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Ahh, Etsy—the online marketplace of organic hemp totes and crocheted alpaca-wool throws. So many unique goods can be found in this online marketplace that would look just adorable in your home!

Yet if you dig beneath the cute doggy backpacks and calligraphy cake toppers, you’ll quickly find a dark side to Etsy. A sinister side. As proof, let us take you on an Etsy tour of some creepy oddities, disturbing crafts, and chilling vintage items you’ll wish had stayed in the attic.

1. A coat rack made of baby doll limbs

 

Ahh, Etsy—the online marketplace of organic hemp totes and crocheted alpaca-wool throws. So many unique goods can be found in this online marketplace that would look just adorable in your home!

Yet if you dig beneath the cute doggy backpacks and calligraphy cake toppers, you’ll quickly find a dark side to Etsy. A sinister side. As proof, let us take you on an Etsy tour of some creepy oddities, disturbing crafts, and chilling vintage items you’ll wish had stayed in the attic.

2. A taxidermied muppet

Poor Murphy. In a previous life, he made children laugh. Now he is a trophy, stuffed and mounted on a wall ($190) just like a stag’s head. Oh, you didn’t know there was such a craft as puppet taxidermy? Now you do.

3. An armadillo basket

It never occurred to us that an armadillo’s anatomy was perfect for a basket—but apparently it is. It’s so sturdy, and the tail makes for a great handle! It’s ideal for holding your collection of, say, rodent bones or dried crickets. Weirdest of all? It’s sold out, so clearly someone digs this kind of thing.

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