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15 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

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It's hard to be amazed by anything you see online, when you know any teenager with a computer and a pirated copy of Photoshop can cobble together a fake photograph in minutes.

Unfortunately this means there's a whole bunch of jaw-dropping pics that the internet declared "FAKE!" the moment they appeared. But as it turns out, some of the most baffling of them are, in fact, real.

#15.
The Machine Apparently Made to Saw the World in Half

What appears to be some normal-sized machine cropped and pasted onto a skyline is actually a gigantic machinized monstrosity designed for excavation by some Germans. Those things that look like saw teeth big enough to cut down the Empire State Building are actually buckets, each of which could pretty much scoop up your whole house.

If this thing's secretly a transformer, we're screwed.

#14.
Macaroni Push-Pop

Yes, this push-pop made of "Macaroni & Cheese in Chili Sauce With Beef" is very real, part of a "convenience meets nausea" movement to provide your favorite foods on the go in a microwaveable, cardboard tube. Scrambled eggs are also available.

Here's a tip for all you potential consumers: if you want macaroni and cheese so badly that you're willing to eat it in a push pop, you have an illness and need to reach out to a professional.

#13.
"AAAAARRGGHH! EDDIE MURPHY HEAD!"

This giant, terrifying Eddie Murphy head that looks like a badly photoshopped and probably racist 4chan meme, was actually part of an enormous bust they were building to promote the movie, Meet Dave.

Incidentally, the only thing that would scare us more than driving next to Axl Foley's humongous noggin on the highway is being forced to see the movie.

#12.
Giant Table or Tiny Bicyclist?

This humongous table and chair is a sculpture in England. The artist wanted to build a monument to the privacy and loneliness of writing. And by that we assume he means the loneliness of being a writer who is also a giant that eats passing bicyclists.

#11.
"Do You See Those Letters, Uh, Floating There?"

Yes, if you stand in this spot in the parking garage shown in the photo, the word "DOWN" is just floating there. The sign was designed by an artist who won an award for it, because there are apparently awards for making innovative signage in parking garages.

He created the effect of continuous letters by adjusting the angles for appropriate perspective as they reached walls, just like in those incredible chalk sidewalk drawings that are all over the web.

These sorts of illusions are great when they appear on sidewalks, and probably much less entertaining when you ram straight into the wall of this Wile E. Coyote-inspired parking garage after swerving to avoid the giant DOWN sign that materialized in midair in front of your car.

#10.
If You Look Past The Unsettlingly Tiny Speedo, You'll See a Huge Freaking Airliner

This apparent disaster-waiting-to-happen is on the Island of St. Maarten. The airport has a particularly short runway that ends just 40 feet from beach, leaving large planes just barely enough room to land. So they have to come in low, directly over the beach, making it a prime destination for an afternoon of quiet, relaxing sunbathing.

Cracked Travel Tip: In St. Maarten you should always give a nice gratuity to the guy driving the boat before he takes you parasailing.

#9.
"We're Moving. It's the Crab's House, Now."

Holy crap, look at that thing. We were hoping that was just a tiny trash can but, no, it's a coconut crab, which is the biggest arthropod that lives on land.

We like how they chose the innocuous name "coconut crab" to describe something that can only be killed with a flamethrower. If these things were called "Skull Crabs" or "Under Your Bed Crabs" mankind would have declared war on them long ago.

#8.
A Splotch From God's Paintbrush

This Mark Rothko-looking blotch of color is the Grand Prismatic Spring, which supposedly gets its colors from bacteria that grow around the water.

Since this explanation seems far too simple for something so brilliant, we'll go ahead and assume it's really an alien spacecraft landing site being covered up by the government.

#7.
If Dogs Played Major League Baseball

This cartoonish muscle-dog is Wendy, a whippet with a genetic disorder causing ridiculous muscular growth.

While Wendy's condition is sure to have many medical applications to various muscle development disorders, we're still hoping Disney casts her as the bad guy in Air Bud 4.

#6.
"Damn Kids!"


Taken by Kevin O'Mara

At first sight, this appears to be a home improvement project that accidentally tapped into Stephen Hawkings' most abstract theories on space and time. But then you notice that the kid who is right next to the portal to another dimension isn't disintegrating into millions of pieces, or even looking up from his goddamn cellphone.

So it must be a photoshop right? Wrong again. The Inversion House is an art project that answers the pressing question: what would your neighbor's place look like if it was sucked through a straw in the Looney Tunes universe? The answer is pretty cool, though apparently not nearly as cool as whatever 13 year-olds are texting each other these days.


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About the gummy lighthouses...they look unfortunate, but the fact is that they really do make gummy penises...primarily as gag gifts for bachelorette parties, I can only hope.

Posted on 11/18/2008 12:45:18 PM

im pretty sure this story is actually old. go to http://stuffididlastnight.com for full details

Posted on 11/15/2008 5:00:33 PM

thers not even a freakin fence on the tennis thing !!!

Posted on 11/6/2008 3:31:44 PM

They have actual gummy penises at Spencer's...

Posted on 10/17/2008 10:55:55 PM

SlickityMuffet, the spring is the Giant Prismatic Spring located at Yellowstone National Park. You cannot swim in it as it is usually around 147-188°F and is also protected. The colors are created by bacteria that thrive in the hot water. There are many smaller hot springs that are just as beautiful, and easier to see at Yellowstone. If you go, don't just stay on the man made paths, the best places are the ones you have to hike to!

Posted on 10/12/2008 6:46:18 PM

Why is the Dubai tennis court #1? That thing is old old old news.

Posted on 10/9/2008 5:48:33 PM

Imagine if a pilot makes a tiny mistake and comes in slightly too low. Wow. I've always wondered about that picture of a house with the caption "I divided by zero." As for the crab, I thought that was just a fake plastic thing at first. That is awesome!

Posted on 10/7/2008 10:17:37 PM

mmm delicious lighthouses...did i say that out loud..

Posted on 9/26/2008 4:56:28 AM

#6- im sry, but looks like some Riply's s**t...

Posted on 9/21/2008 11:43:20 AM

That giant " floating " down is really something/ Reminds me of those sidewalk chalk drawings.

Posted on 9/20/2008 3:30:19 PM

Who's dumb idea was to make gummy "lighthouses" anyway?

Posted on 9/9/2008 12:40:02 AM

The coconut crab was on that "No Reservations" show with Anthony Bourdain. He said they were delicious, sweet and coconutty. i so want to try one.

Posted on 9/8/2008 8:54:07 PM

i want some of those "Everything We Could Find" Pizza.. looks yummy to me!

Posted on 9/6/2008 2:44:39 AM

Already knowing that tropical is just an ancient work meaning "f*****g huge stuff grows here" I want to talk about the Spring. Is this spring swimmable, is it really hot? whats up with the red and that blue is really blue.

Posted on 9/5/2008 9:43:34 AM

giant Eddie Murphy head is the stuff dreams are made of.

Posted on 9/3/2008 2:00:44 PM

most of them seem beleivable in real life and all of them are normal in my life

Posted on 9/2/2008 9:49:56 PM

Eddie Murphy himself scares me. With all his bullshit shananigans.

I have to say that the big diamond mine looks like Utapau from Star Wars.

Posted on 9/1/2008 9:26:55 PM

too much eddie murphy for me. His new Disney movie scares me.

Posted on 9/1/2008 1:16:45 PM

The Machine Apparently Made to Saw the World in Half.

Dr. Joe's hemmeroid clinic finally opens for business.

Posted on 8/31/2008 1:53:45 PM

Gotta love the coconut crab No lungs for braething on land, so it has adapted to carrying water tanks on its gills for an hour or two of land breathing, those are the lumps on the back.

Posted on 8/28/2008 8:42:47 PM

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