30 Eerie Real Life Drone Images That Will Send a Shiver Down Your Spine

1. An abandoned plane in a forest

(Image/ Source: pinterest.com)It might look like some sort of disaster zone, but don’t worry. The aeroplane is meant to be there! The plane is actually former engineer Bruce Campbell's dream retirement home. Campbell decommissioned a Boeing 727-400 and then transported it from Greece to just outside of Portland where this drone photo was taken.

2. A Russian river turns red

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While it seems like it could be a scene from a horror film, the water of this Russian river in Norilsk, inside the Arctic Circle, actually ran red in real life. Apparently this was down to a suspected mine waste leak, which was caused by a broken pipe. Norilsk is a heavily polluted industrial city and has a nickel-smelting plant upstream.

3. Tianmen Mountain

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Don’t look down! A drone managed to capture just how high visitors are from the ground when they walk sections of a bridge on Tianmen Mountain, which is around 5,000 feet high. Visitors from all over the world either walk up the stairs pictured here, or take a cable car leading to the mountain’s summit.

4. Crop circles

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Another one from Russia. Drone footage captured these eerie crop circles, which predictably went viral. Nobody’s really sure how the crop circles appeared, and while there’s a lot of speculation it’s an elaborate prank, many internet users are convinced they have an extra-terrestrial connection…

5. A tomb in sandstone

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Could a tomb be closer to you than you think? This drone image shows you how an ancient tomb can be easily hidden if you aren't really looking! The picture was taken at the ancient archaeological site Mada'in Saleh in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. Most of the remains of the tombs carved in sandstone date back from the Nabatean kingdom.

6. Dense population in Mexico City

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Mexico City is one of THE most populated cities in the world, with over 9 million residents. And you get a taste of just how densely populated it is from this drone photo! The image has now since gone viral, and has been labelled an “urban hell” by internet users- mainly as there isn’t a single patch of green space.

7. Football island

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This might be heaven for some, but Henningsvær stadium, which is a huge landmark on Norway’s famous Lofoten islands, has come under a lot of scrutiny. Many believe that the stadium is a blot on the beautiful landscape of the islands, and ruins the views with man-made buildings. We’ll let you be the judge of that one!

8. Woman swims with sharks

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This might be one of the wildest drone photos around. The drone perfectly captured a young woman swimming alone in the Atlantic Ocean, who is completely oblivious to the tons of huge sharks that surround her. Someone eventually named this photo “The Mistress of the Ocean”, and it immediately went viral.

9. An eerie church

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How cool (and creepy) is this? Someone was able to capture an incredible drone image of the top of the Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Spain, where the church is crowned with a large statue of Jesus and decorated with ornate statues. We personally think the fog works really well with the eerie Romanesque exterior.

10. Clown in a cornfield

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This is the stuff of nightmares. It seems like a teenager was filming the landscape of a cornfield via a drone in Huntsville, Alabama, but got a bit of a nasty surprise. It spots a clown-like figure standing in the middle of the cornfield. As the drone comes closer to the clown, he runs away and disappears into the woods.

11. Grey whale

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This might not be as scary as the sharks, but think about it. You’re swimming in the ocean next to something that could swallow you whole! As a few swimmers spent some time at Laguna Beach, California, they were quickly joined by a huge grey whale which was keen to get in on the fun. They don’t seem too worried though.

12. Pontiac Silverdome Stadium

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The stadium hosted a lot in its lifetime: a Super Bowl, a visit by the Pope, an NBA final, an Elvis concert, a WWE show, and other such events. But things have started taking a bit of a turn since 2002 when the Detroit Lions moved to Ford Field. The stadium began to fall into disrepair, with crumbling interiors and a torn roof. The stadium has now been partially demolished.

13. A car drives into protesters

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In August 2017, the Charlottesville car attack left the world stunned. In a white supremacist attack, James Fields ran his car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, which killed one person and injured at least 19 others. These disturbing drone photos captured the scene as he carried out his hate-fuelled attack.

14. Crocodile catches pig

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This crocodile has been living near the small village Baia in East New Britain for about three years, according to the drone operator. Which means it got to know its neighbours pretty well… Here the croc seems to have captured a pet pig, judging by the leash around the pig’s neck. The crocodile was seen swimming around with its prize in its enormous jaws.

15. El Nino

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El Nino is the name for the unusual warming of the surface waters in the Pacific Ocean- and it can have devastating effects. The strong waves have relentlessly hit the coastline, and the rain made things much worse. Conditions were so severe that two properties were evacuated before the cliff collapsed.

16. Peeping Tom

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This image perfectly captures people’s common fears about drones. A young woman was happily sunbathing on her roof in Slovakia when a drone came to spy on her in her bikini. The drone continued to get closer to her until she ran off- and came back with a broom to swat the drone. Talk about an invasion of privacy…

17. Hurricane Maria

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Hurricane Maria brought huge devastation to Puerto Rico and Dominica. The natural disaster took at least 547 lives, although the actual numbers are likely to be much higher  The areas severely impacted by the hurricane lost electricity, communication, and transportation as the hurricane swept away people, trees, cell towers, power lines, and even roads.

18. The destruction of Mosul

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The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the city of Mosul had a long and rich history. It was built in the 1100s, but thanks to ISIS, it was eventually destroyed thanks to numerous airstrikes and assaults. The mosque and the surrounding areas became uninhabitable as ISIS strengthen its grip, and residents were forced to flee.

19. Furious farmer

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As a drone was flying over the rural parts of England, its operator decided to zoom in on a stately home. However, the house’s owner was NOT pleased about this- and we can see why! The farmer came out of his property armed with a shotgun and promptly shot the drone out of the sky. Let’s hope the drone operator has learnt their lesson…

20. Arthur Kill ship graveyard

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Located on Staten Island, New York, the Arthur Kill ship graveyard has been abandoned for years now- and it’s a bit creepy, to say the least. There are tonnes of old, rusting ships here, and they’ve been left the rot in the water. Nearby residents believe the place has been long forgotten by the government.

21. Volcano at Vanuatu

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Disturbing and impressive in equal measure, this photo was taken by a drone seconds before it melted. In fact, scientists lost several drones as they tried to learn more about this active volcano in Vanuatu, a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. They did well to get this photo when they did!

22. Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa

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The cause of The Tubbs fire is unknown, so it was named after the street it started on- Tubbs Lane in Santa Rosa. It started on the 8th

of October 2017, and didn’t actually go out until the 31st

of October. This means it raged on for a whopping 23 days. The Rosa neighbourhoods suffered unimaginable destruction- even a fire station burned to the ground. 22 people lost their lives in the fire.

23. Chernobyl ruins

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These post-apocalyptic drone photos of Chernobyl are pretty eerie. UK-based filmmaker Danny Cooke armed with a camera and a radiation dosimeter, spent a week exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat. The sheer scale of this now-abandoned site is pretty jaw-dropping, and is still a huge threat thanks to its levels of radiation.

24. The city of Homs

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The city of Homs in Syria used to be home to over 1 million people. But this changed when civil war broke out in the country in 2011. After five years of unrest, nearly everyone who had lived there had abandoned the city. Since then, Since then, more than 6 million Syrians have been displaced internally, and around 5 million have fled the country to a safer place.

25. Naked on a billboard

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The Slovakian sunbathing incident was bad enough, but this one is way worse. A drone owned by an estate agent ended up ruining a woman’s sunbathing session on a roof in Australia. They were trying to get some shots of a nearby house that they were trying to sell, but instead of accepting they were invading the woman’s privacy, they decided to use the shots to put on one of their billboards.

26. Dead man's fingers

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At face value, there’s nothing too scary about this photo. But the more you look at it, the more it feels a bit eerie… and this explains why it’s gone viral! The seaweed, known as “dead man’s fingers”, looks a bit like spiders, while the seals on the shorelines have been likened to dead fish. If you’ve got a vivid imagination, avoid staring at this one.

27. Shark vs Killer Whales

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Sharks can be pretty vicious when they want to be, but killer whales are on another level. A drone camera captured insane footage of a pack of killer whales killing a great white shark, which supports scientists’ theory that great whites are migrating (or fleeing) from their old territories. Apparently, this is a very new phenomenon.

28. Six Flags theme park

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We all remember how devasting Hurricane Katrina was. The aftermath was captured by a drone, which hovered over the former Six Flags theme park. The park was submerged in the water following the catastrophe, but residents were determined to open it again. After a lot of work, Six Flags is now back on its feet, and it’s more popular than ever.

29. Iraq bombing

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The wars in the Middle East have horrified the world, and the bombings in Iraq are no different. As ISIS began to hit civilians, bombings like this became commonplace. This drone image was captured by an actual member of ISIS, who documented the bombings to create propaganda for his terrorist organisation.

30. Auschwitz

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Drone photos have given us a chance to see Auschwitz from a new eerie angle. This image from 2015 captures just how large the Nazi concentration camp is, which saw the deaths of over six million Jews. Those who had still managed to survive in this death camp were eventually liberated by the Soviet Union on January 25th

, 1945.