, people should really sit down and read through their vehicle manuals, just to learn the basics.

We’ve all had nightmares from time to time. Sometimes they leave you waking up in a cold sweat, hoping you never have the dream again, or just leave you confused. What made that scenario quite so frightening? How did your brain even come up with it? These are some of the strangest nightmares that people have shared online.

Classic horror creatures aren’t that uncommon to have a nightmare about. After all, we’re often exposed to them and they’re meant to be frightening.

This person, in particular, had a nightmare about vampires. Unlike their more sympathetic depictions, the dream included them ruthlessly chasing this person down. In a hurry to get out, they made an unexpected decision: bite the vampire first!

When it comes to a nightmare, you might not have it just once. There are plenty of people who suffer from recurring nightmares that happen over and over again.

That, paired with a vague concept for the nightmare, it’s a quick way to feel uneasy. All this person knew was that they had to keep climbing the tree they were in or else. The worst part is that it would be hard to feel rested after dreaming like this all night!

It’s scary enough to have a nightmare when you’re playing yourself. Yet, there is something even more terrifying about finding yourself as someone or something else.

We’d probably react rather frightened as well if we were transformed into a mouse. They’re so small and defenseless when it comes to huge threats! The good news is that they managed to use their small size to their advantage so that they could escape. Hopefully, this nightmare was a one-time experience.

Nightmares can sometimes come to us in snippets, at least how we remember them when we wake up. Other times, a nightmare can come to you vividly and feel hyperrealistic.

This can mean that even a normal situation and the irrational fear paired with it in a nightmare can seem like it’s really happening. This person was only doing the hair of a girl they were seeing but it was a nerve-wracking event in-dream. Maybe they were stressed about messing up her hair?

It’s odd how a dream can take a sudden, drastic turn into a nightmare. All it takes is one tone change for the dream to go south.

Sitting on the porch isn’t a strange or horrific nightmare. However, seeing live footage of yourself on TV would be a nightmare indeed. Things would only take a turn for the worse if you saw something happen on the screen that denoted that you were in a horror movie of sorts.

There are some characters you see in pop culture that are meant to always portray the good guy. You probably won’t see a movie about a hero playing the villain.

The nightmare this person went through saw one of their favorite characters in the role of the villain. This time, instead of saving the citizens, Spider-Man was spending his time trying to destroy this person’s house, in particular. Not to mention, he seems to have gone through a growth spurt to get prepared.

Carnivals serve as a fun place to meet up with friends or family. For some people, these settings already seem a little nightmare-inducing, though. For this person, it was the latter.

We have to say, a carnival in a swamp already seems fairly frightening. Plus, the nightmare paired that up with a horrific roller coaster ride. While nothing happened, perse, they just knew that they wouldn’t make this quite to the end of their ride.

As we’ve said, there are some instances when a nightmare sticks around. You might have a nightmare that repeats, later on, maybe more than once.

It seems like this person has an issue with the Transformers team. Whether they prefer the cartoons or the movies, their nightmare had them running from the Transformers all the same. Interestingly, their escape plan was the same every time, ending in a bike crashing off an unfinished road as they woke up.

Almost everyone watched Barney the Dinosaur when they were younger. After all, the purple dinosaur has become a classic icon among children’s shows, partly thanks to how accessible the show is.

By the time this person was 10, they managed to warp the friendly dinosaur into a nightmare. The resulting dream included Barney following the user around with a knife. With the dialogue that they remembered from the dream, we’d probably run as fast as we could in the other direction too.

There are some nightmares that drop you into a setting in the middle of a scene. Suddenly finding yourself running as fast as you can would startle anyone.

When this person turned around, they saw someone running after them. No matter how someone looks, it’s pretty frightening to find them chasing you in most contexts. The low visibility that they described would only serve to make the scene even creepier, ramping up the tension. Apparently, it was scary enough to really scream too!

Dolls are one of those things that really divide people. While some people love to collect them, you wouldn’t convince many people to spend time with a wall of dolls staring back at them.

Dolls just happen to fall into the uncanny valley where they’re just unsettling enough to instill fear in some. So, if we had a nightmare like this, the singing dolls would probably be unsettling in any context. The rest of the dream would only add to the fearful atmosphere.

Driving around can sometimes be a scary experience, even for drivers who have been licensed for years. It can look even scarier to kids who don’t know how to drive.

One part of driving that is a fear for many is driving over bridges. Having a dream over and over again of driving off the edge of a bridge into the water would throw anyone off. Even years later, this person still thinks of their recurring nightmare.

Giraffes are herbivores and they aren’t often hostile creatures to humans. That’s why it’s a common attraction to have the chance to feed them at the zoo.

Still, as big as they are, it’s understandable that they can seem rather imposing to some. In this person’s nightmare, giraffes were here to take center stage. It would be a pretty scary scene to hide from evil giraffes like this. Their long necks would give them quite the advantage at snooping around.

Sometimes, the most unsettling things in life come from pure coincidence. This person’s story includes not only a creepy nightmare but a horror-movie-worthy coincidence when they woke up.

This nightmare would scare anyone and we have to sympathize with this person. The elevator alone would be frustrating and even scary but hearing their own voice on the intercom is what pushed it over the edge. Plus, waking up at 3:33 after a nightmare heavily featuring the number three wouldn’t really help calm you down.

There are certain things in life that you can depend on to always be there as a good thing. For instance, your favorite snack in the cupboard is always a welcoming sight.

The only problem is that not everything in your dreams is dictated by logic. You can have a nightmare that transforms anything into a horrific form. For this person, that meant spending their night running away from a giant Jaffa Cake that was coming after them and their brother.

Sleep paralysis is something that can make the average nightmare even more frightening. What you see in these periods can seem frighteningly real and you can’t move in response.

One of the worst things that you could see during this time is a beloved pet in distress. This user reported seeing their dog floating away during this period and they were scared as well. We can’t blame them for being so shaken up and we hope their dog was nearby for plenty of reassuring cuddles!

Some nightmares don’t rely on a threat of bodily harm or worse to instill a sense of fear. It makes sense – there are plenty of other examples of situations that can cause distress.

From the way this person told the story, it seems like roller coasters aren’t their favorite thing. Even worse, though, was the operator of the roller coaster was a teacher. The longer that the nightmare went on, the longer they had to listen to their teacher lecture them.

While they’re just professionals trying to do their job, dentists tend to amp up most people’s anxiety. This is probably because many dental procedures are painful or anxiety-inducing.

In this nightmare, though, the dentist wasn’t here to do his job. This time, the nightmare dentist wasn’t here to take teeth or complete a scary procedure. He was just here in his off-time for a classic nightmare attack. It’d be hard to schedule an appointment with him after that.

As we’ve said, driving can be a stressful experience. Considering this and how often people drive, it’s no surprise that the practice sometimes infiltrates nightmares.

While this person’s dream wasn’t incredibly detailed, it’s still an experience no one wants. The thought of a car accident is terrifying to almost anyone when it comes down to it. Not to mention, it would add another layer of fear to work so hard at trying to wake up.

Anyone chasing you around would provide quite a scary context for a nightmare. On top of that, a personification of death is a horrific option to pursue you.

Even worse, it wasn’t just a one-time event. The nightmare featured them hiding from Death a number of times. Even worse, Death looked terrifying aesthetically, not just in concept. Worst of all, the dream happened every time they fell back asleep that night. Those types of nightmares always seem to be the scariest.

In a nightmare, family being there is rarely comforting. In many cases, that means they seem like they’re in just as much trouble as you if they’re on your side at all!

In this person’s dream, their sister was there. She served some comedic and comforting roles, like offering a gift of orange juice. On the other side of things, she was also right beside them when they were scared and running for their life. We’re glad that this one had a cute ending.

While worms are beneficial, they do make most people’s list of creepy-crawlies to stay away from. It’s not very surprising that they’d make their way into someone’s nightmare.

This nightmare featured them heavily. Seeing a mass of worms come out of the ground would already frighten most people. It would make matters even worse to see them start crawling up your legs with no end in sight. Falling into a pit would only serve as the fitting end to such a scene.

As a child, it’s easy to create a nightmare out of a wild concept. This isn’t helped by the fact that many children can quickly blow a situation out of proportion.

This user said they were only eight when they had a nightmare that their parents thought they were a bad kid. The in-nightmare solution was a procedure that basically turned them into a fax machine. This seems like a solution that would leave us crying too!

Just because a dream is a nightmare doesn’t mean it has to only have scary features. Sometimes, there’s something in there that would make you laugh when you wake up.

During the nightmare, though, we’re sure this was more than a little scary. Already, they were running with their family, surrounded by explosions. While in a movie it’d break the tension, the loud sound followed by a Windows error message in the sky wouldn’t make us laugh in a nightmare like this.

Everyone knows the story about the band playing as the Titanic sank. It seems like that’s the inspiration that this person’s nightmare aimed for.

The premise of the nightmare was a threatening, end-of-the-world setting. It’s a worst-case scenario that a lot of people fear happening one day. The good news is that there was someone there to break the tension. We have to wonder what Ryan Seacrest would sing as the world came to an end?

Earlier, we looked at someone else’s nightmare about driving off a bridge. We addressed then that a fear of bridges isn’t uncommon, so a second nightmare isn’t unsurprising.

This time, the person was only walking across the bridge when the bridge would crack apart. As if crashing into the waves below wasn’t terrifying enough, the dream went so far as to add a shark into the water, promising an extra layer of danger. This nightmare would stick with us too!

This nightmare is interesting because it isn’t just scary. This user also describes it as one of the very first dreams that they remembered ever having.

With that in mind, this was also a dream that repeated, ensuring that they would come to know the details intimately. The wreck in the dream itself would be scary enough but trying to save a baby would make it even more frightening. We’d hate to hear the scarier nightmares this user said they’ve had.

If you somehow haven’t seen it, Tom and Jerry is a cartoon focusing on the titular cat and mouse. In every episode, the two antagonize each other in a literal game of cat and mouse.

Watching too much of it, like anything, can make the show fodder for your dreams. For this person, that meant taking Jerry’s place in the show. Unfortunately, the Tom in their dreams took things up a notch, turning the family-friendly show into a horrific nightmare.

There are certain settings that are hard to picture as a scary scene. A land made up of only Nilla Wafers doesn’t seem like something that would instill fear in our hearts.

Yet, once again, your nightmares can make anything seem scarier than it would seem normally. The scene caused them to panic in the nightmare, only made worse by jeans that seemed to be tied to their emotions. Flying through a Nilla Wafer world in fear with rapidly deteriorating pants seems much worse.

Even if you’re close with your parents, it doesn’t mean that they won’t show up in a scary dream from time to time. Your brain has a weird way of making everyday interactions pretty scary at night.

A simple talk with your parents wouldn’t normally end up like this. Still, when you don’t know that you’re dreaming, it’s easy to get drawn into the frightening storyline. Not to mention, it doesn’t get much scarier than your parents wrapping you up just to store you in the attic forever.

Young minds are particularly creative and they often think of things that many adults wouldn’t. This means that there are plenty of stories of strange dreams from when people were young.

This time, the user in question said their childhood nightmare was that there was a massive Roman sculpture in bed with them. While that would be surprising, we’re the most surprised that this was their scariest nightmare. Particularly because they mentioned instances of seeing spiders in the walls.

We’ve all had a bad dream involving body horror. Sometimes, it’s a dream about all your hair falling out or a tooth that shouldn’t be loose.

It makes sense that these concepts would be in a nightmare. After all, it’s an incredibly frightening thought! For this person, their nightmare was that they couldn’t stop sweating. Apparently, it was so horrifying that they only noticed the art winking back at them as an afterthought.

A nightmare that still has you laying in bed is often pretty frightening. After all, they tend to feel more realistic since it’s what you’re actually doing in real-time.

This nightmare didn’t start out frightening until an unsettling light started to filter in. When they were trying to figure out the source of the disturbance, they saw aliens peeking back at them on the other side of the window. We have to say, even in a short nightmare, we would have felt pretty unsettled as well.

There are plenty of science fiction and horror movies out there that show the end of the world thanks to a comet. Not getting hit with the comet seems like a good start.

Unfortunately, in this nightmare, that wasn’t enough. The Earth still managed to get caught in the flaming tale, catching the whole planet ablaze. Would this happen in real life? No, but that doesn’t make the experience in the dream any less frightening.

There are certain nursery rhymes that tend to stick with you. Most people could probably still recite at least part of the rhyme about Humpty Dumpty as an adult.

While most of us feel bad for the cracked egg, this nightmare paints him in a different light. In this version, he’s downright frightening and has a vendetta against this Reddit user. It would make the nightmare even more terrifying to see your family right there without them intervening.