Last month, Reddit userFragrant_Whole3328made aposton the platform, asking others “What is the scariest thing seen in the ocean that has a photographic proof?” It immediately went viral and people have submitted a lot of creepy pictures. From the goblin shark to phantom jellyfish, here are the ones that fuel people’s nightmares the most.

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The plastic patch

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Are we just not going to talk about a telescope fish

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Goblin Shark. Thing looks scary as hell and its jaw [jumps out and attacks]

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

The Lamprey is downright creepy AF!

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

The tongue-eating louse. A parasite that eats the tongues of fish and then just hangs out in their mouths.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

I’d s**t myself if I happened upon a spider crab

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Caves in icebergs that constantly change while you are inside them

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

For me personally, ANY Anglerfish. Black Seadevil Anglerfish

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

“The frilled shark” discovered in Awashima, Japan. It inspired the second form of Shin Godzilla, which is also pretty unsettling.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Not the biggest or maybe scariest, but I’d argue the - Cookie cutter shark. Is the most ghoulish and depraved - using razor sharpe circular teeth to bore a gaping hole in its victim. Like something from a SAW movie.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

The colossal squid takes some beating… we have never seen one alive, presumably they live too deep to be spotted, but dead ones have washed up or been [cauight accidentally]. On hooks laid out for other fish. Up to 14m long and half a ton in weight they are bigger and meaner than the ‘Giant’ squid, big enough to prey on sperm whales, which we know because whales bearing gnarly scars from their beaks/hooks have been recorded.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Vampire squid

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Phantom jellyfish I think are harmless, but they look terrifying and occupy a lot of space

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

This MF has always fascinated/freaked me out. The Barreleye fish

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

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Giant sea spider in Antarctic waters Polar gigantism is a hell of a thing

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Mantis shrimp. We’re so freaking lucky these things don’t get very big.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Magnapinna squid. This thing is wild. Caught on camera at a drilling site.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

The irukandji jelly fish. It’s tiny (1-2 cm in diameter) but is extremely venomous and can even be lethal. The worst part is that you don’t feel an extremely painful wound at first. It’s about 10-40 minutes AFTER they sting you that you start feeling anything. A tiny jellyfish small enough not to see it and land you in the hospital with the possibility of death? No thank you. Some of the symptoms: back pain, diffuse muscle cramping, nausea, vomiting, profuse diaphoresis, headache, anxiety, agitation, nausea, vomiting, and piloerection

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Hands down Sea Lampreys. These creatures haunt me. They are the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Shape shifting creature found in the bottom of the ocean.Marine biologist Bill Austin has suggested it is likely a comb jelly (ctenophore).

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Great Lakes shipwrecks. For some reason, they are creepier when they are more perfectly preserved. So friggin cool but also scares me

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

I submit for your viewing pleasure, or horror, The gulper eel

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

A giant squid. One of these can supposedly take down a small whale (not an adult sperm whale… those actually feed on these guys). A person would barely be a snack.

Someone Asks What’s The Scariest Thing In The Ocean That Has Photo Evidence, And 30 People Deliver

Great white sharks. Let’s not overthink this.

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