Scary road signs

Nobody puts up safety signs without reason. Slippery when wet. Sharp turn ahead. High voltage. Keep out. These bits of information are aimed to help you move around places and inform you where you're going. They let you know what you can do and, more often, what's off-limits. Whether by warning or guiding you, they are intended to send clear messages that would make any perplexed citizen feel instantly at ease. Usually.

No words. But none needed.

People from around the world have been sharing snaps of the bizarre - and occasionally downright scary - notices on a Reddit thread, and comparing stories of where they had been spotted.

Who wouldn't want to visit a minefield in the Falkland Islands?

road signs taken all over the world that will definitely leave you asking a lot of questions

I wish there'd been a sinkhole warning sign.

Pretty scary road sign In Switzerland!

To guide people through the unpredictable maze of reality, humans use signs. But if only part of the sign is understandable to a person, they ...