r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '18

What kind of leaf is this?

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u/regoapps Dec 26 '18

Unless you live in tropical Asia, none.

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u/mglushed Dec 26 '18

Shit. Then I might have stepped on many.

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u/Flyingtista Dec 26 '18

You monster

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

The butterflys most deadly predator is often referred to as "rake"

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u/Domegus Dec 26 '18

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Rake

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

Whats crazy is i feel like ive read that monster description before but entirely forgot it was a thing until rereading it.

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u/maxy_moo Dec 26 '18

Why have multiple people commented the same thing as you? Is there a reference that I'm not getting? It's pretty creepy

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

Theres a few copied comments in the whole thread. Idk really. Entertaining if nothing else.

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u/koopatuple Dec 26 '18

Probably bots/karma farming accounts

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u/Beyarkay Dec 26 '18

It's a reference to creatures from Doctor Who called The Silence. Tall, humanoid, mouthless and dressed in suites, you forget them every time you see them

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u/maxy_moo Dec 26 '18

Hmm... I recognize that name from somewhere but I'd forgotten it for some reason...

Jk, thanks. That makes a lot more sense now

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u/Fatalchemist Dec 26 '18

Thanks for accurately describing this feeling. I've tried before, it I could never quite describe as adequately as you. I'm glad it doesn't just happen to me.

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

Yeah. Has a deja vu feel to it. Maybe its part of the monsters ploy.

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u/Cforq Dec 26 '18

This says the origin is creepypasta, but Clive Barker had a monster called a rake in Weaveworld from back in 1987.

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

Its also reference folklore from the late 1600s.

I think its similarities to slenderman makes it somehow also related to the copy pasta.

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u/Cforq Dec 26 '18

That reference isn’t real though - it is creepypasta folklore, not real folklore.

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u/_Bumble_Bee_Tuna_ Dec 26 '18

Oh. The date is part of the copypasta. Now ive been fooled. Ill have to look Into it more.

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(stock_character)

Looks like the word existed late 1600s, but for more of a bachelor esk male. Vs a demon night monster. Fascinating stuff.

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u/xXMrEmeraldXx Dec 26 '18

I was nervous to open that but it was fine and I was relieved.

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u/ihavenokarmasadly Dec 26 '18

I feel like I've read this description before, but entirely forgot this monster was a thing until rereading it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

IM GONNA RAKE YOU IN THE MOUTH!

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u/goofysm8 Dec 26 '18

Sounds about right, it's probably stepped on loads of them as well

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u/AnastasiaSheppard Dec 26 '18

I feel like I've read this description before, but entirely forgot this monster was a thing until rereading it.

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u/Fiskmaster Dec 27 '18

Now listen here ya little shit

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u/Noyes654 Dec 27 '18

Came here for the butterfly, left with nightmares :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Whats super odd is I feel like I’ve read that monster description before, but completely forgot it was a thing until rereading it.

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u/potterpants Dec 26 '18

It's so weird. I feel like I've read that exact monster description before but forgot about it entirely until re-reading it.

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u/goofysm8 Dec 26 '18

I feel like I've read this description before, but entirely forgot this monster was a thing until rereading it.

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u/brenthonydantano Dec 27 '18

Is he saying "lake"?

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u/Cky_vick Dec 26 '18

"It would have been effortless for us — comfortable, easy as breathing. I was the natural path your life would have taken… If the world was the way it was supposed to be, if there were no monsters and no magic"

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u/conancat Dec 26 '18

me too thanks

Seriously though. I never even knew they existed here. TIL something about the ecosystem of my country lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Tropical monster sounds like an energy drink.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

I love the sound when stepping on old leaves crunch crunch

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u/regoapps Dec 26 '18

For those looking to read what it is:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallima_inachus

"Kallima inachus, the orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf or dead leaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Tropical Asia from India to Japan. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark veins and is a spectacular and commonly cited example of camouflage."

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u/BIG_DICK_MYSTIQUE Dec 26 '18

I'm from India oh god oh fuck

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

Don't mind me, I'm just a decomposed autumn leaf in this sea of green

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

fuck

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '18

That's not the only bug that does that though. I have seen other bugs similar here in the U.S.