# Scary signs you have seen. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277 "2007-05-08T17:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/21 "2007-05-08T19:54:04Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I’m curious if there was anything else on the sign to indicate that it meant to represent illegal aliens. I’ve seen similar signs to what you describe all over the country and just took them to mean to be careful because pedestrians might be present. [/QUOTE] These aren’t just pedestrians. The pose depicts them running so hard that the little girl’s feet are practically being yanked off the ground. Here’s an article about it. > **[San Diego Union-Tribune](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/)** > > San Diego, California and National News ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/22 "2007-05-08T19:59:20Z")
In multiple locations on several of the military bases I’ve worked on… Warning: Stay Back! Use of Deadly Force Authorized. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/23 "2007-05-08T20:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] These aren’t just pedestrians. The pose depicts them running so hard that the little girl’s feet are practically being yanked off the ground. Here’s an article about it. > **[San Diego Union-Tribune](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/)** > > San Diego, California and National News [/QUOTE] Interesting article. That one is a bit different from the signs I’m used to. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/24 "2007-05-08T20:11:34Z")
My brother used to work on cars and once he had to do something related to the air bag. The warning label on it said words to the effect of “Beware: this safety device can kill you.” ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/25 "2007-05-08T20:11:51Z")
My mother used to create art pieces that just begged to be touched by children and ignorant adults. None of the “Please Do Not Touch” signs worked. She reversed the logic and was successful from that point on … “You MUST wash your hands IMMEDIATELY after touching!!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/26 "2007-05-08T20:20:26Z")
The New York Botanical Garden has signs that say “Keep on the path: Violators will be composted”. Obviously humorous, but still morbid. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/27 "2007-05-08T20:22:20Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] My brother used to work on cars and once he had to do something related to the air bag. The warning label on it said words to the effect of “Beware: this safety device can kill you.” [/QUOTE] I always thought the blood spurting from the child’s head in the visor [air bag warning stickers](http://www.donotenter.com/cool/signs/new_odd_nots/air_bag_warning.html) is a little gruesome. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/28 "2007-05-08T20:26:33Z")
In Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia there is a plaque that says: Warning Injury and Death Have Rewarded Careless Sight Seers Here The Ocean and Rocks are Treacherous Savor the Sea from a Distance My other favorite I saw on a weeklong canoe trip. It was a warning sign for a upcoming waterfall. It showed a straight line to represent the river, and another line straight down from it for the waterfall and balanced ever so precariously on the edge was a little canoe just ready to fall off. If I wasn’t so focused to make to make the exit point of the river to portage around the falls, I would have taken a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/29 "2007-05-08T20:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] My mother used to create art pieces that just begged to be touched by children and ignorant adults. None of the “Please Do Not Touch” signs worked. She reversed the logic and was successful from that point on … “You MUST wash your hands IMMEDIATELY after touching!!” 😃 [/QUOTE] That is all sorts of wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/30 "2007-05-08T20:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=cher3] These aren’t just pedestrians. The pose depicts them running so hard that the little girl’s feet are practically being yanked off the ground. Here’s an article about it. > **[San Diego Union-Tribune](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/)** > > San Diego, California and National News [/QUOTE] That’s a trip. I have [this](http://www.popartuk.com/humour/fp0489-large.asp) poster and I remember looking at that sign on there and going “Hm, never seen that before.” The caption on the poster says something like “Kidnappers operating in area.” Now, I have a kind of disturbing sign. There’s a sign on a street here that says “Senior Center” with an arrow pointing to the left. Except that in between the sign and the senior center is a cemetery. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/31 "2007-05-08T21:06:45Z")
I’d always liked some of the signs associated with reactor plants. My favorite has to be the: Radiation Areas Nearby NO BUNKING Yes, that’s right. There’s no real reason to be concerned about this area. But you’re not allowed to sleep there. But it’s perfectly safe to work in… ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/32 "2007-05-08T21:07:26Z")
[http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7322/pathfindersignpm0.jpg](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7322/pathfindersignpm0.jpg) This is at the Pathfinder Dam in Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/33 "2007-05-08T21:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] It is semi-submerged, so if one of those refrigerated liquid CO2 trucks somehow spilled its load, I suppose there could be a suffocating layer of carbon dioxide in that tunnel. [/QUOTE] Propane is heavier than air, too, and nicely explosive. That can come from a wrecked camper or LP powered vehicle… ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/34 "2007-05-08T21:27:36Z")
[QUOTE=tashabot] That’s a trip. I have [this](http://www.popartuk.com/humour/fp0489-large.asp) poster and I remember looking at that sign on there and going “Hm, never seen that before.” The caption on the poster says something like “Kidnappers operating in area.” [/QUOTE] A slight hijack, but just have to ask: on the poster, there is a sign that is just an arrow pointing to a dot. What is that supposed to tell me? In Atlanta there are street signs that just say NO in big red letters. Those could have so many good uses. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/35 "2007-05-08T21:39:08Z")
Highway 81 going south from I-80 in Nebraska towards Salina, KS used to be two-lane. It also used to have a sign that said: Drive Carefully. Nuclear Warheads Travel This Road. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/36 "2007-05-08T21:45:26Z")
Oh I thought on another one. I used to live in a city that had a big sign as you drove in proudly proclaiming that it is a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. Yea, like I pegged Central Alberta as a nuclear weapons hotbed. ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/37 "2007-05-08T21:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] Oh I thought on another one. I used to live in a city that had a big sign as you drove in proudly proclaiming that it is a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. Yea, like I pegged Central Alberta as a nuclear weapons hotbed. [/QUOTE] Heh heh, I thought you were talking about Takoma Park, MD. Crazy hippies. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/38 "2007-05-08T22:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=Cowboy8467] Heh heh, I thought you were talking about Takoma Park, MD. Crazy hippies. [/QUOTE] Also, Berkeley, CA, I believe. Whatta surprise. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/39 "2007-05-08T22:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] [This one](http://www.fototime.com/543735F990B3F2C/orig.jpg). (Not personally, but linked to on the Web…) [/QUOTE] There’s similar ones in England - I’ve seen them, IIRC, on the A66. I’ve also seen ‘people have died’ ones on a cliff in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277/40 "2007-05-08T22:17:32Z")
Recently the city of Reno has started putting wacky!street signs up in downtown that say things like “No Frowning” and “Be Nice to Each Other”. Those kind of freak me out, very Big Brother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-signs-you-have-seen/403277.md?page=3)