11 People Who Witnessed Very Bizarre Things at Someone’s Home

Homes often reflect a person’s personality, but some take it to unexpected extremes. From peculiar decor choices to strange collections, people have encountered truly bizarre items inside others’ homes. These unusual discoveries can range from amusing to downright puzzling, leaving visitors speechless. In this article, we explore some of the most outlandish and eccentric things ever spotted in people’s homes.

• I went on a date with this incredibly attractive woman. When we went to her house, I noticed a pair of binoculars on the side table and asked what they were for. She casually replied, “Sometimes I like to look into people’s places to see what they’re up to.” Totally weirded me out. © PewpyDewpdyPantz / Reddit

• A girl I hung out with in college invited me over to study together. We didn’t have dorms; we lived close enough to walk to college, so it was at her house. I saw this little colorful urn on her TV stand, and I said, “Oh, that’s a pretty pot.” She gave me a really sad smile and replied, “Thanks... that’s my daughter.” I felt so bad. © Spuzzle91 / Reddit
• I toured a condo, and they had a communal shower — the kind you’d see at the YMCA, with six shower heads. All I could imagine was them inviting their friends over for group showers. © ooo-ooo-oooyea / Reddit
• I was invited to my friend’s house for dinner. His mom was setting the table, and it looked like it was going to be a simple meal for the three of us. But then, I noticed something strange. She set four places: for me, for her son, for herself, and the fourth... for a doll.
  At first, I thought maybe it was just a quirky decoration, but then I looked closer. The doll had a cut-out picture of an elderly woman’s face taped to it. I asked Brian about it, and he just shrugged, acting like it was no big deal. His mom, on the other hand, casually placed the doll in the chair like it was completely normal.

• Once, when I was a kid, I was invited to a friend’s house for dinner. During the meal, my friend’s mom filled a cereal bowl with a huge amount of ketchup, and the whole family casually dipped their fingers into it and licked them throughout dinner. © Potential_Elk_566 / Reddit
• I spent the night at this girl’s place and got up early to make breakfast. I’m rummaging through the cabinets looking for salt and pepper for my eggs, only to realize she doesn’t have a single spice in her house. Not even salt! Like, what?! © Chaxum / Reddit
• Keeping dozens of cockroaches as pets in a box in their room. And no, they weren’t for feeding reptiles — they were actual pets being cared for. This was a teenage friend from years ago who apparently loved catching insects like Pokémon. © sgtaguy / Reddit

• I cat-sat for my neighbor once, and one of the cats needed medication that had to be kept in the fridge. When I opened it to grab the meds, I was shocked to see nothing but tubs of jello. Seriously, there were about 40 tubs, filling the entire fridge. Besides the medicine, jello was the only thing in there! © Unknown author / Reddit
• A guy I had a crush on didn’t even put sheets on his bed. It was so gross — his mattress was filthy, and I couldn’t imagine how it would ever get clean. I couldn’t get over it, and things didn’t work out. © Alexiarae5 / Reddit
• My mom and I stopped at a neighborhood garage sale. Everything in the house was for sale, and we decided to go inside. At first, the house seemed normal, aside from a horror movie playing on a TV. We went upstairs, where things got weird.
  The next bedroom looked like someone was sleeping in the bed. My blood ran cold, it was a full-sized human horror prop of a very realistic zombie woman and a half-human prop crawling on the floor. In the next room, we found a dungeon setup with torture equipment and piles of Barbie heads. Totally freaked out, we left quietly. As we did, another woman came out of a creepy room, and we all exchanged wide-eyed looks before heading out to process what we’d just seen. © family_resemblance / Reddit

• I was at my friend’s apartment when I noticed several boxes of menstrual pads in her living room — more than I had ever seen in one place. Curiosity piqued, I casually asked about them. My friend laughed and said they were for a “project” she was working on. I pressed for details, but she just smiled cryptically. Later, as I wandered around, I spotted a strange contraption in her bedroom, covered with a sheet. When I finally mustered the courage to lift the sheet, my jaw dropped: it was a DIY catapult, aimed right at the living room. I turned to my friend, bewildered. “For the pads?” She grinned. “To launch them at my ex’s new girlfriend’s house. I hear she needs them.”

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