This month, we asked you to photograph the eeriest places in your town or city. In response, you all sent us some creepy photos. Gloomy tunnels and misty fields feature heavily, but there are also haunted houses and sinister tchotchkes. Here is what you sent our way. The above photo is from Grace from Swansea in Wales. She says, “On a hike with people from school. It was cold and rainy. I almost fell off a cliff because I didn’t know there was a cliff there. Never again.”
[Editor’s Note: If you’re not seeing your submission, it’s because the image was too small (1,200 pixels across is perfect), the attachment didn’t work, or your email was missing info like your name, age, or city. To submit to future Rookie posts, look over here for submission guidelines so we don’t miss an iota of what you have to share.]Light doesn’t make it far in the suburbs. —Maria, 17, Wellington, New Zealand
There is a house on the street parallel to mine that has been abandoned ever since I can remember. In my mind, it grew to represent a terrifying place, it was a place where you’d quicken your step as you passed while wondering whether that chair had always been there or whether it had somehow moved since the last time you’d peered in. —Miljana, 15, Brisbane, Australia
The figurine on the left, she stands like the keeper of the house. The figurine on the right looks like a mermaid peering around to get a good look at the kid with the camera. The central plant has its arms crossed, waiting for me to move on (which I did at warp speed, acutely aware of their scrutiny). —Merritt, 16, Wyoming
Me and my friend Kiani went to this old, haunted factory in our city. Actually, I don’t know if it was a factory; some people say it used to be an office building or something and that it’s super creepy. —Stephanie, 16, Rhode Island
—Emilee, 17, “A Town Unknown”
I walk through this alley in the afternoons and its so abundant, and eerie, and would definitely be the place in a scary movie where the climactic bad thing goes down. —Rhayne, 15, Sydney, Australia
This tunnel goes under one of the roads in my suburb. The tunnel isn’t very long but you have to walk through fast. Everything echoes—including the sound my phone made to take this photo. The walls are completely covered in graffiti, and in the darkness if there’s a long stick on the ground it looks like a snake! —Emma, 19, Sydney, Australia
This is from an open field in Oakville. My boyfriend (pictured) and I decided to skip critique one day (#rebelwithoutacause). We shot this on his old Olympus film camera. —Stefanie, 21, Oakville, Ontario ♦
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I couldn’t bring myself to look at some of these photos for too long justincase I saw something creepy in the shadows. Anyone else have this problem?
Whooooooaaa these are spectacularly creepy. Horror movies are real.
OMG i looooooove that so many of these are from australia – this place is freakin scary, we can’t lie to you. i went to a lighthouse keeper’s cottage on the edge of the world here that made me feel like we were being watched.