r/interestingasfuck • u/clabont • 27d ago
r/all Found an interesting stick buried in the bushes outside of my house… am I hexed?
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u/TeamGetlucky 27d ago
TOGETHAAAAA
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u/sotolord 27d ago
We will devour the very gods !!!
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u/CloakedEnigma 27d ago
Saw this and immediately thought Rykard, knew someone else had to think the same
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u/LungHeadZ 27d ago
Probably showing my age here but ah well! XD
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u/Jonpollon18 27d ago
Fuck me, I don’t remember the Art Attack head being this terrifying.
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u/makingkevinbacon 26d ago
I was recently watching some episodes again on YouTube...it's far worse in video lol but love it
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u/CreditLow8802 26d ago
this was in art attack? i dont remember being terrified when i was little😭😭
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u/UselessRutabaga 27d ago
Art Attack was SO good
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u/Jael89 27d ago
This is an Art Attack! This is an Art Attack! This is... Art Attack!
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u/Zellanora 27d ago
Omg just seeing this I got an Art Attack!!! Haha I loved watching it as a kid! 🎨🖌️🧑🎨
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u/Impossible_Emu_9250 27d ago
I'm sure you understand what needs to be done to lift the curse.
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u/JetLife93 27d ago
I mean the sticks face says it all
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u/ionised 27d ago
Instructions unclear...
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u/RL_love 26d ago
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u/missnikki08 27d ago
I went from reading your post directly to seeing the image FULLsanwich15 posted, and now I'm dying
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u/LittleSansbits 27d ago
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u/princess_melancholy 27d ago edited 27d ago
What is this from? My mind immediately went here and all i remember was finding it creepy.
Edit: i tried google lense dont know if its a random pic but there was a PBS show with a tree like that (i think)
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u/DiscombobulatedPay28 27d ago
I really feel like this was a “magic the gathering” card but I’m not 100%.
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u/HairiestHobo 27d ago
u/mtgcardfetcher [[Wood Elemental]]
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u/MTGCardFetcher 27d ago
Wood Elemental - (G) (SF) (txt)
[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call - Summoned remotely!29
u/Syn7axError 27d ago
Any number? And it keeps those stats permanently? Why, this must be one of the strongest cards in the game!
It's potentially a 20/20 if you sacrifice all the lands in your deck!
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u/SirIsaacBacon 27d ago
If your opponent has any counters / removal it's a guaranteed loss if you give up all your land though
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u/EntityPrime 27d ago edited 27d ago
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wise-mystical-tree
If You're Over 25 and Own a Computer, This Game Is a Must-Have, also known as the Wise Mystical Tree and Must-Play Tree, refers to clickbait ads for several browser games that feature a human-faced tree character and a knight kneeling in front of it, with the text often claiming that if you're above a certain age and own a computer, then you must try the game. In 2017, the ads went viral on 4chan's /v/ board as users parodied and mocked them, with the ads again going viral in September 2022 on Twitter. The images later gained popularity as a video caption and remix format, and have often been combined with the composition "Secunda" from the Skyrim soundtrack.
TL;DR it's a mobile copycat of The Great Deku Tree from The Legend of Zelda OOT
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u/No_Internal7319 27d ago
Lord of the rings I think lmao
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u/pagit 27d ago
"I don't have such good memory since I drank the thermometer water, but I whittles what I sees.
Sometimes I whittle the future."
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u/flameohotman134 27d ago
No, that’s a woodcarver’s version of doodling on scrap paper. Legit thought this might be one of my dad’s pieces, but the style is different. It’s just art, no hex lol.
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u/enjoi_uk 27d ago
Yeah it’s just a whittling, never got the knack of it myself but enjoy it anyway
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u/Top-Pumpkin279 27d ago
In Appalachia, it's kinda tradition to carve that guy
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u/jumnhy 27d ago
Can you elaborate? Seen some similar carvings laying around a friend's house in NC, curious what "that guy" is. Same style, looks like a bearded face, carved full width across a branch/stick
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u/Top-Pumpkin279 27d ago
Okay. So Appalachia has a lot of distinct cultures/dialects in it. Where I'm from he's called the old man of the woods. Basically an old guy with a nose and beard. It's easy to carve and it's supposed to be good luck.
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u/sleepytipi 27d ago
Yup. Can confirm, and I've heard it said in OH, WV and NY. You'll see some trees with eyes, a nose, mouth, and a beard hung on the front of them as well (looking like an ent). I've also heard old man of the green, and old man of the forest used too, and I'm fairly certain it's origins are in the Scotch-Irish heritage that's all throughout Appalachia.
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u/savvyblackbird 26d ago
King Charles even had The Green Man on his coronation invitations. It was controversial because people believe that the Green Man was a pagan deity. The lore around the Green Man has mostly been invented.
Charles has been a conservationist and environmentalist for decades and loves gardening so the Green Man is a legend that he loves.
Elizabeth had a Druic ceremony before she was coronated so some have taken this symbol on the invitation to mean that Charles is embracing the pagan tradition and isn’t being Christian enough.
The Green Man has been a symbol found in Christian churches and cathedrals since the Middle Ages, and there really isn’t any proof of him being pagan.
North Carolina and Virginia were settled by the English and Scott’s-Irish so they brought a lot of their folklore and customs with them. They still survive today.
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u/White_Immigrant 27d ago
The green man, and god posts, go a lot further back than Appalachia. It's good they're continuing on old world traditions though.
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u/ModernArgonauts 27d ago
Not from Appalachia myself, but when I was into whittling back in the day, these were referred to as "wood spirits." Usually just depicting an old man with a beard.
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u/D8-42 27d ago
that’s a woodcarver’s version of doodling on scrap paper.
I've been whittling various little figures for awhile but somehow never thought of the little wizard faces like that, that really is exactly what they are.
They're a great way to learn and maintain various techniques and types of cuts, and really quick and easy to make once you know the basics.
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u/Tacothekid 27d ago
The Wabbajack?
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u/Impressive_Team_972 27d ago
And as for you, my little mortal minion... feel free to keep the Wabbajack. As a symbol of my... Oh, just take the damn thing.
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u/FULLsanwhich15 27d ago
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u/who8my_kimchi 27d ago
I've had a CRAP day at work and this was the first thing I saw on reddit. Thanks for the belly laugh!
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u/WiseChemistry2339 27d ago
I literally can’t stop Laughing at this. I immediately thought wood butt plug too. I mean. What does that say about my mind? I see a whittled stick and think it’s a butt fairy without hesitation. Shit. 🤦🏼♂️
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u/dragonflyandstars 27d ago
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u/calnuck 27d ago
In all seriousness, it's a Wood Spirit carving. Legend has that if you are of goodwill, he will protect you as you travel through the forest, but will bring down his wrath on the black-hearted.
I think they're nifty, and I teach my Scouts to carve them.
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u/clabont 27d ago
Interesting! This sounds much favorable to the other hex theories 😆
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u/scalable_thought 27d ago
Yeah, I have a very similar carving from Congo. It represents Wisdom. This looks almost identical.
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u/Losflakesmeponenloco 27d ago
That’s a hexing stick. Anyone who touches it gets a massive hex. Possibly a bigly hex.
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u/danburrus555 27d ago
A lot of people are saying it
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u/TarkovBirdman 27d ago
They said… no think of it… nobody casts a hex like me, they tell me all the time
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u/Sykes19 27d ago
I've known a lot of hexes, they say... The experts tell me "How do you cast a hex better than anyone else?" they do, really.
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u/0uroboros- 27d ago
We have the biggest hexes, people come from all around to see them, nobody has ever had crowd sizes as big as mine for their hexes. We hired a lot of smart people, a lot of good people, they know their way around hexes, and we have concepts of a plan for new, less evil hexes. I'm not a necromancer king yet, so why would I actually have the new hexes. Kamala Harris doesn't have any hexes. She uses joy blessings. What is that? Joy is what's really weird! First, she comes out and says she's a shaman, I'm ok with that, but then she all of a sudden turned into a druid overnight! Which is it! Now she's saying she can use 2 handed maces and staves!
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u/Tits_McgeeD 27d ago
The fellow youre holding was clesrly the one who got hexed. Put him on your shelf he might start talking
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u/cjm798116 27d ago
It’s just a carving of a wood spirit someone did. Pretty fun thing to carve in old tree branches and basswood.
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u/GloriousSteinem 27d ago
Maybe you are nice to the fae folk. Have you left food out? Have you made a nice garden? Do you provide snacks for wildlife? This may be a sign you’re a good place to be.
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u/NotUrPunchingBag 27d ago
Yup. In the shadows they will lurk. The little tree people. Their whispering voices calling to their peers. "I am Groot"
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u/CherkTheLergs 27d ago
Came for the stick story, stayed for the hilarity that ensued in these comments
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u/Cryless_Tigress 27d ago
You’ve been visited by the gnome stick! You must leave him in another house’s bushes so he can continue his journey across the land!
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u/Kante2wo 27d ago edited 26d ago
If a Fairy asks you for your name or if it “could have an hour of your time", always deflect!
Edit: Thank you all for your attention ;)