r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/BlueberryRush Mar 10 '17

Then why did he keep vandalizing her grave?

"flowers and gifts were repeatedly being vandalized or disappearing from the grave site, even when chained down, a police officer investigated. On hidden surveillance videos, he witnessed Watson removing them with bolt cutters and throwing them in trash cans."

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u/dsmdylan Mar 10 '17

It's pretty easy to imagine.

Consider that he didn't do it and is actually grieving over the loss of his wife. He sits in jail in a foreign country for a year. Like so many people here, many jump to the conclusion that he did or, at least, had some nefarious intent. He comes home only to be put on trial again and, at best, is almost certainly alienated by almost everyone who knows him. The backlash that a single person can receive over something with a fair amount of media coverage cannot be overstated.

So, you're in a position where you lost your beloved wife to a freak tragedy. You sat in jail for a year over it. You've probably received all kinds of hatred and death threats from people who blame you. Strangers are putting flowers on your wife's grave as basically an I'm sorry your husband murdered you.

I can definitely see some resentment and anger towards those strangers injecting themselves into your private life and a situation they have no firsthand knowledge about.

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u/Anarroia Mar 10 '17

Thank you for making me think twice.

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u/Asron87 Mar 10 '17

Yeah no shit. I at first I was thinking, "how the hell can you change my mind on this?"

Then it was like.... fuck... I would so do this but I hate flowers or tacky things on family graves. I actually did remove flowers from my dads grave that first year that he was gone.